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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 21/09/2026

I was idly browsing through the search queries on Google Analytics for one of my websites. I'd love to know what prompted this pair of searches.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 31/07/2026

If Andy Burnham really wants to do something good for the country he should appoint a Minister for Drought. It worked for Jim Callaghan in 1976.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 21/06/2026

Watching the Belgium v Iran game, I've just realised that if Iran played Brunei the score would read IRN-BRU.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 21/05/2026

My Fitbit app updated this morning to the new Google Health app. It's awful. Missing functionality, poor UI design, lacking customisation options, at least one really in-your-face bug.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 28/04/2026

Just heard a classic candidate for Colemanballs. Context, I'm watching Southampton v Ipswich in the EFL on Sky. Ipswich won the ball in their own area and pushed forward for a rapid counter-attack. Commentator: "The Blues are literally like Red Arrows".

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 16/04/2026

Slightly unfortunate typo in the BBC's story on the Covid report. I asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot to generate an image of the UK playing a huge roll.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 24/03/2026

That could have been so much better. I won't dwell on it, though. Wordle 1,739 5/6* ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 23/03/2026

If your response to an attack on a Jewish charity's vehicles is to question why the charity exists, your question tells us far more about you than you will ever learn from the answers to your question.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 23/03/2026

So the main objective of the war is to deal with a predictable consequence of starting the war. Make it make sense.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 22/03/2026

One of the bizarre things about Trump's social media posts isn't the content, dumb though it is, it's the way he signs them off. "Thank you for your attention to this matter". Sounds like an email from a middle manager complaining that staff are leaving empty sandwich wrappers on their desks again.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 18/03/2026

I learned a new word today. From the BBC report into Scotland's assisted dying bill.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 07/02/2026

I'm not going to complain. Wordle 1,694 3/6* 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 22/01/2026

Even Google's AI admits that AI is hurting independent websites. Maybe it's time for the independent web to reinvent the things which were once its main sources of traffic.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 10/01/2026

Ayatollah, don't Khamenei closer...

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 11/11/2025

Buses, like trains, should have delay repay. Not necessarily every bus - it's not really necessary for high-frequency urban services when the next one will be along soon. But when there's only one bus an hour, and the bus is late (or cancelled), there should be some redress.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 10/11/2025

I've been playing around with the Spotify API. here's a little project I've done with it. www.markgoodge.com/2025/10/seas...

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 09/11/2025

Watched the first instalment of the new David Attenborough series, Kingdom, this evening. One of the recurring features is a family of wild dogs. If they go the whole six episodes without once mentioning them crying out in the night, I will be very disappointed.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 03/10/2025

So, what do we think of the new Taylor Swift album, then?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 24/09/2025

Football trivia. Tonight's match between Port Vale and Arsenal is the first domestic English game for more than 25 years where neither side is named after a place.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 24/09/2025

Zero to 100% in three lines. Beautiful. Wordle 1,558 3/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 06/09/2025

I don't think Angela Rayner's tax affairs are particularly morally culpable. Yes, she should have obtained professional advice, and yes, not doing so amounted to a breach of the ministerial code. So resigning was the right course of action. But...🧵1/6

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 26/08/2025

This photo has started showing up on social media as if it's related to events of the past few days. It isn't. It's from the Vale of Evesham Asparagus Festival 11 years ago. The asparagus season traditionally starts on St George's day, hence the flag.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 26/08/2025

Apostrophe fans of the world. What are your thoughts on this?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 16/08/2025

Mildly amusing football fact. With the absence of East Anglian representation in the Premier League this year, the most easterly Premier League club is the slightly misleadingly (in this context) named West Ham.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 04/07/2025

Ought to be a popular opinion: AI is absolutely useless at giving you facts. AI is absolutely brilliant at generating content based on facts you give it. Getting facts still needs proper research. But once you've got the facts, writing an encyclopedia article about them is just about the prompt.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 01/07/2025

There are going to be a lot of people around the world complaining about localised spelling corruption today. Wordle 1,473 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 16/06/2025

I'm not entirely sure that this says what they think it means.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 13/03/2025

Llama 3, can you give me an example of the Streisand effect?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 03/03/2025

If the Pope dies soon (which, it has to be said, does look increasingly likely), what are the odds that Trump will declare himself the best candidate to replace him?

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 28/02/2025

LinkedIn has just sent me an invitation to follow Lewis Hamilton. Seems a bit pointless, really, I doubt I'd be able to keep up.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 12/02/2025

That was quick. Wordle 1,334 2/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 31/01/2025

Nice nod to early noughties ambient dance in the football section of the Graun today

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 27/01/2025

Saw this advert on a website I just visited. My first thought was, I must have forgotten to turn personalised advertising off.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 02/01/2025

I picked right. Wordle 1,293 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 03/12/2024

We're well into December now, so you're already hearing these on the retail and hospitality playlists. That means it's time to play Christmas Song Bingo.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 02/12/2024

I won't be participating in Whamageddon this year. I think it's time to call it a day on that one. It was fun for a while, but I get the feeling that too many people are taking it too seriously. And Last Christmas is a great song. It doesn't deserve that treatment. Just enjoy it.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 22/11/2024

Sounds like a character created by Scott Adams.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 04/10/2024

I'm not entirely sure if this is up @apiln.bsky.social's street, but it's still a gorgeous mismatch of headline and photo.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 25/08/2024

A while ago, I added the fact that I'm a a councillor to my LinkedIn profile. Ever since, I've been getting emails like this. Maybe someone should point out the fundamental flaw in this algorithm.

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 08/08/2024

Say something interesting

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 25/01/2024

Slightly disappointed to discover that this doesn't contain haggis, neeps, tatties and the lyrics to "Auld Lang Syne".

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Mark Goodge @markgoodge.com · 08/09/2023

And I need to be loved. (Just like everybody else does).

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