Monday Links from the Gap Between Teams Meetings vol. DCCCXLIV

[NickFitz]

I’d put some belly pork on to cook slowly under foil this afternoon, with the idea of making pork chow mein. But then I got involved in a long email chain with my siblings about stuff to do with Irish passports immediately after work, so in the end I just took the foil off, seasoned it a bit and whacked...

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Turning cloudy here now

I got mildly confused this afternoon after sprint planning, thinking for some reason that it was Tuesday. I made myself a cup of coffee and just as it was ready, Teams started pinging with messages. Turned out it’s Wednesday and the weekly “huddle”...

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Excellent! ...

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Lunch: a bacon butty

Sunny here now

My lower back has been grumbling this week, but it seems a touch better today

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey start out, and slightly misty if one looks far enough away. Feels a bit chilly too, and the figures bear this out as it’s only 4°C, though it’ll get sunnier this afternoon and soar to 13°. The barometers are steady at 1014/1022mB

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s reading was more of …Lose the Time War, though I also found time to read up on some slightly obscure aspects of SwiftUI

Tomorrow will be a day of many meetings, because it’s sprint end/start day

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been the pork in cider thing with chips

And the accompanying viewing was The Truth About My Murder on iPlayer, being the case of a young woman from Neath who was murdered by her boyfriend on the Bwlch Mountain road in 2007

[NickFitz]

Another day done, so that’s half the working week out of the way!

Unlike yesterday, I managed to be highly productive today. I was able to demo some stuff for the stakeholders at lunchtime, which they were happy with despite the UI being a bit messy. And this afternoon, I managed...

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been leftover kleftiko and roast spuds from Friday. Made a very nice change from the usual lunchtime options



Three prizes for me, though only £25 each. Still, £75 is better than nowt

That makes £125 for this year, £1350 for the tax year...

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

There’s a layer of high, thin cloud out, a bit thicker towards the north but with gaps towards the horizon in other directions which let the sun get through to varying degrees as it traverses the celestial sphere. The wind seems to have dropped as the current 7°C...

[NickFitz]

Tonight's reading was more of This Is How You Lose the Time War. It’s growing on me

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea: southern not-fried chicken with fries and ketchup

Haven’t had that in a while, or not the Sainsbury’s version. Made a nice change

[NickFitz]

And now there’s an extremely bright full moon rising - well, risen - out there

Strictly speaking it isn’t quite full yet but the moment of fullness is just before lunchtime tomorrow, and 99.5% full seems good enough

[NickFitz]

Nice and sunny out, but a bit chilly I think

[NickFitz]

Another Monday done

I was singularly unproductive today; didn’t have any energy or focus. This was even before the stuff about the agency change came to my attention

I spent a bit of time this afternoon looking at the four umbrella companies on offer from the agency...

[NickFitz]

Lunch: a sausage bap

Turned sunny out there now

At ClientGov, I found out earlier that they’re switching suppliers in a couple of months and my contract will be moved over to whoever the new lot is. Not sure what this means yet; I’ve saved myself the hassle...

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Links are up

[NickFitz]

Time to tear yourself away from the horrors of the news and read something enjoyable instead

• Master and Commander - ”When a scraggly band of folk musicians arrived to tour the UK, residents of a small Welsh town were enamored—until they learned that the band’s leader ruled with an iron

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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s back to grey out, though it may brighten up later. Breezy too, so the current 8°C “feels like” 2°; it’ll soar to 14° this afternoon though. The barometers are a touch down at 999/1007mB

Monday again. Let’s see if there’s...

[NickFitz]

There was a bit of wildlife stuff on the telly over teatime

Tonight, not being in the mood for serious and weighty works of history, I started reading This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. I tried starting this a while ago (possibly a couple of years...