No. 29 Vol. 1 Mon 06 December 2021 Price: 0/0d

A customary welcome

You've stumbled upon the Thranpages; home of idiosyncratic variety and curiosity.

The personal website may be dead to most, but I'm on a singular mission to bring it back.

A customary caution

Please Note: This website's contents represent only the opinion of its author (and anyone who agrees with him).

All that is new:

• A Socially Isolated Message >> Mon 06 December 2021 [yarn]

  What for me will be the most enduring image of the Covid-19 pandemic.

• WintoLin: Making Windows more like Linux >> Wed 01 December 2021 [hdid]

  Commercial demands mean I must return to Windows, I found ways to bring over some of what I've missed from Linux.

• Screenshot Showcase for November 2021 >> Tue 30 November 2021 [devlog]

  How is my desktop? November 2021.

• The Belligerent Bin >> Mon 29 November 2021 [yarn]

  You should always view a property before moving, but no-one says to check the bins.

• Announcing RSRU R2 >> Sun 28 November 2021 [devlog]

  RSRU.pl has reached its second release.

• Fine times with the PineTime >> Sat 13 November 2021 [hdid]

  I finally acquired a PineTime smart watch. I thought to offer my opinion on the device with some useful tips for getting started.

• Girls and Boys by Blur >> Sat 06 November 2021 [tanl]

  This is the opening track from the Parklife album. I believe it is more than a mere dance piece.

• Potatodom and Potatoism >> Sat 23 October 2021 [tales]

  A parody of an unnamed cultic group, I invented a potato religion in 2016. Here is a study of the tenets and history of the sects.

• Bitter Coin >> Sun 17 October 2021 [devlog]

  My many misses at getting a piece of the blockchain.

• Opening the Armoury >> Wed 06 October 2021 [yarn]

  A story from my university days of a run-in with the head of IT.

• Fireside in the Shire >> Sun 26 September 2021 [tanl]

  Sharing some things I noticed when reading the opening scenes of the Fellowship of the Ring.

• Peculiar Sightings of Birds, Part I >> Sat 25 September 2021 [yarn]

  There are few creatures quite as industrious as the bird. Their activities have always caught my eye. A number of their strange deeds are lodged in my memory and I've decided to share them here.

• The Road by Bilbo Baggins >> Sun 05 September 2021 [tanl]

  It is too tempting to rush through the lines of verse in these books. Yet I find even this one provoking.

• Facial Phrases >> Sat 04 September 2021 [tanl]

  Through my literary (and televised) travels, I've found a few facial related phrases.

• WMW Lives! >> Sat 28 August 2021 [devlog]

  I've launched a new section of the site: WMW, or Well Made Web. See it at wmw.thran.uk!

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