Blogroll

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.

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.

  • Green Link Walk Section 1: Wood Street to Lea Bridge.
    26th August 2026 Having completed both the London Loop and the Capital Ring I suppose next on the list would be their little cousin, the Green Link Walk. This is only […]
  • By train to Ludlow and Hereford.
    Rail Trip 17th to 20th August 2026   Monday By train to Ludlow. All three trains ran on time which might be a first. My forward facing reserved seat on GWR from […]

Tedium: The Dull Side Of The Internet

Eclectic, well-written, always interesting content from Ernie Smith.

  • Second Quest
    In a normal culture, a company as gray-haired as MapQuest would not be having a straight-on cultural revival in 2026. But our culture is not normal.
  • Can Self-Hosting Be Simple?
    You can go into the deep end way too easily with a self-hosting project. But is a less-is-more approach possible? Here’s what my attempt to build a “third-place” box taught me.

A Little Of Nothing

Pete Little’s mixture of essays, observations, neurodiversity-related thoughts, technology discussions, life updates and wandering trains of thought