Got out for a walk in Pacific Spirit Park. It was warm (finally!) and the light was dappling through the green everywhere.
On the way, an awesome lunch at Simit Bakery on West 4th. Got the Turkish breakfast - no photo, but recommended!
“Duty, assuming all tasks, can betray arrogance. The idea we can know what must be done, and do it properly. We cannot know the future, my friend. It claims so much to imagine we can. And the world is not broken any more than it always, always is” — Guy Gavriel Kay, Under Heaven
Eating out at restaurants is still a new thing, so it’s special to go to Kulinarya, a Filipino restaurant in our neighbourhood.
Okoy (vegetable fritters), tortang talong (eggplant omelette), and “sizzling” sisig (crispy pork ear), plus garlic rice.
It’s #pickling season! Trying out my new Kraut Source fermentation lid. Cabbage, radishes, and carrots.
Rain is exploding pink blossoms off the trees, plus spring crocus & magnolias. Just now feeling springlike in #Vancouver
Me, clueless, ordering a random lager on tap. @sonia, galaxy brain, asks for and receives a Guiness.
Some Mastodon Notes
If you’re checking out Mastodon the open source Twitter-like microblogging service, my first recommendation would be to ...“many of the modular boundaries which had been drawn for docs are now in the wrong place for apps”,
@gordonbrander The internet is modular
This doc web vs app web continues to come up.
Countertop roasters at Prototype Coffee, all powered by ASUS Zenbooks. Sponsorship opportunity??!
It’s spring in #Vancouver. The “pink poofs” of various cherry blossoms are out, and Dosanko has sakura onigiri 🌸 🍙 on special.
AND: an amazing cat display at Oomomo!
Weekend adventures:
Shawn Hunt at @equinoxgallery.
Bottle shop at bistro & grocer Collective Goods.
Lemon tart from Flourist.
Vintage clothing at Slice of Life Mini Mart.
Happy Pancake Tuesday! German Eierpfannkuchen, served both sweet & savoury for dinner.
Exciting weekend adventures in Hastings-Sunrise.
London Drugs has a sale on German stuff, including this Kühne yogurt salad dressing, a favourite in our house.
Plus amazing selection at Pacific Bread Co. Best Kouign Amman in Vancouver!
Went for a long sunny & windy walk along the Richmond West Dyke Trail & Terra Nova. Ended the trip with a hot drink at Rocanini’s in Steveston.
As part of a studio clean out, I got to help myself to a couple of mortar & pestles. The collection has everything from ceramics, to brass, to science-y ones.
I ended up with a cast iron red one and a Japanese ripple ridge one.
Wandered around downtown checking out AR installations @winterartsfest.
Photos are @rachaelashe cloaked in Patternity by @soshallwork and the #GlitchGoddess soft sculpture by @TheMarjan
I did a quick walk & coffee this morning and listened to the free, short version of @rosano’s new Strolling podcast.
Now, sunny Woodland Park, paired with the member’s extended edition. Lovely to hear from Judy Perly of Free Times Cafe.
Sometimes you just need a big bowl of pasta with a ton of fresh parmesan. Tomatoes, garlic, onion, olive oil, chilies.
Just wow: TiddlyWikiPharo is @Tiddlywiki implemented in @pharoproject & #GToolKit.
Shared on the Talk TW forum & created by @offrayLC
An unusual #Vancouver sight: first footsteps in deep powdery snow, plus our snowy East Van street.
Apparently it’s going to rain today & turn this into an icy mess.
New year, new routines! Cappuccino and water to start the day (with global timezones on the wall), and a picture of the hang out room at @MakeshiftSpaces, cloud cover hiding Vancouver’s north shore mountains 🏔
I’m testing the beta version of @logseq mobile.
Currently uses iCloud for sync, including a funky bug where folder creation hangs, but it does work. Congrats to the LogSeq team for another great milestone!
An afternoon snowy walk on #BowenIsland: bridge & beaver lodge, ferns, and treetop wide view.
May your nights be warm & cozy, filled with the friends, family, & food of your choosing.
Today was a gloriously sunny day in Vancouver, although when we set out there was still black ice in many places.
We did a long walk along the sea wall to Granville Island, with a pic of Science World & the public market. Insert your own visions of snow capped mountains.
When you look at MY GitHub commits and want to hire me as a “core frontend engineer”, you’ve gone horribly wrong somewhere.
I did have a nice chat with a different engineering manager & got them to try out @fissioncodes. The reverse poach!
