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Feck yoos Disqus censor algorithm

2nd November 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

There’s an old online adage: if you can’t beat the censorial posting comments algorithm, make it an article.  And so I will.  Twice censored in the comments that nobody reads.  Thanks, Disqus codebase. A lazy [more…]

Book Review

The Adam and Eve Story

28th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

I came across this book that had been scanned into a PDF and loaded on a website.  Not a book that I would normally read, but it piqued my interest. It proffers the theory that [more…]

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Meeting The Queen

12th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

I have a little anecdote on meeting The Queen. My late father was born in Lewisham, London and was brought up by working class parents in a council estate.  After he got demobbed from the [more…]

Drinking

The Geek’s Guide To Ageing Your Own Homemade Whisky

8th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

This is the final missive of my guide on home distillation using the Still Spirits equipment.  The previous post is here: The Geek’s Guide To Distilling Commercial Grade Whisky For £8 A Litre Bottle In [more…]

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Diary Of A Covid Victim

3rd February 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

Sunday I got a lift from Ms Geek’s sister and husband for a family gathering in the West Country where I would finally meet the delectable Ms Geeks after a few weeks’ absence.  A boring [more…]

Fishing

Some people might get some pleasure out of hate

29th November 2021 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

I was a quiet and reserved chap when I was at school in Londonistan.  Blond haired, blue-eyed with a well-fashioned, smart black school blazer, I wasn’t set on starting a new nationalist movement, merely trying [more…]

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A Brief Face To Face With Death

25th January 2021 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

I was bored the other day and decided to download the Office of National Statistics Weekly Death data for England and Wales for the last 5 years (as you do).  It can be found here [more…]

Authoritarianism

Indy Pedant Geeks And The Temple Of Our Ennaychess

20th September 2020 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

A veritable curse has been placed upon the glorious and gracious Ms Geeks, a tribulation to the right leg that only a blessing and a prayer from Our Sacred Ones in Our Ennaychess can cure.  [more…]

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Cancel Your Telly Tax Now

12th November 2019 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0

My previous articles on this site describing how I have stopped paying the Telly Tax for 10 years have been relatively benign and within a strict legal paradigm, much to the relief of Swiss Bob, [more…]

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