I just Powered Up 13.5K LEO for LPUD. 10K of that was what I'd PD'd to go into the Arbitrium LEO Cacao pool but haven't quite got around to it, and I haven't got time to DMOR so I decided to just Power it back Up....And additional 3.5K was FRESH, it's amazing how it stacks up over the weeks with delegation, curation and blog post earnings!

So a few of my old pairs of pants are bit on the 'worn' side. Some have substantial holes in the crutch and arse area, and so are for everyday wear not ideal. However it struck me that I can still use these for running... I mean even for a long run

I stumbled across an alternative way to rent out my house rather than going through an agency. I was reading a Guardian article on how to take a mid life sabbatical (an increasingly popular trend), and ironically something I've effectively been doing for the last six years (nice, huh!) and am just coming out of.

When Keir Starmer came to power he promised a politics that would 'tread more lightly on our lives', but this suggestion of an outright ban on smoking in public places is a direct contradiction of that. And given that pubs are places where anyone can go to get a few hours of peace and enjoyment and to indulge their bad habits, all this does is to reinforce his image as something of a too-serious kill-joy!

So the days are getting RAPIDLY darker as we hit mid September here in the UK. At this time of year at around latitude 51-52 (that's between London and Birmingham where I spend most of my time!) we are loosing 4 minutes of daylight a day....

Today the average data centre contains 2000 to 5000 servers. This requires a massive infrastructure to serve them: an uninterruptible power supply as back up, ventilation and cooling, along with fire suppression and all those connections to external networks.