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Long-timers may recall that periodic Project Runway chirping is a recurrent feature on this blog. The oldest post I was able to find about the show was yelling about Mondo's loss in Season 8 (of course it was), but I've seen every season...
Last month, June 2026, I participated in Robert Birming’s Junited 2026 blog post sharing event. Now it’s July which Robert has branded the JulyReply blog connecting month. The idea is quite simple: if you find a blog post that provokes...
“The displacement of Marxist categories in the discussion of hybridity also alibis and parallels the displacement and replacement of third worldist solidarity work and internationalist politics with a cosmopolitan ‘post-colonial elite’...
My partner and I celebrated a year together in June. The words , "I love you!" officially were said. Of course, I said, "I love you too". Everytime I hear this phrase, I feel so giddy and get butterflies again. Love is love.
My iPhone 15 Pro has four physical buttons. The two volume buttons, the sleep/wake button, and the Action Button, that replaced the silence switch in the iPhone 15 generation above the volume buttons. Since I never took my phone out of...
Three weeks at number one from 2nd January 1988While we were discussing the entry for “True Faith” on Bluesky, a number of followers jumped in to offer early praise for this follow-up single. This caught me off guard. I have a rule to...
Hippos; I call them "Water Rhinos". I'M NOT CRAZY! In spite of their adorable appearance, hippos do not make great pets. Nobody ever considers that you'll need a litter box the size of a Volkswagen bus. Which is why animal shelters are...
These weeknotes are brought to you live1 from the Barbican. Quick bits For no discernible reason, my to-do list had the item “retractable baguette” on it. I’ve had just about no time to continue with game development. I miss my desk...
Another clearer video? More on the Channel An interesting curiosity but I wonder if it is worth it. I will say that the copper head is a remarkable likeness. I wonder how it was done.
Guy on the train today kept asking people, "Hey man, do you drink beer?" If they said yes, then he pulled a completely ordinary aluminum bottle opener/corkscrew out of his pocket, still in the grocery store packaging, and asks, "How much...
Windows in interesting places: Work This week hasn't brought me relief from monorepo hell, instead now there's now extra work thrown on top of it. Now I am also responsible for migrating regression of our rust engine to platform team's...
After my last post, I knocked out until around 10pm. At some food, and after a bit I kinda just started feeling nice. I got the mood to dance, so I tossed on my beautiful black dress and put on 'Sign of the Times' and let youtube...
Got up at 9a.m. A nice day for a change. Sunny. Bill Edwards came for me at 10.30. Went into Wales for the day. I had a very pleasant day. Got as far as Rhyl.
Towards a ‘country ramble’ Following on from last month’s instalment, I’m pleased to report that as I write this, the pace of life, projects, work and everything else has settled into something that feels genuinely manageable. Currently,...