Spectacular Peak District hiking ⛰️

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Lifeguard on duty

An “Angry Bird”

Flying kites. Thanks for the photo, mum. 🪁

People don’t remember books; they remember sentences. More specifically, they remember stories.

– Morgan Housel, Paying Attention 💬📚

h/t @jeroensangers

A slice of city life. I don’t know why, but I like it

Made it to Rule 18 in The Password Game. That was fun, and I learnt about algebraic chess notation. 🧩

Now that PHP isn’t part of MacOS anymore, I had to decide between using Homebrew or MacPorts. I opted for the latter. It does require sudo, and manually downloading the Xcode Command Line Tools – I guess because I’m still on Monterey – but it allows switching among multiple PHP versions. 💻

This affectionate little thing looks like he’s been in some scraps. 🐱

Brought out the AeroPress this morning, as a change from the V60. Mostly followed James Hoffmann’s AeroPress technique using Colombian light-roasted beans and a 15g/250ml ratio. ☕️

Last day of the Taiwan-Ryukyu Regatta. ⛵️

Finished reading: Master of Go, Yasunari Kawabata ★★★★ An enjoyable read despite numerous quirks, and I learnt a bit about Go. 📚 / Books Read

Finished reading: The Rum Diary, Hunter S. Thomson ★★★★★ Surprised me. Really enjoyed it; I didn’t want it to end. 📚 / Books Read

Skeeting on Bluesky? Surely it should be “bleating”. 🐑