Snapped this on the walk home last night. 🐦🥶
Switched up where I buy my matcha. Got about 2/3rds more product for 2/3rd of the price. Still tastes just as good!
Took today off using the last of my holiday allowance before it refreshes in April. Apart from a call I have to be on at 10am I have a day on my own!
My dear wife is flying to Amsterdam with friends. Kids will be at school. Just little old me roaming the halls… and Trio my cat of course!
Mars After Midnight is out of the playdate. Downloading it now! 🎮
Site update! I have added a little blogroll and put some lovely Microbloggers on there. I have ideas for categories in the future as well! 🤔
✈️ Japan Diaries : Day 9 Hiroshima
We woke up to news reports of the incoming Typhoon Lan on the news and rumours of disruption to public transport. The Japan Rail website was being updated through the day so we were keeping an eye on the weather. For now however, blue skies and heat was persisting as we made our way to the train station to get to Hiroshima.
Micro.Blog vs Other Social Media
As well as micro.blog I’ve been checking into threads and Bluesky a little lately.
Micro.Blog I’ve seen lovely, interesting posts from people that I’ve had back and forth conversations with. People I know stuff about. People that I like.
Bluesky like Twitter before it seems to be a nice place if you’re famous, but not very welcoming for an average Joe.
What Threads seems to like to show me is borderline unhinged.
I started here and was driven by a place to host my blog. I’m not as social or active on here as others, but this is a really special little community, and I’m happy I’m here on it. ❤️
In laws around ours tonight for takeaway (fish & chips) so popped into the supermarket on the way home from the cinema for a few bits we needed.
Speaking of classic cinema I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse on this curious collab 🍝🤌
Back from Dune : Part Two
🤯 Amazing and beautiful film. High sci-fi done proper. Can’t wait to see it again.
Also realised I never posted the end result of my Ornithopter so here we go.
🏜️🐛⚔️ Tickets booked for Dune : Part Two today. Very excited to go and see it!
Watching my son (15) play Goldeneye. A game I myself played when I was myself 17 years old.
A game that came out 27(😳!) years ago! 🎮
Still an all time banger that holds up great!
The Playdate sale has really recharged my interest in the machine (Although it is a lovely desk clock when not in use).
I picked up
I already own but can recommend from the sale
Be happy to hear what anyone else has picked up! 🎮
Corporate proxies that require authentication and apps developers use appear to be like oil and water. Developers on Micro.Blog, do you use local proxy tools to forward requests? How do you deal with this sorta thing? 🤔
Today at work was an important lesson in remembering you can’t fix everything yourself, nor should you have to and that way be monsters and madness if you try… 💆♂️
Take a breath, prioritise, do what you sensibly can and don’t overextend. Look after yourself and your own brain. 💪
Apple Rumour reliability in one screenshot and 45 minutes….
Day Trip : London - Battersea Power Station
It’s been a while since we last went to London as a family. Our last attempt scuppered by the industrial action hitting the railways in the UK.
Battersea is a Grade II listed beautiful industrial building that was a coal-fired power station until it was decommissioned in the 70’s.
You might be aware of it if you’re a Pink Floyd Fan 🐖
A day in Lyme Regis
Half Term is done with and the kids are back at school today, but I’d taken a long weekend off from work and myself and my wife went to Lyme Regis to do some fossil digging, roaming and eating. We didn’t find anything breathtaking, just some small partial ammonite’s and sea glass, but it was fun to roam around the beach. there’s a beautiful desolation to this beach with its slowly crumbling Jurassic rock, rusted remains of random machinery and sea water.
The build begins! 🧱
Like a Dragon Gaiden The Man Who Erased His Name ★★★★★
Played on Xbox
Gaiden is used in Japanese media to indicate a product is a side story or spin off from a main series, and this game follows Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza [^1] protagonist Kazuma Kiryu filling in some gaps between the 6th and 7th title in the series which also moved the gameplay style from being a fighting/action game into a full blown turn based RPG.