Eyebeemania's Chatter
It is still a warm day here, but it’s a few degrees down on yesterday at this time. Itdoesn’tfeel quite so humid either.
7.30 am Sunday morning. The garden has been watered. Coffee has been brewed. Wife is still snoring upstairs. I’m sitting on the patio, and there’s a whole lot of birdsong going on, and the noise of aircraft in the background every so often. There’s a cool breeze.
My wife likes to sleep in on days off. I tend to wake up the same time every day. Earlier sometimes if I’m at work by five, but otherwise, naturally, around 5.30 - 6.00 am. If I sleep later, it’s never beyond 7 am unless I’m unwell. Anyway, I leave her sleeping unless we’re going out somewhere.
My ideal temperature, would be about 81°F - 27°C during the day, and about 50°F - 10°C overnight.
Downloading macOS 27 Beta 2 for this MacBook. It’s not my main machine, so I can live with any issues that arise.
macOS 27 Beta 2 downloaded and installed on this M3 MacBook Air, and we’re up and running OK. Let’s see what bugs I can find and report as we go through the day. Mind you, I’ll probably switch to my Mac Mini later on. I don’t expect to sit outside all day.
Planted out savoy cabbage seedlings this morning.
I KNEW this would happen. Hot sunny weather all week while I’m at the salt mine. Get a day off, get in the garden, for a few jobs and some fresh air and it starts poxy raining! Grrrrr.
Not looking for any early growing record or anything, but this is the first year I’ve tried growing strawberries. I bought ten plants on a stall at an event in Kent, and having planted them out, I’ve just spied the very first small fruit.
Grrr. My Hive Thermostat decided it didn’t want to talk to the system all of a sudden. Not that we need the heating on, of course, but these things need to be working correctly. 45 minutes of farting about with multiple reboots and pairing attempts with receiver, hub, and thermostat finally worked!
Makerfield By-Election
We’re making dinners for a few days. Pork Adobo, Chicken Curry, and Beef Casserole. Today I’m about to grill some pork ribs on the George Foreman, which will be served with new potatoes I had to scrape, steamed broccoli, and some chilled white wine to wash it down.
So I’m now cooking ribs on the George Foreman ala Keith Floyd style. That is, with a large glass of Picpoul de Pinet…
Personal grooming day today. Haircut, shave, facial massage and the brutal waxing. Guys can do the pampering thing too!
It’s time for a lunchtime sherbet.
Fullers ESB
That’s half the year gone already! Apparently, there’s another hastened coming here this weekend. We shall see.
First of ten days off.Got a bunch of stuff lined up. Today, I’m off to Wembley later for a London Underground reunion.
The weather app on my computer (and phone) said 0% chance of rain for the next ten days. So, I come out in just t-shirt and shorts. I’m sitting in a coffee shop, and… it’s raining outside. No, I don’t carry an umbrella, they are a total pain in the backside, and I always leave them somewhere anyway.
Using Wavelength
Checking out Wavelength for audio postings
I was awake around six. I saw my wife off to work, and then made coffee and checked emails. I then did some hoeing and weeding in the vegetable patch, and watered everything that needed a drop. Now I’m cooking some sausages to make a sandwich for breakfast, with more coffee, of course.
Listening to some hi-res audio. Recordings are from 1964. Stereo recording became commercially available in 1958, but there was a ten-year overlap, and quite a number of mono recordings until 1968. Clarity is excellent, but mono is very noticeable on headphones, and some early stereo poorly mixed.
Hello, four in the morning. How are you?