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This week I started learning the Rust programming language (the latest, ‘all the rage’ language), and also learned how to process flax with prehistoric knapped flint tools (and dried teasels), and spin it into linen yarn. For me, ‘current technology’ is at either end of a very wide span of time.

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New post: Exploring desktop Linux: Part 3

More adventures in Hyprland, and some new-to-me CLI apps.

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I’ve been busy with work, but finding time here and there to continue to tinker with Linux. This is my new status bar using Ironbar, which I am very much enjoying. I have gone back to mcp/ncmcpcc for my general music needs, though I still like Harmonoid for browsing. #linux #hyprland

Screenshot of my Hyprland desktop running on Linux. The status bar at the top of the page has separate buttons floating on a transparent background, in colourful pastel colours. Two terminal windows are tiled side-by-side, one playing a Martyn Bennett playlist, and another blank.
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Brain, we need to talk. When I have one of those stress dreams about an email (not a real one, an email you made up inside the dream), why do you make me think a bit obsessively about how I should reply to this completely fictional email for far too long after I have woken up? It. Is. Made. Up.

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Blackcap trig point, near Lewes, East Sussex, UK.

A triangular concrete trig point in the foreground, a view of the South Downs in the distance, and dramatic clouds with glimpses of blue sky overhead.
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Pitcher plant

A hanging pitcher plant with a pink tone, against a background of other green carnivorous plants in a greenhouse.
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I love this sort of weather in Spring: bright, and brisk, and threatening rain any moment.

A mass of small white blossom on a spiky blackthorn bush against a deep blue sky and fluffy white clouds.

The blackthorn is now in full blossom.

Branches of blackthorn in blossom viewed from below against a deep blue sky.

The oaks are not yet in leaf, but the ivy is fresh and glossy.

Looking up into the crooked branches of an oak. The oak is still in bud, but the ivy climbing it has fresh green leaves. The sun lights up patches on the bark, illuminating moss.
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Offham Hill, Lewes

A grassy path next to horse gallops, with jumps. Blue sky and bright sunshine. A grassy slope with a view back down the hill towards the town of Lewes. A bare tree in a hedgerow against a blue sky. A wood pigeon sits in the branches.

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It must be Caturday!

A light orange Somali cat curled up on a bed with eyes closed but head up.
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The Dance Your PhD competion entries are always fun, but this year’s winner is fabulous: youtu.be/RoSYO3fAp…

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Blackthorn, just coming into bud, Birmingham

A branch of blackthorn with small pink flower buds starting to develop.
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Bianca’s favourite spot to hang out at the moment.

A fluffy pale ginger cat sleeping on the corner of a desk.
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Solo hornbeam, Birmingham.

A beautifully shaped hornbeam tree in a snowy park, with a deep blue sky above it.
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Empty gallery, Hanbury Hall.

A view down a long empty gallery room. Winter light enters from windows on the left. The walls are painted a soft robin's egg blue colour, and there is a red sofa at the far end of the room.
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Orchard, Hanbury Hall.

A winter scene of an orchard. An old apple tree can be seen in the gap between two dense hedges.
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Bowling green shelter, Hanbury Hall.

A tranquil outdoor room with one side open to the outdoors. A simple wooden bench is placed in front of the soft pink rear wall, and there is a window with a green frame to the right of the photo.