Our entire complex is getting new active fire damper units, and today it’s our turn. Half the flat is covered with tarp and sheets, and the loud sound of drills and saws is piercing the air and, hopefully, the ceiling where the new dampers are being installed.
Fire dampers are shutters designed to block the flow of hot air and smoke through ventilation ducts in the eve...
Brent Simmons of Inessential and NetNewsWire fame came home from holidays to a slew of new errors he has to fix. Fun! He explained:
Here’s the thing: iOS app development (and Mac, but to a lesser extent) is just constant churn. I thought I was getting a y...
Hey, I’m over my latest flu thingy! Which led me to think: what’s something I couldn’t do while cooped up inside? Carry things outside.
This lead to a bit of a brainwave: everyone’s heard of a daily carry—one can only presume—but is there mass awareness of a weekly carry? I define the latter as a set of objects one takes for semi-frequent but not daily trips. ...
This has been a big month or so for my small circle of friends! I now know four people who’ve either had their permanent residency approved, or have become Australian citizens since May. The amount of work involved in doing these things is far higher and more convoluted than it should be, but that only renders what they achieved that much more impressive.
I’m ...
Today’s Music Monday is an etymological road trip from Paul Simon’s 1983 album Hearts and Bones.
The album was a commer...