Adactio: Notes
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.
Monday session
Sunday roast
Thursday session
Wednesday session
Fiddlers three
Tuesday session
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!