Am I doing Blaugust right?

I feel like people checking recent posts here are going to leave, thinking, “This guy is really into birding and running and not much else”. But there’s more to me than that. I have other hobbies! I have opinions! I write lists!

But I have been going through some interesting times that have pushed me away from writing about other stuff here on the blog and I’m hoping to add more of that back so it’s not all 5K runs and here’s a Black-capped Chickadee. (Though I feel part of it is the desire to share and mull things over in a public space has withered away a little, though I can’t articulate exactly why this might have happened.)

In the meantime, here are some semi-random posts of mine you may find interesting. I have a certain, specific sense of humour and if it doesn’t match yours, some of these links may not do anything for you, but if you’re a nostalgia nerd, some probably will.

I will put an update at the top of this post if I add more links later.

Retro/nostalgia:

To all the phones I’ve loved, er, owned before

My computer and video game history, an abridged edition

Things I miss from the 1970s

The Obsolete List: 1964 Edition

Technology:

Apple September 2023 “Wonderlust” event: My medium-warm takes (I used to blog about Apple events, this one is probably my favourite)

Fiction:

Most of the fiction comes from writing prompts and these are essentially first drafts, so they may be a bit unpolished or even unfinished (I note the unfinished ones).

The Reunion (creepy text messaging story)

Writing Prompt: The text of a letter, email, or diary (Short story called “Reflections”)

Writing exercise: A Walk in the Snow (Part 4) (unfinished, sort of?)

CLAWS ~or~ How an 11 year old tries to write a blockbuster novel

Prompt 1 of 5,000 (The arrival of a letter, email, or package)

Writing prompt: The Burn (Part 1) (unfinished)

Writing prompt 9: Labyrinth (unfinished)

Writing prompt 6: The world ends with you?

Writing prompt 3: Technically on vacation

Writing prompt 1: Inevitable time travel (my riff on “Someone tries to stop Hitler”)