Alan Ralph

Wearer Of Many Hats


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Posts for 2019-03-22

I’m glad I have a private journal I can write in. That way, I can dump my emotions into it, then exhale and relax. I needed to do that, after another week of Brexit WTF.


Reasons to quit Twitter and Facebook and switch to Mastodon

David Chartier makes a good case for Mastodon, which chimes with my experience so far. In many ways, it feels like the old distributed discussion boards of Fidonet BBSes in the 80’s. What’s old is new again.


Star Trails and the Equinox Sunrise

Belated happy Spring Equinox, everyone.


Guest Blog: Jodie Jackson, author of “You Are What You Read” | Hacked Off

We are all familiar with the saying ‘you are what you eat’: it’s a very simple but effective summary that has made us increasingly aware that the way in which food is produced, and the way it is consumed will affect our physical health. Well, food is to the body what information is to the mind. The way it is produced, and the way it is consumed will affect our mental health.


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