It’s a long time since I last bought a physical book.
I just started reading Foundation (The Foundation Trilogy, Book 1) by Isaac Asimov.📚
🍿 Dune Movie 2021
On Thursday, I went to the cinema for the first time since 2019 (this is longer than I expected). I’ve watched Dune. I’m still not clear if I liked the movie or not. Technically the movie is well done and has amazing visuals. But something in the movie is bugging me. I can’t quite voice what it is. One aspect I struggle with is the speed of the storytelling. The movie is long, but at times it felt too slow.
My daughter was imaginative — not sure how she got that idea :-)
I just started reading Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries Book 6) by Martha Wells.📚
Just found out that Dropbox now offers a password manager. I feel tempted to switch, but first, I need to investigate it some more. But it would reduce one tool out of my setup. And I need to update my old pa manager at some point anyway.
The moon is rising
I just started reading Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Basis of the Motion Picture 127 Hours by Aron Ralston.📚
Swiss Miniature in Melide
Relaxing
I am baking with my daughter.
Review of Telepath
I finished reading Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) by Janet Edwards.📚
I got a example board to try learning soldering SMD components.
Review of Born of Blood
I finished reading Born of Blood (The Valdir Chronicles Book 3) by RA Lewis.📚
In the last book of the series, Kalina has entered a new part of her life. She is now Queen Kalina and holds both the Valdir and Ethean thrones.
Review of Weapons of Math Destruction
I finished reading Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil.📚 Algorithms surround our daily lives.
I just started reading A Million Things To Ask A Neuroscientist: The brain made easy by Mike Tranter PhD.📚
Some motivation for myself. The big list is growing every day.
Slowly I look at the parts of the incinerator in front of me; this is the fifth of them I’ve taken apart in this week. I’m fed up with them right now. Somehow we seem to have a systematic failure in this batch – and they only got installed two months ago.
But I’m not surprised I’ve told my boss multiple times we need the hyperreactor brand of incinerators. And not the cheap oneabees from the other company – I won’t mention their name. They have not earned it. But nobody wants to listen to the lovely bald maintenance guy from the basement. I just need to run and keep them running.
Actually, I should be happy that they break so often – it gives me an easy job – but why the hell do they constantly break in the middle of the night? They at least could have the decency to only break during office hours!
The keychain APIs from Apple are strange, but now I’ve updated my GitHub token and fixed a bug in my blogging app at the same time.
Another woodworking project by my daughter. A small boat with a tender.
I just started reading Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) by Janet Edwards.📚
My wife got me a fresh supply of my favorite tea. It should last for some time now.
EasyEDA is a free and easy to use circuit design, circuit simulator and pcb design that runs in your web browser.
⤑ EasyEDA - Online PCB design & circuit simulator.
I need to remember this for my next project. Not happy that it is cloud-based, but it looks more accessible than the open-source alternative I’ve tried.
Review of Manners and Mutiny (Finishing School Book 4)
I finished reading Manners and Mutiny: Number 4 in series (Finishing School) by Gail Carriger.📚
I just started reading Born of Blood (The Valdir Chronicles Book 3) by RA Lewis.📚
Review of Waistcoats and Weaponry (Finishing School Book 3)
I just finished reading Waistcoats and Weaponry: Number 3 in series (Finishing School) by Gail Carriger.📚
Book three on the Finishing School series and another adventure. Sophronia promises to bring Sidheag back to Scotland.
Review of Curtsies and Conspiracies (Finishing School Book 2)
I just finished reading Curtsies and Conspiracies: Number 2 in series (Finishing School) by Gail Carriger.📚
The first year at the finishing school behind her, Sophronia starts the next chapter.
Our sunflower on the balcony is a bit of an overachiever.
Today was a good writing day. Could use more of them. 📝
@V_ Has it something to do with Chinese astrology? Soldering SMC’s sounds a bit tricky, but if you have a great iron it might be less so?
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@odd it did not come with instruction from the homepage I assumed it is some sort of zodiac sign selector. But I many bought it to have some components to solder. On the backside, it also has some random chips which are not connected at all :-)
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