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Previously: Part 2 – Ipoh (Banjaran Hot Springs Retreat) Getting there Rames picked us up from the Banjaran and we continued our tour of Ipoh sights whilst killing time before our flight. We’d originally planned to head for lunch, but the huge BBQ put paid to that, so we mostly just visited temples that had […]
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Tags: BBQ, cable car, craft beer, Sentosa, Singapore, sushi
Second honeymoon part 2 – Ipoh
Previously: Part 1 – KL Background Our original honeymoon was book-ended with KL and Singapore, with most of the time in the middle spent at a beach hotel in Penang. We came to love one particular restaurant on Batu Ferringhi, but also discovered that we’re not really beach vacation people. So this time we changed […]
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Tags: Banjaran, BBQ, Hot Springs, Ipoh, Jeff's Cellar, villa
May 2021
Pupdate Cold and dry April gave way to wet and windy May, but at least the bluebells were out and beautiful for scamping around: Podcast We’ve had some great guests on the show during May, and some fantastic episodes coming up. We also added a discussions feature to the web site, and Olivier Jacques came […]
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Tags: BBQ, Beat Saber, HDMI, lightning, podcast, vr
April 2021
Pupdate As the weather has improved it’s been great to get out and about more with Max. We also had some fun with his mother Nellie coming to visit. Coding The new job means I’m back to writing code a lot more. One of my first adventures was into using the ZeroSSL API to automate […]
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Tags: BBQ, Beat Saber, brisket, coding, dachshund, open source, podcast, puppy, Raspberry Pi, Rust, smoking, vr
March 2021
Pupdate Max is 7 months old now, and continues to be a source of endless entertainment and cuteness. Having half his people back at school has disrupted our Lockdown III routines, but he has a reason to get extra excited when folk come home. Vaccination I got my first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The […]
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Tags: @sign, actor model, apple, BBQ, cooking, dachshund, Dart, desktop, fitness, Flutter, food, mobile, platform, podcasts, protocol, puppy, repair, The @ Company, vaccination, vr, watch, web
August 2020
ICYMI It’s been something of a busy month for blogging, with posts on Cloud Migration, Java, the UK exam fiasco, Hugo. and RIP Dougal. BBQ The new Kamado Joe that I mentioned last month got its first run, which looked good, but ended up being a little dry: Hawksmore @ Home The Hawksmore at Home […]
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Tags: Actions, BBQ, Beat Saber, CD, CI, cloud native, constraints, DIY, github, Modern Apps, Oculus, Quest, vr, VSCode, WSL2
July 2020
Another month has rolled by. These were the highlights. Hot tub We’ve always enjoyed a hot tub in rented holiday places, which led to some discussion on whether to get one at home. I’ve not been keen due to cost, hassle and environment concerns; but on a sweltering hot day $wife came home and ordered […]
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Tags: Alpine, Apple TV+, BBQ, comedy, Duet, hot tub, iPad, Kamado, Kamado Joe, Mspa, OBS, Raspberry Pi, SMWS, streaming, whisky, Zoom
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