Bubbles
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What I've been up to this week.
A week off work – much needed. Lots of tinkering, house chores and downtime. Also stumbled on two cracking Post Box toppers, one celebrating Star Wars day! Found these on my daily walks, now on day 3344 of consecutive walks of at least...
NEEDED.
Venya Gushchin reviews (for the Brooklyn Rail, “an independent forum for arts, culture, and politics throughout New York City and far beyond”) what sounds like an interesting translation-cum-adaptation of one of the most famous works of...
Another Mother’s Day treat: a 40-minute video essay about “The Giving Tree”. Before watching, “The Giving Tree” was one of my least favorite children’s books — hate may not be too strong of a word to describe how I felt about it — but it...
I have call screening very enabled on my phone. I get so many spam calls about software and networking dinners about SASS and I DO NOT WANT THEM. Anyway, this week one got through and let me tell you how. I am, er, making friends, with...
Happy Mother’s Day to the moms out there! Today, my daughters took care of the morning routine, so I could sleep in, though “sleeping in” is rather different as the days get brighter so early now, and breakfast waiting for me. I headed...
betrayed my "small web" purity and started a substack. I'm too comfortable sending my writing to the void, it's more embarrassing to send writing to the void on social media but I will endure it to leave my comfort-zone and for the...
It’s almost impressive what a miserable, useless piece of crap the Shortcuts app remains. First off: No actual concept of versioning or upgrades for shared shortcuts. Sharing shortcuts happens via weird iCloud URLs rather than being an...
Just a little over ten years ago, I was notified about a big warehouse of manuals that was going to be discarded in a few days. Bursting with energy, I drove down, discussed things with the owner, and, soliciting and ringing a very loud...
A personal essay on gender dysphoria, transitioning, and the loneliness of being accepted by friends who still cannot fully understand.