Notes

Book is the fantastic Some Men In London Vol 1 by Peter Parker

There’s a lot of VE stuff over the news in the UK at the moment. Earlier in the year I read this book of gay men’s diaries, and the first entry is this great one about a gay man on VE Day a perspective I’d never heard before

Really need delivery apps to have a I-am-definitely-in-i-promise-please-ring-the-bell-I’ll-even-come-find-you-just-please-i-really-need-this-thing-it’s-why-I-paid-extra-for-fast-delivery button

Resisting the anxiety urge to buy a decent solar panel and some camping gas + camping cooker to keep in the flat just incase.

Now if someone in UK/Europe could build a similarly bare bones and customizable electric hatch back that’d be great. theverge.com/electric-cars/655

Norah jones really wants that banana

How I feel wearing cuff links to a wedding

Work thought of the day:

Software Engineering is a group activity. We should approach it as such.

Oh my, Oblivion remaster leaked pcgamer.com/games/the-elder-sc

So unironically excited for this new Lucky Saint drink.

luckysaint.co/products/lemon-l

Summerey lemoney lager-ey

What are the grooviest IDE fonts everyone is using? Would love to know if anyone is using anything off the beaten track or made by 1 or 2 people. Been a user of Dank Mono for a long time but keen for a change.

Penultimate DnD session of the campaign tomorrow. Trying to wrap up loose threads and move things to a satisfying conclusion is gonna be tricky. Getting all my life admin out the way so I can spend the day sprawled out on the floor with index cards everywhere.

Second attempt at train time eink display much more readable with just a black and white screen

Reminded of my favourite line from a user manual ever. A few years back my Dad bought a ZX Spectrum off ebay that reminded him of one he owned and it still had the manual:

" in your impatience you will probably already have started pressing the keys on the keyboard, and discovered that this removes the copyright message. This is good; you cannot harm the computer in this way. Be bold. Experiment. If you get stuck, remember that you can always reset the computer”

Alas, no FFIX remake.

Happy Switch 2 details day to all those who celebrate

The height of British men’s life: popping to M&S to buy a fancy shirt for a wedding.

First cycle home of the year where I get home and the sun still hasnt set. And first CFP sent off for the year. What a day.

Side project idea: build a Vivino competitor that’s just a lot simpler and more trendy wine wanker vibes

Sword making for anniversary was great. Oldfield Forge down in Gloucester are good eggs