Today is the memorial day of St Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of the recently deceased.
Related Posts
A musical interlude
I had piano lessons at around age 5, and again around age 10. I never practised enough or liked my teacher much. As a teenager at university, I went back to the piano to play tunes that I wanted to, and taught myself enough to get by on those. After…
Adventures with GnuPG
For a couple of years now, I’ve been using GnuPG in my email. But I had a couple of keys out there that were old, and lost, and that I’d forgotten the passphrases for. A while back, I found my old secret keyring (from back in the day when I…
Eurovision
This year's UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest is actually pretty good, as these things go. Nice and poppy. And in general of course I approve of videos featuring girls in school uniforms. I actually enjoy Eurovision once a year – pity it's not available here.