I had a proper start of 2026:

I switched to Linux Mint on New Years Eve and I love it. From now on I'll be using Windows only to play specific games.

I also expelled Google from my life (except Youtube, oh well)

I'm starting to feel human again.

The great thing about ground mounted solar is you can get to it when the unexpected happens

🚨 We've had a light dusting of snow 🚨

Trying to recall how to make normal meals instead of festive leftovers, chocolates and cake

Happy new year!

Whoa-oh here she comes
Watch out ants she'll slurp you up
Whoa-oh here she comes
She's an anteater

Please don’t use pool noodles to store your quilts

Just read yet another quilt blogger recommend this, but that foam the noodles are made from can degrade over time into a slimy gel. Can’t really get across how bad it is in words, it’s so gross 🤮

I fear we’re going to lose a whole generation of quilts to the damage these noodles can cause

#Quilting

Table salt

Don't walk, RUN to check out @TIBtv

🔗 : https://tv.theindiebeat.fm

The Fediverse's own MTV 📺 🎵

I've already discovered so many talented indie artists thanks to it

I almost forgot to post a crumb shot. Here we go.

#food

@katemorley That is quite an achievement. I've dipped into it many times but it's not a book I have the energy to read cover to cover.

My parents were about to throw out an old e-reader that they assumed was broken and replaced. Long story short, after minimal tinkering I now have a perfectly usable e-reader for offline use.

This train was delayed 20 minutes but it has multiple small dogs on it so I can't be too mad

Merry Christmas to everybody, except that dude who works for Elastic, who decided to drop an unauthenticated exploit for MongoDB on Christmas Day, that leaks memory and automates harvesting secrets (e.g. database passwords)

CVE-2025-14847 aka MongoBleed

Exp: https://github.com/joe-desimone/mongobleed/blob/main/mongobleed.py

This one is incredibly widely internet facing and will very likely see mass exploitation and impactful incidents

Impacts every MongoDB version going back a decade.

Shodan dork: product:"MongoDB"

Watching Indiana Jones (Raiders). Isn't it strange how security by booby trap gauntlet never really caught on.

Not the most photogenic cake in the world, is it.

My slab of parkin, fresh from the oven. Recipe courtesy of @JeremiahFieldhaven whose oven probably runs cooler than mine 😅

Smells wonderful though, despite the dark spots.

#food

@sheepnik I'm attempting to make parkin (first time) - wish me luck!

I have wet the drys and now the wets are in the oven, drying.

From one of the model railway forums but bang on and a good day to remember this

"People don't stop playing because they grow old. They grow old because they stop playing. "