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: ianbmay.comIt’s a dry start to the day at least. Coffee made.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://eyebeemania.net/2026/04/15/i-have-ripped-the-cds.html","date_published":"2026-04-15T10:27:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 10:27","date_timestamp":1776248868,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@eyebee/116408246903389472","https://www.threads.com/@eyebeemania/post/DXJiH-sFkoG"]}},{"id":"88293901","content_html":"This morning, I planted out the marrow seedlings I had sown 2-3 weeks ago. I don’t think we’re likely to get any more frost. Fingers Crossed.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://ianbmay.com/2026/04/15/am-been-awake-since-its.html","date_published":"2026-04-15T02:47:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-15 02:47","date_timestamp":1776221253,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ye2mr2tc44zwjvwnzrnibdxd/post/3mjiuz5iq4t2c"]}},{"id":"88242224","content_html":"Take Pride : ianbmay.com
Transport Heritage Show 2026 ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/312103/2026/cf64c7a8c9.jpg\")
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Today, I put the marrow seedlings that I had sowed a couple of weeks ago, into the garage ready to plant out. I sowed tomatoes, runner beans, peas, and chilli peppers, and put those onto sunny window sills to get them to germinate.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://eyebeemania.net/2026/04/14/on-the-way-home-from.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T15:27:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 15:27","date_timestamp":1776180456,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@eyebee/116403806125987573","https://www.threads.com/@eyebeemania/post/DXHg4UjFuL7"]}},{"id":"88239103","content_html":"Hospital appointments are kind of frustrating, I’m in with the consultant for 6-7mins, but I left home at 12.30 and didn’t get back until 4. That’s the travelling and waiting time. Also, this particular appointment could have easily been done over the phone, which they often are.
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","summary":"","url":"https://ianbmay.com/2026/04/14/day-one.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T07:37:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 07:37","date_timestamp":1776152246,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ye2mr2tc44zwjvwnzrnibdxd/post/3mjgutzgttv2k"]}},{"id":"88116178","content_html":"@manton I’ve not yet found a serious use for Freeform. It’s a great idea in principle, but I just don’t use it. Is it very popular I wonder? I don’t use Journal as I’ve been a Day One user for some years now.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/Eyebeemania/88116178","date_published":"2026-04-12T19:16:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-12 19:16","date_timestamp":1776021361,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88116085","content_html":"This evening is a double sucky one. It’s wet and windy and I’m working until midnight. Both suck.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://eyebeemania.net/2026/04/11/going-to-the-transport-heritage.html","date_published":"2026-04-11T05:48:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-11 05:48","date_timestamp":1775886482,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@eyebee/116384497748213194","https://www.threads.com/@eyebeemania/post/DW-u7zZEXOk"]}},{"id":"87965007","content_html":"This morning’s Listening: Jon Hopkins - Immunity. Ambient Techno from 2013
\n\n#Music
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://eyebeemania.net/2026/04/09/a-wordpressbased-site-gave-me.html","date_published":"2026-04-09T08:53:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 08:53","date_timestamp":1775724815,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@eyebee/116373902673996400","https://www.threads.com/@eyebeemania/post/DW56lOQlia4"]}},{"id":"87892879","content_html":"My backup software (Backblaze) greeted me with an error message this morning. However, once I updated it, everything returned to order, and full backup resumed. I have several TB to keep safely backed up. Photographs and purchased digital audio are the main contenders. Truly irreplaceable for photos
\n","summary":"","url":"https://ianbmay.com/2026/04/09/my-backup-software-backblaze-greeted.html","date_published":"2026-04-09T07:47:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 07:47","date_timestamp":1775720838,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ye2mr2tc44zwjvwnzrnibdxd/post/3mj2cxqxnic2j"]}},{"id":"87892433","content_html":"@bkryer When my parents discovered I was smoking as a teen, at one point my mother offered me a cigarette and said, “Don’t tell your Dad’, and my Dad offered me a cigarette a short while later, telling me not to tell my mother. This was fifty years ago.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/Eyebeemania/87892433","date_published":"2026-04-09T07:34:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 07:34","date_timestamp":1775720089,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87829406","content_html":"Another afternoon and evening at the salt mine is coming up. It’s going to be a warm afternoon, according to the forecast. It’s a blue sky morning right now.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/Eyebeemania/87829186","date_published":"2026-04-08T10:18:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 10:18","date_timestamp":1775643501,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87798144","content_html":"@manton I keep a journal. I sometimes use AI to add a little varnish to my words, but I write the original words to start with. So for me, in that use case, AI is an extra, not the foundation.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/Eyebeemania/87798144","date_published":"2026-04-07T21:54:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 21:54","date_timestamp":1775598862,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87752741","content_html":"Today we return to the salt mine from 1pm to 10pm. How I detest thee!
\n","summary":"","url":"https://eyebeemania.net/2026/04/07/today-we-return-to-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-07T09:12:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Ian May","url":"https://eyebeemania.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F1816967.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"Eyebeemania"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 09:12","date_timestamp":1775553160,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@eyebee/116362655396107744","https://www.threads.com/@eyebeemania/post/DW0zPLMFk1h"]}},{"id":"87650162","content_html":"Lamb Roast Today\nHome cooked
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Late Night Rocking ![\"\"](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/312103/2026/359341a006.jpg\")
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Having a quiet day at home today. Brother has departed for the airport and a flight home. Just my wife and I sitting here with the radio on, for a change, while I catch up on some journaling. I’m cooking a roast Lamb dinner later this afternoon.
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