Week Notes 21#09

• My first Zoom funeral, which was sad, a bit weird not singing hymns, and having connection issues didn't help
• Got the windows people round to measure, but didn't get a chance to go check out the samples
• Had a productive 10% day working on fluentd configuration, and fighting regexes, but made some really awesome progress on providing structured logging, which will be hugely helpful for supportability
• Had some good time recharging on Saturday
• Found that apparently there are some people who think that "men are a gender minority", and are expected to be invited to minority events, which gave us an infuriating chuckle
• A quiet Homebrew
• Added support for Micropub CRUD on my articles, which will be useful, even if it is just for updating syndication links
• Got my micropub.rocks setup working, and my first PR ready for reviews
• Telegraph delays led to ~1 week of mentions being sent a bit late, so syndicated tweets came late, but 🤷
• Asda delivery, obviously, came earlier than the 0800 delivery slot
• Temporarily lost the recycling bin
• Had a nice catch up with Neeshu
• Bought a new CPU, which is the first step to doing my TN talk, so you could say I'm super prepared 😅
• Morph had a very stressful Friday/Saturday, with a tonne of cats trying to get into the house - plant spray bottle and hissing at them helped - but he then spent most of Saturday asleep with us so that was really nice, and we had a good recharging weekend
  • Morph just trotting over last night, and settling himself in the nook between the arm of the sofa and Anna was 😻
• Chef pipelines are imminently ready, just been waiting on container tweaks, and it's given me a chance to chat to some folks about fixing some previously broken ChefSpec tests which is good
• Tech Con this week at work which had a good mix of talks - but has also given me a lot of talks to watch after the fact, as I had quite a few clashes
  • Enjoyed the very 🌶 Q&As on appreciation, engagement and performance management
• Started on the Death Star jigsaw
• Lost a glass

Watched:

• Guns Akimbo
• What's Your Number?
• What Happens in Vegas
• Superstore (which had been a really sad start to the last season, and hasn't been as good unfortunately)
• Sex Education
• Bad Moms
• John Tucker Must Die
• What to Expect When You're Expecting in solidarity for our wonderful friends who've had exciting news this week
• WandaVision finished this week with a very good episode
• The Proposal