š„ Week 195 - Winners
- 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 itās nice to hear old favourites again.
- Iām trying to eat more protein for breakfast, starting with two scrambled eggs and half an avocado. Iāve felt more full and my energy levels seem higher mid-morning. The extra preparation and clearing up time is worth it so far.
- Iāve 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 didnāt need to scrape my data. It would also be better if they didnāt keep changing their CMS each year. Theyāre now on their third (or maybe fourth) iteration of a waste collection āportalā that now, for some reason, loads the data for each page via Ajax/XHR (or whatever we call it these days). Once Iād worked out how to source my data, I poked at Windsurfās 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 Iāve been experimenting with Datasette to create a queryable archive from my data stored around the internet. For example, Iāve imported my check-ins from Swarm and bookmarks on Pinboard. I currently host this data as posts on my main website itself, but Iām 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!