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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoAug 7, 2026

#oneaday Day 791: The better thing shouldn't be smaller

Dear reader, I'm sure you're familiar by now with the concept of "shrinkflation": the idea that, as time goes on, things get progressively more expensive and, roughly proportionately, progressively worse quality at the same time. If you've ever eaten something that promised the "Same Great Taste" only to discover that it was not, in fact,...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoAug 6, 2026

#oneaday Day 790: Twinge

Last night, I thought, for a change, I would try using some kettlebells I bought ages ago to do some simple exercises. They are quite heavy kettlebells, because I originally bought them feeling like I should buy manly kettlebells, but have just never really got around to using them all that much. I did a...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoAug 5, 2026

#oneaday Day 789: Longing for the saddle

One of the things I miss feeling like I am able to do, being the size I am, is cycling. I've never been particularly good at cycling -- memories of coming off my bike and shearing all the skin off my arm as a child are still painfully fresh -- but there's something just altogether...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoAug 1, 2026

#oneaday Day 785: Portioning the blame

I had a roll of Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles yesterday. While looking up the nutritional information to add it to my calorie-tracking app -- I may have been having a little treat, but I was keeping within my daily calories -- I discovered that the tube felt the need to inform me that "1 portion" is...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 28, 2026

#oneaday Day 781: Broadcasting from Tiredsville

I am exceedingly tired. I slept like absolute garbage last night -- although I suspect literal garbage actually probably sleeps quite well -- and have been feeling the effects all day: a complete inability to focus, a total lack of desire to do anything apart from "just go back to bed", and just a general...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 27, 2026

#oneaday Day 780: A Walk on the Common - The Text Adventure

Once upon a time, there was a website called Bitmob, whose users would get quite upset if you capitalised it "BitMob". On that site, the community could publish their own articles, and those which caught the attention of the site's staff would get featured on the front page. It was a great way for a...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 26, 2026

#oneaday Day 779: Celebrating a small victory

One of the things I always try and remember is that, from a mental health perspective, it can be valuable to celebrate the small victories, however inconsequential you think they might seem to others, or however minor they might feel in comparison to some of the things they are dealing with. Successfully overcoming something is...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 25, 2026

#oneaday Day 778: That feeling you should be doing something

I'm having one of those days where my brain feels restless, where it feels like I "should" be doing something, but as far as I am aware, I have no commitments this weekend whatsoever, so I should just be taking the time to relax, enjoy myself and mentally prepare for the week ahead. (There's nothing...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 24, 2026

#oneaday Day 777: Newfound Resolve

After determining that the NVMe drive in my PC was kaputt, which is where the vast majority of the issues I've been having with this PC have stemmed from, I reluctantly reinstalled Windows... again. This is always a pain because it takes time to get the system back to how you liked it before --...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 19, 2026

#oneaday Day 772: The Lovely(-Sounding) Bones

I dread to think how much money I have spent on headphones over the years. I never buy particularly pricy ones -- I think the most expensive ones I've bought were some nice noise-cancelling Sony ones a while back, which I use when recording videos -- but I do get through 'em. I'm annoyed that...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 17, 2026

#oneaday Day 770: Motivation: the Sergeant-Major vs the kind voice

At therapy today, we were talking a bit about motivation, and how I feel like I've been struggling with it a bit of late -- particularly when it comes to things like diet and exercise. One conclusion that I think we came to was that I am much more likely to be motivated to do...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 16, 2026

#oneaday Day 769: Sample CDs and sonicfunkstars

I finally got around to doing something I've been meaning to do for ages today: (re)install my myriad CDs of music samples so I can have a play around with something like ACID Music again. (I don't even know if the copy of ACID Music I own still works, but it's worth a go, surely.)...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 15, 2026

#oneaday Day 768: Sketchin'

I've been meaning to get back to doing stupid little doodles on posts for ages, but have just never... well, to be honest, I just haven't really been bothered to. Best to be honest about these things, and it's been nice seeing the stock images that kind and talented people from around the world have...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 14, 2026

#oneaday Day 767: Why I continue to write in an age of AI

I read a good piece earlier that got me thinking: why do I continue to tap out words here, day after day, in an age where those odious "Generate with AI" buttons are ubiquitous, whether you want them or not? (Even here in my own self-hosted version of WordPress, I cannot escape the "Improve with...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 13, 2026

#oneaday Day 766: Verify your age

There's a meme going around on Bluesky today where you write "verify your age" and then post something in text or image form that you remember from Times Past™. In the absence of anything particularly interesting happening today, I thought I would do a bumper crop of these in one post. So prepare to verify...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 10, 2026

#oneaday Day 763: My brain has melted

It's been unbearably hot again today. The thing I hate the most about unbearably hot weather is how lethargic it makes you in both body and mind. It has cooled off a fair bit now the sun has gone down, but my brain is still in a semi-liquid state, meaning it is proving enormously difficult...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJul 4, 2026

#oneaday Day 757: Nothing works any more

One of the most common refrains of people who discuss the topic of enshittification is that so much stuff related to tech just flat-out doesn't work any more, and no-one seems in any great hurry to fix it -- particularly when all the actually knowledgeable engineers have been replaced with "vibe-coding" cunts. Photo by Beyzanur...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJun 29, 2026

#oneaday Day 752: What do the police even do any more?

I am someone who grew up with what I would describe as a healthy sense of respect for the police. I have never run afoul of them -- the most "negative" encounter I have had with them was when I was about 18, driving my Mum's car around at about midnight, having been to visit...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJun 27, 2026

#oneaday Day 749: The lost decade

At therapy today, we got talking about how I think back extremely fondly on my time at sixth form -- to such a degree that I would brand that period of time as probably the happiest of my life -- and how I feel a curious... "closeness" to that time period, despite it being, at...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJun 25, 2026

#oneaday Day 748: It's really fuckin' hot

Not to state the obvious (twice), but it's really fuckin' hot. Today it hasn't been quite as fuckin' hot as it was yesterday -- it was literally difficult to breathe in the outside air (or lack thereof) in the middle of the day yesterday -- but it's still not at all nice. Photo by Fabio...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJun 23, 2026

#oneaday Day 746: Decompression

I know I said I'd write about something else on here, but after the late-night update on the situation, I feel inclined to bring this little saga to something of a "close" in a more conclusive manner. We are exhausted and emotional, but delighted beyond belief to have our precious Oliver back at home with...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJun 23, 2026

#oneaday Day 745b: Oliver's return, the kindness of strangers, and the unkindness of the people you might need in a crisis

Hello. Second entry for today (although technically it's tomorrow now, as it's 1:21am as I type this) but this is big, important news: OLIVER HAS RETURNED! Oh my God. I am an emotional wreck, and so is Andie, but our brave little boy managed to survive for three weeks out in the wilds of Lordswood,...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJun 21, 2026

#oneaday Day 744: Trying to maintain hope

I am trying so hard to hang onto hope that we will find Oliver, or that he will just wander back in one day as if nothing happened, but with him being gone for three weeks from today, it is getting tougher and tougher to maintain that hope -- and it's all the harder seeing...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoJun 20, 2026

#oneaday Day 743: Talk therapy

I've alluded to it a bit recently, but I thought I'd talk specifically about it today. For the last little while, I have been attending talk therapy. I have been meaning to do this for a long time, because there are lots of people I know and trust who have made use of it, but...

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