Micro.publish test
This is a test of the micro.publish plugin for Obsidian by Otávio Cordeiro. If you’re seeing this, it works.
Apple Music Embedding
This is a test of Apple Music embedding. It’s also a great tune by Irish artist John Francis Flynn
week in review 2023-47
Something new! I enjoy writing, or at least I think I like writing, but friction is a killer. In an attempt to build a habit I’m going to try to keep a weekly log of general life stuff and interesting links (hat tip to Kev). Notes on the week Moving to Rotterdam a few months ago has been a big change. This apartment is the first place that Elle and I can truly call our own.
The Honey Badger is back
Daniel Ricciardo is back on the F1 grid less than half a season after his exit from the sport following a disappointing run of results with Mclaren that left the Australian struggling to match the pace of his younger team mate Lando Norris. Ironically, it’s the poor run of form of another driver, Nyck De Vries, that is after providing Ricciardo with the chance to prove himself. Nyck has been unceremoniously dropped from Red Bull junior team, Alpha Tauri, less than a year into his debut season.
My Dad, the fixer
My parent’s air fryer broke the other day. The timing was, as is the way with this kind of thing, perfect. With most of our dinner already cooking and the chips being the last thing to go on, a fryer failure was the last thing they needed. Luckily, I have the exact same model and was able to deliver it just in time to save dinner. Save your applause, I’m not the hero of this tale.
The Cosmere
The pandemic was a crazy time. We all tried things to fill the time spent in and out of lockdown. Some baked bread, some watched Tiger King and some fell down the rabbit hole that is author Brandon Sanderson’s series, genre and medium transcending, shared narrative universe - The Cosmere. I did all three, the bread was great. Sanderson is a weird guy. Not creepy weird, just esoteric weird. His output is prolific, often releasing multiple books in a single calendar year.
Why we love Formula One
This is an old piece of writing that I never finished, but with my new found enthusiasm thanks to this micro.blog I thought it would be nice to see it through. Looking back it’s hard to believe that the race that was about to take place somehow surpassed all expectation and provided us with the most exciting (and controversial) finish to a season in recent memory. I’m writing this the night before the 2021 Abu Dhabi grand prix, the final race of what many would consider the single greatest season in Formula One history, the culmination of the year-long battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen and in a larger sense, a moment that feels pivotal for F1’s place in the greater sporting world.
A return to live music
An old post from a previous attempt at keeping a blog going. I was lucky enough to get the chance to shoot some photos at Robert’s first headline tour around Ireland. I haven’t been at a gig since the pandemic began, I haven’t taken a ‘real’ camera to one in probably a decade, and let me tell you, it felt good. I’ve been taking photos in some form or another for nearly 20 years, and I think the image in this post is my favourite I’ve ever managed to capture.
Currently reading: The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life by Anu Partanen 📚
Hello (micro) World.
Lightfall
I’ve realised that on occasion entries from my Day One might make sense to share. “Lightfall”, the new expansion for Destiny 2 launched today. I haven’t played Destiny in a long time, probably a year or more at this stage. I still have memories of the original game launching, how hyped my friend group were, and how I was living in Wicklow at the time with no way to play it.