mark hysted
Minimalist. Owns three compost bins.
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mark hysted - June 26, 2026 12:11
I have learnt this week that I am very bad at coping with a heatwave.
mark hysted - June 05, 2026 19:41
Just been looking at my #photos on my phone. Various serial numbers, instructions, pics of car parts and weird dark pictures trying to see down the back of cabinets. Also pics of family and holidays 🤣
Not sure I would ever call a pub beautiful, but...
i am a runner
If I go running a couple of times a week am I a runner? I’ve started running again. It fell away to zero when we moved into our new house. I would run 5km once a week for a bit, then it would fade for a while then I’d come back to it. This has been the longest break for quite a while and I’m declaring myself as starting from a non-runner. Getting back into something like running takes time, I am…
lost and found again - this time a water bottle
This is becoming a bit of a theme, lose something, order a replacement, and then the lost item reappears. Earlier in the year it was an AirPod , now it is a water bottle. Couldn't for the life of me locate my favourite water bottle, it is the one I tend to grab about 90% of the time, the other 10% is a cycling bottle for, well, cycling and the gym. I loved my water bottle - but then it…
things I might dump in 2026 - april update
In late 2025 I put together a list of things I would dump in 2026. Three months of the year are done, so how have I been getting on? A mixed bag: ‘social’ media - down to one social media platform, using mastodon via federate.social . I like the feel of it, and enjoy the eclectic mix of people on there. X is now beyond saving in my opinion. Bluesky seems to be similar, I have this feeling it is…
even the brits are fed up of the rain
In the UK we are used to the rain, we get a lot of it. We put up with it because it makes us such a green country, makes stuff grow and we like to potter about with our trousers rolled up in a cool river on a hot sunny day. But even us hardy brits have had enough now, it seems to have been raining continuously since before Christmas. The news is even picking up on it, here are a few facts from Sky…
as if by magic - the AirPod reappeared
As disappointingly forecast in my previous post , the missing AirPod has reappeared. It reappeared from the back of my bedside table on the 15th Jan, nine days after my £76 replacement had arrived, very efficiently, from Apple. I now have a spare left hand AirPod, I am not sure what to do with it - creative ideas welcome. By the way, the title is a homage to one of my favourite childhood TV…
for faffs sake - I lost an AirPod
I wrote some time ago about the benefits of wired headphones, including the fairly obvious fact that they are harder to lose. Well, I bought some AirPods 4 NC and had been getting along fine until I was on holiday over the Christmas period, opened the case and found the left AirPod missing. Find my stuff says it is at home, but hasn't been seen for about a week. I have resorted to walking around…
things I will spend more time on in 2026
This is the inverse of my recent post about stuff I’d like to dump in 2026. It is inspired by Jon’s blog where he added an invest list under his own to dump list. I suppose they are a bit like new year resolutions, but framing in terms of spending more time rather than something I could 'tick off' feels like a longer term aspiration and therefore more likely to happen (in my head anyway). watching…
things I might dump in 2026
A list of things I might dump in 2026: ‘social’ media snickers duo changing blog platforms the second cup of coffee the news carbs the Apple Watch I never use some old shirts I never wear work backpack pretending to journal podcasts that just interview people with a new book to sell eating whilst walking desk lunch What is on your list?
no more decisions please
We have been having some work done to the house, requiring a lot of decisions. Colours of things, types of things, position of things, order of doing things, do we want to do this whilst I’m here things? Couple this with the early decision making on Christmas, what presents would you like, when should we organise stuff, what do your parents/kids/siblings think they want, when are people coming…
Limestone pavement at Malham Cove
my favourite art from the RWA Annual Open Exhibition 2025
Think this is my third visit to Royal West of England Academy Annual Open Exhibition and the first I have managed to capture my favourites and cobble them together in a post. I know very little about art, I couldn’t comment on the motivation behind each piece of work. I have no idea how brilliant, stimulating or challenging they are. I just took pictures of the ones I liked best. The art I enjoyed…