- The last time I saw Rialto was in the nineties with Andy while we were students. We saw them again this week at Scala. Big tunes, still tight, although played with just the one drum kit these days. It was a bit quiet - the whir of the AC fans was audible - nevertheless it’s nice to hear old favourites again.
- I’m trying to eat more protein for breakfast, starting with two scrambled eggs and half an avocado. I’ve felt more full and my energy levels seem higher mid-morning. The extra preparation and clearing up time is worth it so far.
- I’ve been coding/vibing again, this time on a live calendar feed to remind us to put the bins out. It would be better if the council exposed this themselves so I didn’t need to scrape my data. It would also be better if they didn’t keep changing their CMS each year. They’re now on their third (or maybe fourth) iteration of a waste collection “portal” that now, for some reason, loads the data for each page via Ajax/XHR (or whatever we call it these days). Once I’d worked out how to source my data, I poked at Windsurf’s AI agent to write the code to scrape it, make sense of the data and create an ICS.
- As I continue to noodle around with my website I’ve been experimenting with Datasette to create a queryable archive from my data stored around the internet. For example, I’ve imported my check-ins from Swarm and bookmarks on Pinboard. I currently host this data as posts on my main website itself, but I’m not sure it really belongs there.
- It was a busy weekend of activities. While mother and oldest son participated in a local Pretty Muddy 5K race, I took youngest son for cake and juice and then to Lego club in the library where the theme was monuments (C built a Colosseum).
- Then, on Sunday, H played for Codicote Lions U9s for the last time before he moves clubs next season. It was a local youth football tournament with a dozen teams - and his won! After an unbeaten group stage the Lions won both their semi-final and final on penalties. Shootouts are a brutal experience for children (and watching parents) but the euphoria of winning helped. He was so pleased to end his time with the Lions on a high. Well done, H!
