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I did manage to fix up slightly better net connectivity from my hideaway in Crewe, as I wrote months earlier.

I never managed to publish that particular note, as I managed to induce a rather persistent state of collapse within the fragile collection of ramshackle perl and shell scripts I use as a publishing system for this site. I’m not sure, but I think it all stemmed from hastily upgrading perl in place, optimistically ignoring umpteen other components that were reliant upon it. The server I use to host this authoring system is rather long of tooth.

It all threatened to take rather more time to patch up than I had to spare, but now I’m back home I’ve had the opportunity to carefully piece things back together. Careful observers may have been able to spot me hanging out in a few of the usual spots, and participating in the latest craze that’s been driving the kids wild. However, it’s more comfortable here, so I think I’ll be moving back in.

I think some spring-cleaning and a spot of re-decoration might be in order.