History in real-time. Monday 2020/6/01 I’ve been in my current job 11 years today. I’ve mostly worked on the REF case study today. Spent the day blocking adverts on Twitter and processed images of the moon taken a few days ago. Probably the last of the astro images for a while, as the nights are …
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Quarantine – Week eleven
The ongoing train wreck just ploughed through the burning orphanage and is headed for the oil refinery. Monday 2020/5/25 Speculation is rife that Dominic Cummings will resign / not resign. He’s giving a speech from the garden of Number 10 later. Most irregular. Later : We’re fucked. People will now do just what they want. …
Quarantine – Week Ten
Plans that either come to naught, or half a page of scribbled lines. Monday 2020/5/18 Another day I should have been away with M. Builders did more on kitchen. Camping upstairs while they work. Found an old circuit I’d made as part of a radio I planned to build. Never did get around to finishing …
Quarantine – Week nine
A week that’s happening. Monday 2020/5/11 I should have been in either Edinburg or Cardiff with M today. Part of a long weekend away for a work meeting she was attending. Instead I sat in a long meeting about student exams to be sat this week. Took a photo of galaxy M61 (no common name) …
Quarantine – Week eight
A week that really didn’t register. Monday 2020/5/04 I took a photo of the moon. Tuesday 2020/5/05 I did something. Dunno what though. I really should keep better notes. Probably wrote code all day. Wednesday 2020/5/06 I took a photo of the the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Thursday 2020/05/07 The day must have happened, but I …