Negative

I no longer have Covid. I am released from isolation.

Alas, my negative diagnosis came too late for me to make it to UX London. But that’s okay—by the third and final day of the event, everything was running smooth like buttah! Had I shown up, I would’ve just got in the way. The Clearleft crew ran the event like a well-oiled machine.

I am in the coronaclear just in time to go away for a week. My original thinking was this would be my post-UX-London break to rest up for a while, but it turns out I’ve been getting plenty of rest during UX London.

I’m heading to the west coast of Ireland for The Willie Clancy Summer School, a trad music pilgrimage.

Jessica and I last went to Willie Week in 2019. We had a great time and I distinctly remember thinking “I’m definitely coming back next year!”

Well, a global pandemic put paid to that. The event ran online for the past two years. But now that it’s back for real, I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

My mandolin and I are bound for Miltown Malbay!

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Previously on this day

7 years ago I wrote 100 words 100

Day one hundred.

7 years ago I wrote Edge words

Talking about progressive enhancement without talking about progressive enhancement.

10 years ago I wrote Cables

Hacker tourism.

14 years ago I wrote The Copenhagen Report

Another successful Reboot.

15 years ago I wrote Feed reading

Trying to find the sweet spot for RSS.

18 years ago I wrote Good evening, Portland!

I’m back from the wilds of Dorset. As I suspected, the weather wasn’t entirely conducive to camping outdoors so my nights were spent tucked away in a warm bed between four walls under a roof.

20 years ago I wrote Donnie Darko

It’s not often that I’ll watch a movie because of a website but that’s exactly what I did after visiting the Donnie Darko website.

20 years ago I wrote .org is a public trust

Be sure to add your support to the proposal to run the .org domain registry as a public trust.