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Thamara and I are doing an art exchange where we each sent the other person an art-related object to analyse. Thamara sent me a copy of “Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai & Hiroshige”, a book from the art exhibition of the same name being held at the Whitworth in Mancheste...

I was in microphone heaven yesterday … 😍

The #indieweb is about making your own words translate to actions, especially actions like writing, editing, and publishing your words (or photos or other media) on your personal site. The IndieWeb community is a place to help and empower good faith folks to do so as well. Pe...

Natural light bathed the Royal Mile on the warm, summer’s morning. The Fringe is close to being finished, but there are still a few days of shows left. I was standing amid a city wakening up: where, hours later, there would be music and singing and crowds. I gave my day to ...

Emily: Alice, Dave, remember not to book any meetings on the 21st. It’s a bank holiday. Dave: I thought it was the 31st? Emily: We have one on the 31st too. Dave: Another one? Alice: What’s the one on the 21st for? Emily: It says here, ”May Bank Holiday”. Alice: One day we’ll...

Now that’s a very interesting combination … and it makes for a very interesting conversation!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf5oqGOCRCM

“You injured yourself again? What was it this time?”
“I have taken up type-writing. Unfortunately there are holes between the keys.”
“Did your finger get stuck?”
“I wish. I dropped a quarter of a digestive biscuit into the keyboard while I was writing a letter to my friend. I decided to use this as an opportunity to learn typewriter maintenance.”
“Ouch. You scratched yourself with a screwdriver then?”
“No, you’re looking at an A4 injury.”
“What’s that? A category? Sounds minor?”
“Let’s just say instruction manuals are their own hazards.”

V.H. and I are doing a music exchange where we shared three songs with each other and we each chose one to write about. I chose “Lost in Yesterday” by Tame Impala. Due to a curious technical issue – ahem, Apple Music, please design your permalinks more clearly, and make it c...

herein, a few moments of joy from recent days.

The joy of:
Realising I have a phrase to use in a piece of writing that I need to write down.Jotting down an idea on the closest surface.Hearing a new mashup from my favourite singer for the first time.Exploring a book with pictures. I really felt like I was exploring.Noticing how much reading about an artwork helps me understand it.Working on pieces of writing with others.Arranging mementos into my new letter rack, and trying my best to stack my museum maps into layers so I can see as many as possible.Starting a new scrapbook, and placing the first stickers in – of making the book my own.Autumn rains, and how water nourishes the ground.Trying to learn a new song on the guitar.Tidying up.Seeing someone smile.Someone smiling back.Friendship.

What the … why? … 😳 #a11y

In the past, I have used the shorthand “if you have a website, you’re in the indie web community.” I have used this because I don’t think there are, or should be, any other qualifying factors (i.e. using particular tools, having a certain site layout). While I think this sho...

I was listening to Lorde’s Melodrama, an album I haven’t listened to for some time. Her music continues to echo through my week. It is hard to believe that I got to see her perform live a few days ago; the electricity of the performance still sticks with me: the moments we a...

A warm glow from the still-on kitchen light passed through the hallway, illuminating the floral book, opened, on my lap. The night’s task: to start making the book my own. My impulse to create new things – music, stories, memories – is not dampened by the absence of dayligh...

We’re now enjoying Beethoven‘s Violin Concerto live at home, as Kid A1 has decided to practice it “just for fun” ☺️

TIL: “security by antiquity” from https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260821-why-older-tech-is-sometimes-safer-from-hackersPresumably a reference to (or a subset of) "security through obscurity".Best rationalization for old-tech-hoarding I have seen in a long time.Probably worth a longer cybersecurity post or a few. Like how to source (obtain), repair, maintain, and integrate with (or isolate from!) modern systems, or somewhere in between like local-only secure data transfers between such systems, perhaps gapped a la sneakernet.Glossary:security through obscurity  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscuritysneakernet  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet#security #securityByAntiquity #oldTech #cyberSecurity #Blaugust #Blaugust2026