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.
- Web forums were rough around the edges and faded in relevance as seemingly better options emerged. But what if we had stuck with them?
- Who’s to blame for the memory crisis that turned Macs and Steam Boxes into unobtanium this week? The memory-makers have a convenient answer.
A Little Of Nothing
Pete Little’s mixture of essays, observations, neurodiversity-related thoughts, technology discussions, life updates and wandering trains of thought
- Everyone climbs Mount Stupid at some point. The trick isn't avoiding it, it's enjoying the view before discovering just how […]
- Most of my life I've worn a mask just to appear ordinary. Oddly enough, dressing as a Victorian Ghostbuster is […]