Happenings

  • Last week of the half-term. Not a bad week… finally started gathering some stuff for my performance management at the end of the year, so that was a stress off.
  • Bought a cheap used car to make the wife’s new job possible, and by sheer coincidence the seller we found 40 miles away online was someone we had a prior personal connection with. This made the whole thing much less stressful.
  • Took the kids to a local “carnival” today. It didn’t seem to be as good or as busy as previous years, but it was something to do.
  • After a long break, I finally went back to the gym this week. I fell out the habit after periods of family illness and the disrupted sleep of life with a 1-year-old. It was okay, I’m definitely weaker and less fit.
  • Fiddled with my Miyoo Flip quite a bit. In terms of custom OSes, I started on SpruceOS, which is great, except it doesn’t support HDMI out (a real shame). I then tried Surwish, which had functional HDMI but jankier UI. Now I’ve settled on Knulli, which has a great UI and HDMI, but has some WiFi issues (I think they should be resolvable when I get time to look through some dotfiles).

Links

  • The Wonders Of Web Weaving. I’ve listened to the first two episodes now. James of James’s Coffee Blog interviews. I’ve listened to the first two episodes now. James of James’s Coffee Blog interviews notable “indie web” people, so far Adam from omg.lol and xandra from 32bitcafe
  • Tsuri-dōrō Issue #33. Really enjoyed the latest tsuri-dōrō, lots of poems I really enjoyed, but my biggest smile came from a hilarious erotic senryū. You’ll know it when you get there. Site works better on desktop, or mobile in landscape orientation.
  • Your blog needs more photos. Or rather, mine does. I’m going to try and include more photos!

Playing

A little more progress on Chrono Trigger. I also had an evening playing Streets Of Rage 2 with my wife, using the Miyoo Flip, HDMI out, and two Dualshock 4 controllers. It was fun. I love my retro handheld.