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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 9, 2026

#oneaday Day 885: A day off is different from the weekend

I am, as I have previously noted, On Holiday this week. On Holiday in the sense that "I don't have to work" rather than "I am going anywhere", although I am taking a trip back to East Anglia towards the end of the week for various things I talked about the other day. Today has...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 7, 2026

#oneaday Day 883: Just like old times... hopefully

I have the coming week off work. I am going to spend most of it just chilling and relaxing, because it's been an intense, stressful few months for various reasons, but towards the end of the time I am doing a few things: stopping by to visit my parents, attending the Retro Computer Festival at...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 31, 2026

#oneaday Day 876: It's okay for *all this* to bother you

Apologies for the Rage Explosion yesterday, that just needed to come out. So I let it. Because you know what? Sometimes it is healthy to do that. Sometimes it is good to acknowledge that Shit Going On In The World is actually bothering you, even if it's not something that is necessarily happening to you,...

all of thismental health

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 30, 2026

#oneaday Day 875: Fuck you, Sam Altman

Speaking with YouTuber Cheeky Pint, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman said that "from a global allocation perspective, actually, it's quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer, and being used maybe 5% of the time. Like, you want maximum utilisation in the cloud if...

fuck you sam altmangenai

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 26, 2026

#oneaday Day 870: You unlocked a badge

When I was a kid, I used to collect badges. I stored them in an old Cadbury's Fingers tin which, as it happens, my parents had been holding onto. This weekend, I reclaimed this box, so I thought it might be fun to go through and see if I can remember what on Earth these...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 23, 2026

#oneaday Day 868: The desire for hope

Interesting discussion in therapy today. I happened to share that I had been experiencing some unusually intense emotional reactions to various pieces of music, including the Ace Combat 8 finale and the Little Tall Prince song I shared the other day. And I guess I hadn't completely considered why. As is so often the case,...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 22, 2026

#oneaday Day 867: A bit of tech that actually still works

The most interesting thing that happened to me today is that I lost my phone... for about twenty minutes, then I found it again. There is a little more to it than that. Andie and I went out to Ikea earlier, because she had a £20 voucher that is expiring on Saturday, and we're away...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 19, 2026

#oneaday Day 864: Grab bag

It has been a fairly boring day, so I will attempt to make it more interesting by talking about several things. Look at me go! First up, my Analogue Pocket arrived today. Did I need another retro gaming handheld, particularly one that is quite pricy (and extremely pricy when you add the extortionate shipping and...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 18, 2026

#oneaday Day 863: Where to even begin

One of the things that I've wanted to do for many years is get to grips with really being able to program the Atari 8-bit. This will be a completely useless and unmarketable skill for me to learn, but with the Atari 8-bit in particular having always been so important to me, it feels like...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 16, 2026

#oneaday Day 861: Round. One! FILM!

I went to see the Street Fighter movie today. I enjoyed it a lot! In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I legitimately find it quite baffling that some people have been seemingly quite angry about not liking it. I was watching Giant Bomb's Bomb-A-Thon livestream for part of last night, and one guy...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 10, 2026

#oneaday Day 855: On my own

I'm alone in the house right now (apart from the cats), as Andie is away looking after her mother, who has just been in hospital. Nothing to worry about or anything, but she needs looking after for a few days, so I am holding the fort back home while she does that. I tend to...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 9, 2026

#oneaday Day 854: Resident. EEEVIL. FILM!

Today on my holidays, I rode the bus and I went to the cinema and I saw Resident Evil. It was nice and it was fun. I enjoyed the popcorn and the weird drink I had never heard of but which was quite nice. Switching off the "seven year old writing about their holidays" mode,...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 8, 2026

#oneaday Day 853: Hey I'm grump

I have been grumpy for the past couple of days, as you have probably noticed. In my defence, 1) I think I am perfectly justified in the things I have been grumpy about, and 2) I have not been feeling well. I have had just that general feeling of "the ick" since I woke up...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 2, 2026

#oneaday Day 847: Skeletons

I've been following this Jacob Geller business with mild interest. I have no particular "horse in the race", as it were, as I don't really know who he is, haven't watched any of his videos and don't own his book(s), but it's clear that his work meant a lot to people and thus, the recent...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 1, 2026

#oneaday Day 846: Eye for an eye

We are brought up with, it's fair to say, somewhat conflicting messages on the subject of revenge. On the whole, we are mostly discouraged from it on the grounds that it doesn't necessarily solve anything, and any momentary high you might feel from delivering it will likely be short-lived. But we're also bombarded with popular...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoOct 1, 2026

#oneaday Day 845: It is late night

It is very late, because I thought I'd finish Nighthawks this evening. I successfully did so, then decided that I wanted to write about it while it was fresh in my head, so I did that also. Now it is 1.15am and I haven't written this, so here I am. I really should probably make...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 26, 2026

#oneaday Day 841: The politics of farting

One of the most complex parts of human interactions that we all have to independently learn to navigate is the politics and etiquette of farting. We all do it -- yes, even you -- but everyone, eventually, comes to their own conclusions as to how, when and why they let the bum gas fly. I...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 24, 2026

#oneaday Day 839: Bad people get away with it

I think one of the most sobering parts of Becoming An Adult is coming to the unfortunate realisation that some people are just Bad People -- and that, more often than not, they will get away with being Bad People, through some combination of money, power, influence and/or privilege. I'm not speaking about anyone specific...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 18, 2026

#oneaday Day 833: Things I miss

It is, I suspect, a natural part of growing older that you start to miss things that are no longer a regular part of your life. So I thought I might reflect on that a bit today. In what turned out to be rough chronological order: I miss my school days. While there are aspects...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 17, 2026

#oneaday Day 832: Brain empty

I'm having one of those evenings where I don't really know what to write. So I tend to find in these situations the best thing to do is just open up an empty page and let the stream-of-consciousness flow. So that's exactly what I'm going to do. As a reminder that I am not getting...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 15, 2026

#oneaday Day 830: Home at last

Well, as predicted that was a massive waste of time. Six hour round trip for a one-hour meeting that was of very little value whatsoever. Never mind, it's done with now, and I can start getting back to normality. After my mini PC unceremoniously died on me on the first day of our holiday, I...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 13, 2026

#oneaday Day 828: Today is last full day

Dawn of the Final Day, 24 Hours Remain and all that. (Except it's less than 24 hours now by quite a bit, because I'm writing this at 11pm and we go home tomorrow.) This "re-holiday" has mostly been a success. It's a shame Andie had to be ill for a lot of it and thus...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 12, 2026

#oneaday Day 827: Today is pancakes

Forgive the interruption in posting pattern yesterday, but I just had to have a little rant about the number of people using their phones in the pool. Stop it! Also, I will now stop talking about it, and talk about today, whose main attraction was our traditional visit to The Pancake House. The Pancake House...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoSep 10, 2026

#oneaday Day 825: Today is quiet

It's been a quiet day today, as we intended. Andie has been feeling a bit under the weather, so she has been taking it easy (she is napping as I type this), but I decided I'd go out and have a swim by myself earlier. It was a good time; I continuously swam (very slowly...

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