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Sun, 22 Jun 2025 | By countryboy | Views [28843] | Comments [2]
Welcome back. Nice not to be dead, isn’t it? I’m here. You’re here. This is good.
It’s been a while.
A looooong while.
First up, apologies if the ‘dead’ comment was triggering. Did we even have the word ‘... Read more >
Tags: ai, artificial intelligence, checking in, hi, substack, writing
Wed, 23 Jul 2025 | By countryboy | Views [28497]
Right. Where were we?
I alerted everyone to the world-altering news that I had written a parody of a certain tally-ho pilot from last century and that I was starting to post it – in chapters – on a thing called Substack.
Then my 87-... Read more >
Tags: delay, femur, goggles, hospitals, parent, rehab
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [233]
Helsinki II - Heavenfloati
Day 1 = Sun 12 Jan
Train
Possible snowplough at 3:30am
Woken up in Tampere
Packed up and off at Helsinki
2 Cabs to accom
Accom
2 level penthouse in Docklands-ish part of town
Emma succeeds ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [218]
Helsinki 1
Day 0 = Thu 2 Jan
Helsinki
Russian capital of Finland, moved closer to Russia than the old Swedish capital of Tuurku
Not the introduction to the second act of a regrettably broad pre-War production of Dante's Inferno by ... Read more >
Sat, 8 Feb 2025 | By besoka | Views [212]
After struggling with this old platform out of nostalgia and symmetry, I've decided that it's just too old, broken and frustrating. It appears to be running an old version of Cloudflare that causes it to fail for increasingly random reasons - eg ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [204]
Apukka Resort
Day 0 = Thu 9 Jan
Arrived at Apukka
Emma checked in
Kid on phone didn't notice his suitcase was making the automatic door open and close for half an hour
Dropped our luggage and picked up out outer clothes
... Read more >
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [195]
Day 0 = Sun 5 Jan
Flight (Finnair)
Gorgeous view of Finland from above (daytime flight)
Snow-covered-ice-covered-lakes
Forests in between
Granite boulder fields
Listened to Sibelius 2nd Symphony and blissed out
Travel ... Read more >