I got the call 10 minutes before Rishi Sunak stepped into the rain to call the election: “We need you, can you start work right now?” Within an hour I had built the spreadsheet, imported in some initial data and started calling members. By the next day I had merged in more data from from…Continue reading Member mobilization for Labour Party
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Using Feefo with Prestashop/Thirybees
Download the sample file from feefo Under Sales > Upload multiple sales there is a sample spreadsheet to download. You can use this as a template to build a file to import your data. Open the file and take a look at the columns. We need to fill these columns with data from our store!…Continue reading Using Feefo with Prestashop/Thirybees
3 things they don’t tell you about co-sleeping
Co-sleeping, specifically “safe bed sharing”, is when you sleep with your baby in bed with you. This should only be done after you have taken steps to make it safe, even if you just do it accidentally or briefly. Here are two safety information pages: Lullaby Trust and Basics. Personally, I choose to bed share…Continue reading 3 things they don’t tell you about co-sleeping
Elimination Communication with a newborn baby
What is Elimination Communication? Most babies communicate a few things early on: they say “I’m hungry” with cues like rooting or hand sucking and “I need to burp” with grimaces and gurning! The practice of “Elimination Communication” tries to add cues for “I need to poo/wee” to the list of things the parent/s understand and…Continue reading Elimination Communication with a newborn baby
What induction of labour feels like
I wrote most of this post this while having my labour induced at 39 weeks because the baby wasn’t growing enough. I was basically “on time” for my due date, and my body was mostly ready for birth. A disclaimer, I have Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder and the induction process started working very quickly on me.…Continue reading What induction of labour feels like
Bulk Remove Meta Data from Photos in Linux
Quick note to self (and anyone else who is interested). You can bulk remove metadata from photos using gThumb on Fedora Linux (and probably all gnome based Linuxes and others besides) Navigate to a folder with all the images in Select all (control+a) Right click on the selection Choose open with gThumb In gThumb again,…Continue reading Bulk Remove Meta Data from Photos in Linux
The Origin of “A Franciscan Prayer” – a Non-Traditional Blessing
Sometimes, it’s good to find the origin of prayers – and they can be unexpected and wonderful. I am using the following prayer for the blessing of my marriage to my partner Joseph: Franciscan Blessing May God bless you with discomfort,At easy answers, half-truths,And superficial relationshipsSo that you may liveDeep within your heart. May God…Continue reading The Origin of “A Franciscan Prayer” – a Non-Traditional Blessing
Seed packet instructions
Just some notes for myself
Anna’s Climate Actions: Spoonie Options for Combating the Climate Catastrophe
I’m super frustrated right now – Brexit is mostly the only thing in the news and all we should be talking about is that other thing. Climate Catastrophe. I’m raring to go and full of motivation and also fear…. but I have full time health problems and all of the exciting, powerful actions are just…Continue reading Anna’s Climate Actions: Spoonie Options for Combating the Climate Catastrophe
Twitter account access when you lost access to your email
I have recently been working with a UK charity called National Estate Churches Network (NECN). I’ve been helping them rebuild their digital presence after a string of issues, both technical and otherwise, caused them to lose their domain name, website and email addresses. As a knock-on effect they had also lost access to their twitter…Continue reading Twitter account access when you lost access to your email