Note archive: November, 2022

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Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Monday night session 🎶☘️🎻 — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Monday night session 🎶☘️🎻 — with Jessica

Replying to @cdevroe on mastodon.social

Oh, my notes have always worked like that. Different to my blog.

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

That’s got to be your new profile pic.

Replying to @cdevroe on mastodon.social

The canonical URLs you mean? I only add them to the syndicated versions (they don’t appear in the original note on my own site). I started adding them when Twitter changed its character limit from 140 to 280 characters.

Had coffee and a good chat with a talented young UX/UI designer who recently moved to Lewes from Ukraine:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaida-bademian/

If you know of a UK-based opening for a junior role, let her know!

Sunday, November 27th, 2022

map — Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Sunday afternoon session 🎻🎶 — with Jessica

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

You might enjoy the short, snappy, and witty Murderbot Diaries from Martha Wells:

https://uk.bookshop.org/a/980/9780765397539

Replying to @simevidas on mastodon.social

Whoops! Sorry about that—should be fixed now. Thanks for the heads-up!

Saturday, November 26th, 2022

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

I’m so sorry, Giles. 💔

Friday, November 25th, 2022

Checked in at The Winding Stair. Stopping for lunch in Dublin before flying home — with Jessica

map — Checked in at The Winding Stair. Stopping for lunch in Dublin before flying home — with Jessica

Replying to @spitchell on indieweb.social

Whoops! Pardon me—all fixed now; thanks for the heads-up!

Thursday, November 24th, 2022

Replying to @seajeb on mastodon.social

You gonna go straight for the cranberries?

A moody atmospheric empty stage and dance floor with chairs and musical instruments shrouded in an artificial mist. — The stage is set …for Mám!

https://teacdamsa.com/production/mam/

Checked in at Tigh Cóilí. Mary Shannon on banjo! 🎻🪕🎻 — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Tigh Cóilí. Mary Shannon on banjo! 🎻🪕🎻 — with Jessica

A full pint of Guinness looks in the foreground of a table with a platter of oysters. — Oysters and Guinness in Tigh Neachtain.

Checked in at Tigh Neachtain. Sitting in a snug — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Tigh Neachtain. Sitting in a snug — with Jessica

A beautiful colourful arrangement of sliced salmon, tuna, mackerel and scallop with seaweed on dark slate. — Delicious Irish sashimi.

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022

Checked in at Tigh Cóilí. Listening to my favourite mandolin player ever—Declan Corey—playing in a cracking session! 🎶 — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Tigh Cóilí. Listening to my favourite mandolin player ever—Declan Corey—playing in a cracking session! 🎶 — with Jessica

Checked in at The Crane Bar. Post-dinner session 🎶 — with Jessica

map — Checked in at The Crane Bar. Post-dinner session 🎶 — with Jessica

Checked in at Taaffes. A pint and some tunes 🎶 — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Taaffes. A pint and some tunes 🎶 — with Jessica

Jessica sitting in a window seat. Outside is green countryside under a darkening sky. — Heading into the west, taking the train from Dublin to Galway.

Going to Galway. brb

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022

If any of my fellow #mastodaoine play trad music, you can now get updates from https://thesession.org by following @[email protected]

https://mastodon.ie/@thesession

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

Ironically, Matt mentioned it on Twitter in a reply to @[email protected] …who isn’t on Twitter any more.

https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1594577983028740096

Monday, November 21st, 2022

Checked in at Dover Castle. Monday night session 🎶🎻 — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Dover Castle. Monday night session 🎶🎻 — with Jessica

Táim ar an teilifís!

Blink and you’ll miss me and my mandolin at 1:01 and 35:21 (with some subsequent audience shots at the banjo recital) from Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy:

https://www.tg4.ie/ga/player/seinn/?pid=6315816768112

Reading The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers.

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

That reminds me: time for me to remove the Twitter metacrap from my website (in much the same way that I’m removing Twitter from my life).

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

Yes, Huffduffer is still ticking away nicely:

https://huffduffer.com/

Here’s the audio that I’ve been huffduffing:

https://huffduffer.com/adactio

Sunday, November 20th, 2022

map — Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Made it back to Brighton in time for a session 🎶🎻

Saturday, November 19th, 2022

map — Checked in at British Airways Galleries Club Lounge / First Lounge. Transiting through Philly — with Jessica

Palm trees against a tropical sky, like opening shot of Apocalypse Now. — Bidding farewell to Florida.

A wooden house at the edge of a swamp at sunset. — Bidding farewell to Florida.

If you ask me, the construction of a highway to the danger zone was an extravagant waste of taxpayer money in the first place.

Thursday, November 17th, 2022

Replying to a post on aaronparecki.com

Oh, interesting!

Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

Replying to @sgarrity on mastodon.social

There was no way I was going to insert a phone between my eyes and that spectacle! 🙂

A proto-star spews out gorgeous plumes of gas in opposite directions in an hourglass shape, coloured in orange and blue hues against the black backdrop of space where distant galaxies can be seen like stars. — Phwoar! Thank you, James Webb Space Telescope, for another beautiful shot!

Got to see the bright burn of the Artemis launch even from Saint Augustine beach far to the north, and even with cloudy skies! 🚀

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

🤗

Replying to @petermhz on mastodon.social

A bowl of thick-looking creole stew with a dollop of rice in the middle. — I had a delicious crawfish étouffée in New Orleans last week!

A plate piled high with boiled shrimp, surrounded by corns on the cob. — Shrimp night! 🍤 🌽

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

Ooh, I don’t know any of those …yet! Time for me to get practicing.

Jessica holding my hand as she runs to the beach. Sounds magical; looks dorky. — Instagram clichés gone wrong.

A selfie of my legs on a sandy beach. Instead of looking glamorous, it likes a dead body washed up. — Instagram clichés gone wrong.

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

You betcha! How about you? Got a banjo that travels well?

Replying to @bushra on mastodon.social

Glad it’s not just me, then.

(Also, hi! Good to see you here!)

So saddened to hear of @carolune’s passing. I’ll always remember her being so excited and enthusiastic at the very first Science Hack Day. A true champion of science and wonder.

My deepest sympathies to her family.

Monday, November 14th, 2022

Beach, sea and sky. — Saint Augustine Beach, mid November.

Clouds reflected on the wet sandy beach. — Saint Augustine Beach, mid November.

A greying elegant little poodle mix who has made herself comfy on some sofa cushions. — Happy #mondog from Ellie!

Replying to a tweet from @aworkinglibrary

Paracetamol.

Replying to a tweet from @TejasKumar_

Flattery will get you everywhere, Tejas! 😚

Replying to a tweet from @nutsmuggler

Yeah, I picked mine up from the man himself when I was in Braga, Portugal a few years back. I use it as my travel mandolin and I’m impressed with the sound given its affordable price!

Me sitting in a rocking chair holding a mandolin on a sun-dappled wooden porch. — Sitting on the porch, playing tunes on my mandolin.

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

Yay! 🎉

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

W00t!

A windswept Jessica standing at the water’s edge on a sandy beach under a cloudy sky. — Back on the beach.

Sunday, November 13th, 2022

Replying to @[email protected] on mastodon.social

I’ve got that working for my notes, but I can’t seem to get images to work.

Saturday, November 12th, 2022

Going to Saint Augustine. brb

Jessica in an atmospheric French Quarter house. — Bidding farewell to New Orleans, @wordridden’s city of birth.

Jessica with a table full of food including oysters and gumbo. — Bidding farewell to New Orleans, @wordridden’s city of birth.

My hand holding a bag of beignets from Cafe du Monde. One of the fried doughy bad boys is peaking out. — Had to be done.

(But Morning Call is still tops)

It was an honour and a privilege to MC the in-person portion of #Clarity2022—I had a blast!

Friday, November 11th, 2022

Simultaneously having a great time at #Clarity2022 in New Orleans while also feeling FOMO for #FFconf back home in Brighton.

Checked in at Sazerac Bar. Sazerac — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Sazerac Bar. Sazerac — with Jessica

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

Jessica in the foreground in a cosy outdoor courtyard with a trio of musicians in the background playing tambourine, clarinet and guitar. — Had a lovely evening enjoying live music outdoors in a New Orleans courtyard at the #Clarity2022 speakers’ gathering.

Wednesday, November 9th, 2022

Kim and Jessica in a hall filled with airplanes from World War Two. — Got a sneaky tour of the National WWII Museum from our old friend Kim who’s a senior curator there!

A selfie of me, Kim and Jessica with planes in the background. — Got a sneaky tour of the National WWII Museum from our old friend Kim who’s a senior curator there!

A statue atop a crypt silhouetted against a blue sky. — Crypts!

Crypts and graves all jumbled together. — Crypts!

A plate of three fluffy pillows of fried dough liberally sprinkled with powdered sugar. — Beignets for breakfast.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

Going to New Orleans. brb

Monday, November 7th, 2022

Checked in at Dover Castle. A full house of fiddles! 🎶🎻🎻🎻🎻🎶 — with Jessica

map — Checked in at Dover Castle. A full house of fiddles! 🎶🎻🎻🎻🎻🎶 — with Jessica

Listening to Low.

So saddened by the passing of Mimi Parker—we’ve lost a beautiful voice.

Sunday, November 6th, 2022

Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Sunday session 🎶🎻

map — Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Sunday session 🎶🎻

Saturday, November 5th, 2022

Replying to a tweet from @fakebaldur

You’re quite right!

https://adactio.com/journal/19578

Replying to a tweet from @domchristie

That’s such a good idea! It’s like two layers of progressive enhancement: first Turbo, then View Transitions!

Replying to a tweet from @bvdputte

Here’s what I wrote at the time about how I set up my syndication to Twitter from my own site:

https://adactio.com/journal/6826

Very, very good news indeed! 👏👏👏

https://twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/1588839787229609985

Replying to a tweet from @jaffathecake

Excellent!

Thursday, November 3rd, 2022

I think a life or a time looks simple when you leave out the details, the way a planet looks smooth from orbit.

— Ursula K. Le Guin, Solitude

A group of happy smiley smart people gathered together—three men and eight women. — All the speakers at #LDconf today were wonderful!

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022

Three women together on stage in front of a screen that reads Leading Design. — Time to introduce another trio of wonderful design leaders at #LDconf.

Two men and one woman all dressed in black on stage behind a podium that reads Leading Design London. — Getting ready to introduce the next trio of designers at #LDconf.

Tuesday, November 1st, 2022

Replying to a tweet from @adactio

Ah, I see my better half got in there first:

https://twitter.com/Wordridden/status/1587503150361108486

Never mind. Carry on.

Replying to a tweet from @sallylait

The Imperial Radch series by @Ann_Leckie and the Teixcalaan series by @ArkadyMartine are both excellent. Oh, and the Machineries of Empire series by @DeuceOfGears. All good galaxy-spanning space opera.

Going to London. brb