Note: Kaeto: Bold move releasing an album/mixtape without No Body and Don't Ask on. But still six billion out of ten.
Note: Maybe one day will figure out something more self-hosted than Strava embeds
Note: Two Shell --> Wargasm --> Clairo. Why not?
Note: You can teach an old dog new tricks: Floss has learnt to catch a frisbee. Not young enough to jump, but she'll get up onto her back legs.
Note: Skipping watching Glastonbury for six hour roundtrip to see LCD Soundsystem.
Note: Disclosure 10/10
Note: Mike Skinner is even more Glastonbury than Chris Martin
Note: Cyndi Lauper has aged AWESOMELY
Note: Dua Lipa nailed it. That looked so much fun.
Note: Hmm, weird, cert renewed, but didn't reload for some reason. Was semi-offline for bit
Note: Finally got around to updating my opendkim keys and moving to 2048 bits from 1024
Note: Upgraded to NetBSD 9.4. Don't seem to have broken anything. Saving 10 for when I have a lot more time.
Note: Listened to the Steve Albini tribute mix on Mary Anne Hobbs' show :-(
Note: Oh, what a surprise, Labour too with that last note
Note: Fuck the UK/England/Tories: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68848046
Note: RAINBOWS totally makes Dead Pony's IGNORE THIS album for me. Superb track.
Note: Listened to Clara Amfo's last show. Wasn't sure initially she'd fill Annie Mac's shoes, but she made it her own and I'm going to miss her.
Note: Lisa Frankenstein: Brilliantly bonkers. 10000/10.
Note: Marika Hackman's is probably my favourite so far. Just.
Note: Wonder if The Reytons will release an album next January as well?
Note: In lieu of an actual post: Albums from Sprints, Marika Hackman, The Reytons and NewDad. All in January!
Note: On-call capability: Fine unless it involves WebEx
Note: Boursin, Ritz crackers and a glass of red wine: Peak Christmas.
Note: Merry Christmas internets.
Note: Went to see Mitski talk about cats. Would go see again.
Note: Read this and was jealous of Martin https://pudding.cool/2023/09/invisible-epidemic/
Note: The Great! Christmas Movie channel has started, but I'm not allowed to watch it yet. I am defnitely not the grinch in this family.
Note: Also, third time lucky in finally getting to Tunnels. Missed OK Button in 2019 and The Reytons in 2021. Had tickets for both.
Note: Been to see Dead Pony at Tunnels in Aberdeen on first night of their tour. 200% awesome. Tina Sandwich great too.
Note: Went to see The Ocean at the End of the Lane. 10/10. Marvellously magical
Note: Deleted my Twitter account seeing as how it's no longer Twitter anyway. Shame.
Note: Absolutely gutted for Cav. So unfair.
Note: Testing shouting into the void
Note: Crème de cacao, tequila, amaretto, some leftover chocolate sauce from M&S from pancake day. Good times.
Note: Wishing we could go back to the heady days of the pandemic when we actually believed that next year things would get better.
Note: As it turns out, last year was the last year of doing Just Dance for NYE with the younger daughter. She's 16 now. I'll take that.
Note: Daughter: 'Who actually looks at the Radio bit in RadioTimes?!' Me: Surreptitiously circling The Willows and Uncanny Christmas on Radio 4
Note: Thought about Mastodon, but decided to take this opportunity to be my true anti-social self. Stuff will syndicate out until it breaks.
Note: For 1st time in my life, moved home in a southerly direction. Only by 30km, but had assumed I'd end up in Iceland (or at least Shetland)
Note: Bittersweet: Putting together a new setup for my daughter and teaching her to skateboard... I gave up just before she was born.
Note: Upgraded my server to NetBSD 9.2. As usual I forgot that all my notes, etc about upgrading are on the server. Seems to have gone ok though.
Note: When lockdown is over I'm most looking forward to never having to watch the television ever again
Note: Merry Christmas Internet
Note: Been nice resting knee past two weekends & having a lie-in instead of up early for a run, but also I'm really bored and want to go running.
Note: The worst bit about running is when I'm a salt lick for the dogs afterwards.
Note: 1st longish run since lockdown. 1. didn't feel in spirit of things before even if only see sheep, cows. 2. bought beer instead of new shoes
Note: Listening to Cleo Sol's Rose in the Dark... been waiting for this. Why Don't You just makes me melt
Note: Random internet correspondence about NetBSD is the best kind
Note: It must have got colder: computer no longer sounds like a jet engine when compiling Rust projects
Note: Ran 230km last month, I think the most I've managed in a month. This month I've run just 20k: Cannot be arsed. Hibernating until spring.
Note: Been two years since I last updated my gopher site so made up for it by adding two posts today. Doing my bit to keep gopher alive... just
Note: Marathon No. 3 done (second this year). Still slower than last year, but only by 12 mins: 4hrs 43mins for 43k this time
Note: 1600m sprint reps: Unsure if crying or sweating
Note: Got up at 5am on a Sunday to go for a run because it was the only time I could fit one in this weekend. Was nice thou'. #sleepwhenyouaredead
Note: Semi-related: Decided it was an opportune moment to switch back to tmux from abduco+dvtm
Note: Server is being rebooted later... so decided might as well upgrade to NetBSD 8.1. Also re-jigged some disks about. Smooth sailing
Note: A whole hour slower than last year thanks to my knee giving up at half way, but managed a 2nd marathon
Note: Did the early morning run thing again. Want to be able to do that run without having to lie down on the ground at the end. Not this time.
Note: Just as I find my copy of Dos Dedos Mis Amigos on tape I see it's been added to Spotify. Oh well, that's good, the tape is a bit worn out
Note: Going to listen to International Teachers of Pop all day today
Note: Usually worried about my dog tripping me up whilst running, but nope: Got wiped out by someone else's dog instead
Note: Got some trail shoes awhile back. Been waiting for an autumn day like today: Much fun running down wet grassy hills when you have grip.
Note: Forgot to mention: Updated simplenote.py and .vim (See https://github.com/mrtazz) to work with the Simperium API (CC @mrtazz @simplenoteapp)
Note: Had some obligitory "Couldn't match expected type... with actual type..." moments, but it's nice to use Haskell again, especially via Stack
Note: Managed to semi-legitimately write some Haskell at work. A shell script would have sufficed but would have been less fun
Note: Good thing about my Gozo climate training (holiday): Back to Scotland and smashed my 5k time without even intending to.
Note: Fingers crossed it stays that way, but all seems ok after upgrading to NetBSD 8. Migrated/upgraded my Linode whilst at it.
Note: Website, email, etc going down so I can do some server maintenance... fwiw
Note: First marathon done. Not particularly fast (4:22:42), but there were hills and I did get up at half five to start it.
Note: I think the thing I like best about golang is that I can finally use tabs without people going "What the fuck have you used tabs for?!"
Note: My feet, lungs and heart are fine: My calf muscles, hips and mind are wrecked.
Note: 33k! Which I can view as either 'Woo! Less than 10k to go to a marathon' or as 'Fuck. Still almost another 10k to go'
Note: First month I've logged 200km of running.
Note: First time bettering the 30k I did in February with 31k today. Sadly, despite a LOT of training inbetween not really much faster. Oh well.
Note: Love this time of year in Scotland: Just got back from a run, still light; Had to give new shoes a whirl!
Note: Sprints this evening: Had impromptu race with a badger as it ran from a hedge, along fence line / clearing, & into burrow. The badger won.
Note: Little bit knee-jerky, a little bit using it as a good excuse: Archived most of my Github repos and moved to self-hosted Fossil repos
Note: May have listened to Frightened Rabbit all day long. May still be doing so. :-( :-( :-(
Note: Our swallows are back; Probably a hang up from cycling, but an important annual event for me: Made it through winter, things will be ok.
Note: I say "ran", but last 3k wasn't much faster than a very fast walk, but then again it was also uphill and into a horrible head wind.
Note: Ran 30k today. Was aiming for 25k, but was doing an out and back and accidentally ran too far out :-(
Note: Knowing what I know now, Knowing What You Know Now is exactly as good as I knew it would be #marmozets
Note: Switched to para-virtualized, didn't fix clock issues. Think it _could_ have been hardware/disk related... will see (I migrated hosts)
Note: Unrelated: Having a play with dvtm + abduco instead of Tmux because why not?
Note: Since the Meltdown patching I'm having a LOT of trouble keeping my system clock in sync (NetBSD full virtualisation, Linode). Coincidence?
Note: Grrr... upgraded NetBSD and have lost ipv6 connectivity again for reasons I never understand
Note: Used to bemoan cycling to shops when snowed in. That's before I knew about running to shops. Two trips last week. Luckily snow is now going.
Note: Managed 5k in the snow today. Which is plenty far enough considering I was only planning on 3k.
Note: Did the I-forgot-my-GPG-keys-expired dance.
Note: Fairly confident my 2018 album of the year is going to be Marmozets, but I'll at least wait until Jan when I've heard it before calling it
Note: I peaked too early in the year with 19k in February - has taken me until today to do actual half marathon distance. And it was HARD.
Note: After a few months of not working (and not realising!) got ipv6 restored at home and on server.
Note: My 2005 17" LCD monitor has died. Makes my desktop NetBSD machine useless for foreseeable future. Bet a CRT would have out lasted it. :-(
Note: My mind is much more keen than my knees on running.
Note: Upping the temperature: Ran 5k around Siena streets in 32 degC today; Can't go any further in this heat
Note: Ran up Italian hillside & overtook 2 cyclists. Of course they weren't Italian cyclists, but I'm not an Italian runner so that's still a win.
Note: Well... that seemed to go pretty smoothly.
Note: Doing some server maintenance/migration today so website, gopher, email, etc going down for an unknown amount of time
Note: Ugh, my server was down as got rebooted when asleep. Really, really, really should get rid of disk encryption
Note: Spotted first swallow of the year. Nice to have them back home.
Note: After four weeks of rest managed a gentle 5k on my knee. Yay!
Note: Two weeks without running due to a knackered knee. Still can't walk properly so reckon there's another two to go before I can run :-(
Note: 19.1km run with the dog. Frustratingly close to 20k, but that route is what it is.
Note: Managed to sneak in a run at sunset, just after the ran stopped, and got to see a deer and a fox. Not bad going.
Note: Saturday night tea was brought to you by Blessed Ethel - much underrated (now, anyway) and under loved.
Note: Managed to get out running for the first time in weeks. A smidge over 10k with the added challenge of taking the dog with me.
Note: After doing no exercise at all last week and struggling to run for even 20 mins in Gozo, went out and did 10K today in cool Scottish mist
Note: Watching all this Olympic track cycling has given me the first twinge of wanting to get on a back on the bike.
Note: C25k done! We had to repeat the 'last' week due to missing a run.
Note: I have 12 rolls of film to use. Been so long since I've had that much to hand. It's all going in the Yashica Mat as well.
Note: Almost forgot to say, but Week 8 of C25k is complete. One week to go :)
Note: Been well over a month now since cycling regularly. I am now a normal human being and no longer crave 4000+ calories a day
Note: The last cycle commute. EVER. Done!
Note: Finally (FINALLY!) finished reading the Harry Potter books to the youngest. I think I started in 2013? Can't actually remember now
Note: Back to cycling and I've reached my one year anniversary of a "temporary" fix to my wheels and forks that was meant to last about two weeks
Note: Survived the first quarter of the year of cycling. Now a week off. Yay!
Note: Other years I've immediately felt the benefit of switching off winter tyres. Not this year. Hope it's just this interminable cold/flu.
Note: And a very happy No More Winter Tyres Day to me.
Note: With the equinox past I guess that means I have officially survived another winter of cycling.
Note: Finally feeling like spring today: Felt stupid in mittens, on studded tyres and a 2:1 ratio; Saw lambs; And home for sunset.
Note: Had to "work" from home for last two days as rear wheel bearings needed replacing. Last set survived less than two months! #cycling
Note: Oh poop! Farewell Fuji pack film.
Note: New bottom bracket arrived, but no chance finding time in week to fix. Will have to hope creaky, cracking one holds out 'til the weekend.
Note: Listened to a mix of indie, riot grrrl, hip hop, punk, a ska band covering reggae and electronic over the weekend. Today some drum and bass.
Note: Managed to not only find, but also listen to, my Bikini Kill / Huggy Bear tape over the weekend.
Note: Cycled in 68 mph gusts this morning which beats last January's record of 63 mph. Hope this trend doesn't continue
Note: Drinking on a school night.
Note: Commute times now close to 2 hours thanks to remaining flood water, washed away tracks, detours, ice and now snow #cycling #donewithwinter
Note: One day the youngest will be like the eldest: too old, cool and embarrassed to do Just Dance with her dad. Enjoy it whilst it lasts, parents
Note: Memories https://www.instagram.com/p/_HRzHQmsqA/
Note: One good thing has come of the weekend: three weeks after my crash I can sleep on my left side again
Note: Disappointed the kids did not appreciate the gravitas with which I said 'You *need* to find your own Tanya Donelly' tonight #drunkparenting
Note: Averaged about 14mph on way home, which means 90rpm average. Hardly my fastest, but I can live with that on 42:22 and winter tyres.
Note: Respectable amount of bleed through on shirt from this morning's crash, considering that's after getting changed and showered as well.
Note: Didn't see the leaf coloured rock until after I'd got up from the floor. Fortunately I took most of the impact and the bike is ok #monday
Note: The thing I don't understand is the current dog still has four fully working legs. Why did we need a whole new spare dog?
Note: The problem with family democracy: "Shall we buy Dad a new set of wheels for his bike or a puppy?"
Note: I propose an 8th day of the week, a day of rest and/or fun, in-between the weekend full of chores and a week full of work.
Note: In a possible revenge-on-humans attack, got hit by a badger this morning. Rammed my rear wheel, knocking it sideways. Me and badger ok.
Note: WeIrD ScIeNcE!
Note: Finished reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to the youngest. Just the Deathly Hallows to go...
Note: Third time lucky on soldering the DC-in port on the ye-olde laptop
Note: Listening to @bbc6music, but kind of in the background, and I thought 'oh my god, this sounds like Fugazi' and it actaully was!
Note: Just had a bat fly down the chimney and then around the room for ages - they are tricky little things to catch!
Note: It's unofficial, but I'm calling that TTYtter 2.2.0 with quote tweet support http://git.io/vZV75 #ttytter cc @ttytter
Note: Dad point T&Cs: Dad points are redeemable for your choice of either socks or tobelerone. Validity periods apply.
Note: 19 days looking after 19 animals so the wife and kids could go on holiday / visit relatives +1000 dad points
Note: Baking a fruit and nut loaf whilst listening to Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Never imagined that as a youth
Note: And I thought that before they'd even finished with Enter Sandman. #Someairguitarwasnecessary
Note: Not the biggest Metallica fan, but their set at Reading sounds awesome, wish I was still young (like Lars) and was there to see it.
Note: Saian Supa Crew into Taylor Swift into Ugly Duckling. #ohyeah
Note: One of the things I'm most glad I went to a Uni in north for is learning to love ale over lager
Note: Didn't get dropped, but I'm still very impressed. He was fast
Note: Credit where it is due: Overtaken by someone else on a fixed gear today. Who was also older than me (based on grey hair comparison)
Note: Definitely more of a mud-line than a tan-line summer #cycling
Note: Pea & mint pesto, with mint from the garden, and a victoria sponge with blackcurrant jam, blackcurrants from the garden #winningattheweekend
Note: I think cars are probably the most expensive things I've ever not owned, wife and kids excepted.
Note: Car *finally* back from the garage so hopefully my two month stint as part time cycle courier extraordinaire is done.
Note: Building a wheel with all new components must actually be a doddle.
Note: Just started re-building a wheel with a brand new rim for once and it's already pretty true. Who knew it could be this easy?
Note: Probably every parent ever, every generation ever: I so fear for the future of the human race
Note: Looking forward to #TdF 2016 like other people look forward to Christmas
Note: So that's why I'm not religious, to be fair to those who are.
Note: If I was religious I'd say 'Good god give me strength' and god would use all his strength just for me and have none left for anyone else.
Note: 5 years of crazy cycle commuting, ~45000 miles and over 3/5ths of that on fixed gear
Note: 1 day of cycling for it to last and then a week off to rest and figure out a fix that will probably be buying just a rim and rebuilding.
Note: To be fair, these wheel repairs were only meant to be very temporary and weren't ever supposed to have to last 3.5 months
Note: Plagued by broken spokes lately. In front wheel as well. Finally twigged why: Yet another rim breaking.
Note: 2nd chicken burial this year. Can't complain. Both ladies died of natural causes / old age and have had the most free range life imaginable
Note: Of course it got turned down (it's always down, never up), but for a moment I'd achieved greatness
Note: Orchestrated burger and chips AND turbo-shandies AND listening to Wolf Alice (at a reasonable for me volume) simultaneously tonight
Note: 'I'll have a trible Pimms, please' 'I think that is too many' 'Trible Pimms!'
Note: Break in the weather so cycled to the shop for some essentials: Lager, wine, strawberries (for Pimms) and Lemonade (for Pimms) #teasorted
Note: A traditional summer's day today. So staying in, only occasionally checking on ponies and chickens to see if they need armbands or lifebuoys
Note: Late to bed as had to bring a duck into the house and give it a bath. As you do; It had cut itself; Should be fine
Note: Lacking vigour, can't decide if need more food (probable), more sleep (probable) or need even more exercise (improbable, but seems to work?)
Note: I think the entirity of Wolf Alice's set thanks to the BBC. So so so good. Weekend made
Note: #pearcider
Note: Watching Glastonbury with the requisite goosebumps
Note: Two broken spokes #Monday Rain #Summer
Note: Conversations in pubs when young are important practice for parenthood AND, SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR OVER THE NOISE THE BLOODY KIDS ARE MAKING
Note: 3 trips to post office and 1 to the shops in cycling errands this weekend. As many miles as my daily commute.
Note: Being introduced to Adventure Time by the youngest
Note: Mowing the lawn, mucking out a field, shovelling the muck heap. At 10pm. Since it is still light.
Note: It is that time of year for herding the ducks to bed at night so I can go to sleep
Note: I never thought combining two of my least favourite foods (bananas and porridge) would work so well
Note: She likes L7 too. Tricky finding something age suitable to listen to though
Note: The youngest likes Babes in Toyland. Soooooooooooo proud :-)
Note: While the wife and kids are away... NOFX
Note: In fact, if I could afford it, I could quite legitimately replace tyres every month
Note: Puncture on the way home, confirming that the longest a tyre will last me is 2 months #fartoomuchcycling
Note: All being well I'm now syndicating notes/tweets #indieweb
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