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Sunday, March 8th, 2026

A man playing fiddle and a man playing uilleann pipes at a kitchen table.

Sunday morning kitchen session in B

Thursday, March 5th, 2026

A woman playing fiddle and a man playing flute in a pub.

Thursday session

Wednesday, March 4th, 2026

A man and woman playing fiddle in a pub corner.

Wednesday session

Two women side by side playing fiddle in a pub.

Tuesday session

Monday, March 2nd, 2026

A man playing concertina and a man playing guitar in the corner of a pub.

Monday session

Reading A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin.

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Sunday, March 1st, 2026

Curse you, Betteridge’s Law!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c1d6q1l5r6do

Friday, February 27th, 2026

But the soul is a floor. It is there to bear us up and keep us standing, not merely to be clean.

— Patricia Lockwood, Will There Ever Be Another You

Wednesday, February 25th, 2026

A man playing fiddle while a woman fiddler listens and smiles. A flute player and a piper.

Birthday session

Sunday, February 22nd, 2026

A sticker on a pedestrian crossing signal that reads: Every drawing is better thatn GenAI. Yes, you too, yes.

Streetwise

Thursday, February 19th, 2026

A man playing fiddle with another man playing tin whistle in a pub.

Thursday session

Wednesday, February 18th, 2026

Two fiddlers, a man and a woman, playing at a pub table.

Wednesday session

Looking forward to going to State Of The Browser in ten days.

I spoke at it eight years ago and I still like what I said then:

https://adactio.com/articles/14321

Sunday, February 15th, 2026

A group of musicians in a semi-circle around pub tables; mostly fiddlers with a banjo and bouzouki too.

Sunday session

Knitting is the future of coding. Nobody knits because they want a quick or cheap jumper, they knit because they love the craft. This is the future of writing code by hand.

— Alice Bartlett

Thursday, February 12th, 2026

Reading Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood.

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I’ve been using (and enjoying) NetNewsWire for quite a while now…

https://adactio.com/journal/350

Thursday, February 5th, 2026

A fiddler, a piper, and a banjo player around a pub table.

Thursday session

Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

Two fiddlers, a man and a woman, playing in a pub corner.

Wednesday session

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

A piper and a guitarist playing in a busy pub.

Tuesday session

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