Oppose. A bit more lateral today as I was struggling a bit! 📷
Cool. Isambard Kingdom Brunel on a Brompton is cool. 📷
Rest. Cats achieve Olympic levels of rest. 📷
Balance. Carreg Samson, Pembrokeshire. It has apparently been balanced like that for about 5000 years. 📷
Warmth. There’s nothing like the warmth of your mother. Especially if she is very hairy 😍 📷
Rise. Holt, Norfolk. 📷
Attachment. 📷
Plain. I didn’t think through my lunch. These crispbreads are nice, but a bit plain (and dry!) without some cream cheese or veggie pate on them. 📷
Sign. The signs are that I am anticipating a wet and windy day of field work! 📷
We lost a roof panel on our “conservatory” to the high winds. I put it in quotes because it’s a really shoddily-built thing, so I’m not surprised.
This was far better than I expected it to be. Tense, engrossing, subtle in places, it is a film about truth, lies, trust, power and control as much as AI. The effects are stunning but not showy and seem perfectly believable.
I’m keen to watch again to see if my sympathies for the characters shift knowing how it ends.
Lull. Waiting for a lull in the storm while listening to Welsh folk music. 📷
Contrast. The white of this harbour marker in Porthgain really contrasts with the dark rocks. 📷
Above. Looking up is often quite rewarding. 📷
Plant. Plants make urban life a little more bearable, even when they are sleeping in winter. 📷
Hide. This is from quite a few years ago when Bianca could still squeeze underneath this Ikea step. She can still hide under there, but she has to lift it first 🤣. 📷
Spot. I genuinely spotted the flower on this in our front garden as I was leaving this morning. 📷
Reflect. 📷
Sight. Bella’s got great sight and beautiful eyes. 📷
New post: Further adventures in org-mode.
In which I create a complicated workflow for a new role and try to replicate Roam in org-mode.
Open. Well, not quite, but I am willing this bud to open so that I get some winter colour. 📷
I’ve just listened to this fascinating documentary produced by the BBC World Service about the women who sewed space suits for NASA from the Apollo missions onwards. They also sewed components for the spacecraft, such as insulation panels and heat shields.
It is a fascinating story. Many of the women were recruited from the lingerie industry, as they had the precision sewing skills needed for this highly technical application. The lives of astronauts literally depended on their ability to sew strong and precise seams — sometimes with tiny seam allowances — so there was an incredible pressure on them to get it right.
I’ve had a fun day tweaking Emacs and scratching a few itches in my set up.
New post: Tweed waistcoat
My latest sewing adventure, drafting my own waistcoat pattern from a sloper.
Oh, Mark Gatiss’ Dracula has been fantastic. I’ve had to hide behind a cushion for a lot of horror-y bits, but I’ve still loved it. So many Easter eggs too! It has somehow maintained a perfect balance between genuinely scary, funny, profound, geeky, feminist, gothic camp.🦇