Week commencing Monday, 7 October 2024
Quantified Self
- This week: Stand 7/7; Exercise 7/7 and Move 7/7. (100%). Morning walks: 0/4 (days in the office don’t count). Office days 1/5. Total steps: 69,521
Life
- Warning. This is not a drill. There were mince pies in the shop. I didn’t buy them.
- I went to the gym. On a Monday morning. That hasn’t happened for a long time. Don’t come back expecting that to happen again any time soon.
- My fridge has turned into a freezer. The person sent to investigate opened the door and said, “It’s the thermostat” and closed the door. The pattern of ice was the giveaway. I am annoyed that somebody was sent to do that when I could have described the problem and, instead of waiting for a repair, they could have brought the parts and fixed it.
- Related, apparently it’s a good refrigerator brand that keeps spares for older machines around for years. As I was told, ‘you’ll have no chance if that oven breaks in two years’.
- Caught up with a colleague I haven’t worked with for more than 20 years. He’s doing interesting stuff for one of big tech that he can’t talk about. So, we talked about the systems we used to work on. It was way more fun.
- Related, Cahoots makes a very spicy Bloody Mary.
- I have an occasional visit for something that is simultaneously medically good for me and indulgent pampering. The professional and I have the same shoulder issue. On Friday, I discovered hers is healing faster than mine and I was too embarrassed to ask for the name of her physio.
- Saturday, twilight bag drop at Gatwick Airport is a wonderful thing. Sunday, at a ridiculously early hour, I walked into an airport with a small bag and boarded a plane hoping my bags had been safely stored for the night. Spoiler, they had been.
- I think Southern Vectis’ bus service on The Isle of Wight is fantastic given the island’s population is around 150,000. 22 new electric buses are on the way and that’s a good thing.
Media
- To those who find this note. Brilliant: “I believe that the false columns are a mistake of the architect and that we would live to regret our accepting this detail of his design.” What will I leave for people to find in 30+ years?
- Is blogging making a comeback? Did it ever go away? I am reading more and more in blogs (via the excellent NetNewsWire app) than I have done for a long time. Dave Winer’s Scripting News blog was 30 years old this week. And Dave knows exactly when, there was a countdown.
- Related, John Naughton profiled the blog in The Guardian.
- Relatedly, related: John Gruber.