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Posts from January 2021
2021-01-01 : 🐶 Photo post:
The consummate NYE guest, and the cat who was very unhappy to see him back again after a six month absence 😾 2021-01-03 : 🎮 Micro post:
Considering I’m notoriously bad at platformers and I died on the tutorial like 10 times, I feel proud that on my … 2021-01-03 : 📚 Book review:
The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadifa Mohamed (★★★½)2021-01-04 : 🖥 Micro post:
Found out that The StoryGraph has undergone a revamp (and officially launched) and got a lot of new useful features! I … 2021-01-04 : 🐱 Photo post:
Here’s one of Viv’s and my friends in the neighbourhood. His name is Timmka and he often waits in his front … 2021-01-05 : 🐱 Photo post:
This accursed cat decided to stay out very late last night – something she never really does. We went out calling and … 2021-01-05 : 🐱 Photo post:
Trying to avoid a repeat of last night’s antics, I brought Gidget in at 7:30 seeing as I knew where she was then. … 2021-01-06 : 🎮 Micro post:
Yesterday I discovered this amazing free(mium) browser game, AI Dungeon. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a … 2021-01-07 : 📰 Stray Thoughts on the Storming of the US Capitol :
It seemed like it would be remiss of me to post today without mentioning the day’s biggest news: the storming of … 2021-01-08 : 🗒 Micro post:
When people say they’re “useless until I’ve had my morning coffee”, they’re referring to … 2021-01-08 : 🖥 Experimenting with Gemini :
Gemini is a relatively new internet protocol, aiming to offer a much lighter-weight, text-oriented experience than the … 2021-01-09 : 👩🏻 Photo post:
Since Melbourne’s first lockdown I’ve been growing out my hair (not just because hairdressers were closed, I’d also been … 2021-01-10 : 🖥 Tracking My Reading :
One of my major hobbies is reading. I was a fanatical reader as a kid, and while I’ve definitely gone through … 2021-01-11 : 🏏 Micro post:
Interesting article here by Usman Khawaja on the hostility of Australian cricket to aspiring players from immigrant … 2021-01-11 : 💬 Micro post:
A linguistic pet peeve of mine: people saying “all X are not Y” when what they mean is “not all X are … 2021-01-11 : 📚 Book review:
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang (★★★)2021-01-12 : 🐱 Micro post:
So, Gidget loves hot weather. Give her a heatwave and she has the time of her life, snoozing outside in temperatures of … 2021-01-13 : 🐱 On Gidget Not Wanting to See Guests :
Gidget is an indoor-outdoor cat, but we (try to) keep her in between dusk and dawn (which is even the local bylaw, … 2021-01-14 : 🐶 Photo post:
I realised I’ve been slacking on the photo posts lately, so here’s Gizmo a couple of weekends ago. It was … 2021-01-14 : 🖥 Owning My Content :
One of the reasons I started this blog is that I’d come across the concept of the IndieWeb and really liked it. I … 2021-01-14 : 📚 Book review:
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (★★★★)2021-01-16 : 🐶 Photo post:
We paid a visit to this little guy (and his humans) yesterday. Although he was excited when we got there, he later … 2021-01-16 : 💻 Site update:
It’s actually ridiculous how much time I’ve put into this, but after posting the other day about wanting to … 2021-01-17 : 🗒 Micro post:
For anyone curious about COL in different cities – I found this neat tool that compares it in selected cities around the … 2021-01-18 : 🐶 Photo post:
The dog beach was the place to be yesterday! Beautiful weather, and many many dogs. Gizmo certainly enjoyed himself 🐶 2021-01-19 : 🏏 Micro post:
Sometimes I almost wonder why they even have reviews of LBW decisions… the bar to overturn a decision is ludicrously … 2021-01-19 : 🐱 Photo post:
Gidget likes to shepherd us humans off to bed when it gets to 10 or 11, then watches us like a hawk to make sure we go … 2021-01-20 : 📚 Book review:
Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly (★★★★)2021-01-20 : 📛 Political Labels on the Left :
If I ever asked you to describe your politics, the exact word you’d label those politics with is a lot less … 2021-01-21 : 🍺 Photo post:
It was a warm day today, so Viv and I took a late afternoon walk to our local beach.
On our way home, we ducked into a … 2021-01-23 : 🍃 Photo post:
Today Viv and I drove out to the Dandenong Ranges on Wurundjeri land to do the Eastern Sherbrooke Forest Walk. We went a … 2021-01-25 : 🇦🇺 Micro post:
Tomorrow (26 January) is a public holiday in Australia, marking the day white colonists arrived at what’s now … 2021-01-26 : 🐱 Photo post:
When the cool change came through yesterday, my heat-loving cat was not impressed. She was immediately demanding that I … 2021-01-28 : 💬 Dabbling in Language-Learning :
In recent times, I’ve been tossing up whether I should try to learn some basic German. The thing that’s … 2021-01-29 : 🐱 Photo post:
Fun fact: while Gidget loves arid heat, she ALSO loves heavy rain. She likes to sit under cover and just watch it fall. … 2021-01-29 : 📰 Micro post:
Here’s an important article on how the Left must get ready to deal with deplatforming by Big Tech. It’s all … 2021-01-29 : 🎮 Micro post:
So here’s a neat online game: The Royal Game of Ur is a FOSS implementation of a game first played in the ancient … 2021-01-30 : 📚 Micro post:
A couple of days ago I read Vylar Kaftan’s short story, The Weight of the Sunrise (read it for free on the … 2021-01-31 : 🍱 Photo post:
Just sharing a photo of the chicken tacos I made the other night, cos they came out very photogenic 😅 (and delicious! 😋) …
Jessica Smith is a left-wing feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also very interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.
Jessica Smith is a left-wing feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also very interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.