{"id":19631,"date":"2024-08-24T18:55:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=19631"},"modified":"2024-08-24T19:15:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T18:15:53","slug":"summer-holidays-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/summer-holidays-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I started this two weeks ago when I went back to school. So past time for a summer recap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual I took some photos, and I&#8217;ve strung them together, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/12\/23\/pummelvision\/\">pummelvision<\/a> fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MIz5d4K6WmY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I updated <a href=\"https:\/\/gist.github.com\/troutcolor\/370a49898124413c78d17a5c86c42a2e\">the script<\/a> a bit to fade the audio and added a gentler audio choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">reading<\/h2>\n\n\n<ol class=\"book-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-the-last-voice-you-hear\/\">The Last Voice You Hear<\/a> <span class=\"date\">11\/08\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/mick-herron\/\">Mick Herron<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-the-lost-wife\/\">The Lost Wife<\/a> <span class=\"date\">08\/08\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/susanna-moore\/\">Susanna Moore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-hide-and-seek\/\">Hide and Seek<\/a> <span class=\"date\">03\/08\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/ian-rankin\/\">Ian Rankin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-chain-gang-all-stars\/\">Chain-Gang All-Stars<\/a> <span class=\"date\">29\/07\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah\/\">Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-the-secret-hours\/\">The Secret Hours<\/a> <span class=\"date\">27\/07\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/mick-herron\/\">Mick Herron<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-the-sun-walks-down\/\">The Sun Walks Down by Fiona Mcfarlane<\/a> <span class=\"date\">24\/07\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/fiona-mcfarlane\/\">Fiona Mcfarlane<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-big-girl-small-town-by-michelle-gallen\/\">Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen<\/a> <span class=\"date\">18\/07\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/michelle-gallen\/\">Michelle Gallen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-long-island-by-colm-toibin\/\">Long Island by Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<\/a> <span class=\"date\">15\/07\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/colm-toibin\/\">Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-the-drowning-pool\/\">The Drowning Pool<\/a> <span class=\"date\">07\/07\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/ross-macdonald\/\">Ross Macdonald<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-brooklyn\/\">Brooklyn by Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<\/a> <span class=\"date\">06\/07\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/colm-toibin\/\">Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-the-slain-birds\/\">The Slain Birds<\/a> <span class=\"date\">03\/07\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/michael-longley\/\">Michael Longley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-to-the-dogs\/\">To the Dogs<\/a> <span class=\"date\">02\/07\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/louise-welsh\/\">Louise Welsh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-clear-by-carys-davie\/\">Clear by Carys Davie<\/a> <span class=\"date\">30\/06\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/carys-davies\/\">Carys Davies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/read-bad-actors-by-mick-herron\/\">Bad Actors by Mick Herron<\/a> <span class=\"date\">30\/06\/2024<\/span> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">tagged:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/mick-herron\/\">Mick Herron<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85\/\">\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Noted<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve continued trying to write <a href=\"https:\/\/pi.johnj.info\/n\/noted-2024.txt\">one note<\/a> a day on &#8216;something natural&#8217; and recording <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/tag\/noticing-2024\/\">each months notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Under The Weather<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer has certainly not been good on the weather front, the tail end of a bug which seemed to take a long time to go away also slowed me down for most of July. Although I walked around a fair bit very locally (Kilpatrick Hills, Cochno etc). I didn&#8217;t add much to the <a href=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/walks\/\">walk list.<\/a>  I still managed to see a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troutcolor\/53871196239\/in\/photolist-2q5pXNg\">few<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troutcolor\/53931298314\">new<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/troutcolor\/53893222606\/\">things<\/a> (at least to photograph).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Glow Blogs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I continued working one day a week on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/\">Glow Blogs<\/a>. There was a release (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2024\/08\/14\/glow-blogs-update-14-aug-2024\/\">Glow Blogs Update 14 Aug 2024<\/a>), just after the schools returned. I spent a fair bit of time writing and updating the various sites that comprise the  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/support\/other-help\/\">help system<\/a>. Checking things out and spending a lot more time in the Block Editor. Lots more to come on that front. I feel the use of blogs in teaching has decreased a bit but I believe they can still be useful in lots of different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online Fun<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve continued to use my blog (syndicated to <a href=\"https:\/\/social.ds106.us\/deck\/@johnjohnston\">mastodon<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/johnjohnston.info\">Bluesky<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/micro.blog\">micro.blog<\/a>) instead of X. 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