Andalucia Steve

...living the dream

The demise of supermarket baskets.

I'm not a number, I'm a free man, and I don't want to use a trolley
The demise of supermarket baskets.
1st world problem I know, but I'm really cheesed off that my favourite supermarket here in Spain, Mercadona has phased out hand baskets - we're trolley only in my branch now, and while I've been suffering in silence about this for nine months or so, now is the time for the worm to turn. So I wrote them a letter of complaint about it yesterday in both Spanish and English, so let's see what happens. (My money is on nothing, as corporations always value profit over customer convenience). Here... read more
 

In Defence of Donald Trump

Are things quite as they seem?
In Defence of Donald Trump
Sorry for the click-bait title, but hey, this is the age of new media and you've gotta work the system, right? I loathe Trump, and pretty much anyone else who thinks dripping themselves in gold is a good look. However, I saw the recent meeting where he and Vance ambushed Zelenskyy, and my 'take' on what went down seems very different from most commentators on the left. I thought I'd share my opinion and take the brickbats as they come. Trump is a performative president. What you see isn't ... read more
 

Bitcoin Is Doomed And So Are We

I recently had an epiphany. It doesn't end well.
I had an epiphany last week. Do you get those? Suddenly the clouds part and you see the way forward in a moment of clarity. Only rather than being a positive experience, this one was dark. Very dark. End of days dark. Photo by Kanchanara on Unsplash This is going to be a tough one to explain as it is a bit technical. I'll try to simplify as best I can. I had a similar epiphany the first time I used the World Wide Web. I was already an Internet user as I'd ... read more
 
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