He could have done a better job on his neck…
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As the year turns, once again
Today marks the end of another year. Tomorrow I have to remember that it’s 2024.
I’m not going to harp on about all that is wrong in the world – anyone who isn’t living under a rock has to have noticed that the world have not become a more peaceful or more prosperous place the last year. Quite the opposite in fact.
There are some bright spots though.
I got hold of not just one, but two of my Holy Grail razors. Well… three, actually.
I also managed to find a New-in-Box promotional Tech, which is a smooth little shaver.
And I got a lot of lovely shaves, a fair number at work while my bathroom was torn out and rebuilt.
My blog had more than seventy-six thousand visitors, who between generated well over half a million page views. I sold a few books, and gave away some too.
All in all it has been a year that can summed up as “not great, not terrible”. And in the grand scheme of things, that is more or less the best we can ask for in this day and age.
Better, but…
..not good yet. So no post today.
No save of the day 6th December 2023
Feeling better, but not great.
Still sick
So still no posts. Sorry.
Crime Skeleton – part II
Last year for Halloween, I wrote about the patent for the Crime Skeleton.
And now I learned that someone built it a couple of years ago and put it on YouTube…
Continue readingFive Thousand Formulas for Druggists
Before I start, and I shouldn’t even have to say this, a druggist isn’t a fellow (ab)using drugs. A druggists a US term for what the rest of the world would commonly call a pharmacists. So the title of this book – and this post – really ought to have been Five Thousand Formulas for Pharmacists. Except that the Era Formulary was indeed printed in the US back in 1893, so druggists it is.
And the reason I bring it up – in addition to, y’know, cool old book – is that among the five thousand formulas are some shave related ones.
Continue readingAI and shaving
AI is the best thing since sliced bread – or at least so the people who work in AI are trying to tell us.
So what happens if you ask an AI to create you some nice imagery of a Norwegian man shaving with a safety razor?
Continue readingTotally not my usual thing: Hedgehog
So I was out in the garden the other day… thankfully with the good camera
Continue readingShave of the day 21st June 2023
Razor: Gillette Slim
Blade: Shark Super Chrome
Brush: Brush Experimental Alpha
Pre-Shave: O Way Softening Shaving Cream
Lather: Arko Shavestick
Aftershave: Barber No3 Marmara
Additional Care: Alum Block
A quick midweek shave, with a shavestick moshed into a tub and a brush I made myself. I should get the lathe out again and make some more.