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February 2023
Pupdate Milo’s chemotherapy has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, with a setback along the way; but he’s back on track and has now completed the first round. He’s back to looking and behaving like the pup he was before any of this started, and Max seems happy to have his brother back on […]
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Tags: AirPods, charger, chemo, pupdate, solar, USB-C
January 2023
Pupdate I shied away from mentioning that Milo was ill last month. I guess I was hoping that he’d bounce back soon, and I didn’t want to worry anybody. But January brought terrible news, as it seems he has lymphoma. He’s started chemotherapy, and I hope I get to mention what he’s been up to […]
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Tags: apple, Beat Saber, cancer, credit card, fraud, lymphoma, MBNA, Milo, pupdate, skiing, solar
December 2022
Pupdate We finally got the sizing figured out to order the boys some Equafleece Dachsie Jumpers, which have them looking smart and keeping warm: Up North When I grew up in the North East of England everybody I knew lived at the coast. But over time, friends and family have moved on, which meant my […]
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Tags: award, Beat Saber, IoTSF, laptop, lenovo, North East, pupdate, snow, solar, X13
November 2022
The regular pupdate and solar diary, along with a visit to The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC).
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Tags: computing, museum, pupdate, solar
October 2022
Pupdate The boys were too frequently pulling on their lead when wearing harnesses, so we did a bit of slip lead training, and now they’ve got collars and they’re walking much more nicely :) New VPS I’ve mentioned in past posts that I run a handful of VPSs so that I can emerge from the […]
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Tags: Bay Area, home, Premium Plus, pupdate, San Francisco, solar, travel, United, VPS
September 2022
Pupdate The boys have been enjoying the sun when it’s been out, as we have the last warm and dry days before autumn descends into winter. Milo has been particularly enjoying the windfalls from the apple tree: Solar diary This might be a regular feature here, at least for a little while (until the novelty […]
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Tags: apple, Bath, iphone, pupdate, solar, university
August 2022
Pupdate After the heatwave in July bringing record temperatures, there was little let up for most of August with lots of hot dry weather. We frequently had to pick walking routes that kept the boys in the shade, and when the weather did finally break we were treated to a ‘false autumn’. Hot, damn hot […]
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July 2022
Pupdate Milo’s been with us for a whole year now, which meant he got to join Max this time on our family holiday in the Lake District: Holiday We returned to Keeper’s Cottage on the Graythwaite Estate, as it was brilliant last year, and it was just as good this time around. Heatwave Our trip […]
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Tags: boots, heatwave, Lake District, portal, pupdate, Steam Deck
April 2022
Pupdate April started off cold and wet, but the back half has been a great improvement, with some T-shirt weather days, and a chance for the boys to meet their sausagey friends. Motorcyle The fair weather has also meant some opportunities to get out on my bike. Tyres At its MOT a few weeks back […]
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Tags: Bolney Wine, bungee, conference, motocycle, QCon, Techron, tyres, vineyard
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