Anti-immigration protesters keep running onto a road in Portsmouth.

It’s BYOJ day.


Connections Puzzle #420

🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Quickest one yet.


Wordle 1,142 2/6

⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Yesterday a wonderful trip to the beach and now this? Even the weekends are better here.


Apple finally realised people also use maps in browsers.


Wordle 1,125 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Amused by the answer being appropriate to the point of not caring about yet another 5. Anyway, back to prepping for tonight’s D&D…


Strands #127 β€œRise and shine”

πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅

Nice easy start to the day.


Connections Puzzle #393

🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

Pretty easy.


Wordle 1,115 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Annoying!


Wordle 1,114 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It took me fully five minutes from line 3 to get there. Stupid head cold.


A nice reminder for all politicians in this country: you can still get your arse handed to you.


Wordle 1,111 3/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Stings.


Wordle 1,109 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Complete guess. I had forgotten that was even a word!


TIL the folks who you hire to the highest court of the land are able to decide whether you’re a good little boy or not. Staggering corruption, truly.


Wordle 1,108 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

That woke me up a little.


To follow Leon’s post, itself a nod to Alan’s post, I say:

  • Narrow the audience.
  • Broaden the context.
  • Deepen the understanding.

We must help ourselves, otherwise we cannot hope to help others.


Strands #119 β€œCut and color”

πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸŸ‘

A well designed board and a pangram of which I never knew.


Connections Puzzle #385

🟨🟨🟦🟨
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ
🟨🟦🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦

That was fun.


Wordle 1,107 2/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This is one of my favourite words, and that’s the first time that has happened. :)


Strands #117 β€œThat’s my jam!”

πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸŸ‘πŸ”΅πŸ”΅πŸ”΅
πŸ”΅

Super easy, thanks to the theme.


Connections Puzzle #383

🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ

A little easy but enjoyable.