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Saturday evening session in Tullamore

Saturday afternoon session in Tullamore

It’s gettin’ wild in Tullamore tonight!

Friday evening session in Tullamore

Going to Tullamore. brb

Wednesday session

It’s a real missed opportunity in Project Hail Mary that at no point does anyone look to the camera with a steely gaze and declare, “It’s daylight saving time.”

Reading Finn Mac Cool by Morgan Llywelyn.

It feels like all my peers are experiencing Deep Blue and having to choose their future career path: expert in a dying field or collaborator in a fascist project.

Friday session

Having fun with https://pixelframe.design/dune-font-logo-generator/

Thursday session

These assholes https://www.openui.com/ did not do any due diligence before choosing a name. The only Open UI that counts is https://open-ui.org/

Second St. Patrick’s Day session

‘’Tis Saint Patrick himself!

Interlude with dancers

First St. Patrick’s Day session

It’s weird how there’s a subgenre of time-dilation folklore in Japan and Ireland… Urashima Tarō: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urashima_Tar%C5%8D Oisín in Tir na nÓg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ois%C3%ADn

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh, a chairde!

Just heard the sad news of Dolores Keane’s passing. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

Sunday evening session

Sunday afternoon session

Reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.

Tea and tunes

What a fantastic bunch of speakers! Thank you all for making #WebDayOut so great!

Lo-fi selfie with Manu

Sunday morning kitchen session in B

Reading A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Curse you, Betteridge’s Law! https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c1d6q1l5r6do

> But the soul is a floor. It is there to bear us up and keep us standing, not merely to be clean. — Patricia Lockwood, Will There Ever Be Another You

Looking forward to going to State Of The Browser in ten days. I spoke at it eight years ago and I still like what I said then: https://adactio.com/articles/14321

Sunday session

> Knitting is the future of coding. Nobody knits because they want a quick or cheap jumper, they knit because they love the craft. This is the future of writing code by hand. — Alice Bartlett

Reading Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood.

I’ve been using (and enjoying) NetNewsWire for quite a while now… https://adactio.com/journal/350

Thursday session

Wednesday session

Tuesday session

Carlingford mussels and oysters

Carlingford

Going to Carlingford. brb

Wednesday session

Reading The Morrigan by Kim Curran.

I’m sick. I think it‘s manflu. Symptoms include aches, pains, pouts, and petulance. Please send pics/videos of your dogs and cats to cheer me up.

Wednesday session

Monday session

Sunday session

The best thing about the cold weather is seeing all the good doggos out walking in their winter outfits.

Saturday afternoon kitchen session

Kitty, the session dog!

Rob’s farewell session

Thursday session

There should be a German word for the slightly smug warm feeling you get from using an obscure HTML element like `dfn` in your most recent blog post, like wot I did. Elementenrichtigkeitsgefühl

The best film I saw in the cinema in 2025 was definitely…

↳ Replying to a post on snarfed.org

↳ Replying to a post on chrisburnell.com

Sessioning

Wednesday session

Tuesday session

(Tá sé ag cur sneachta anois—go bog—i mBrighton)

> His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead. — James Joyce, The Dead

I may have found my people.

Monday session

Playing tunes in a kitchen on a Saturday night.

> The past is a foreign country that we should impose tariffs on. — Matt Webb

New year’s day session.

It’s surreal to see my name on this list: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS7VZUqiImo/

2026: The Year The Bubble Bursts

Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh, a cairde!

More mandolins

Reading Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood.

Found myself unexpectedly with a day to spend in Phoenix, so I went to the excellent Musical Instruments Museum and ogled the mandolins.

Good night!

Painting heaven and hell

On the road in Arizona.

Nollaig shona daoibh go léir, a chairde!

Christmas with Sandy

Sleepy Sandy

Arizona

Waking up in an airport hotel room with a runway view.

Going to Arizona. brb

Thursday session

> Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

Wednesday session

Reading Prophet Song by Paul Lynch.

Pan-fried Irish salmon.

Sultans!

Going to Cobh. brb

Reading Rose/House by Arkady Martine.

Belfast TradFest back in July.

Today was my last working day for 2025. I’m off until January. Christmas starts now!

Wednesday session

Reading The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories by Angela Carter.

Thursday session

Wednesday session

Never mind Cloudflare; the electricity has gone out in our street. It’s actually kinda nice, playing mandolin by candlelight.

Front page of the BBC right now.

Reading The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien.

Closing out #ffconf with Erika’s chickens.

Kicking off #ffconf!

I’m definitely going to be sent on a side quest.

> Technology isn’t destiny, no matter how inexorable its evolution may seem; the way its capabilities are used is as much a matter of cultural choice and historical accident as politics is, or fashion. — M. Mitchell Waldrop

> All I’ve ever wanted from life is a genuinely great SVG vector illustration of a pelican riding a bicycle. — Simon Willison, What happens if AI labs train for pelicans riding bicycles?

Hanging out with Coco.

Tuesday session

Gatehouse

Dan, Sue, and Jessica on Brighton beach.

Thursday session

“Fáilte go Knocka, fáilte go Knocka, gaelteacht nua i dtuisceart na cathrach!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH772P6YbMQ (Tá Kneecap ceart go leor, ach is fearr liom Kabin Crew!)

When you think about it, the phrase “earning a living” is really quite vile.

Reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.

Bhí RÓIS ar fheabhas anocht! Guth den scoth!

Thursday session

56 years ago today: > Talked to SRI Host to Host — IMP log, 1969-10-29 22:30, Charles S. Kline, Boelter Hall, UCLA The message: > LO The ARPANET was born.

Reading Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield.

Coco in the sun.

Saturday morning tunes and tea

Having a coffee with Mango. Confession: I can never remember the actual name of the coffee shop so in my mind it’s Mango’s.

Sunday session in Cork

Reading A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers.

Going to Cork (for real this time, I hope). brb

Thursday session

Wednesday session

↳ Replying to a post on blog.jim-nielsen.com

Monday session

Reading The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy.

Not going to Cork after all, thanks to Storm Amy. Thanks, Amy. Thamy.

Going to Cork. brb

Wednesday session

Netflix’s House Of Guinness is schlocky trash but it’s schlocky trash with Irish subtitles available, so I’m thoroughly enjoying watching/reading it.

Monday session

Clouds looming towards Brighton.

Thursday session

Wednesday session

Had cocido for lunch in Madrid yesterday and I’m still full today.

I clearly had a good time at the Irish fleadh in Cáceres.

Best churros in town

Reading Orbital by Samantha Harvey.

Monday night session in Madrid

Adios, Cáceres!

Sunday night session

Saturday night late session

Serenaded at dinner by the Friel sisters and Polca4

Saturday evening session

Saturday session in the sun

Buenos días, Cáceres!