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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

Checked in at Delico Deli. Aberdare, large Americano and a cheese and onion pasty.

πŸ“† | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Location 🏷 Coffee

Quite ridiculous! - A new trend to β€˜coordinate’ the look of your library by turning the spines to face inward

πŸ“† | 🏷 Books 🏷 Links

My kitchen bookcase is getting a little overcrowded. πŸ“š

πŸ“† | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Books 🏷 Food

Now reading a biography - D. H. Lawrence - The Life of Outsider by John Worthen. πŸ“š

πŸ“† | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Books

I used to sporadically keep a record of the books I was reading on a Tumblr blog at imnowreading.tumblr.com - am going to try and resurrect this using the emoji tagging on Micro.blog.

πŸ“† | 🏷 Books 🏷 Links

Sea bass grilled, served with a borlotti bean and mushroom stew and broccoli stir fried with chilli and garlic.

πŸ“† | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Not quite the weather for a BBQ, but planning to charcoal grill some sea bass on our balcony. May end in disaster!

πŸ“† | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Weather

What’s not to love! – 🏏 and 🎡 – Sticky Wickets by The Duckworth Lewis Method

πŸ“† | 🏷 Cricket 🏷 Music

Just noticed that there were updates to Apple AirPort firmware released in December - AirPort Base Station Firmware Update 7.7.9 and 7.6.9. Seem to be addressing the KRACK vulnerability.

Currently working my way around updating 16 devices :(

πŸ“† | 🏷 Links 🏷 CompTechSci

Interesting brief survey of the history, themes and current state of dystopian fiction in this BBC Books and Authors podcast πŸ“š

πŸ“† | 🏷 Books 🏷 Links

Accidental Tech Podcast 255: The Thermal Paste Lottery @atpfm filled my flight home from Rome almost perfectly.

πŸ“† | 🏷 Links 🏷 CompTechSci

Checked in at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport (FCO) (Aeroporto di Roma Fiumicino)

πŸ“† | 🏷 Location

Checked in at Chicco di Grano. Final lunch in Rome. Seren having spaghetti al pomodoro again…

πŸ“† | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Location

Through the Keyhole.

πŸ“† | 🏷 Photography

Early morning view from Trajan’s Forum.

πŸ“† | 🏷 Photography 🏷 History
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