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Paul Flo Williams

hisdeedsaredust@mastodon.online

<p>Surviving widowhood through <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>running</span></a>. After a 30-year career as a software engineer, then a teaching assistant at a primary school, now semi-retired. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Perl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Brighton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brighton</span></a>, East Sussex, UK</p><p>I don’t approve follow requests from bots, apps or people without bios.</p>

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    As tired as I am of all those moody book cover photos with a silhouetted figure walking into the distance, I wanted to share the cover art for the new #JackReacher novel, tentatively called “Life’s a Beach.” Not really, it’s a random photo that came up on Flickr, by Sandrine CPK.

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    I’m struggling with how to map this. I’ve mapped trees, tree stumps and street lights but I’ve never mapped a street stump! I probably won’t report it to the council either 😉

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    Hmm, now wishing I’d taken a tape measure, as I have no idea how tall they are. They _are_ imposing though.

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    I spent a lovely, blue-skied morning walking around #Shoreham yesterday morning, surveying for #OpenStreetMap. The main purpose of the survey was shops and businesses but there was plenty of fascinating history too. https://hisdeedsaredust.com/posts/2026/shoreham-survey/

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    Another #Shoreham survey and a possibly burned bonce, as I made absolutely no concessions to the blazing sun that I walked around in for 3½ hours. Today’s #OpenStreetMap walkabout was concentrating on street furniture. I found the most Shoreham recycling bin ever, dedicated to fishing line. I also learned that UPRNs and street addresses can be assigned to German minesweepers.

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    Just spotted this, right on my doorstep. Sunday 28 June for a trail half marathon (or 10k) taking in Mount Harry, Blackcap and Plumpton Ridge, with views down to Brighton and north over the Weald. Sounds fabulous and it actually runs most of my personal favourite half route backwards. #running #Brighton #SouthDowns

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    I took the opportunity to test out one of the shop checklists by @rjw62 today. Despite the warnings, Firefox on Linux coped just fine with the vertical spacing in the layout, so I didn&amp;#39;t need to do anything funky like converting to PDF first. It worked very well, folded to a manageable A5 size. I was confused by the lack of ‘flags’ compared with the screen version, but grateful for their omission when all I really need in the street is house numbers, business name and type. #OpenStreetMa...