Two book reviews, eight years apart. Thank you, @BenNadel!
Note archive: April, 2018
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Monday, April 30th, 2018
Sunday, April 29th, 2018

Checked in at The Foundry. Sunday session

Feeling pretty knackered today after rocking out with @SalterCane last night.

Playing tunes.
Reading Close To The Machine: Technophilia And Its Discontents by Ellen Ullman.

Saturday, April 28th, 2018

Well, @EquatorialMusic were a tough act for @SalterCane to follow tonight: great gig! Thank you to everyone who came along.
Checked in at The Brunswick. Pre-gig pub grub — with Jessica
Brightonians—come on down to The Brunswick in Hove this evening to see @SalterCane. A splendid time is guaranteed for all.
Thursday, April 26th, 2018

One last practice with @SalterCane before our gig on Saturday:
Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

Come’n’get’em!
Monday, April 23rd, 2018

It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine.
Sunday, April 22nd, 2018
They sat there in the evening of the last day. And, though there was no actual point to it, they loved each other.
— The Best Of Richard Matheson

Avocado toast. 🥑 🍞
Saturday, April 21st, 2018
Grilling.

Preparing to grill.

Checked in at Kouzina. with Jessica
Friday, April 20th, 2018

Wrapping up the week with an oyster on the beach.

Lunch on the beach—dumplings and noodles—with @hana_stevenson and @alispie.

Niçoise.
It’s heeeeeeeere!!!
Thursday, April 19th, 2018

Colour-coordinating my hot wings and my book.
Chatting with @CassieCodes earlier, it turns out she was there back in 2012 when I interviewed @LaurenBeukes, @JeffNoon, and @BrianAldiss — Brighton is a small world! http://brightonsf.adactio.com
They’re here! They’re here! The first copies of Going Offline! Squee!

Proofs…
Wednesday, April 18th, 2018

Lunch break.

Having my first grilled mackerel of the season.
Reading The Best of Richard Matheson edited with an introduction by Victor LaValle.

Monday, April 16th, 2018

I got Snyk socks! Thanks, @anna_debenham. 🧦

On the train to London with @wordridden.

Progressive web apps in the app switcher on iOS.
Sunday, April 15th, 2018
A phalanx of fiddles.
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
Dealing with a mixed language document, this is working out nicely for small screens:
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Sunday, April 8th, 2018

Listening to records.
Saturday, April 7th, 2018

Rosie, rivetting.

Concorde crew control panel.

Checked in at The Museum of Flight. with Jessica, Jeb
A good start.
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Resting.
Thursday, April 5th, 2018

Checked in at Danbo Ramen. Oishi! — with Jessica
Sitting in Ada’s Technical Bookstore in Seattle, I can’t help but overhear the people behind me discussing display: contents
and I really want to point them to @ireaderinokun’s latest post on bitsofco.de

Checked in at Ada’s Technical Books and Cafe. Coffee, book, and chart. — with Jessica
Sang karaoke with @grigs. The song was Jackson. I was June to his Johnny.
Related: @TorreCapistran sings as well as she live-blogs.
Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
I think @TorreCapistran is clearly the Most Valuable Player at @AnEventApart Seattle—she’s a live-blogging machine!

Shout out to @clagnut (and @ampersandconf using variable fonts in production) from @jpamental at @AnEventApart Seattle.
“If you only do one thing for mobile, make it these three things…”
—@feather
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
I’ve written a book about service workers for web designers! It’s called Going Offline and it’s available to pre-order now:
Comfort food.
Phew! I managed to liveblog every single talk today at @AnEventApart Seattle:
https://adactio.com/tags/aeasea2018
I think I’ve earned a beer.
(So has @TorreCapistran http://bit.ly/aeaintrinsic )
Monday, April 2nd, 2018

It’s Gridapolooza time at @AnEventApart Seattle:
@RachelAndrew, @MeyerWeb, and @JenSimmons back to back!
“Remember when we had blogrolls in our sidebars? …Remember sidebars?”
— @Zeldman

Amazonian buckyball at night.
Sunday, April 1st, 2018
In hindsight, having Easter Sunday coincide with April Fool’s Day makes total sense. That whole crucification/resurrection gag was a solid prank.
The apostles on Good Friday: “Jesus is dead! Oh, no!”
Jesus on Easter Sunday: “Gotcha!”
Lola and Mesa.
Starting to feel that everything depicted in the Wim Wenders film Until the End of the World is coming true (time-shifted a couple of decades), including the re-entry of Tiangong-1.