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ewan

@ewancroft.uk
a mentally unstable british poet and programmer who is unreasonably into werewolves. I water the Yew trees.

Welcome to Macintosh: Documenting a Hidden Easter Egg

"Hidden", more like. It's an open secret.

Dec 17, 2025

An American Werewolf in London: A Preventable Tragedy

All of these plot holes, it's like Britain's roads!

Dec 14, 2025

How Belief Shapes You When You're Not Looking

How the last week turned belief from concept into practice

Dec 7, 2025

Giving Up on Rust: A Post-Mortem

I should not be sorry.

Dec 7, 2025

The Yew Has Wilted, and I Can't Water It

Anxiety is killing me.

Dec 1, 2025

An Autistic Silver Bullet

No, I’m not AI. I just write like that.

Nov 27, 2025
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Building a Decentralised Link Shortener with AT Protocol

Because... well, just because.

Nov 24, 2025

On Scottish Gaelic, Heritage, and the Right to Care

I just want Scottish Gaelic to survive.

Nov 22, 2025
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You Can Just Do Things

An unexpected motto of the Atmosphere

Nov 21, 2025

Let’s Talk Steam Machine

Valve finally counted to Three.

Nov 17, 2025

I Accidentally Did a DoS Attack On My PDS

How not to make a first impression.

Nov 14, 2025

croft.click and the Paralysis of Possibility

...I guess I could ask my dad if he wants a redirect link to his business?

Nov 10, 2025

Writing in Public: Why My Blog Has No Theme

something that I didn't need to justify, but here's my reasons.

Nov 9, 2025
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An American Werewolf in London: The Streaming Shuffle Nobody Asked For

Ah yes, tempting a werewolf with raw meat into one cage and to the next, surely that won't go wrong!

Nov 1, 2025

Why Romance Language Word Order Sometimes Makes More Sense Than English

This is one of those spontaneous thoughts that just popped into my head, the kind that refuses to leave until I've written it out properly. So here we are.

Oct 30, 2025

Theory: How Long Did It Take?

In 'An American Werewolf in London', How Long Did Jack Walk?

Oct 28, 2025

Samhain in the Shadow of Snow

Honour, endings and the quiet rites Christmas swallowed

Oct 26, 2025

Sammy's Dead

Murdered by a vampire right in front of us, poor lass.

Oct 26, 2025

The Clock's Going Back!

a twice-yearly ritual I still don't understand

Oct 25, 2025

Completing My Leaflet Migration (And Feeling a Bit Dejected About Link Rot)

I've finally done it. The Leaflet migration is complete.

Oct 25, 2025
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