Hi June.
This domain expires in August. Thinking of not renewing. (Probably say that each year).
June 2026
The domain is only $10 a year so why not keep it? Because I want to have less things…I’m spending way too much thought on this decision.
Had a trip out this week which was good but also off today. I thought it was going to be raining but it’s not now. Maybe I should go out again or maybe I should do some jobs and have time at home. Both are quite appealing.
I’ve noticed the hedge has grown about 5 m through the tree and popped out the top. Probably taken it 3 years to do it but I’ve not noticed. I should sort that out, and I’m sure it’ll take a while.
I like having a day at home - just best to not sit down on the computer until later in the day…
Did do some jobs outside which was good. Took some of the old kids toys to the tip and cut down the huge branches on the hedge that had grown above the tree. Should’ve packed them into the car to take to the tip too. Oh well, I’ll spend this evening cutting them into tiny pieces to put in the garden waste bin. Did manage to enjoy some of the sunshine and lie on the sofa outside and read a little of Discworld on my X4. Until I noticed the weather app on my phone saying it was going to rain in an hour. It did but I’d cut the lawn by then.
So I sat on the computer until school pick up time and looked at writing decks and e-ink tablets. Instead of doing that I thought I’d get on my “writers deck”, aka the apple keyboard and phone, and 1Writer.
In a roundabout way, I ended up looking at iMacs. I always forget how nice they are, and they have a nice screen too. One Day I’ll get on and replace all the PC clutter with just that. Or go full Linux or do nothing.
Saw a tent in Aldi today that I thought about getting. It was a “4 person” Teepee style tent. I think it’s really a kids toy only suitable for gardens or maybe a sheltered, dry night somewhere. Was only £40 and could’ve been a fun play thing. Maybe I’ll go tomorrow with one of the kids and get it and we’ll play in that. But I also thought it was just more junk. So we’ll see.
I really enjoyed the TV series Banjo and Ro doing up a hotel on Ulva (that’s not the title but I forget it). It’s a BBC series, where these Aussie’s have taken on the rent of an old Manor House on the tiny island of Ulva, off the coast of a bigger island, Mull, on the west coast of Scotland. It’s completely run down and they do a room each episode in the hope of making it into a boutique hotel (eventually). It’s not open yet but I’m sure it’ll be very popular when it is, given the TV show. Living on an island, even a bigger one like Mull or Arran seems like hard work.
I didn’t want to sit on the computer and do nothing / watch youtube, look at reddit, etc. So I sat on the couch in the kitchen on my phone… I was chatting with a German ham friend, so there’s that. We were nostalging about stuff, after he linked this video.
I wrote up my walk yesterday. It only took about 10 minutes but I didn’t do the previous week as I thought it would take too long. It just proves that it doesn’t matter what blogging software I use, it’s still me that’s the issue.
I keep thinking about selling the Lego trains. They’re too big to be able to enjoy properly. I don’t have anywhere good to set them up and be able to work on the display. I could do a simple circle but that’s boring. So I’d sell them and then get a wee model train setup. Maybe N gauge? But maybe I’ll also do nothing.
All that happened was I spent 2 hours on the couch, then sat down on the computer and went to bed late watching shit on youtube.
I flicked back to the tab where I found that L-gauge link and saw this blog post…hmm interesting…It’s even made in Scotland!
I remember that digital minimalist book I read. Said you needed to go cold turkey for 30 days straight and no “oh I can just do these things and I’ll be fine”. Turns out me “just doing these things” means I’m not fine and I’m back into the old bad habits. I don’t mind if I watch YouTube or read Reddit for some purpose but lately it’s just been for no purpose and it’s boring!!! YouTube homepage never suggests anything interesting for me. I’m not even playing Diablo 4…mostly as we all got bored and it’s somewhat pointless.
I want to read a book, sort out photos, mess about with nice pens or write a journal entry. I don’t do that. I don’t do anything.
This site’s domain will expire in a couple of months and I continue to debate if I should renew it or not. I quite like it but I would like to minimise the number of domains I have. Plus I’ve been thinking about getting a new one for emails to replace Gmail - but one I don’t use for websites. Mostly to keep it less spammy and it focused on being for important life accounts. So not having a net increase in domains would be good.
Anyway, so I wondered about moving this site elsewhere. Like subdomain or someplace like neocities or even a gopher site. Given it’s text only, a gopher site would be nice.
