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Nick Lewis

@nicklewis

Husband, step-dad, Web developer, writer, photographer, amateur historian, geek, electronic music producer. kidney transplant survivor, kayaker, lover of the...

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jul 20, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC

Learning more music

Since my last post on this topic: https://ecency.com/@nicklewis/practicing-new-songs We’ve changed our minds and are instead learning this classic track by Canadian band, Nickelback - Rockstar! https…

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jul 18, 2026, 7:16 AM UTC

Modcaf/Westie Arts Festival

Thursday night was a really lovely evening because it was Modcaf and a mini Hive meetup rolled into one. https://www.modcaf.org.uk/ I’m sharing this post on the Modcaf discord, so if you’ve not heard…

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jul 14, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC

6000+

Today when I started up Ecency to do my daily power up for #hpum and really pleased to see I’ve enough Hive to continue with it and into the following month. I noticed something cool! I’ve surpassed…

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jul 13, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC

Patch 1: Strega on it's own, with no patch leads

This is a bit of an Ecency import test for the times when I write stuff on my personal site or Substack. So parts of this post may or may not work. Thanks to @epodcaster who made me realise that ther…

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jul 10, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC

Dealing with difficult people

I’m having a bit of a problem and I’m not sure what to do about this because it could cost me my job, which is the last thing I need. I’m rather hacked off with my line manager at work, our Head of t…

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jul 9, 2026, 6:49 AM UTC

My Actifit Report Card: July 9 2026

Most of my steps yesterday would have been recorded whilst I was wading around a huge Lido (outdoor pool) teaching people to kayak. It was fantastically cool in the water and there was plenty of spla…

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jul 8, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC

Practicing new songs

Since I now work for a music school, albeit I’m not directly involved with the music part or the teaching of it, my interest in learning songs, music theory and composing my own has skyrocketed this…

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jul 2, 2026, 11:27 AM UTC

July 16th - Meetup opportunity

I’m putting this out there as an opportunity to meetup on the back of another cool event that’s coming up. 16th July - West End Centre, Aldershot, I’ll be joining up with the ModCaf guys for an open…

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jun 30, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC

Beenham Church

Beenham Church sits at the top of a hill overlooking the surrounding West Berkshire (Wessex Downs) countryside and is at the end of a lane that trickles out into a bridleway. There is a footpath to t…

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Nick Lewis
@nicklewis Jun 21, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC

Langstone

This is perhaps one of our favourite places on the coast and takes just over an hour to get there from home. There’s a car park on the left just before you cross the bridge that links the mainland wi…

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