May 2008
satisfying morning in the garden and an afternoon to look forward too plus bbq to follow
Happily going offline the internet can wait
twhirl does too many things, I’m finding it annoying, back to twitterific I think.
in the Dopplr / Moo offices, having had local burrito - yum
Heading out into sunny London, quite a surprise when you’ve been in the north facing back room. Hello sunshine
feeling ready to face the day after a second coffee and In our time on probability
macosx 10.5.3 is reminding me of system 7.5.3 r2 which was a dark day in 1996 http://tinyurl.com/5krcbd
Coffee in monmouth then a look at the peregrine falcons at tate modern
unexpectedly having the day with Oscar, nursery is shut today, so off to the south bank I think
a glass of good cognac to round out a productive day
current outline of the book has settled at 27 chapters, more than expected, but fewer than it was recently - a healthy day of consolidation.
working on a preface, but not finished
wishing I had time to write code instead of words. Word writing still going well though. It is just making me wish I was making apps instead
deleting 122,000 list messages takes a long time in Mail 3.0, been at it three hours, so far just moving to Trash, still have to empty it
Yay, longest chapter yet finished, lunch I think.
feeling like this book is coming to closure, every topic that demands my attention recently is in there already, tho’ maybe not written yet
settling down to another day of writing, while the rain falls outside
marking up freshly laser printed manuscript pages with my fountain pen, a pleasing old meets new feeling.
been to farmers’ market when the rain stopped, now mainly having cheese for lunch. Still some ominous clouds overhead though.
including a lovely pérail de brebis http://tinyurl.com/59gbon from Lidl, perfectly ripe
looks like rain all week in London
can haz laser printer. simple and easy setup, fast and compact, lexmark e120n, would recommend
making risotto, both boys asleep
busy day, off home to babysit a friends boy and the oo, which should be fun
Sat beside someone on the train with a 69 page high level “agile” specification document, made me sad.
unsure why Apple decided to move the fn key on the larger Al keyboard, tricks me daily, plus the dashboard remapping from f12 - f4 annoying
about 4:25-6:25 on the track Tonto on the Battles album Mirrored is just gorgeous
WatchTonto - Battles
ethernet based b&w laser printer recommendations please, around 100 pounds, mac friendly
five minutes in the garden with cordless drill == better mended fences and less neighbour’s dog chasing our cats. Joys of working at home…
looked a converse boots on amazon recently, now my recommendations are full of anarchy and revolution books, who said punk was dead
off to have lunch with the world at one (on radio 4) - sheep’s milk cheese on rye bread if you were curious
working at home on the book, penultimate day at home, then back to fulltime in June, better get on with it then
choose the sink and taps for our new kitchen, shiny Franke kit, excited with black sink plan.
introduced Oscar to telegraph poles today when asked what they did i explained they made the internet work. I mean a phone is in your pocket
loving Fluid http://fluidapp.com == focus
tail end of migraine headache, as I’ve got older the visuals have lessened and the headache worsen
did some gardening yesterday evening, would love to be doing some today in the sunshine, but back to omnifocus, omnigraffle and keynote
twitter is awesome, just found @mpesce who I haven’t seen in 14 years, since the first web conference in geneva in ‘94, do say hello
