Blog on Chris Ramsay

Hello Again

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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

Pelican Blog Publishing Process Revisited

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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…

Mammatus Clouds Spotted

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0100

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.

Race Report: 2015 Gruesome Twosome

Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

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

Race Report: 2015 Great North Run

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0100

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

Race Report: 2015 Caythorpe Dash

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This is a race report for the 2015 Caythorpe Dash.

Useful reStructuredText

Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100

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.

My Pelican Publishing Process

Sat, 04 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100

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…

Energised, finally!

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:23:00 +0100

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.

Latest on this Blog

Sat, 06 Sep 2014 10:35:00 +0100

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.