I need to get on top of this. I need a power lead for my new laptop No 5, which I plan to travel with.
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Search Engine Optimisation
I need to brush up on SEO (Search Engine Optimisation. Here are my notes and links. NB this is not yet state of the art and will currently save you about 5 minutes …
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SDR 2024/25
There is to be another Strategic Defence Review, its being going for a while just showing that all new governments need one; and I am of the view that it is clear that the Tories left the Armed Forces in a very poor position. Here as ever are my links and notes …
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Fixing Brexit
There’s a lot of mucking around, but here are some links and notes on how Labour’s “Fix Brexit” is working. This page was made in Dec 2024;
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On Britain’s Aircraft Carriers
They don’t seem very reliable, and we have to ask, do we really need them. Some notes and links …
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EU Commissioner confirmation hearings
I volunteered to watch some of the commissioner confirmation hearings, and write them up. I started with McGrath, Commissioner Designate for democracy , justice, and the rule of law; to get a full picture of my notes, see also Digital market regulation in the EU elsewhere on this wiki. See also Democratising the EU, Democratic…
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Playing the Battle of Actium
The battle that set the next 200 years of history, a sea battle of the coast of Greece in 31 BC. Are there any games that allow it to be recreated. It is most famous as a naval battle, but there may have been a land engagement. Famously Anthony & Cleopatra ran away/strategically retreated.
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Forge of Empires
I had another go at a city builder game. I have stopped playing Rise of Empires, here are my notes and links for Forge of Empires. …
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The Budget 2024
Technically not the budget, but here are some links and notes … TBH, not as bad as I expected but like many others I ask if its enough.
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Racing in Yachts
I went to Barcelona to see some of the Americas cup live. It’s been a while and so I needed to revise my knowledge of the rules of the road.
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Simple clean wordpress themes
For various reasons I had a look at alternative themes. I am currently using one called minnow, or on this wiki which I believe is no longer supported. In particular I find it frustrating that the social media menu does not display the platform icons, except for twitter. Otherwise I find it quite cool. I…
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DEEBOT N20
I finally bit the bullet, here’s the manual, here’s the app location.
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Games in 2024
Class Wargames decided to play W40K which set me thinking. About boardgames and DnD again. Boardgames The W40K stuff took me towards the Battle of Actium. I found two games on Board Game Geek, and added them to my collection. One has probably gone, the other, Trireme seems available on the market, although the rules…
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The next Commission
I was looking at a piece of project work, considering the next Commission of EU . It seems that either part of VdL’s manifesto for the 24/29 programme or her letters to Commissioner designates contains the sentence as follows, “We will build on the Conference on the Future of Europe to instil a true and…
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Tony Benn and his legacy
The Commonwealth of Britain bill [ wikipedia | parliament ] was raised at the Chartist Conference yesterday and oddly I was notified tody of a conference on his legacy for next year. I mentioned him and his decline into parliamentary cretinism in my review of Simon Hannah’s book. The wikipedia page lists the reforms, which…
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