Dear Morons, Have you noticed the total lack of rain and the weeks and weeks of severe heat? Have you read about the wildfires? Or even seen a TikTok about them? Some were started by morons like you with your disposable BBQ. Yes, like you, Tony, put it down and don’t light it. Yes, you. And please put a shirt on while you do it. Nobody needs to see that, mate. The rest of you, just stop burning…
Wow. The UK Government just used the phone alert system to warn about the risk of wildfires. #climatecrisis
Swallows drinking (or bathing on the wing) using the pool.
Chilling at my brother’s gaff.
My old home office in the process of becoming my younger daughter’s bedroom…
While moving into my new home office (formerly the back of the garage), I realised just how many unread books I actually had. So, I grabbed this one off the stack at random, and started reading. I bought it some years ago, having enjoyed one of the author’s other books . He seems to have a brief spell as a published author, doing adventure travel books, before ended up self-publishing. This…
A treasured possession from a long time ago…
As I load the shelves on my new home office, I am being rather forcefully reminder of the old adage that buying books and reading books are two separate, and only loosely connected, hobbies.
Morning brew.
Most CMSes and apps standardising on Command K as “Add Link” is a daily boon to my life.
Attack of the giant snail.
I do like the little dog in the cup at Laughing Dog.
Started reading: Overlords of the Iron Dragon by C L Werner 📚
This is it. Last day of primary school for my youngest child. I have my best weeping clothes on.
Good news : I don’t need to sort out dinner for my daughters tonight, as they’re having fish and chips on the beach with the Guides. Good idea : Lorna and I can have fish & chips for dinner, too! Small issue : the person ahead of me in the chippie is collecting 32 meals… …for the Guides. D’oh.
I’m just trying to read a local news story. Do you have to make it so hard?
Wakeboarding wipeout
Does Meta have the stink of death about it ? I do think that the company is in then early stages of a slow decline into cultural irrelevance. And I don’t think Zuckerberg is the man to arrest it. And I’m also quite happy to see that decline accelerate. It’s such a nasty company.
Should I turn on the GEO features that have just been added to Ghost?
Another stunning day here on the south coast. Of to see my daughter in the lead role in the school play… proud Dad mode enabled
Current Status:
Found a cosy corner of RSA House to get a few hours’ work done.
Meta Glasses are speed running the Google Glass privacy curve. They’ve gone from “cool tech” to “pervert glasses” in months just as Glass wearers became glassholes, over a couple of years. As long as creepy people exist, this tech is going to be problematic.
Manton Reece : The mission has never changed: post short posts (and everything else!) to your own blog, which makes the web better, and also opens opportunities for smaller, safer communities.
David Aaronovitch on Russell Brand’s new book : Brand is the simpler man – a straightforwardly narcissistic monster, who now identifies with Jesus and, believing in himself, believes in Christ. I think he may be months away from declaring that he is the Messiah and a few years away from re-enacting Jonestown or Waco.