Weeknotes – Ending 14/07/23

• This week has been a bit of a test of resilience!
  • We’re at that point in the school year where there are lots of trips, which added a layer of complexity on top of the usual routine.
  • Our car developed a major mechanical fault.
  • One of the kids got locked out.. twice.
  • Essentally this week can get in the bin.
• I swapped out our three Google Nest Wifi points with two TP-Link Deco Xe75‘s. We’ve got thick stone walls that are not very WiFi friendly. The Deco’s have the advantage of having a wired backhaul which is very handy.
• I finished watching season 2 of Avenue 5. Pretty good!
• I got an invite to BlueSky. Thanks @Kuperus!
• I remain quite enamoured with Mastodon.

Interesting things…

• The only thing to fear is failing to make the shift to AI assisted programming – https://www.oreilly.com/radar/fearing-the-wrong-thing/
• Helicopter management and other mistakes – https://charity.wtf/2023/06/19/helicopter-management/
• Maggie Appleton on digital gardening – https://theinformed.life/2023/07/16/episode-118-maggie-appleton/
• The world is toxic. Welcome to the metabolic era – https://www.wired.com/story/the-world-is-toxic-welcome-to-the-metabolic-era/
• Meetings *are* the work – https://medium.com/@ElizAyer/meetings-are-the-work-9e429dde6aa3