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Sunday, September 8th, 2024

Reading Dogs Of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

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Two fiddlers and a tin whistle player accompanying a man singing and playing guitar, all of around a small pub table festooned with drinks.

Sunday session

Thursday, September 5th, 2024

A woman playing fiddle and a man playing pipes at an octagonal table where another man is playing whistle.

Thursday session

Wednesday, September 4th, 2024

In the foreground a hand grips a banjo neck while in the background a woman plays fiddle and a man plays accordion.

Wednesday session

Idle CSS thought …should the flex-direction values “row” and “column” have the aliases “inline” and “block”?

flex-direction: inline;

flex-direction: block;

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024

Like @michelle@front-end.social says:

It feels a little like we’re going backwards.

https://css-irl.info/the-problem-with-surveys/

Here’s the sausage fest I pulled out of:

https://frontmania.com/

They responded to my concerns:

We did receive a lot of talks, but almost no women because there are almost no women in this kind of jobs.

😳

Pulling out of a conference I was supposed to speak at because, now that the schedule is live, I see that 90% of the line-up is white dudes like me.

Monday, September 2nd, 2024

Me dressed in denim playing my red mandolin in a pub flanked by two women playing fiddle.

Here’s a picture from Belfast Trad Fest of me in my happy place (playing in a fantastic session led by piper Mick O’Brien and fiddler Sean Smyth).

If you have a pet parrot, it’s fun to get it to say “Help, I’m trapped in the body of a parrot!”

If you have a photocopier, it’s fun to copy a piece of paper that says “I am a sentient photocopier!”

#LargeLanguageModels

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

A man playing flute with a woman playing concertina. The headstock of a guitar looms in the foreground.

Thursday session

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

A young man playing banjo in the pub.

Wednesday session

Monday, August 26th, 2024

A light blue small house surrounded by lush vegetation under a blue sky on a sunny day.

Saying bye bye to the beach house to head back to Brighton.

Sitting out on the porch playing my mandolin on a sultry and steamy Saint Augustine night.

Sunday, August 25th, 2024

Reading The Shadow Of Perseus by Claire Heywood.

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Saturday, August 24th, 2024

A plate of corn on the cob. A platter of sliced tomatoes with thinly sliced bits of onion. A platter of cooked shrimp ready to peel and eat.

Feasting on fresh Florida shrimp, corn, and tomatoes. 🦐 🌽 🍅

Four white birds with dark wingtips wheeling against a deep blue sky.

Formation

Waves breaking on a sandy beach where some people are standing or lying under a blue sky dotted with a few clouds.

Beach day

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

A profile shot of me on stage with my mandolin singing with one arm extended. Uncle Joe on guitar and me on mandolin wearing my finest country-themed shirt. A profile shot of me on stage with my arm extended and my hand making devil horns in front of the stage lights. A profile shot of me on stage with my mandolin singing my heart out.

I’m sure my on-stage behaviour at Frostapalooza was total cringe, but I don’t care because I was having a great time!

Wednesday, August 21st, 2024

A woman stands holding her shoes on a sandy beach under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Jessica on the beach.

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