The latest posts from friends or from content relatable to this site’s main theme or even just stuff I like and want to check up on occasionally. The number of articles per feed may vary over time depending on how often people post, and feeds may be removed or added at any point.
If you have a travel-related website that isn’t just copy-and-paste press releases or if you write fairly frequently and think “Hey, I reckon Mark would like to read what I’ve put out there every now and then!” then please do get in contact. I promise nothing, though, because my tastes are fickle
theaardvark
Paul is someone I’ve been online friends with for a good few years too, first on Twitter, now, like me, a migrant to the more pleasant waters of Mastodon.
- Another entry in the sporadic and unnecessary #OneSongOnePlaylist series. One song, as…
- It’s been a week. Bearded Theory was just ten days ago. By…
Snaprails Random Things
A lover of train travel rather than the more far-flung adventures we prefer to engage in, and a frequent co-engager on the regular Top of the Pops chats on Mastodon.
- This blog post is intended as a help for anyone else with a 2013-2018 Toyota RAV4 whose tailgate has developed a will of its own. Over the last few years the […]
- 1st July 2026 The train was late as usual and crowded with suitcases as usual. Two stops further on a hundred hi-vis-clad school kids were shepherded onto the train by […]
Tedium: The Dull Side Of The Internet
Eclectic, well-written, always interesting content from Ernie Smith.
- When a really long road ends, why don’t we do more to celebrate the staggering amount of collective work that went into it? The ancient Romans really outclassed the federal highway system on this front.
- With Sony clobbering the physical game market and Grand Theft Auto 6 eschewing discs entirely, it makes one long for kiosks that could make disks on demand—a model that actually once existed in the UK.
A Little Of Nothing
Pete Little’s mixture of essays, observations, neurodiversity-related thoughts, technology discussions, life updates and wandering trains of thought
- What's the difference between being alone and being lonely? As I've grown older, I've realised they're not remotely the same […]
- Everyone climbs Mount Stupid at some point. The trick isn't avoiding it, it's enjoying the view before discovering just how […]