Content With Tag “Books”

Listing 27 pieces of content with the “Books” Tag.

  1. Week 206: Eve

    Tom Barnaby walking along the top of a tall wall, contemplating how he's gonna get down

    A week of slow work, pub crawls, pub quizzes, dinners and drinks, fantastic cocktails, reading good sci-fi, new board games, and an adventurous cat. Read Week 206: Eve.

  2. Week 201: Travel Budget

    Douglas Fir, a small black cat, playing with a bottle of Moju

    A week of lazing in the bed, in-person boardgames, various family visits, a fun wedding, minimal working, travel spreadsheets, and cats pushing things over. Read Week 201: Travel Budget.

  3. Week 199: Great Malvern

    A sunny view across the ridge of the Malvern hills, looking out towards Worcestershire beacon - a large hill in the distance

    A week of long walks, tea rooms, cheap pints, short work weeks, double party days, insurance, choosing paint samples, and finishing several books. Read Week 199: Great Malvern.

  4. Week 195: Pineapple

    Several tall conveyor belts lit up in the night, delivering stone and gravel to different parts of the site

    A week of pineapple-themed cocktails, cookies in South Kensington, infrastructure, sunny parks, parties, BBQs, gravel works, and perfume. Read Week 195: Pineapple.

  5. Week 194: Pissy Lads

    Two black cats sitting in the bath, looking up at the camera with yellow eyes

    A week of building cities, reading about rebirth, free music, house parties, sambuca, wet beds, cats in the bath, and a family day in the park. Read Week 194: Pissy Lads.

  6. Week 193: Election

    A table slowly filling with empty glasses at 7 am, post-election

    A week of landslides, visiting sisters, Minecraft RPGs, all-nighters, morning shots, fictional pandemics, and reusable workflows. Read Week 193: Election.

  7. Week 192: Seaford

    Two small lion cubs playing with their mum

    A week of seeing lion cubs, watching armadillos, long walks along the coast, finishing books, and various migrations. Read Week 192: Seaford.

  8. Week 191: Mallow

    A week of sitting in the park, jägerbombs, stolen bags, reducing boilerplate, short weeks, drinking in another park, tasting menus, family, and slow reading. Read Week 191: Mallow.

  9. Week 190: Lads' Weekend

    Douglas Fir, a small black kitten, looking out of an open window

    A week of post-holiday quietness, photos of the cats, exploring outdoors, working with OpenTelemetry, a solo weekend, Yemeni food, and a couple of new books. Read Week 190: Lads' Weekend.

  10. Week 189: Dark Water

    Us sat in the sea drinking prosecco

    A week of relaxing by the pool, swim-up bars, super hot temperatures, injuries, swimming in the sea, lots of reading, and reuniting with the lads. Read Week 189: Dark Water.

  11. Week 187: New Menu

    Douglas Fir, a small black and brown kitten, stood just outside the front door of our flat, looking wary

    A week of solo vet trips, catching up in pubs, expensive pints, outdoor cats, pitchers, Jägerbombs, bouncy castles, and good reads. Read Week 187: New Menu.

  12. Week 186: Snip

    Two little black cats wearing bright yellow flower-shaped pillows around their necks. They look like sunflowers.

    A week of minor operations, microchips, poo trails, little sunflowers, reading on Hampstead Heath, multiple books, and a fun house party. Read Week 186: Snip.

  13. Week 185: Dune

    Two cute kittens play-fighting on the bed

    A week of booing, protests, guilt donations, unhappy fans, a happy welcome home, a planned loss of balls, a good reading streak, and enjoying sci-fi. Read Week 185: Dune.

  14. Week 180: Adult Refresher

    A week of illness, a pub trip, wine, London Eurovision Parties, Long John Silver, Morlocks, smashing my reading target, and a cat backpack. Read Week 180: Adult Refresher.

  15. Week 179: Isolation Valve

    A boiler from below with various labeled pipes connected, some of the labels have question marks to indicate that I'm not 100% certain what the pipe is for

    A week of new taps, messy pipework, cute weddings, kids, tight-lipped friends, Greek baptisms, cat scratches, destroyed pot plants, and more reading. Read Week 179: Isolation Valve.

  16. Week 178: Humble

    A small fluffy brown-and-black kitten sitting in a bowl that's slightly too small for him

    A week of relaxing, reading classic horror, birthday cocktails, the big light, shopping, wine flights, crumbles, and a couple of tiny purring lads. Read Week 178: Humble.

  17. Week 167: Cryptic

    A completed cryptic crossword in a book

    A week of new years, being back at work, AI anti-hype, garden walks, being rained on, actors, skylines, a lack of TV, and a complete crossword. Read Week 167: Cryptic.

  18. Year 2: Demotion

    A full year of weeknotes represented as a grid of thumbnails

    A year of rethinking work, writing ridiculous amounts, starting to read again, re-introducing travel, heaps of weddings, and being a much happier person. Read Year 2: Demotion.

  19. Week 101: Manifesting

    Ziggy, a very cute and angry-looking cat

    A week of business, work drinks, keeping up the reading streak, Team days, manifesting large incidents, trips to Leeds, cute cats, and cheap Apple Sourz. Read Week 101: Manifesting.

  20. Week 100: Skyblock

    A week of great films, sweet books, birthday drinks, lots of Minecraft, thousands of pull requests, messing up but enjoying it, and a smart meter installation. Read Week 100: Skyblock.