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Doug breaks software
I have this third-person saying that “80% of the time, Doug will break software”. Job & I were starting on a “career discussion” type project in our 1:1 and I realised again how often during my, by some standards, pretty normal customer service/support career, that I’ve been allowed to try and break software over the…
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Last minute coffee order
I do this almost every time, leaving ordering coffee until I’ve nearly ran out 😰❌☕️ Normally I order it with a full day left but I left it really late this time. Cut off is 8pm for next day delivery, I have 3 (decent) capsules left, and I left it until 7:08pm to order more!…
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Calvin and Hobbes
I love Calvin and Hobbes. And today is the 33rd anniversary of the first strip when Calvin caught Hobbes. Mmm, tuna sandwich!
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Not PUBG, (although I did get an Arcade Solo win earlier) but games night. Jack came over and we played the Discworld Ankh-Morpork game. I won being Vimes. First we went into town for a wander round the farmers market. But 👦🏼 was more interested in climbing the Dundee Dragon when we stopped for lunch…
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Calm kids
Both kids were at home today. Benj needed to stay off nursery to fully recover and H has an inservice day from school. Amazingly I did three hours of live chat without much of an interuption. That needs noted down, so proud of the kids
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Sick boy
I left the house to get one child, ended up getting the other. He always smiles for a photo… four minutes later, was napping. I lifted him off the bus like I did when he was tiny. But weighing a lot more. The boy is a weight these days. Running a small furnace, he’s now…
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New glasses
Departure from my older style of dark frames. Plus they wee cheapest in the shop. Win. Almost two years to the day since my last pair (8th Nov 2016, thanks Swarm!)
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1000 Likes / 101 posts
I guess my coworkers like me… (You to can get fancy achievement badges if you post lots, or take orders, or get followers. Or get post Streaks.) This will post will be number 101 on this blog. Not bad considering this site address (dougaitken.wordpress.com) originally was created on Dec 1st 2007 and I hardly used…
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Balgay Pavilion
Playing Ingress and Pokémon GO, I end up finding out about interesting historical things that otherwise I wouldn’t know about. The tagline from the start of Ingress was “It’s time to move”. Telling you that you had to physically find the places in the game. Now, there can be some utter nonsense submitted as Portals,…