This site is some twenty-five years old, and it contains lots of ancient stuff, much of it utterly dated and useless.
Sorry about that.
If anything, I post very unevenly, and about whatever occupies me.
Some featured posts
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De-googling
I have tried for ages to de-google. Not just from Google itself, but all the big ones — Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon. However, de-googling is not easy.
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Koha Library Software
Setting up a library management system like Koha is not easy, but once it’s done, registering and cataloguing your books is very easy.
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Across the river, into the trees
I spent a good deal of January and February 2021 on a movie set, but it wasn’t a very positive experience
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Most recent posts
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year to everybody but especially to Freya who are almost all the way in New Zealand. Very impressive.
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Irresistible kayaker
Who can resist this little fellow 🙂 My wife brought him home from Berlin this Christmas.
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Marry Christmas
Merry Christmas. Paddle safe.
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Skim Kayaks
In spite of the journey being put on hold until April or May, Skim Kayaks has generously offered to continue to sponsor me for the remainder of the journey. I’ve paddled the Skim Distance in Sardinia for four weeks in different conditions, and it is a brilliant expedition kayak. It is stable, fast and spacious.…
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Santa Lucia
Each year Kajakhotellet.dk organises a Santa Lucia procession in kayak to collect funds for Amnesty International. Besides having a charitable purpose—each paddler paid €15 to AI to participate—its also a good excuse to get to paddle a bit off season. We were around 100 paddlers today. I saw one or two television crew on land,…
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The Most Beautiful Kayak in the World
Today I unwrapped the most beautiful kayak in the world. It is a Rockpool Menai 18 and Mike Webb has outdone himself. Many Rockpool kayaks are spectacular, but none is as beautiful as mine 🙂 I ordered the Menai 18 last summer, and it was my intention to use it for the journey in Sardinia…
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Sea kayaking blog aggregator – Paddling Planet
I’ve set up a web site which automatically collects news from sea kayaking related blogs through their RSS feeds.
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Rolling Santa
Filmed at Escape Kajak Center in Göteborg, Sweden.
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Home at last
What’s the first thing to do when arriving at home after three months away?