More birds
It’s not yet insect season (although they’re coming back!), so I’m making efforts to practice photography anyway, despite how heavy my bird photography gear is.
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Birds everywhere.
This weekend was Natagora’s “big garden bird census”, so I did what any sane urbanite with no garden would do: I commandeered a friend’s garden. I packed my 150-600mm lens (that I never use on account of it weighting 2kg), dusted the spider webs off my tripod, and went to sit outside in the cold, just to count birds.
I’m a Disney Princess now
I’ve had the best bumblebee encounter in my life so far - a true Disney Princess moment - and I just wanted to share.
Mining bees
I switched my work hours to four days a week, to do the healthy thing as a screen-addicted forty-something: go touch grass. I was to exit the house, hike, reach that impossible “10k daily steps” target, maybe play Pokemon Go… You know. Exercise.
I always wanted a microscope
I always wanted a microscope.
Bug & Seek
It’s winter right now, and winter is awful.
Why smol images are better
(A.K.A.: performance matters)
A javascript screensitter
Back in forever ago, I was utterly obsessed with everything you could download from Otakuworld. I loved the KiSS dolls, the toy chest, and particularly the screen sitters.
Css variables are super useful
I moved to backend development more than a decade ago and returning to webdesign is wild. Turns out features I would have sold my soul for back in the 00’s actually exist now. Like the calc() function, the aspect-ratio property, and COLRv1 fonts.