Nothing much to report – the log of the days fell by the wayside quickly as nothing much was changing and the days blurred together before I could note them – making notes on them was my attempt to impose some un-blurring on the whole time so it all got a bit self-referential and pointless. …
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Lockdown 3, Week 1
I didn’t document lockdown two, as it really didn’t seem to change things much. Work happened as normal, my cycling dropped off somewhat due to the weather and other issues, and I started using the tube again to get to the lab. The District Line heading west was mostly empty unless you hit particular times; …
2020
Well, that didn’t go as planned. One trip out of the country, to Iceland in January, followed by lockdown travel restrictions and an opportunistic infection trying to eat my right arm off at the elbow. The enforced home-staying did mean I got to do a lost more astronomy than I otherwise would have, but this …
Long term art project
Take several (perhaps an irrational number – if it seem arty enough – of) Henry Hoovers and place them in wilderness locations around the planet. Record what happens to them with a time-lapse camera until they have totally disintegrated – may take thousands of years. When the last has fully returned to the earth, print …
I am become Death, the destroyer of snails.
I like snails. Not to eat, but as animals in themselves. I’ve even done a stand-up comedy set about slugs and snails. I find them fascinating. I don’t kill them on purpose. Since taking up cycling to work, I have accidentally killed many snails. There is a patch of tarmac connecting Castle Green park and …
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