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. 💻
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”. 🐑
Just installed ShortCat, for controlling the Mac interface with a keyboard. Anybody else tried it yet? (h/t: @mjtsai@mastodon.social)
Very pleasantly surprised to find this PowerBook G4 sitting open in an electronics store today, as a display piece. It was such a handsome machine for the time, ~20 years ago. 💻