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.
- How to pin a batch file to the Windows taskbar when “Pin to taskbar” is missing If you want to pin a .bat or .cmd script […]
- Another entry in the sporadic and unnecessary #OneSongOnePlaylist series. One song, as many versions as I can find, and more listening than anyone should admit to. […]
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.
- 19th OctoberA dozen things from a visit to Banbury. 1: Three trains, zero Cock Horses. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js 2: A Medieval cross which is really Victorian. In the Middle Ages three crosses […]
- 6th October 2026 Something a bit different to my usual posts. Sculpture in Regent’s Park. After a meeting in Westminster I had some time to spare so I walked up […]
Tedium: The Dull Side Of The Internet
Eclectic, well-written, always interesting content from Ernie Smith.
- A recent piece on “forever domains” sparked bigger questions about permanence online: when domain owners die out, do we need new systems that don't rely on domains at all?
- Is X good again? That's probably the wrong question. The right one: Are we past the era when a single social network needs to be everything to everyone?
A Little Of Nothing
Pete Little’s mixture of essays, observations, neurodiversity-related thoughts, technology discussions, life updates and wandering trains of thought
- My body is creaking, the latest tech has left me behind, and retirement is looking good. Notes from the oldest […]
- My tastes range from progressive rock to Mongolian throat singing, science fiction to strange cinema, and just about everything in […]