Vici
@vicibox.bsky.social
Independent Spirit reflecting light from the Dark Mirror; retired Harwell Scientist PhD FInstP, Writer & Artist navigating zeitgeist towards the post-Holocene.
Thanks for my Birthday wishes all; YES I am actually 75 today. After breakfast I opened my cards and presents; a Trekmates Gore-Tex Bamford GTX Hat and a honey bee sunflower mug (here with Marzipan and newcomer Pumpkin helping with the display).
October 2, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Thanks for my Birthday wishes all; YES I am actually 75 today. After breakfast I opened my cards and presents; a Trekmates Gore-Tex Bamford GTX Hat and a honey bee sunflower mug (here with Marzipan and newcomer Pumpkin helping with the display).
Rationalised my desk to Thinkstation P3, Pixel & Thinkpad X1; all running Linux Mint. Tablet replaced by a Chromebook Plus. Completed with a docking station, two Logitech webcams & two external DVD drives. Sound by Cyrus. Milli Mouse holds laptop lids slightly open to improve docked cooling :-)
September 22, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Rationalised my desk to Thinkstation P3, Pixel & Thinkpad X1; all running Linux Mint. Tablet replaced by a Chromebook Plus. Completed with a docking station, two Logitech webcams & two external DVD drives. Sound by Cyrus. Milli Mouse holds laptop lids slightly open to improve docked cooling :-)
I started clearing the glory hole that is our Computer corner because Openreach is coming on Wednesday afternoon to create havoc installing Fibre Broadband. The corner hadn't been cleared for about 20yrs so the mess was extraordinary. Fortunately the electrics were split computer/phone and domestic.
August 31, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I started clearing the glory hole that is our Computer corner because Openreach is coming on Wednesday afternoon to create havoc installing Fibre Broadband. The corner hadn't been cleared for about 20yrs so the mess was extraordinary. Fortunately the electrics were split computer/phone and domestic.
New computer wallpaper. Chawton Park Wood, Nikon Z5 40mm 2024 ;-)
August 25, 2026 at 3:11 PM
New computer wallpaper. Chawton Park Wood, Nikon Z5 40mm 2024 ;-)
Time I bought some new clothes. Looking at Facebook memories I realise that I am wearing the same outfit today that I was wearing in 2018 at the Kent Rare Breeds Farm. The same T-shirt, shorts, hat and sandals ;-)
August 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Time I bought some new clothes. Looking at Facebook memories I realise that I am wearing the same outfit today that I was wearing in 2018 at the Kent Rare Breeds Farm. The same T-shirt, shorts, hat and sandals ;-)
How quickly your life can turn; a bit of a senior moment. Tripped on the pavement going shopping. My hands couldn't break my fall & my chin hit the pavement; harder than I have ever been hit before. Two ladies & Elizabeth helped me up & back to the house for treatment before going out again :-)
August 7, 2026 at 11:06 AM
How quickly your life can turn; a bit of a senior moment. Tripped on the pavement going shopping. My hands couldn't break my fall & my chin hit the pavement; harder than I have ever been hit before. Two ladies & Elizabeth helped me up & back to the house for treatment before going out again :-)
Commonwealth Games opened in Glasgow? BBC this morning hidden at the bottom of the page! Commonwealth Leaders were there including our PM. These are our main allies in the Environmental Crisis. They are looking for British Leadership. The largest political block in the world; our Global Community.
July 24, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Commonwealth Games opened in Glasgow? BBC this morning hidden at the bottom of the page! Commonwealth Leaders were there including our PM. These are our main allies in the Environmental Crisis. They are looking for British Leadership. The largest political block in the world; our Global Community.
Don't you know; my life used to be in turmoil? Don't you know; I used to write Poetry to make sense of my senseless existence? I survived!!! We don't go down without a fight guys - winks ;-)
June 25, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Don't you know; my life used to be in turmoil? Don't you know; I used to write Poetry to make sense of my senseless existence? I survived!!! We don't go down without a fight guys - winks ;-)
Oooer.....It's already 29C and I am about to drive out to our appointment ;-)
June 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Oooer.....It's already 29C and I am about to drive out to our appointment ;-)
Whew its 28C. Back home from this morning's Meeting, I set up our AirCon unit with the help of Coffee and the Beaks lending paws and flippers :-)
June 21, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Whew its 28C. Back home from this morning's Meeting, I set up our AirCon unit with the help of Coffee and the Beaks lending paws and flippers :-)
This makes me cry; it encapsulates our global crisis. This brave little Giraffe looking out at a hostile world. I thought she was in quarantine with 2 adults; the rest of the wonderful Marwell herd grazing. No this was the herd. Our elders & Profs have blown it. Wake up humanity #6thMassExtinction
June 18, 2026 at 11:53 AM
This makes me cry; it encapsulates our global crisis. This brave little Giraffe looking out at a hostile world. I thought she was in quarantine with 2 adults; the rest of the wonderful Marwell herd grazing. No this was the herd. Our elders & Profs have blown it. Wake up humanity #6thMassExtinction
I think the World Cup is the most important event going on in the world this Summer (Boston Police Officer showing the world that their current US stereotypes are completely wrong www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrfo... ). People around the world need reassuring that the real America is still there ;-)
Boston Police officer goes viral for juggling soccer ball with Scotland fans
YouTube video by CBS Boston
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June 14, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I think the World Cup is the most important event going on in the world this Summer (Boston Police Officer showing the world that their current US stereotypes are completely wrong www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrfo... ). People around the world need reassuring that the real America is still there ;-)
My Memoirs seized up & hard to see me achieving any kind of finished product. A new approach was needed. I have constructed a framework of Indexes to take Chapters rewritten as dated Essays to be dropped in on completion. That way my Memoirs are always both a work in progress & a completed document.
June 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
My Memoirs seized up & hard to see me achieving any kind of finished product. A new approach was needed. I have constructed a framework of Indexes to take Chapters rewritten as dated Essays to be dropped in on completion. That way my Memoirs are always both a work in progress & a completed document.
New Show at Vici's Attic Gallery in OSGRID and SL. Photos I took during the Pandemic to document what we were going through for my Diary ;-)
May 25, 2026 at 7:23 PM
New Show at Vici's Attic Gallery in OSGRID and SL. Photos I took during the Pandemic to document what we were going through for my Diary ;-)
Whilst sitting in a waiting room saying I cant think of a theme for a new photo show, Elizabeth suggested the Pandemic. I had a look through my photo folders. So this is it, Pandora's Masque; street photography during the Covid Pandemic ;-)
May 22, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Whilst sitting in a waiting room saying I cant think of a theme for a new photo show, Elizabeth suggested the Pandemic. I had a look through my photo folders. So this is it, Pandora's Masque; street photography during the Covid Pandemic ;-)
New screen wallpaper. Photo from last year walking back to town from the Chawton Surgery ;-)
May 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
New screen wallpaper. Photo from last year walking back to town from the Chawton Surgery ;-)
Just started using Google Keep for taking notes on my phone to paste into my Diary when I get home. Works well. The phone also provides the photos for context. Yes I could write the notes into my organiser but then I would have to type it when I get home. I just record key words & details ;-)
May 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Just started using Google Keep for taking notes on my phone to paste into my Diary when I get home. Works well. The phone also provides the photos for context. Yes I could write the notes into my organiser but then I would have to type it when I get home. I just record key words & details ;-)
Home Digital Sovereignty & Security? I've been taking it seriously since 2003. All my computers run Linux & this is my Database; my Diary that stretches back to 1800, incorporating Family History, inspired by Hypercard, written in Raw HTML. I don't use password savers except for non-essentials ;-)
May 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Home Digital Sovereignty & Security? I've been taking it seriously since 2003. All my computers run Linux & this is my Database; my Diary that stretches back to 1800, incorporating Family History, inspired by Hypercard, written in Raw HTML. I don't use password savers except for non-essentials ;-)
Geologists don't get it; why I gave up my Fellowship of the Geological Society & scuttled back to the Inst Phys. Animals are alive so, they fail to notice the decline by 73%. This is not the new Anthropocene (cant believe they ignore the biggest event in their career); this is #6thMassExtinction
May 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Geologists don't get it; why I gave up my Fellowship of the Geological Society & scuttled back to the Inst Phys. Animals are alive so, they fail to notice the decline by 73%. This is not the new Anthropocene (cant believe they ignore the biggest event in their career); this is #6thMassExtinction
Despite severe sciatica, we went shopping at Sainsburys. Walking back up Drayman's Way, in the sunshine with the trees bursting into leaf, it is hard to imagine now that in 2022 this was a huge Brewery demolition site. The River Wey Walk from the High Street to the Kings Pond is now a delight ;-)
April 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Despite severe sciatica, we went shopping at Sainsburys. Walking back up Drayman's Way, in the sunshine with the trees bursting into leaf, it is hard to imagine now that in 2022 this was a huge Brewery demolition site. The River Wey Walk from the High Street to the Kings Pond is now a delight ;-)
After my bath, the Moon and Venus were looking brilliant in the North West. Aldebaran was also noticeable in the image, just in the frame above the tree, to the left of the Moon ;-)
April 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
After my bath, the Moon and Venus were looking brilliant in the North West. Aldebaran was also noticeable in the image, just in the frame above the tree, to the left of the Moon ;-)
After my bath tonight my knee injury was looking wicked ;-)
April 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
After my bath tonight my knee injury was looking wicked ;-)
I should have known better than to ask Racccoon to supervise the installation of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon" on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 on the 13th of the Month; what was I thinking? It all went wrong. So I decided to go back to Mint and re-installed Mint 22.2 LTE - sigh ;-)
April 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I should have known better than to ask Racccoon to supervise the installation of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon" on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 on the 13th of the Month; what was I thinking? It all went wrong. So I decided to go back to Mint and re-installed Mint 22.2 LTE - sigh ;-)
Xmas came late. Elizabeth kept asking what I wanted for Xmas; I didn't have a clue. Finally she jumped in as I was shopping on Amazon and bought me a Trolley for my Golf Bag ;-)
March 24, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Xmas came late. Elizabeth kept asking what I wanted for Xmas; I didn't have a clue. Finally she jumped in as I was shopping on Amazon and bought me a Trolley for my Golf Bag ;-)
This morning I went to Quaker Meeting and the door to the toilet had the most Quaker sign I have ever seen :-)
March 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This morning I went to Quaker Meeting and the door to the toilet had the most Quaker sign I have ever seen :-)