Tumblr ReviewI’m using Tumblr for blogging for a few reasons. It’s free, it’s pretty simple, it’s great for displaying up to ten photos in a gallery and it can be customised in a number of ways. It’s also pretty terrible in a number of regards. Matching it up with the domain name was a pain, … Continue reading →

Quinceañera

Fifteen years ago today, I published my first post on my blog. How time flies. Oh, if I could only go back to being that 30 year old, just about to head off on a backpacking trip to Mexico, and do it all over again. But time is a funny thing, a one off deal. … Continue reading Quinceañera →

A Fresh Look

A change is as good as a rest. So they say. So I have decided to change my theme. The old one had begun to bore me. Do you like? Or not like? I'm not 100% sure, but I rarely am when it comes to change. I'll run with it for a while and see … Continue reading A Fresh Look →

The Last Post

It's the last day of the year. The day before the first day of next year. It's time for some resolutions to be set. I'll try and be realistic. I'll pay off what's left on my credit card. It's 0% interest and there's not a lot on it, and no urgency to settle it, but … Continue reading The Last Post →

The Politics of Blogging

My transfer from WordPress.com to WordPress.org is complete. Well, the transfer itself was completed within the space of a few minutes quite some time ago. However, installing a theme, the required plug-ins and tidying things up – that took a little while longer. But it’s almost done now. Apart from any bits or pieces that I … Continue reading The Politics of Blogging →

The Mexile 2014

Every year, the magic pixies that power WordPress, crunch up the numbers and produce some facts and figures for their bloggers. Just to let them know how they are doing. Alas, my blog is clearly in decline. But I've know this for a long time. It all went a little downhill the moment I left … Continue reading The Mexile 2014 →

Merry Christmas

We celebrate Christmas for the twelfth time on this little blog of mine, and the time has come to offer the traditional seasons greetings. Over the last decade and a bit I have had people leave a comment from every continent bar Antartica. And visits, fleeting or otherwise from most countries on planet earth. My … Continue reading Merry Christmas →