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Category Archives: Micro
The High Window
Read: The High Window by by Raymond Chandler ★★★★★ re-read of a favourite, so good.
Finally got my ticket for WordCamp Glasgow. There are not many left. Looking forward to going along on Saturday 8 February.
A bit of snow in the playground this morning.
Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout
Read Olive Again by Elizabeth Strout ★★★★★, maybe not quite as great as Olive Kitteridge but still… got better and better as it went on and the last paragraph… 📚
The OceanMaker
I used this video in class as a writing stimulus. I also watched a few time in preparation.
I’ve had got a lump in my throat every time I’ve watched. The class liked it too. HT @LiteracyShed.
Every time we watch we see more detail and things to talk about.
Ravens, At last a bright day. I’ve got a new camera, this was at 85x zoom (65 optical and the rest digital I guess) and cropped and resized to 1200 pixels. The zoom lens is a good way to watch at a distance.
A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
Read: A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier ★★★☆☆ I enjoyed the gentle pace and mild despair. For the most part it felt like it was right in place in between the wars. 📚
osm-haiku
@vasta on micro.blog posted about satellitestud.io/osm-haiku/app (one of my favourites)
we automated making haikus about places. Looking at every aspect of the surroundings of a point, we can generate a poem about any place in the world.
I’ve been having fun generating random haiku and then matching with photos from my camera roll of the same places.
Watched: The Lion in Winter
Watched: The Lion in Winter (1968 film) – Wikipedia ★★★★☆ 🎥
Eleanor: Of course he has a knife, he always has a knife, we all have knives! It’s 1183 and we’re barbarians!
Where Succession got some ideas.