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Being a good Dad and husband has given me the greatest satisfaction over my 40 odd years. Even though I fell into it with very little planning or foresight.

My parents were always good with tech, we always had the latest PC at home. As they now enter their 80s their patience / resilience has evaporated to nothing. If it doesn’t work im…

I read hobbies are in decline. Do you maintain an interesting hobby?

Because they fleeced their fans?

https://x.com/GarethWild/status/1386965962214289408 Legendary.

I don't disagree with anything you say but try telling my 16 year old daughter she need to jettison any form of social media and go with the nerd crowd.

As a parent I agree parental reponsiblity is absolute but I haven't seen a workable solution reguarding social media. I can't realistically monitor what my children are looking 24/…

People who built billion dollar businesses didn't start them soley to become billionares. Am I wrong?

I was lucky to be given/earnt some money before I was 21. Basically enough at the time to buy a mid range new car. I invested it into an Index Fund and didn't spend any of it, even…

We need change. Big business seems to call the shots, look at what is going on with UK Water Companies. I'm not sure are current political structure will deliver that change though…

There was a BBC Four documentary about his archive. I think in that it reported that he was one of the first people in the UK to own a VHS device with the facility to record.

UK TV comedian Bob Monkhouse was another obsessive VHS archivist. He amassed a collection of 35k tapes and saved some recordings of UK TV shows which were previously thought to hav…

> Work on a passion project, even just 30 minutes a day. It compounds. I need to do this. I know my project (just a passion, not a side hussle or for income). Tell myself I need to…

One of the biggest pros for having children relatively young. I had 3 children before 25 then one when I was 39. My oldest 3 had exceptional times with their grandparents. My young…

Drax seems like a dinosaur which we should be doing without. It's situated where it is because of the easy access to the huge coal fields that fired it previously. Now the wood it …

> having a healthy social life This is almost always omitted when it comes to health advice I feel it is one of the most important factors. Loneliness kills!

I've got an early 2009 iMac and it is glorious. I've got a range of software which I know exactly how to use. I can focus on creativity and productivity, not learning how to use a …

I remember I bought a book, Instant HTML Programmers Reference by Wrox, in 1998 and I poured over every page, used it so much the cover then all the pages fell out - very little on…

Something in the British/Irish mentality which appeals to flawed geniuses such as him. We like our hero’s to have a drink/drug problem.

And everything I buy from the store is encased in plastic (bananas! eggs! bread!).

The key point here is the credibility part. The Nigerian prince has no credibility. If you are approaching someone looking to solve a problem and you demonstrate competance via an …