I cannot be absolutely certain, but it is just possible that I have never before published a blog post on 23^rd October. At least, today is the first day since I started regularly bringing in old posts that I have found nothing to do. Of course, I may have brought one in before, but I cannot search...

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Around this time of the year, I like to reminisce about how my friend Luigi and I started agro.biodiver.se 15 years ago now. I initially went to the boss at the place where I worked, which had a similar, though narrower, focus, and tried to interest him in the idea. The pitch was simple; put stuff...

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As I undertake the now manageable and even pleasant task of bringing in old posts each day, a few things have struck me. One is how many links have simply rotted away. Where I can, I have updated those either by searching the site, if it remains, or The Internet Archive, although that too doesn't ha...

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My journal reminded me that I started doing 7-minute high-intensity interval training yesterday two years ago. After looking around a bit, I chose the Johnson & Johnson app to guide me, and although I toyed with customising routines, I quickly gave up and just stuck with the programme. I do remember the thrill as I went up from 7 minutes to 15 to 24 and even more so as I did my first push-up and rotation on the floor rather than on the edge of the table. The lockdown provided a huge motivational boost to get me though the days of no walking in the park. Now I’m happy doing three sessions a week, M-W-F, alternating between the 2-cycle moderate set and the 3-cycle cardio set.

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I bagged another geohash yesterday. All it took was rescheduling and redirecting my normal walk, because the target location was just over 5 km from my home. How often does that happen? I wrote it up on the wiki, to the best of my ability, but adhering to IndieWeb principles I’m hosting my own suitably edited version here.

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