Weekly digest 35
Monday, August 18, 2025A day late
Happenings
- I shaved off my moustache. I'd had it for about 16 months. Having a moustache is super fun, but I do look better without it.
- Youngest turned 1, celebratory family get-together yesterday
- I went on holiday
- Took Mr Three to a fire station open day (he's fire engine mad). There was a big slide and getting up the courage to go up and down it was some real character-building for him
- Last night there was a big car fire outside my house. Don't know the details but there were a lot of police around some perhaps arson.
- Also last night, Mr Three had a night terror. They're awful, wow!
- Now that my holiday is over, time to get ready for school to begin again
- And also get back on gym-going and nutrition and all that nonsense. Gotta say though I've really enjoyed the break from eating loads...
Links
Blaugust posts that caught my eye:
- MP3s are still good. A defence of digital media ownership Vs streaming and physical media
- Good recipes. Good veggie recipes, mostly vegan.
- After The Rain. Lovely collection of photos
- I beat A Link To The Past for the first time. I love Link To The Past and I'm glad this person did too (their first Zelda!)
- Japanese self-study resources. Let's face it I probably won't ever learn Japanese but this is a cool guide.
- The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto A good album, recommended by one of the more unique contributors to Blaugust this year
- Five things I've always loved. Nice to read about people loving stuff.
- Why calling Sydney Sweeney's Ad Nazi Propaganda Trivializes History Fantastic long essay by Magi about the "Good jeans" as.
- On Making Friends As An Adult. Really feel this right now
- Hip Stretches. I get snapping hips and have a vague idea I would like to be able to sit in lotus pose at some point, so kind of bookmarking this for myself.
- Fountain Pens Won't Save The Environment. Consumerism of a theoretically "green" product is still consumerism. Well-argued post.
- Funding Open Source Like Public Infrastructure. Replace "open source" with "free" and I'm in complete agreement. Reminds me of the much remixed xkcd
- Blaugust 2025 Week 3. Good week notes, lots of pictures
- RetroAchievements What a cool idea
- Three tools for Nook-and-Cranny Searching. Cool search engine tools for getting more varied and interesting results.
- Hex codes of my life. a life on colours
- How to get into every hobby I like Cool idea for a post