I recently got an email from a dear friend of mine which simply said “You are such a geek.”  No explanation, no context, just a single statement.  I love you too, AM.  My guess is that she had checked my blog and found a myriad of particularly geeky posts, for which I can only apologise; my recent offerings have indeed revolved around such joys as Lego, hacking my mobile phone, doing clever things with computers and my mobile, and joining the ranks of Twitterers.  Unabashedly geeky, I have to admit.

So, this post is part apology, part solution.  I do apologise to any of my loyal blog followers who may have been put off by the content of my recent posts.  I also apologise to any new followers who have seen the geekiness and expect that to be the only subject matter from now on and for all time – sorry, I’m not that much of a geek.  Herewith, therefore, is a post that is not geeky.  Or at least not intentionally.

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