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| 80 | <a href="../posts/113.html">June 29, 2026, 10:45am</a> |
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| 84 | <p>Other thing I bought that I took a chance on as maybe frivolous: 100w power bank. Damn, it's come in to its own the last two days: yesterday out and about with the boys, and today in a café without access to power. Amazing to fast charge a MBP without needing a power socket.</p> |
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| 91 | <span>@paul</span> |
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| 93 | <a href="../posts/112.html">June 25, 2026, 3:58pm</a> |
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| 98 | <p>Got a bedside charger from Anker that has a little screen that shows the wattage draw. Well, it turns out I've been using cables that can't handle more than 12w to try to power a laptop from a 65w charger. What a mess!</p> |
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| 107 | <a href="../posts/111.html">May 30, 2026, 8:42am</a> |
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| 111 | <p>It’s the summer holidays. For us that means 13 weeks of boys off school. They’re always relieved when it comes, but they’re always ready to go back… after three months off!</p> |
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| 118 | <span>@paul</span> |
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| 120 | <a href="../posts/110.html">May 21, 2026, 4:37pm</a> |
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| 125 | <p>YouTube has been recommending Pentangle to me for a while, but this one is really doing it for me.</p> |
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| 134 | <span>@paul</span> |
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| 136 | <a href="../posts/109.html">May 9, 2026, 2:29pm</a> |
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| 140 | <p>The most beautiful thing to me about e-biking is the weight:load ratio. A 30kg bike carries 3 humans totalling 150kg. 5 times its own weight. We'll routinely whizz by 1600kg Range Rovers, typically carrying one adult, 0.05 times their own weight.</p> |
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| 142 | <p>And it's not even like-for-like. Within a 25km radius in Dublin, e-biking is almost always <em>faster</em>.</p> |
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| 149 | <span>@paul</span> |
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| 151 | <a href="../posts/108.html">May 9, 2026, 9:57am</a> |
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| 155 | <p>My e-biking plan today:</p> |
| 156 | |
| 157 | <ul> |
| 158 | <li>3km with 2 boys</li> |
| 159 | <li>12km with 1 boy</li> |
| 160 | <li>8km with 1 boy</li> |
| 161 | <li>10km with 2 boys</li> |
| 162 | <li>4km solo</li> |
| 163 | <li>5km with wife and 1 boy</li> |
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| 166 | <p>I packed the spare battery!</p> |
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| 173 | <span>@paul</span> |
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| 175 | <a href="../posts/107.html">April 30, 2026, 9:01pm</a> |
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| 179 | <p>Got to see Madra Salach in a tiny venue in Dublin with about 70 others, and had the proud pleasure to be the ticket provider for the gig. I'll write a post on the Tito blog, but damn that was something special.</p> |
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| 186 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 187 | <small> |
| 188 | <a href="../posts/106.html">April 30, 2026, 9:08am</a> |
| 189 | · <a href="../posts/106.html">4 replies</a> |
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| 193 | <p>It just occurred to me that US and UK folks probably can't tell when an Irish actor is doing an American or British accent. Almost always, that <em>definitely</em> doesn't work the other way. If you want an Irish accent in your production, the safest choice will always be an Irish actor. There are plenty to about!</p> |
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| 200 | <span>@paul</span> |
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| 202 | <a href="../posts/105.html">April 30, 2026, 9:06am</a> |
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| 206 | <p>The one thing I couldn't believe about "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" was that after casting an Irish actor and encouraging him to use his (real) Irish accent, they cast two kids for a flashback scene and had them do Oirish accents. There needs to be a forever rule in the world of production to never cast non-Irish actors in roles requiring Irish accents.</p> |
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| 213 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 214 | <small> |
| 215 | <a href="../posts/104.html">April 30, 2026, 9:04am</a> |
| 216 | · <a href="../posts/104.html">1 reply</a> |
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| 220 | <p>Finished "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" last night. I really enjoyed the book, and the graphic novel. I feel like people who make Game of Thrones stuff should simply never diverge from the books. The TV representations are at their best when they follow the books.</p> |
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| 227 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 228 | <small> |
| 229 | <a href="../posts/103.html">April 26, 2026, 8:54am</a> |
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| 233 | <p>10yo took himself off for (decaf) coffee and pastry this morning. Sent me a picture of the table when he got there. Definitely my son.</p> |
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| 239 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 240 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 241 | <small> |
| 242 | <a href="../posts/102.html">April 25, 2026, 9:57pm</a> |
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| 246 | <p>Best thing about “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” so far: Irish actor speaking in Irish accent and it’s grand. No bother. I guess Liam Cunningham sort of did that in the original series?</p> |
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| 252 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 253 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 254 | <small> |
| 255 | <a href="../posts/101.html">April 24, 2026, 7:15pm</a> |
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| 259 | <p>If you want to support a more equitable society and believe better is possible, Kim Crayton is a great educator for white people who want to understand oppression and learn from it. You should subscribe: <a href="https://www.lifebeyondthesupremacymyth.com/welcome/" target="">https://www.lifebeyondthesupremacymyth.com/welcome/</a></p> |
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| 266 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 267 | <small> |
| 268 | <a href="../posts/100.html">April 24, 2026, 7:13pm</a> |
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| 272 | <p>Went to pick up a part for my e-bike today in the shop I bought it in last year. They’ve clearly been selling a lot lately. There was a dad leaving with his brand new long-tail. It was a delight to see the energy and excitement.</p> |
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| 279 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 280 | <small> |
| 281 | <a href="../posts/99.html">April 24, 2026, 7:36am</a> |
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| 285 | <p>I only made it to one day of Haggis Ruby: back today for a school play. Again excited to meet folks and chat. I had a moment on the plane on the way over where Ryanair double-booked my seat and put me in a middle seat. I was fully prepared to get off rather than middle-seat it!</p> |
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| 292 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 293 | <small> |
| 294 | <a href="../posts/98.html">April 22, 2026, 12:56pm</a> |
| 295 | · <a href="../posts/98.html">7 replies</a> |
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| 299 | <p>Good to see the Irish Times promoting cargo bikes as car alternatives. I'm somewhat down on the "economic" motivation, because fuck that: there's so much else going on, but these things need all the promotion they can get. For sure people need cars, but I can believe that 80% of the 80% who default to their car could be biking, and Dublin would be so much better for it. <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/22/how-a-cargo-bike-can-save-you-a-fortune-in-motoring-costs/" target="">https://www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2026/04/22/how-a-cargo-bike-can-save-you-a-fortune-in-motoring-costs/</a></p> |
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| 306 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 307 | <small> |
| 308 | <a href="../posts/97.html">April 17, 2026, 12:48pm</a> |
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| 311 | <main> |
| 312 | <p>I really enjoyed Smashing Conf in Amsterdam and had some particularly lovely conversations: mostly about neurodivergence, language-learning, and music. Very little tech! I guess that's a clue into the things I care more about lately.</p> |
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| 318 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 319 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 320 | <small> |
| 321 | <a href="../posts/96.html">April 15, 2026, 6:43am</a> |
| 322 | · <a href="../posts/96.html">7 replies</a> |
| 323 | </small> |
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| 325 | <main> |
| 326 | <p>One thing that repeatedly boggles my mind about travelling in European cities is that they're often strong examples of "we could never do that".</p> |
| 327 | |
| 328 | <p>People of all representations bike in Amsterdam (and the Netherlands) with no helmets, all shapes and sizes of people, totally normal, like it's nothing. No ceremony, just a smart default.</p> |
| 329 | |
| 330 | <p>It's so frustrating that any group involved in city planning (looking at you Dublin) would look at the <em>existence</em> (not fiction) of this and not want to drop everything to make it a reality in their own city: following the lead from the Dutch over the last 50 years+.</p> |
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| 337 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 338 | <small> |
| 339 | <a href="../posts/95.html">April 15, 2026, 6:39am</a> |
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| 343 | <p>Watched "I Swear" last week. We were going to only watch 20–30 minutes as we were tired, but the 2 hours went by with my heart exploding from my chest. It works so well as a gut-wrenching story, but also as an allegory for how prejudice can cause so much harm.</p> |
| 344 | |
| 345 | <p>If you're neurodivergent, neurodivergent aware, or neurodivergence curious, it's a movie that really helps you focus your lens.</p> |
| 346 | |
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| 352 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 353 | <small> |
| 354 | <a href="../posts/94.html">April 15, 2026, 6:23am</a> |
| 355 | · <a href="../posts/94.html">5 replies</a> |
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| 359 | <p>Often when I walk around Amsterdam, I get this feeling that I came here when I was 18 but never actually left.</p> |
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| 365 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 366 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 367 | <small> |
| 368 | <a href="../posts/93.html">April 12, 2026, 7:31pm</a> |
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| 372 | <p>Well, Hungary. </p> |
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| 379 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 380 | <small> |
| 381 | <a href="../posts/92.html">April 9, 2026, 2:28pm</a> |
| 382 | </small> |
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| 384 | <main> |
| 385 | <p>I have been very happily whizzing to-and-fro to Dublin city centre on my eBike every day this week, avoiding any issues with fuel prices or protests. Presumably if only a small percentage of drivers switched to cycling rather than driving, it would have as much of an effect as government subsidies to reduce demand on fuel. It still boggles my mind that there are still so relatively few cyclists in Dublin (albeit that it definitely feels like an uptick in general).</p> |
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| 392 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 393 | <small> |
| 394 | <a href="../posts/91.html">April 9, 2026, 9:30am</a> |
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| 398 | <p>An app's descent into shitness always seems to be accompanied by loading animations that trick the mind into thinking something is happening other than "app is getting shitter".</p> |
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| 405 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 406 | <small> |
| 407 | <a href="../posts/90.html">March 28, 2026, 1:48pm</a> |
| 408 | </small> |
| 409 | </header> |
| 410 | <main> |
| 411 | <p>Apple Music promoted "Haydn" to me and I thought it was a new indie band to check out. 😬</p> |
| 412 | |
| 413 | </main> |
| 414 | </article> |
| 415 | <article class="post"> |
| 416 | <header> |
| 417 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 418 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 419 | <small> |
| 420 | <a href="../posts/89.html">March 27, 2026, 2:33pm</a> |
| 421 | </small> |
| 422 | </header> |
| 423 | <main> |
| 424 | <p>It’s fascinating to me how Apple “Intelligence” somehow made Siri slower and worse at doing the only thing I consistently use it for: stating a timer. </p> |
| 425 | |
| 426 | <p>(I had it off before. Turned it on to try Live Translation, which I guess didn’t work the way I thought it would)</p> |
| 427 | |
| 428 | </main> |
| 429 | </article> |
| 430 | <article class="post"> |
| 431 | <header> |
| 432 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 433 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 434 | <small> |
| 435 | <a href="../posts/88.html">March 26, 2026, 10:27pm</a> |
| 436 | </small> |
| 437 | </header> |
| 438 | <main> |
| 439 | <p>This cuts deep even now: <a href="https://youtu.be/n14lwdpYkAA?is=mK3IQKH2dn3zDdTM" target="">https://youtu.be/n14lwdpYkAA?is=mK3IQKH2dn3zDdTM</a></p> |
| 440 | |
| 441 | <p>See also Madra Salach’s incredible cover in this live session: <a href="https://youtu.be/WzdsYgj8P04?is=zIKTqi7uTMKx6xp2" target="">https://youtu.be/WzdsYgj8P04?is=zIKTqi7uTMKx6xp2</a></p> |
| 442 | |
| 443 | </main> |
| 444 | </article> |
| 445 | <article class="post"> |
| 446 | <header> |
| 447 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 448 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 449 | <small> |
| 450 | <a href="../posts/87.html">March 26, 2026, 10:25pm</a> |
| 451 | </small> |
| 452 | </header> |
| 453 | <main> |
| 454 | <p>Who would be interested in an Irish-language tech meetup in Dublin? Talks in Irish or English, live-translated, and everyone making an effort to use a cupla focail?</p> |
| 455 | |
| 456 | </main> |
| 457 | </article> |
| 458 | <article class="post"> |
| 459 | <header> |
| 460 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 461 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 462 | <small> |
| 463 | <a href="../posts/86.html">March 25, 2026, 10:51am</a> |
| 464 | · <a href="../posts/86.html">11 replies</a> |
| 465 | </small> |
| 466 | </header> |
| 467 | <main> |
| 468 | <p>I've had this thought rolling around my mind for a while: I'd rather 100,000 small companies with 6 employees than 6 companies with 100,000 employees.</p> |
| 469 | |
| 470 | <p>But it feels a bit pithy when I interrogate it internally, but it also presents in my mind as self-evidently <em>better</em>. But is it a case that I'm looking for the "big" things: compute, distribution, power etc. to be public domain, and that small companies would plug in to them?</p> |
| 471 | |
| 472 | </main> |
| 473 | </article> |
| 474 | <article class="post"> |
| 475 | <header> |
| 476 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 477 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 478 | <small> |
| 479 | <a href="../posts/85.html">March 24, 2026, 1:17pm</a> |
| 480 | </small> |
| 481 | </header> |
| 482 | <main> |
| 483 | <p>I don't understand how most Dublin folks don't read this and immediately just replace most of their driving with a bike. <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2026/0324/1564952-dublin-commute/" target="">https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2026/0324/1564952-dublin-commute/</a></p> |
| 484 | |
| 485 | </main> |
| 486 | </article> |
| 487 | <article class="post"> |
| 488 | <header> |
| 489 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 490 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 491 | <small> |
| 492 | <a href="../posts/84.html">March 19, 2026, 6:15pm</a> |
| 493 | </small> |
| 494 | </header> |
| 495 | <main> |
| 496 | <p>Reflecting that I've done some of my best work while sitting somewhere random and always out-of-doors in London, either sipping or having sipped some wine.</p> |
| 497 | |
| 498 | </main> |
| 499 | </article> |
| 500 | <article class="post"> |
| 501 | <header> |
| 502 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 503 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 504 | <small> |
| 505 | <a href="../posts/83.html">March 18, 2026, 11:22pm</a> |
| 506 | </small> |
| 507 | </header> |
| 508 | <main> |
| 509 | <p>My brother in the national news. Cool! <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2026/0318/1564017-brain-injuries-athletes-tcd-research/" target="">https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2026/0318/1564017-brain-injuries-athletes-tcd-research/</a></p> |
| 510 | |
| 511 | </main> |
| 512 | </article> |
| 513 | <article class="post"> |
| 514 | <header> |
| 515 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 516 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 517 | <small> |
| 518 | <a href="../posts/82.html">March 17, 2026, 9:15pm</a> |
| 519 | · <a href="../posts/82.html">1 reply</a> |
| 520 | </small> |
| 521 | </header> |
| 522 | <main> |
| 523 | <p>I saw this post as a talk at State of the Browser. It's amazing how much "quiet" work goes into fixing something as huge as this. It's been a gargantuan task, but this year, browsers are getting what looks like an <em>amazing</em> API for working with and manipulating dates. <a href="https://bloomberg.github.io/js-blog/post/temporal/" target="">https://bloomberg.github.io/js-blog/post/temporal/</a></p> |
| 524 | |
| 525 | </main> |
| 526 | </article> |
| 527 | <article class="post"> |
| 528 | <header> |
| 529 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 530 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 531 | <small> |
| 532 | <a href="../posts/81.html">March 15, 2026, 3:50pm</a> |
| 533 | · <a href="../posts/81.html">3 replies</a> |
| 534 | </small> |
| 535 | </header> |
| 536 | <main> |
| 537 | <p>When I was 10, my Irish teacher recommended that we listen to "Raidió na Life" (Liffey Radio), an Irish-language pop and culture station. I never really did.</p> |
| 538 | |
| 539 | <p>With my recent resurgence in interest in speaking Irish, I tuned in yesterday, and had the pleasure to listen to a song from "Madra Salach" (Dirty Dog), a young Irish traditional group from Dublin.</p> |
| 540 | |
| 541 | <p>This EP is 🔥 <a href="https://album.link/i/1854407725" target="">https://album.link/i/1854407725</a></p> |
| 542 | |
| 543 | </main> |
| 544 | </article> |
| 545 | <article class="post"> |
| 546 | <header> |
| 547 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 548 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 549 | <small> |
| 550 | <a href="../posts/80.html">March 8, 2026, 10:09am</a> |
| 551 | </small> |
| 552 | </header> |
| 553 | <main> |
| 554 | <p>Went into the rugby clubhouse and asked for "cupán tae, le do thoil", just to see what would happen. No blink, no question, I got a cup of tea. We don't use Irish because we don't use Irish. That's all. For many day to day thing, we could just as well, we just don't. I actually do believe that will change.</p> |
| 555 | |
| 556 | </main> |
| 557 | </article> |
| 558 | <article class="post"> |
| 559 | <header> |
| 560 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 561 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 562 | <small> |
| 563 | <a href="../posts/79.html">March 3, 2026, 12:27pm</a> |
| 564 | </small> |
| 565 | </header> |
| 566 | <main> |
| 567 | <p>I’m definitely getting some of the weird Nike brain shoes.</p> |
| 568 | |
| 569 | </main> |
| 570 | </article> |
| 571 | <article class="post"> |
| 572 | <header> |
| 573 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 574 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 575 | <small> |
| 576 | <a href="../posts/78.html">March 2, 2026, 9:55pm</a> |
| 577 | </small> |
| 578 | </header> |
| 579 | <main> |
| 580 | <p>My bigger question is now: if I know this is getting cross-posted and people will see the posts, will I write more on here or will I feel disinclined to post more? Not sure it matters much. I just like that I can now do <a href="https://indieweb.org/POSSE" target="">posse</a> for the first time. </p> |
| 581 | |
| 582 | </main> |
| 583 | </article> |
| 584 | <article class="post"> |
| 585 | <header> |
| 586 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 587 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 588 | <small> |
| 589 | <a href="../posts/77.html">March 2, 2026, 9:06pm</a> |
| 590 | </small> |
| 591 | </header> |
| 592 | <main> |
| 593 | <p>If I'm right about this, then from now on if I post on paulca.com, then it should also show up on @paulca.com on BlueSky, without my ever having to post on BlueSky. I'm hitting the "Post" button in 5,4,3,2,1...</p> |
| 594 | |
| 595 | </main> |
| 596 | </article> |
| 597 | <article class="post"> |
| 598 | <header> |
| 599 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 600 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 601 | <small> |
| 602 | <a href="../posts/76.html">March 1, 2026, 9:11pm</a> |
| 603 | </small> |
| 604 | </header> |
| 605 | <main> |
| 606 | <p>Yesterday (inné) I spoke more Irish in one go than I have done before since school anyway. </p> |
| 607 | |
| 608 | <p>Today I find out that it’s Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish week) and I’ve just followed an absolute raft of Irish-language accounts on Instagram. I guess I hadn’t thought to look there before, but that seems like where they all are.</p> |
| 609 | |
| 610 | </main> |
| 611 | </article> |
| 612 | <article class="post"> |
| 613 | <header> |
| 614 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 615 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 616 | <small> |
| 617 | <a href="../posts/75.html">February 27, 2026, 8:39pm</a> |
| 618 | </small> |
| 619 | </header> |
| 620 | <main> |
| 621 | <p>Yesterday I finished Part One of Bob Mortimer’s autobiography, and today I finished the other four parts. Turns out finishing a book happens if you read the book. </p> |
| 622 | |
| 623 | <p>It left me with a hankering for pie and weak beer. I’m staying opposite The Globe pub, so I strolled over and had myself their award winning steak pie and a glass of weak German beer.</p> |
| 624 | |
| 625 | </main> |
| 626 | </article> |
| 627 | <article class="post"> |
| 628 | <header> |
| 629 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 630 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 631 | <small> |
| 632 | <a href="../posts/74.html">February 27, 2026, 7:19am</a> |
| 633 | </small> |
| 634 | </header> |
| 635 | <main> |
| 636 | <p>The “cabin on a ferry” for solo travel is one of the great travel hacks. Like in a dark room, get some decent rest in (hopefully), and break the back of the journey to anywhere in the UK from Dublin.</p> |
| 637 | |
| 638 | </main> |
| 639 | </article> |
| 640 | <article class="post"> |
| 641 | <header> |
| 642 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 643 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 644 | <small> |
| 645 | <a href="../posts/73.html">February 26, 2026, 10:32pm</a> |
| 646 | </small> |
| 647 | </header> |
| 648 | <main> |
| 649 | <p>Gonna do stuff on a boat and then a train tomorrow. Looking forward to it. And then hopefully end up in London where I guess I’ll fall into bed and get an early night? Let’s see. </p> |
| 650 | |
| 651 | </main> |
| 652 | </article> |
| 653 | <article class="post"> |
| 654 | <header> |
| 655 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 656 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 657 | <small> |
| 658 | <a href="../posts/72.html">February 26, 2026, 11:07am</a> |
| 659 | </small> |
| 660 | </header> |
| 661 | <main> |
| 662 | <p>I finished Part One of a book. I wish that wasn’t the achievement it is, but so it goes (my motto of the moment). </p> |
| 663 | |
| 664 | </main> |
| 665 | </article> |
| 666 | <article class="post"> |
| 667 | <header> |
| 668 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 669 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 670 | <small> |
| 671 | <a href="../posts/71.html">February 26, 2026, 8:11am</a> |
| 672 | </small> |
| 673 | </header> |
| 674 | <main> |
| 675 | <p>Thinking about magic. </p> |
| 676 | |
| 677 | </main> |
| 678 | </article> |
| 679 | <article class="post"> |
| 680 | <header> |
| 681 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 682 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 683 | <small> |
| 684 | <a href="../posts/70.html">February 25, 2026, 11:21pm</a> |
| 685 | </small> |
| 686 | </header> |
| 687 | <main> |
| 688 | <p>Well, that wasn't a bad day's work. I wonder what to do next with this. 🤔</p> |
| 689 | |
| 690 | </main> |
| 691 | </article> |
| 692 | <article class="post"> |
| 693 | <header> |
| 694 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 695 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 696 | <small> |
| 697 | <a href="../posts/69.html">February 25, 2026, 9:51pm</a> |
| 698 | </small> |
| 699 | </header> |
| 700 | <main> |
| 701 | <p>Looking forward to heading to <a href="https://2026.stateofthebrowser.com" target="">State of the Browser</a> on Saturday. I'm going to go and listen, and learn, and maybe have some more conversations to mull over. There's so much to think about. Feels like a very important conference at a very important time.</p> |
| 702 | |
| 703 | </main> |
| 704 | </article> |
| 705 | <article class="post"> |
| 706 | <header> |
| 707 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 708 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 709 | <small> |
| 710 | <a href="../posts/68.html">February 25, 2026, 9:33pm</a> |
| 711 | </small> |
| 712 | </header> |
| 713 | <main> |
| 714 | <p>Well, I accidentally deleted all my posts. They're all backed up, so I guess I shouldn't have worried. But they're back now. Woo!</p> |
| 715 | |
| 716 | </main> |
| 717 | </article> |
| 718 | <article class="post"> |
| 719 | <header> |
| 720 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 721 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 722 | <small> |
| 723 | <a href="../posts/67.html">February 24, 2026, 5:59pm</a> |
| 724 | </small> |
| 725 | </header> |
| 726 | <main> |
| 727 | <p>What do I do with you, paulca.com?</p> |
| 728 | |
| 729 | </main> |
| 730 | </article> |
| 731 | <article class="post"> |
| 732 | <header> |
| 733 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 734 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 735 | <small> |
| 736 | <a href="../posts/66.html">November 21, 2025, 3:12pm</a> |
| 737 | </small> |
| 738 | </header> |
| 739 | <main> |
| 740 | <p>I'm sitting in a Helsinki cinema after a day of talks at Tiny Ruby, a conference that was almost exactly the same as <a href="https://fronteersconf.org" target="">Fronteers</a> in format. It's fun to have experienced two small events (around 60 people each) after going to so many big conferences in the last while.</p> |
| 741 | |
| 742 | <p>I'm writing here because I was just thinking "I have no idea how to translate the energy and enthusiasm I feel after chatting to folks" and I have no desire to post on LinkedIn, and Mastodon doesn't feel quite right for that stuff.</p> |
| 743 | |
| 744 | <p>So just to get that thought out, I'm brain-dumping here. It was a fun event, but any event I go to my head just spins out on how to make events more amazing.</p> |
| 745 | |
| 746 | </main> |
| 747 | </article> |
| 748 | <article class="post"> |
| 749 | <header> |
| 750 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 751 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 752 | <small> |
| 753 | <a href="../posts/65.html">October 19, 2025, 1:06pm</a> |
| 754 | </small> |
| 755 | </header> |
| 756 | <main> |
| 757 | <p>Three deaths this year of people closer to me than usual. All would be considered young deaths. It’s a permeating sadness, always associated with people who died without getting to redeem themselves, or see how their influence would continue to inspire, or live up to their full potential. RIP.</p> |
| 758 | |
| 759 | </main> |
| 760 | </article> |
| 761 | <article class="post"> |
| 762 | <header> |
| 763 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 764 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 765 | <small> |
| 766 | <a href="../posts/64.html">October 8, 2025, 8:40pm</a> |
| 767 | </small> |
| 768 | </header> |
| 769 | <main> |
| 770 | <p>More and more, I just want to write on here and let the ether sort it out. I'm really, really sick of hearing about CEOs of social networks turning out to end up attacking groups within their network once any semblance of mainstream appears. But it makes sense: no individual CEO is going to be able to align completely with all groups. The only way that makes sense is to embrace the internet as it is: a collection of nodes that essentially self-govern.</p> |
| 771 | |
| 772 | <p>For things like little short messages, I really don't want to be putting those into any system. Bluesky gave off the wrong vibes from the start, and Mastodon is great, but I'm still posting to someone else's server.</p> |
| 773 | |
| 774 | <p>Here, I'm in full control.</p> |
| 775 | |
| 776 | </main> |
| 777 | </article> |
| 778 | <article class="post"> |
| 779 | <header> |
| 780 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 781 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 782 | <small> |
| 783 | <a href="../posts/63.html">October 6, 2025, 10:21pm</a> |
| 784 | </small> |
| 785 | </header> |
| 786 | <main> |
| 787 | <p>I took Luan to his first concert on Saturday, to the Beths. A <em>great</em> first concert. My first was great in its own way, Nanci Griffith in the Olympia in Dublin, a surprise from my parents. Here she is singing Love at the Five and Dime. It’s sooo good.</p> |
| 788 | |
| 789 | <p><a href="https://youtu.be/2GK462XnRjQ?si=t2qx_z9zyG_CkTi_" target="">https://youtu.be/2GK462XnRjQ?si=t2qx_z9zyG_CkTi_</a></p> |
| 790 | |
| 791 | </main> |
| 792 | </article> |
| 793 | <article class="post"> |
| 794 | <header> |
| 795 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 796 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 797 | <small> |
| 798 | <a href="../posts/62.html">October 6, 2025, 8:54pm</a> |
| 799 | </small> |
| 800 | </header> |
| 801 | <main> |
| 802 | <p>I’m in love with <a href="https://kottke.org/25/10/what-makes-for-a-healthy-society" target="">this list</a> of things that make a healthy society. So simple and achievable, and it’s so easy to imagine the results.</p> |
| 803 | |
| 804 | </main> |
| 805 | </article> |
| 806 | <article class="post"> |
| 807 | <header> |
| 808 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 809 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 810 | <small> |
| 811 | <a href="../posts/61.html">October 3, 2025, 7:44am</a> |
| 812 | </small> |
| 813 | </header> |
| 814 | <main> |
| 815 | <p>Made it to Dordrecht for Fronteers. Sleepy and pretty. The host at breakfast spoke Dutch and I had to ask about speaking English. Wonderful!</p> |
| 816 | |
| 817 | </main> |
| 818 | </article> |
| 819 | <article class="post"> |
| 820 | <header> |
| 821 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 822 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 823 | <small> |
| 824 | <a href="../posts/60.html">September 26, 2025, 8:26pm</a> |
| 825 | </small> |
| 826 | </header> |
| 827 | <main> |
| 828 | <p>Stuck on a thing I've wanted to do for over a year, but it's been like treacle all week trying to get it done. Just got it working. Not polished, but working. 21:25 on a Friday. I'll take it.</p> |
| 829 | |
| 830 | </main> |
| 831 | </article> |
| 832 | <article class="post"> |
| 833 | <header> |
| 834 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 835 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 836 | <small> |
| 837 | <a href="../posts/59.html">September 21, 2025, 6:49pm</a> |
| 838 | </small> |
| 839 | </header> |
| 840 | <main> |
| 841 | <p>A lot of stuff happening this week rolling around my mind. There's so much stuff, all the time, and I have so many opinions about almost everything. Actually coming to a conclusion is something I really struggle with.</p> |
| 842 | |
| 843 | </main> |
| 844 | </article> |
| 845 | <article class="post"> |
| 846 | <header> |
| 847 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 848 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 849 | <small> |
| 850 | <a href="../posts/58.html">September 2, 2025, 8:26am</a> |
| 851 | </small> |
| 852 | </header> |
| 853 | <main> |
| 854 | <p>I found Kai’s intro to this week’s Dense Discovery absolutely wonderful, a concise articulation I think of what we talk about when we think about integrity and excellence. <a href="https://www.densediscovery.com/issues/354" target="">https://www.densediscovery.com/issues/354</a></p> |
| 855 | |
| 856 | </main> |
| 857 | </article> |
| 858 | <article class="post"> |
| 859 | <header> |
| 860 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 861 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 862 | <small> |
| 863 | <a href="../posts/57.html">August 30, 2025, 12:18pm</a> |
| 864 | </small> |
| 865 | </header> |
| 866 | <main> |
| 867 | <p>Bought some Chacos sandals. I am now a 40-something who owns sandals. It's happening.</p> |
| 868 | |
| 869 | </main> |
| 870 | </article> |
| 871 | <article class="post"> |
| 872 | <header> |
| 873 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 874 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 875 | <small> |
| 876 | <a href="../posts/56.html">August 25, 2025, 9:41pm</a> |
| 877 | </small> |
| 878 | </header> |
| 879 | <main> |
| 880 | <p>Never leave myself time to write, because I'm just parenting or coding. It's annoying, because I <em>want</em> to. Keep on keeping on I suppose.</p> |
| 881 | |
| 882 | </main> |
| 883 | </article> |
| 884 | <article class="post"> |
| 885 | <header> |
| 886 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 887 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 888 | <small> |
| 889 | <a href="../posts/55.html">August 12, 2025, 10:12pm</a> |
| 890 | </small> |
| 891 | </header> |
| 892 | <main> |
| 893 | <p>The more I learn about Mandy Patinkin, the more I like him. Here he is on Letterman <a href="https://youtu.be/RrcGdIzweu4?si=hzI_z8AXJ9jYTk4F" target="">singing “Somewhere over the rainbow”</a>.</p> |
| 894 | |
| 895 | </main> |
| 896 | </article> |
| 897 | <article class="post"> |
| 898 | <header> |
| 899 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 900 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 901 | <small> |
| 902 | <a href="../posts/54.html">August 2, 2025, 1:52pm</a> |
| 903 | </small> |
| 904 | </header> |
| 905 | <main> |
| 906 | <p>Not sure what platform to scream silently into, so doing it here. Fuuuuuuuuuuuujuuuuujjjjjjhhhuiuuuuuuu. </p> |
| 907 | |
| 908 | </main> |
| 909 | </article> |
| 910 | <article class="post"> |
| 911 | <header> |
| 912 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 913 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 914 | <small> |
| 915 | <a href="../posts/53.html">July 28, 2025, 5:01pm</a> |
| 916 | </small> |
| 917 | </header> |
| 918 | <main> |
| 919 | <p>I had the most delightful "sales call" today with a chap, almost 10 years older than I am, who has used Tito for the last 10 years because he had just this sense that we were values-driven and he liked the feel of the business.</p> |
| 920 | |
| 921 | <p>It was really cool to answer his question "what is your philosophy?" and for it to neatly map to his impression. We discussed how traditional measures of success can be insufficient, and how we don't talk to our neighbours enough (a nice segue from my last post).</p> |
| 922 | |
| 923 | <p>I feel like I'm busy busy busy for the next few months, but I really want to make sense for having conversations with people about how the world really doesn't seem optimised for joy and delight, but more and more designed in the pursuit of profit.</p> |
| 924 | |
| 925 | </main> |
| 926 | </article> |
| 927 | <article class="post"> |
| 928 | <header> |
| 929 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 930 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 931 | <small> |
| 932 | <a href="../posts/52.html">July 25, 2025, 11:26am</a> |
| 933 | </small> |
| 934 | </header> |
| 935 | <main> |
| 936 | <p>I had a small chat with a neighbour today. It wasn't ground-breaking, but saying hello and having a little chat with neighbours is one of the small pleasures in life that seems to have eroded. I introduced myself, and she introduced herself and now I know her name and might say hello in the future. That shouldn't be ground-breaking, but it was.</p> |
| 937 | |
| 938 | </main> |
| 939 | </article> |
| 940 | <article class="post"> |
| 941 | <header> |
| 942 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 943 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 944 | <small> |
| 945 | <a href="../posts/51.html">July 21, 2025, 6:55pm</a> |
| 946 | </small> |
| 947 | </header> |
| 948 | <main> |
| 949 | <p>Day 5 of the <a href="https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/bikes/471/quick-haul-long" target="">Quick Haul Long</a>. </p> |
| 950 | |
| 951 | <p>Today’s journey was one I biked last summer, but struggled with the kid on the hills, so we took the car at the beginning of this summer.</p> |
| 952 | |
| 953 | <p>About half the ride is along Dublin’s Royal Canal. The path sweeps under Croke Park</p> |
| 954 | |
| 955 | <p>By bike it’s about the same time as driving, but it feels like half the time. It’s exhilarating and relaxing all at once. I wish, wish, wish this was the default way to get around Dublin. </p> |
| 956 | |
| 957 | </main> |
| 958 | </article> |
| 959 | <article class="post"> |
| 960 | <header> |
| 961 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 962 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 963 | <small> |
| 964 | <a href="../posts/50.html">July 21, 2025, 6:39pm</a> |
| 965 | </small> |
| 966 | </header> |
| 967 | <main> |
| 968 | <p>I read <a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/07/21/hrw-ice-detention-abuse" target="">stuff like this</a> on a tech blog, and I wonder the things I’m not reading. Where does hate like this come from? Where does the humanity of the guards go? Who sanctions it. I’m so faraway from it, yet it feels so close. It’s so obscene, and I’m angry at everyone I know that enabled a person, a set of people, a cabal of hate to take over the USA. </p> |
| 969 | |
| 970 | </main> |
| 971 | </article> |
| 972 | <article class="post"> |
| 973 | <header> |
| 974 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 975 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 976 | <small> |
| 977 | <a href="../posts/49.html">July 17, 2025, 2:12pm</a> |
| 978 | </small> |
| 979 | </header> |
| 980 | <main> |
| 981 | <p>The bike is glorious. I’ve already taken several trips with one or two boys on the back. It’s fun, it’s zippy, it’s ever so slightly nerve-wracking. But just the sheer joy of being part of the world rather that observing it is unbounded. I feel like a tether has been cut.</p> |
| 982 | |
| 983 | <p>I have 4 consecutive weeks now of ferrying one boy or other to various summer camps, which would be 20 days with 2 car journeys each, and then driving to and from the office on one of the weeks. That’s 50 car journeys I won’t be taking in the next month alone. I just wish Dublin was further along in its bike infrastructure and that I wasn’t joining the minority of folks who want to live this way. </p> |
| 984 | |
| 985 | </main> |
| 986 | </article> |
| 987 | <article class="post"> |
| 988 | <header> |
| 989 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 990 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 991 | <small> |
| 992 | <a href="../posts/48.html">July 15, 2025, 8:56pm</a> |
| 993 | </small> |
| 994 | </header> |
| 995 | <main> |
| 996 | <p>Getting a new <a href="https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/bikes/471/quick-haul-long" target="">long-tail e-bike</a> tomorrow. I'm hoping that it will transform how I approach moving my kids around. I think it will. They used to love going on the crossbar of my single-speed, and I could take them all over the Dublin environs. This bike will take them both. Really looking forward to it.</p> |
| 997 | |
| 998 | </main> |
| 999 | </article> |
| 1000 | <article class="post"> |
| 1001 | <header> |
| 1002 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1003 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1004 | <small> |
| 1005 | <a href="../posts/47.html">July 14, 2025, 8:47am</a> |
| 1006 | </small> |
| 1007 | </header> |
| 1008 | <main> |
| 1009 | <p>This page is my little protest against <a href="https://xoxo.zone/@Ashedryden/114842995230894084" target="">this</a>.</p> |
| 1010 | |
| 1011 | </main> |
| 1012 | </article> |
| 1013 | <article class="post"> |
| 1014 | <header> |
| 1015 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1016 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1017 | <small> |
| 1018 | <a href="../posts/46.html">July 11, 2025, 9:11am</a> |
| 1019 | </small> |
| 1020 | </header> |
| 1021 | <main> |
| 1022 | <p>Something I've been pondering lately, particularly with world news, is the way that oppressive regimes seem so intent in removing rights from people who I associate with being full of joy.</p> |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | <p>I think to experience joy to its fullest, you need to be vulnerable, and so I guess it makes sense that "powerful" people would want to stamp out joy fully because they can't properly experience it, but it makes for real-world tragedy.</p> |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | <p>And then for my part, it's hard to experience joy to its fullest in the knowledge that there’s so much basic injustice happening within reach.</p> |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | </main> |
| 1029 | </article> |
| 1030 | <article class="post"> |
| 1031 | <header> |
| 1032 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1033 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1034 | <small> |
| 1035 | <a href="../posts/45.html">July 10, 2025, 8:54pm</a> |
| 1036 | </small> |
| 1037 | </header> |
| 1038 | <main> |
| 1039 | <p>So much of what I read (online) I end up thinking: “What’s the point of this?” Or “Why is this a thing?”</p> |
| 1040 | |
| 1041 | <p>Learning to ignore most of that and just move on inch by inch is the way. </p> |
| 1042 | |
| 1043 | </main> |
| 1044 | </article> |
| 1045 | <article class="post"> |
| 1046 | <header> |
| 1047 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1048 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1049 | <small> |
| 1050 | <a href="../posts/44.html">July 9, 2025, 6:17pm</a> |
| 1051 | </small> |
| 1052 | </header> |
| 1053 | <main> |
| 1054 | <p>Last week, my mood was low, and I listed the reasons:</p> |
| 1055 | |
| 1056 | <ul> |
| 1057 | <li>tired</li> |
| 1058 | <li>cranky 6yo</li> |
| 1059 | <li>hadn’t had a parenting break for a while</li> |
| 1060 | <li>took on a new grab-bag project</li> |
| 1061 | <li>new schedule</li> |
| 1062 | <li>feeling a lack of artistry</li> |
| 1063 | </ul> |
| 1064 | |
| 1065 | <p>This week, my mood was up, and I listed the reasons:</p> |
| 1066 | |
| 1067 | <ul> |
| 1068 | <li>caught up on sleep</li> |
| 1069 | <li>a positive few days of the 6yo</li> |
| 1070 | <li>had a parenting break at the weekend</li> |
| 1071 | <li>the end of the project is in sight</li> |
| 1072 | <li>schedule no longer new</li> |
| 1073 | <li>played some ukulele every day</li> |
| 1074 | </ul> |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | <p>Go figure! Sometimes we’re very predictable creatures, but it’s hard to recognise it in the moment.</p> |
| 1077 | |
| 1078 | </main> |
| 1079 | </article> |
| 1080 | <article class="post"> |
| 1081 | <header> |
| 1082 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1083 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1084 | <small> |
| 1085 | <a href="../posts/43.html">July 7, 2025, 9:40pm</a> |
| 1086 | </small> |
| 1087 | </header> |
| 1088 | <main> |
| 1089 | <p>Pro-tip for guitar: if you want to learn to play and sing a song: learn the words first. With the prevalence of chords where you can see the lyrics and chords on the same sheet, it’s so easy to just play those and nothing goes in. </p> |
| 1090 | |
| 1091 | <p>Once you’ve learned the words, it’s much easier to try to play the song without the chords after a few goes with them. If you don’t know the words, it’s just too much to learn at once. </p> |
| 1092 | |
| 1093 | <p>Learn the words first. </p> |
| 1094 | |
| 1095 | </main> |
| 1096 | </article> |
| 1097 | <article class="post"> |
| 1098 | <header> |
| 1099 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1100 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1101 | <small> |
| 1102 | <a href="../posts/42.html">July 5, 2025, 7:20am</a> |
| 1103 | </small> |
| 1104 | </header> |
| 1105 | <main> |
| 1106 | <p>I had a spitball as I picked up a rental car just now: what if electric cargo bike rental was the norm at airports. The problem is that the one hour drive I have would be six hours on a bike, and even with assist that wouldn’t cut it.</p> |
| 1107 | |
| 1108 | <p>But then that leads to the further thought: what if the bike took me to a station and I could roll on to a bus or a train that had proper bike storage.</p> |
| 1109 | |
| 1110 | </main> |
| 1111 | </article> |
| 1112 | <article class="post"> |
| 1113 | <header> |
| 1114 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1115 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1116 | <small> |
| 1117 | <a href="../posts/41.html">July 4, 2025, 2:18pm</a> |
| 1118 | </small> |
| 1119 | </header> |
| 1120 | <main> |
| 1121 | <blockquote> |
| 1122 | <p>We should have awards and whenever someone achieves $100 million, which is already obscene, we give them a bronze statue of a dick, and when you get $1 billion, we could give them an even bigger dick.</p> |
| 1123 | </blockquote> |
| 1124 | |
| 1125 | <p><a href="https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/" target="">https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/</a></p> |
| 1126 | |
| 1127 | <p>(via <a href="https://indieweb.social/@brianleroux" target="">@brianleroux@indieweb.social</a>)</p> |
| 1128 | |
| 1129 | </main> |
| 1130 | </article> |
| 1131 | <article class="post"> |
| 1132 | <header> |
| 1133 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1134 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1135 | <small> |
| 1136 | <a href="../posts/40.html">July 4, 2025, 1:09pm</a> |
| 1137 | </small> |
| 1138 | </header> |
| 1139 | <main> |
| 1140 | <p>I'm working from WeWork in Dublin today. It's amazing how much hype folks can create around what is essentially some desks and some convenient utilities.</p> |
| 1141 | |
| 1142 | <p>That said, it's great to have it right here in Dublin. Since I signed up to Revolut Ultra I get three free days per month (I'm still on the fence about whether it's worth it). Today I came in because it was about 2 minutes from the coffee shop I was in, and as it turned out, I could have just come here and had coffee here. Go figure!</p> |
| 1143 | |
| 1144 | </main> |
| 1145 | </article> |
| 1146 | <article class="post"> |
| 1147 | <header> |
| 1148 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1149 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1150 | <small> |
| 1151 | <a href="../posts/39.html">July 3, 2025, 9:40pm</a> |
| 1152 | </small> |
| 1153 | </header> |
| 1154 | <main> |
| 1155 | <p>Ending the week tomorrow I think with a positive chunk of work on <a href="https://io.rsvp" target="">https://io.rsvp</a>, by essentially re-implementing the Tito checkout, but attempting to simplify the code and logic significantly so that we can iterate on it more confidently. Looking forward to seeing the first customers using this new flow.</p> |
| 1156 | |
| 1157 | </main> |
| 1158 | </article> |
| 1159 | <article class="post"> |
| 1160 | <header> |
| 1161 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1162 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1163 | <small> |
| 1164 | <a href="../posts/38.html">July 3, 2025, 9:35pm</a> |
| 1165 | </small> |
| 1166 | </header> |
| 1167 | <main> |
| 1168 | <p>It's weird to read on the one hand <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0703/1521759-us-tax-bill/" target="">local Irish news</a> report on the new US bill as just a list of "things" and then on the other hand on the Kottke blog "<a href="https://kottke.org/25/07/theres-no-undo-button-for-our-fallen-democracy#comment-section" target="">There's No Undo Button For Our Fallen Democracy</a>. It's hard not to feel bitterly disappointed, even from over here.</p> |
| 1169 | |
| 1170 | </main> |
| 1171 | </article> |
| 1172 | <article class="post"> |
| 1173 | <header> |
| 1174 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1175 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1176 | <small> |
| 1177 | <a href="../posts/37.html">July 2, 2025, 9:52pm</a> |
| 1178 | </small> |
| 1179 | </header> |
| 1180 | <main> |
| 1181 | <p>Things I want to add to this little personal blogging server:</p> |
| 1182 | |
| 1183 | <ul> |
| 1184 | <li>Replies (so that I can update posts and add to them)</li> |
| 1185 | <li>Image support (for posting images that I don't want to put on third-party sites)</li> |
| 1186 | <li>Maybe ActivityPub / BlueSky</li> |
| 1187 | <li>Maybe the ability to mention folks and follow folks on other instances of this</li> |
| 1188 | </ul> |
| 1189 | |
| 1190 | <p>But so far as just somewhere to post that's easy to do, I can do it from my desktop or mobile easily, and with handy Markdown support, I am very, very happy. Should have done something like this years ago 😁.</p> |
| 1191 | |
| 1192 | </main> |
| 1193 | </article> |
| 1194 | <article class="post"> |
| 1195 | <header> |
| 1196 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1197 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1198 | <small> |
| 1199 | <a href="../posts/36.html">July 2, 2025, 7:23pm</a> |
| 1200 | </small> |
| 1201 | </header> |
| 1202 | <main> |
| 1203 | <p><a href="https://kottke.org/25/07/0047057-before-he-died-david-lync" target="">David Lynch considered AI “a pencil”</a>. I would add that it’s a very sharp pencil that should come with a disclaimer, although that’s literally what Anthropic say on <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/core-views-on-ai-safety" target="">an article linked from their homepage</a>. </p> |
| 1204 | |
| 1205 | </main> |
| 1206 | </article> |
| 1207 | <article class="post"> |
| 1208 | <header> |
| 1209 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1210 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1211 | <small> |
| 1212 | <a href="../posts/35.html">July 2, 2025, 6:40pm</a> |
| 1213 | </small> |
| 1214 | </header> |
| 1215 | <main> |
| 1216 | <p>Nothing quite beats home internet for reliability and speed. I guess I over-engineered our setup, but it's just been so reliable for the past 7 years. Particularly through the Covid years.</p> |
| 1217 | |
| 1218 | <p>My setup is pretty simple: a <a href="https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/products/udm-pro" target="">Dream Machine Pro</a> with 2x Unifi access points. It just works.</p> |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | </main> |
| 1221 | </article> |
| 1222 | <article class="post"> |
| 1223 | <header> |
| 1224 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1225 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1226 | <small> |
| 1227 | <a href="../posts/34.html">July 2, 2025, 9:30am</a> |
| 1228 | </small> |
| 1229 | </header> |
| 1230 | <main> |
| 1231 | <p>After playing with Figma Make, the idea of "AI" as an assistive tool has further made my head spin with the ethical grey area it represents. I've struggled for so long with translating what I <em>think</em> I see in my head with what I actually mean. I've found it very difficult to describe this to humans, but when I describe it to Figma Make, I get something visual <em>and</em> interactive to continue the discussion around. That is <em>incredibly</em> enabling for me.</p> |
| 1232 | |
| 1233 | </main> |
| 1234 | </article> |
| 1235 | <article class="post"> |
| 1236 | <header> |
| 1237 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1238 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1239 | <small> |
| 1240 | <a href="../posts/33.html">July 1, 2025, 9:24pm</a> |
| 1241 | </small> |
| 1242 | </header> |
| 1243 | <main> |
| 1244 | <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/feljin.ie/post/3lswmybsvgk2f" target="">Parliament Street going car free</a>. How delightful. So many early Tito (and before) conversations were had in the Larder cafe, since closed. Looking forward to walking along it in a zig zag to celebrate 🥳</p> |
| 1245 | |
| 1246 | <p>Update 1st July: I drove up Parliament street today, so that I could say I was one of the last ever to do so. Still hope to be one of the first to walk on it!</p> |
| 1247 | |
| 1248 | </main> |
| 1249 | </article> |
| 1250 | <article class="post"> |
| 1251 | <header> |
| 1252 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1253 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1254 | <small> |
| 1255 | <a href="../posts/32.html">July 1, 2025, 9:21pm</a> |
| 1256 | </small> |
| 1257 | </header> |
| 1258 | <main> |
| 1259 | <p>Still very happy to be posting to something that I have some control over. Psychologically, it’s so much more appealing. I feel free to just post.</p> |
| 1260 | |
| 1261 | <p>Update: I realised I could edit this several days later. “No editing” is hard-coded Twitter muscle memory!</p> |
| 1262 | |
| 1263 | </main> |
| 1264 | </article> |
| 1265 | <article class="post"> |
| 1266 | <header> |
| 1267 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1268 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1269 | <small> |
| 1270 | <a href="../posts/31.html">July 1, 2025, 4:32pm</a> |
| 1271 | </small> |
| 1272 | </header> |
| 1273 | <main> |
| 1274 | <p>I really have to take a deep breath before reading the news these days. It adds so much to my stress, which has a very real impact on me at home. I want to feel like I’m aware of what’s going on, but the levels of injustice can cause me to shut down.</p> |
| 1275 | |
| 1276 | </main> |
| 1277 | </article> |
| 1278 | <article class="post"> |
| 1279 | <header> |
| 1280 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1281 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1282 | <small> |
| 1283 | <a href="../posts/30.html">July 1, 2025, 9:33am</a> |
| 1284 | </small> |
| 1285 | </header> |
| 1286 | <main> |
| 1287 | <p>I've been listening to Pet Sounds a lot recently in the wake of Brian Wilson's passing. Nothing else the Beach Boys did (save for Good Vibrations) reached the heights of Pet Sounds, but my word, what a masterpiece. It's so perfectly crafted. Every note serves a reason, every beat is considered. It’s easy to see how it put such high expectations on him for a follow-up. What a tragic story.</p> |
| 1288 | |
| 1289 | </main> |
| 1290 | </article> |
| 1291 | <article class="post"> |
| 1292 | <header> |
| 1293 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1294 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1295 | <small> |
| 1296 | <a href="../posts/29.html">June 30, 2025, 9:16pm</a> |
| 1297 | </small> |
| 1298 | </header> |
| 1299 | <main> |
| 1300 | <p>Optimism is a privilege, but it’s also a bit of a drug. Tricking myself into optimism is like a missing dopamine boost.</p> |
| 1301 | |
| 1302 | </main> |
| 1303 | </article> |
| 1304 | <article class="post"> |
| 1305 | <header> |
| 1306 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1307 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1308 | <small> |
| 1309 | <a href="../posts/28.html">June 30, 2025, 9:15pm</a> |
| 1310 | </small> |
| 1311 | </header> |
| 1312 | <main> |
| 1313 | <p>The level of sicko here is high. I can’t imagine the levels of depravity required to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/30/russia-pays-ukrainians-suicide-bombers-shadow-war-you-now?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" target="">conjure such a scheme</a> let alone the sinister shamelessness to deploy it. </p> |
| 1314 | |
| 1315 | </main> |
| 1316 | </article> |
| 1317 | <article class="post"> |
| 1318 | <header> |
| 1319 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1320 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1321 | <small> |
| 1322 | <a href="../posts/27.html">June 30, 2025, 8:40pm</a> |
| 1323 | </small> |
| 1324 | </header> |
| 1325 | <main> |
| 1326 | <p>And how if I want to fix something, I can just… fix it!</p> |
| 1327 | |
| 1328 | </main> |
| 1329 | </article> |
| 1330 | <article class="post"> |
| 1331 | <header> |
| 1332 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1333 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1334 | <small> |
| 1335 | <a href="../posts/26.html">June 30, 2025, 8:12pm</a> |
| 1336 | </small> |
| 1337 | </header> |
| 1338 | <main> |
| 1339 | <p>What I love most about posting here is the quietness. There's no noise. Just me, this post box, and the electric feeling that someone <em>could</em> be reading it, but that they're probably not!</p> |
| 1340 | |
| 1341 | </main> |
| 1342 | </article> |
| 1343 | <article class="post"> |
| 1344 | <header> |
| 1345 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1346 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1347 | <small> |
| 1348 | <a href="../posts/25.html">June 30, 2025, 5:32pm</a> |
| 1349 | </small> |
| 1350 | </header> |
| 1351 | <main> |
| 1352 | <p>(Although I do need to fix some buggy posting behaviour. Should be handy enough!)</p> |
| 1353 | |
| 1354 | </main> |
| 1355 | </article> |
| 1356 | <article class="post"> |
| 1357 | <header> |
| 1358 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1359 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1360 | <small> |
| 1361 | <a href="../posts/24.html">June 30, 2025, 5:32pm</a> |
| 1362 | </small> |
| 1363 | </header> |
| 1364 | <main> |
| 1365 | <p>Trying to resist the urge <em>not</em> to write and to just put thoughts down. Right now, literally nobody is watching!</p> |
| 1366 | |
| 1367 | </main> |
| 1368 | </article> |
| 1369 | <article class="post"> |
| 1370 | <header> |
| 1371 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1372 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1373 | <small> |
| 1374 | <a href="../posts/23.html">June 30, 2025, 1:10am</a> |
| 1375 | </small> |
| 1376 | </header> |
| 1377 | <main> |
| 1378 | <p><a href="https://youtu.be/NC42DqhQC6U?si=9u54RmdCao9-eI1b" target="">Common People at Glasto</a>. Fuck yeah.</p> |
| 1379 | |
| 1380 | </main> |
| 1381 | </article> |
| 1382 | <article class="post"> |
| 1383 | <header> |
| 1384 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1385 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1386 | <small> |
| 1387 | <a href="../posts/22.html">June 29, 2025, 9:30pm</a> |
| 1388 | </small> |
| 1389 | </header> |
| 1390 | <main> |
| 1391 | <p>Sometimes I feel like there’s not enough musical artists out there and then something like Glastonbury reminds me that there are too many to count.</p> |
| 1392 | |
| 1393 | <p>When the kids are older, I’d love to do a summer of festivals again. (Could maybe chance it with the older one, but not the younger!)</p> |
| 1394 | |
| 1395 | </main> |
| 1396 | </article> |
| 1397 | <article class="post"> |
| 1398 | <header> |
| 1399 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1400 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1401 | <small> |
| 1402 | <a href="../posts/21.html">June 29, 2025, 9:02pm</a> |
| 1403 | </small> |
| 1404 | </header> |
| 1405 | <main> |
| 1406 | <p>Never heard of “Raye” before. Sounds like a really cool story, breaking free from the constraints of narrow-minded industry execs <a href="https://youtu.be/woUVreVQcwY?si=Tg7pERNDPRKNIoVN" target="">https://youtu.be/woUVreVQcwY?si=Tg7pERNDPRKNIoVN</a></p> |
| 1407 | |
| 1408 | </main> |
| 1409 | </article> |
| 1410 | <article class="post"> |
| 1411 | <header> |
| 1412 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1413 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1414 | <small> |
| 1415 | <a href="../posts/20.html">June 29, 2025, 9:01pm</a> |
| 1416 | </small> |
| 1417 | </header> |
| 1418 | <main> |
| 1419 | <p>I still prefer writing on here. It seems so much more sensible to not gift my thoughts to a platform of any kind.</p> |
| 1420 | |
| 1421 | </main> |
| 1422 | </article> |
| 1423 | <article class="post"> |
| 1424 | <header> |
| 1425 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1426 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1427 | <small> |
| 1428 | <a href="../posts/19.html">June 29, 2025, 1:42pm</a> |
| 1429 | </small> |
| 1430 | </header> |
| 1431 | <main> |
| 1432 | <p>I don’t normally hear my own accent as Irish, but sometimes it just comes out, for example: just now I said “calenthar” with a soft d and it happened completely subconsciously!</p> |
| 1433 | |
| 1434 | </main> |
| 1435 | </article> |
| 1436 | <article class="post"> |
| 1437 | <header> |
| 1438 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1439 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1440 | <small> |
| 1441 | <a href="../posts/18.html">June 29, 2025, 12:52pm</a> |
| 1442 | </small> |
| 1443 | </header> |
| 1444 | <main> |
| 1445 | <p>WebScript. I love it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/@tolmasky/114766505534616818" target="">https://mastodon.social/@tolmasky/114766505534616818</a></p> |
| 1446 | |
| 1447 | </main> |
| 1448 | </article> |
| 1449 | <article class="post"> |
| 1450 | <header> |
| 1451 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1452 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1453 | <small> |
| 1454 | <a href="../posts/17.html">June 29, 2025, 12:31pm</a> |
| 1455 | </small> |
| 1456 | </header> |
| 1457 | <main> |
| 1458 | <p>Did a little bit of tidying on this microblog app that I made for myself. I haven't known where to post: whether it be on Mastodon or Bluesky or whatever, and I've also known that I would be most comfortable posting to a server that I had control over.</p> |
| 1459 | |
| 1460 | <p>And so here I am: posting to my own app on my own server. I'll post to nobody for the time being and see how it goes.</p> |
| 1461 | |
| 1462 | </main> |
| 1463 | </article> |
| 1464 | <article class="post"> |
| 1465 | <header> |
| 1466 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1467 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1468 | <small> |
| 1469 | <a href="../posts/16.html">June 29, 2025, 12:04pm</a> |
| 1470 | </small> |
| 1471 | </header> |
| 1472 | <main> |
| 1473 | <p>The Kneecap stuff continues to amaze me at how politicians choose injustice by default.</p> |
| 1474 | |
| 1475 | <p><a href="https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0628/1520755-kneecap-to-perform-at-glastonbury-amid-calls-for-ban/" target="">https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0628/1520755-kneecap-to-perform-at-glastonbury-amid-calls-for-ban/</a></p> |
| 1476 | |
| 1477 | <p>It's weird being Irish for all of this too, when you have the Irish Taoseach up and saying that the EU response to Gaza is a stain on the bloc: <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0625/1520337-taoiseach-israel-gaza/" target="">https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0625/1520337-taoiseach-israel-gaza/</a></p> |
| 1478 | |
| 1479 | <p>It's like in Ireland the status-quo is entirely logical, and everywhere else, folks are tying themselves up in knots to justify the worst things.</p> |
| 1480 | |
| 1481 | </main> |
| 1482 | </article> |
| 1483 | <article class="post"> |
| 1484 | <header> |
| 1485 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1486 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1487 | <small> |
| 1488 | <a href="../posts/15.html">June 28, 2025, 5:14pm</a> |
| 1489 | </small> |
| 1490 | </header> |
| 1491 | <main> |
| 1492 | <p>The level of nobbishness in this article is high. The contempt that rich people in NYC have for fairness and equity in society is reprehensible. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/hot-commie-summer-zohran-mamdani" target="">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/hot-commie-summer-zohran-mamdani</a></p> |
| 1493 | |
| 1494 | </main> |
| 1495 | </article> |
| 1496 | <article class="post"> |
| 1497 | <header> |
| 1498 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1499 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1500 | <small> |
| 1501 | <a href="../posts/14.html">April 27, 2025, 12:33pm</a> |
| 1502 | </small> |
| 1503 | </header> |
| 1504 | <main> |
| 1505 | <p>Hello!</p> |
| 1506 | |
| 1507 | </main> |
| 1508 | </article> |
| 1509 | <article class="post"> |
| 1510 | <header> |
| 1511 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1512 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1513 | <small> |
| 1514 | <a href="../posts/13.html">March 21, 2025, 6:13pm</a> |
| 1515 | </small> |
| 1516 | </header> |
| 1517 | <main> |
| 1518 | <p>Hi Till!</p> |
| 1519 | |
| 1520 | </main> |
| 1521 | </article> |
| 1522 | <article class="post"> |
| 1523 | <header> |
| 1524 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1525 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1526 | <small> |
| 1527 | <a href="../posts/12.html">December 13, 2024, 12:05pm</a> |
| 1528 | </small> |
| 1529 | </header> |
| 1530 | <main> |
| 1531 | <p>Talking to Tony!</p> |
| 1532 | |
| 1533 | </main> |
| 1534 | </article> |
| 1535 | <article class="post"> |
| 1536 | <header> |
| 1537 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1538 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1539 | <small> |
| 1540 | <a href="../posts/11.html">November 15, 2024, 5:20pm</a> |
| 1541 | </small> |
| 1542 | </header> |
| 1543 | <main> |
| 1544 | <p>Alright. It's nice to post on here now and again. I've run out of time to get tweets in though, but that's ok.</p> |
| 1545 | |
| 1546 | </main> |
| 1547 | </article> |
| 1548 | <article class="post"> |
| 1549 | <header> |
| 1550 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1551 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1552 | <small> |
| 1553 | <a href="../posts/10.html">November 15, 2024, 2:04pm</a> |
| 1554 | </small> |
| 1555 | </header> |
| 1556 | <main> |
| 1557 | <p>Next steps: getting all my tweets in here.</p> |
| 1558 | |
| 1559 | </main> |
| 1560 | </article> |
| 1561 | <article class="post"> |
| 1562 | <header> |
| 1563 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1564 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1565 | <small> |
| 1566 | <a href="../posts/9.html">November 14, 2024, 9:16pm</a> |
| 1567 | </small> |
| 1568 | </header> |
| 1569 | <main> |
| 1570 | <p>Ideally I would just write everything here and people would be able to see it there. That remains the goal!</p> |
| 1571 | |
| 1572 | </main> |
| 1573 | </article> |
| 1574 | <article class="post"> |
| 1575 | <header> |
| 1576 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1577 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1578 | <small> |
| 1579 | <a href="../posts/8.html">November 14, 2024, 8:51pm</a> |
| 1580 | </small> |
| 1581 | </header> |
| 1582 | <main> |
| 1583 | <p>Hi Manton!</p> |
| 1584 | |
| 1585 | </main> |
| 1586 | </article> |
| 1587 | <article class="post"> |
| 1588 | <header> |
| 1589 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1590 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1591 | <small> |
| 1592 | <a href="../posts/7.html">November 13, 2024, 11:01am</a> |
| 1593 | </small> |
| 1594 | </header> |
| 1595 | <main> |
| 1596 | <p>I can write!</p> |
| 1597 | |
| 1598 | </main> |
| 1599 | </article> |
| 1600 | <article class="post"> |
| 1601 | <header> |
| 1602 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1603 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1604 | <small> |
| 1605 | <a href="../posts/6.html">November 13, 2024, 10:39am</a> |
| 1606 | </small> |
| 1607 | </header> |
| 1608 | <main> |
| 1609 | <p>Is Markham looking?</p> |
| 1610 | |
| 1611 | </main> |
| 1612 | </article> |
| 1613 | <article class="post"> |
| 1614 | <header> |
| 1615 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1616 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1617 | <small> |
| 1618 | <a href="../posts/5.html">November 12, 2024, 12:43pm</a> |
| 1619 | </small> |
| 1620 | </header> |
| 1621 | <main> |
| 1622 | <p>Showing Bill my project.</p> |
| 1623 | |
| 1624 | </main> |
| 1625 | </article> |
| 1626 | <article class="post"> |
| 1627 | <header> |
| 1628 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1629 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1630 | <small> |
| 1631 | <a href="../posts/4.html">November 12, 2024, 11:40am</a> |
| 1632 | </small> |
| 1633 | </header> |
| 1634 | <main> |
| 1635 | <p>Showing Kim my project.</p> |
| 1636 | |
| 1637 | </main> |
| 1638 | </article> |
| 1639 | <article class="post"> |
| 1640 | <header> |
| 1641 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1642 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1643 | <small> |
| 1644 | <a href="../posts/3.html">November 12, 2024, 10:36am</a> |
| 1645 | </small> |
| 1646 | </header> |
| 1647 | <main> |
| 1648 | <p>Writing something here because it's my damn server and I think this is cool and it only took me like 2 hours to make!</p> |
| 1649 | |
| 1650 | </main> |
| 1651 | </article> |
| 1652 | <article class="post"> |
| 1653 | <header> |
| 1654 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1655 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1656 | <small> |
| 1657 | <a href="../posts/2.html">November 11, 2024, 5:29pm</a> |
| 1658 | </small> |
| 1659 | </header> |
| 1660 | <main> |
| 1661 | <p>Is this working now?</p> |
| 1662 | |
| 1663 | </main> |
| 1664 | </article> |
| 1665 | <article class="post"> |
| 1666 | <header> |
| 1667 | <img class="avatar-small" width="50" height="50" style="border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover" src="../assets/paul-2024-compressed.png" /> |
| 1668 | <span>@paul</span> |
| 1669 | <small> |
| 1670 | <a href="../posts/1.html">November 10, 2024, 11:36am</a> |
| 1671 | </small> |
| 1672 | </header> |
| 1673 | <main> |
| 1674 | <p>First post!</p> |
| 1675 | |
| 1676 | </main> |
| 1677 | </article> |
| 1678 | |
| 1679 | </section> |
| 1680 | |
| 1681 | </main> |
| 1682 | </div> |
| 1683 | </body> |
| 1684 | </html> |
| 1685 | |
amadan