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Email Termination
Oh no! Iv've sent myself an email about terminating my own service! I guess I'd best update my payment methods so I can continue paying myself!
piku.xyz
December 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Saturday Workout
Trying a different gym app. This one seems to work better in that after logging a set the rest timer automatically starts. Saves me from getting distracted by my phone and spending too long sat around doing nothing.
piku.xyz
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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AI might not be completely useless
Yeah that'll make some of you angry. Never mind. For reasons beyond my comprehension my Chromebook's clock was wrong. I think it's related to the battery going completely flat. And...
piku.xyz
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Desperate Naggy Software
Why is software so naggy now, why can't I just use something for a purpose without first having to click off several "did you know..." boxes that infest my screen?...
piku.xyz
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Accidentally beta testing the world
Are you one of those people who always seems to break the world? Someone for whom the phrase "That's strange, I've never seen that before" gets said around them a...
piku.xyz
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Todays Random Fitbit Achievement
I've walked to space, supposedly. Their choice of milestones is a bit random though. For a fitness app you'd think they'd do "Everest" or other popular high places.
piku.xyz
October 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Amazon Mouse 2, Refund Boogaloo
After chatting with some people on Discord they convinced me to be bothered to return the broken mouse. They explained that since it was so cheap, the refund would be...
piku.xyz
October 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Cheap Amazon E-Waste Mouse
Wherein I thought I was getting a bargain mouse... For a bargain price, using the Amazon returns warehouse thing... But instead I received someone's broken e-waste that has clearly been...
piku.xyz
October 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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You can't trust Google Maps reviews
This doesn't seem right. I look up directions to a place, and then Google wants me to review the place, even though I never went there? I mean, I have...
piku.xyz
September 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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The Slow Plane from China
I ordered a foot stool from Amazon... They confidently told me it would arrive Thursday. Then on Thursday the tracking changed to... which is a bit of a jump in...
piku.xyz
September 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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TV Licence Scaremongering
It's that time again where I have to certify that I promise not to watch broadcast TV. Although they do try very hard to make me click the wrong button...
piku.xyz
September 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This is a test of the emergency broadcast system
If it was for real, your best course of action is to run towards the bright light. Hiding under your table is t going to help. Now, about that application...
piku.xyz
September 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Android desktop mode beta, or Chromebook in your pocket
I enrolled on the Android Beta and am typing this on my phone plugged into a USB-C dongle that provides HDMI and USB. The idea is it's supposed to turn...
piku.xyz
September 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Leg Day
Tomorrow is Can't Walk Day 😬
piku.xyz
August 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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New Gym
The gym has moved to a new building. It's got that shiny newness to it, and I discovered there's a "new gym" smell which is much nicer than "old gym"...
piku.xyz
August 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Orb Funkee Animalz
This is not the fidget toy you are looking for. Sure, you can mangle and squeeze it, but it's not satisfying like a stress ball, and it doesn't go back...
piku.xyz
August 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Bathing the cat
We gave the cat a bath. I only came away with minor bleeding.
piku.xyz
August 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Don't fear leg day...
Fear the day after... Also, who invented Bulgarian split squats, they're just pure evil.
piku.xyz
August 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Pickles!
I've been growing cucumbers in a little plastic greenhouse thing in the back garden. Normally my attempts at this end badly, with the cucumbers turning into the most bitter things...
piku.xyz
August 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Stickers
I keep losing my car in carparks. It's grey and boxy, all cars are now grey and boxy and looks identical from a distance. A few stickers should help. This...
piku.xyz
August 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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These things are so stupid, I don't have a camera on my PC, so now I have to faff about with my phone.
July 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM