I am Ashley Elsdon

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When things stop

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I had thought that I had all of July to sort out my google reader account. I was wrong. Google reader shuts down on the 1st of July, just over a month away! The realisation only came yesterday. So what should I do? Procrastination hasn’t helped at all, but thankfully feedly have a solution, and not only a solution but one that works with one of my favourite solutions IFTTT. Problem solved.

But it makes me think. We (I) depend on services like google reader, and of course these services won’t go on for ever, companies start things and stop things and when they do you have to use something else of find a different way of doing the things you need to get done. I’m sure at some point feedly will do something different or IFTTT will stop connecting things.

It’s the way of things I guess that’s all, but it does make life inconvenient at times.

And then there was a new cassette

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Chemical tapes: Rainbow Valley / Wind in Willows
Chemical tapes: Rainbow Valley / Wind in Willows
Chemical tapes: Rainbow Valley / Wind in Willows
Chemical tapes: Rainbow Valley / Wind in Willows

I actually really like cassettes. They’re such lovely objects. This is the first new cassette I’ve bought in years as they’re not easy to find any more. Chemical Tapes is a wonderful label that specialises in cassettes so I thought I’d give them a try out. I’ve not been disappointed so far at all.

Palm Sounds is 7 and there is cake

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And what a 7 years it has been. I do like the number 7, in fact it’s my favourite number if I can be said to have such a thing. So today I’m thinking about Palm Sounds and wondering about where it will go next.

Radio Times Doctor Who collectors postcards

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5 Doctors
Cyberman!
One of the best
Matt Smith
Brilliant
Tenant
The Pond era
Awesome

I was lucky enough to get all of these when they came out. I’m not sure I’d call them ‘collector’s editions’, but they’re ok. A couple of them are superb pictures, the rest, not so much.

Sick sick sick

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I hate being ill. I’ve been in bed all day and I feel terrible. It’s no fun being ill, not that I am ill very often. Even so, it’s horrible feeling sick and I end up just feeling sorry for myself.