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Wednesday, July 30th, 2025

A flute player in the foreground with bodhrán, concertina, flute and guitar in the other side of the table.

Wednesday afternoon session in Belfast

Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

A screenshot from Duolingo's year in review for 2024 with an anthropomorphised cartoon owl declaring that I’m a top 1% Irish learner, along with some statistics.

I’m quitting while I’m ahead: https://adactio.com/journal/21585

Friday, November 8th, 2024

I think it is beautiful if people have a purpose. But it should be valid to lead a purposeless life too. … Maybe it is okay to not pursue potential and just be okay with being.

— Winne Lim

Sunday, May 26th, 2024

Two women with fiddles and a man playing uileann pipes.

Second Sunday session

Two fiddlers and a guitarist.

Sunday session

Tuesday, February 27th, 2024

I just had the great privilege of experiencing @gerireid@social.design.systems’s Patterns Day talk ahead of next week, and it’s soooooo good!!! You definitely don’t want to miss this!

https://patternsday.com/

Friday, December 22nd, 2023

Going to Arizona. brb

Sunday, October 29th, 2023

Three bratwurst in a bun with sauerkraut. Crispy pork shoulder in a dark beer sauce with a potato dumpling. Jessica raises a glass of red beer in cosy surroundings. There’s a hearty bowl of soup in front of her. Six bratwurst on a metal plate with potato salad.

Bidding farewell to Franconian food …for now.

Tuesday, August 8th, 2023

A man playing pipes and two women playing fiddles, all in a row.

Pipes and fiddles.

Friday, July 21st, 2023

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No, I’ll be playing traditional Irish music all next week: https://www.belfasttraditionalmusic.com/

Sunday, November 27th, 2022

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You might enjoy the short, snappy, and witty Murderbot Diaries from Martha Wells:

https://uk.bookshop.org/a/980/9780765397539

Saturday, November 12th, 2022

Going to Saint Augustine. brb

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

Going to New Orleans. brb

Saturday, July 23rd, 2022

A white horse carved into a distant hillside overlooks trees and grass. A simple wooden bench overlooking a green meadow. A family of swans dozing on the bank of a quiet river.

Won’t you meet me in the country in the summertime in England, won’t you meet me?

Saturday, July 2nd, 2022

Checked in at Miltown Malbay. Willie Clancy — with Jessica map

Checked in at Miltown Malbay. Willie Clancy — with Jessica

Friday, June 10th, 2022

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You were very much here in spirit—I quoted you in my talk and you got a shout-out in @MicheBarks’s talk too!

Saturday, April 9th, 2022

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It is a universal law.

I would spend the time to thoroughly research this law and write up my findings but, well, you know.

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021

All I want for Christmas is for the James Webb Space Telescope to make it to L2 okay.

Friday, June 18th, 2021

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Try aria-label (or aria-labelledby if there’s an ID you can point to).

As I understand it, an aria-label (or aria-labelledby) value gives an item an “accessible name” in much the same way an alt attribute does on images.

Monday, May 31st, 2021

Sitting in the sunshine, playing tunes on my mandolin. ☀️ 🎶

Sitting in the sunshine, playing tunes on my mandolin. ☀️ 🎶