The CMS engine that drives this site — Grav — has now been updated to version 2.0.18. Kudos to the Grav team for a very smooth process, very well explained. Of course I have a couple of niggles. It warns that there could be a problem with Twig content in a page, and handily flags up pages that might be problematic. But the warning does not take account for stuff that is enclosed in backticks, thus: {{ stuff }}. Also, inexplicably, the old comments plugin brings everything crashing down, so I need to fix that. And for some reason the link to my photo portfolio is displaying as a link rather than an image; that may take some time.
Everything else works fine, as far as I can tell. Of course, if it isn’t for you, I’d appreciate being told.
Lost poem:
Looking for
lost owner.
📀 watched “The Dark Knight” on Blu-ray, still holds up.I saw it in the Metreon IMAX theater when it came out in 2008. About 28 minutes of it was filmed in 70mm film using IMAX cameras. The movie switched aspect ratios when it switched from IMAX to normal film. The 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray also switched aspect ratios roughly at similar times. Nice to see that that was preserved.The movie has incredible pacing. No extra moments. I had forgotten how many quotes originated from The Dark Knight. https://enwp.org/The_Dark_Knight#BatMan #TheDarkKnight #Bluray #Blaugust #Blaugust2026
Ten random facts about the human behind the blog.
I'm skipping ahead in the Blaugust prompts, because some of the week one questions don't apply to someone participating for the first...
Come write HTML with me this Saturday.
HTML Day is an annual celebration of getting together and writing HTML, created by Elliott Cost and Laurel Schwulst. Saturday, August 8, 2026, i...
A Blaugust swap: James writes here, I write there.
A Note From Me First
One of this year's Blaugust prompts is to write ...
be my invisible mirror
that opens when i write.
with words, wonder; hope, dreaming.
be my literary pillow;
bear the brunt of the i (eyes)
the questions, of self.
be the messy middle of my mind
on paper, that speaks of life.
blank, until it is not.
Inspired by Tim Kiely's prompt.
Lovely piece on the game of Diplomacy, which I haven’t thought about for more than 50 years.
https://grantland.com/features/diplomacy-the-board-game-of-the-alpha-nerds/
Glad I don't depend on Airtable.
Do ants eat feathers? I mean, protein, right? This crow feather was whole when I noted it by the entrance to an ants' nest on Monday. Today it seems half eaten, although it has barely moved since Monday. Could the ants have taken it apart and down into their nest?
