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Six years after the last post, the site is back, rebuilt with Hugo.

Regarding computer hardware I have had to hand in the last two years or so, things have been in flux, you might say. I have not had ready access to a proper non-work Linux desktop environment where I could happily run Docker and Python. This has meant that keeping my Pelican blog up to date…

I spotted some unusual clouds over the house the other day! Panorama shot of mammatus over the house I have always enjoyed identifying clouds and if I can take pictures of any unusual formations. This type, Mammamtus, is pretty rare in these parts; I can count on one hand the number of times I have seen Mammatus clouds.

This is a race report for the 2015 Gruesome Twosome Half Marathon

This is a race report for the 2015 Great North Run Half Marathon

This is a race report for the 2015 Caythorpe Dash.

This is a brief memory aid for me with some small, and perhaps useful, tips when writing articles using reStructuredText[^1]. I am aiming to keep on top of this document and maintain it as a living thing; when I find something new and useful, it will be appended.

This brief article focuses on only one part of using Pelican as a static site generation tool - the day to day usage once the set up is established. There are loads of really good articles on how to get started with Pelican and I am not about to add to that growing pile; there…

I finally have some energy back and am getting on with some projects again. It is about time really. I have spent most of the summer evenings not doing a great deal; just feeling like I needed the time to recover from the rigours of a very busy working day. I am normally one of these people who is not comfortable with just sitting down and meditating on things. I think on the whole it has probably been a positive step to sit back and de-stress in front of a book or two.

I’ve been making a slow but steady stream of improvements to the blog this year which began with a migration from an ancient installation of Wordpress to the static Pelican HTML site generator. Many other blogs explain how this is achieved so I won’t bore you with it here.