Playing The Castle Jig by Sean Ryan on mandolin:
Note archive: May, 2020
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Sunday, May 31st, 2020
Saturday, May 30th, 2020
Playing The Monaghan Twig (reel) on mandolin with @WordRidden on fiddle:
Friday, May 29th, 2020
Playing The Old Favourite (jig) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @csswizardry
This is how I described this situation recently: https://adactio.com/links/16817
Thursday, May 28th, 2020
Playing The Silver Spear (reel) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @tashmahal
I want to go to there.
Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
Playing Merrily Kissed The Quaker (slide) on mandolin:
This was the second most exciting livestream of the day (we can’t really compete with crewed rocket launches):
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Playing The Fisherman’s Island (reel) by Ed Reavey on mandolin:
Reading Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener.

Replying to a tweet from @m_ott

Ich kenne die Regeln nicht, also ich weiß nicht ob ich das richtig mache, aber hier sind sechs Bücher die ich (ziemlich) neulich gelesen hab’ (die nicht auf mein Kindle oder aus der Bibliothek sind).
Monday, May 25th, 2020
Playing The Butterfly (slip jig) by Tommy Potts on bouzouki:
Sunday, May 24th, 2020
This is why I donate to the Internet Archive:
Playing The Floating Crowbar (reel) by Brendan McGlinchey on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @sil
Oh yeah, good point—fixed!
Saturday, May 23rd, 2020
Playing The Mouse In The Mug (jig) by Tom McElvogue on mandolin:
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @brad_frost
Anything by The Smiths.
Playing Jenny’s Welcome To Charlie (reel) on mandolin:
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @overflowhidden
Are you sure you’re making the browser window wider than 1200 pixels? (That’s when it kicks in on The Session and in your Codepen.) It’s working for me in Firefox 76.0.1.
Replying to a tweet from @overflowhidden
No, the CSS from by blog entry is applied to the :root
element (and then everything cascades from there). In your example, the max-width: 70ch
ensures that only the minimum size (100%) will ever be used.
Playing O’Sullivan’s March (jig) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @overflowhidden
I keep meaning to file a Webkit bug report about this. Do you know if there’s a ticket already open?
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @n8dunn
Here! https://indieweb.org/
Replying to a tweet from @tkadlec
Such a great book!
Replying to a tweet from @AltinSelimi
Because I want to own my own content.
I allow Twitter, Medium, and Flickr to have copies but I want the orginals to be under a domain I control.
All of those other sites will disappear.
Playing The Dance Of The Honeybees (hornpipe) by Charlie Lennon on mandolin for #WorldBeeDay:
Replying to a tweet from @AltinSelimi
It’s the other way around, Altin. I’m posting on my website. What you read on Twitter is a copy (with a link back to the original).
Replying to a tweet from @dburka
After more than twenty years in the business, I have finally settled on the ideal font size.
It is this:
…
My current age, divided by two.
(It works at all stages of life.)
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
Playing The Drunken Gauger (set dance) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @JoshWComeau
It is supported in Safari (although I think I may have uncovered a bug in Safari with my particular use case).
Monday, May 18th, 2020
Playing Autumn Child (reel) by Brendan O’Regan on bouzouki:
Sunday, May 17th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @flynnflynner
Thanks!
(It’s not a patch on The Housekeepers though—great album!)
Playing Tom Busby’s (jig) on mandolin:
Saturday, May 16th, 2020
Steak night. 🥩
Playing Farewell To Erin (reel) on mandolin:
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @stephenhay
Yes indeed!
Replying to a tweet from @jina
Ooh, the lace one looks great!
Playing Tommy Clifford’s (jig) on mandolin:
Thursday, May 14th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @ancoar
De nada!
Playing The Longford Collector (reel) on mandolin:
Having a meeting with my @Clearleft colleagues, Pippa the goat, and Bianca the chicken (taking notes).
Replying to a tweet from @tomcoates
Ah, that was a fun weekend!
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @simplebits
You’re doing it in puppet form, right?
I could really do with a few more communications from companies to help me figure out if these times are:
- certain, and
- precedented.
Still not sure.
Playing The Pipe On The Hob (jig) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @andybudd
Roles. “Who’s had to make roles redundant recently.”
People are never redundant.
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
Playing The Killarney Boys Of Pleasure (reel) on bouzouki:
Monday, May 11th, 2020
Playing Kitty Lie Over (jig) on mandolin:
Sunday, May 10th, 2020
Playing The Golden Keyboard (reel) by Martin Mulhaire on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @tomcoates
Which one is @LeahCulver’s house?
Saturday, May 9th, 2020
Playing Strop The Razor (jig) on mandolin:
Very grateful to have a nice little back garden where I can eat lunch, especially in lovely weather like this.
I shaved off my beard, thereby officially marking the beginning of Summer.
Friday, May 8th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @simplebits
Thanks for that, Dan—it was fun!
Needs more banjo though. 😉
Playing Jim Donoghue’s (reel) on mandolin:
Thursday, May 7th, 2020
Playing Palm Sunday (slide) on mandolin:
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
My internet connection has been up and down like colourful simile.
Playing No Matter The Wreckage (hornpipe) by @RowanFolk on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @sarah_edo
❤️
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @chriscoyier
Oh, wow! Just today I was trying to figure out a way to do something like this—I never thought of styling a br
though!
Playing The Rambling Pitchfork (jig) on mandolin:
Monday, May 4th, 2020
Playing Lady Anne Montgomery (reel) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @SoSplush
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript

Hanging out with my @Clearleft comrades on a Monday morning.
Sunday, May 3rd, 2020
Playing Hardiman The Fiddler (slip jig) on bouzouki:
Saturday, May 2nd, 2020
Playing Doctor Gilbert’s (reel) on mandolin:
Friday, May 1st, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @agringaus
Thank you so much, Alla!
Playing Sonny Brogan’s (jig) on mandolin: