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WEEKNOTE #448
Two Names of Everything
I’ve decided that internet SEO has pickled my brain, because I’ve also decided I prefer the way products are named online.
04 // back issues
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WEEKNOTE #277Flipping Switches, Tapping Dials
I feel like I’m back at the controls of a machine that has been set to autopilot for a long time.
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WEEKNOTE #276Xmas 2022
My Christmas went something like this: Dad had covid, then Mum had covid, then I had Covid.
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WEEKNOTE #275Rudimentary Knowledge
I can’t imagine the level of scorn I’d be pouring on people if was a teenager right now.
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WEEKNOTE #274Unstoppable, Infinitely Moddable, Autonomous Worlds
Unstoppable, Infinitely Moddable, Autonomous Worlds are coming.
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WEEKNOTE #273Sounds Like the Metaverse
With distortion banned, remix has become the go-to content filter workaround. For millions pop music now sounds like this..
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WeeknoteAs Much or as Little
It’s your website. You can choose to write as much or as little as you want in a blog post.
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WEEKNOTE #271Stars
I came across a new (to me) performance of Eriks Esenvalds’ Stars. It’s one of my favourite choral pieces.
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WEEKNOTE #270Questions of Value
As the conversation circled the question of ‘value’ I was told I need to get better at doing the paid supporter ask.
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WEEKNOTE #269Terminal Access
From this week I’m adding a new section to my weeknotes. I want to highlight work friends who’ve posted to the web outside of…
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WEEKNOTE #268Back To It
I can’t believe we’ve been back from our holiday for a whole week. Time has flow by.
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WEEKNOTE #267Not Having Done
“If you enjoy Having Done so much, why do you have a hard drive full of hundreds of thousands of words of shit you…
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WEEKNOTE #266Groggy Mornings
I’ve been fighting off a low level cold all week. Groggy mornings and generally feeling slow and under the weather.
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WEEKNOTE #265Panning Process
A while back I wrote a post about how I use my RSS reader. This morning I thought I would document what came out…
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WEEKNOTE #264A Little Like Me
Every now at the right angle I’ll think “Oh hey that metahuman does look like me” but then it’s gone. Like recognising the features…
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WEEKNOTE #263Sea of Flowers
After dinner we found our selves drifting towards the Mall and Buckingham palace to see the flowers.
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WEEKNOTE #262Grown and Grown
I went to a 40th birthday over the weekend and the night was wall to wall Jungle.
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WeeknoteIn the Other Room
After a few minutes of careful listening I said ‘It sounds like a man peeing into a bucket standing up next to a washing…
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WeeknoteDifferent Lengths
I’ve spent the week trying to write things at/of different lengths. Sitting down with a timer, set to 20mins or 40. Just practicing to…
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WEEKNOTE #259No Clear Container
I’ve felt a bit undirected in where I’ve been putting my attention this week. I did watch The World Excel Championship though.
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WEEKNOTE #258Summer Chalk
I went down to the chalk for my Dad’s 70th (!!!) birthday. Saw lots of family, ate some lovely food at a local restaurant.…
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WEEKNOTE #256Birthday + Bristol
It was my birthday on Monday. Then we went down to the city of Bristol for a few nights away.
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WeeknoteProblem Solved
Thanks to everyone who got in touch re last weeks post about where people can follow me online. Yes I am aware that 2007…
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