minecraft – a pale slim ghost

May 24th, 2021

blogging about blogging camping minecraft weeknotes

weeknotes #4: gaslit by apple maps
1.hello from the surrey hills
- we are camping and it is raining, a lot
- i just barbecued some smoked mackerel fillets and oh my god. then they got rained on and we ate them in the car
- last time we came here apple maps navigated us to a dead end seven miles away and then said “you have arrived”, very clearly nowhere near the pin on the map
  - imagine being gaslit by apple maps
  - this time we got it to give directions to the pub in the village
- we put a kettle on and almost immediately ran out of butane. and then it got rained on
- i love it here
2. i sold a lens to a friend of a friend
- i basically never sell anything apart from to CeX
- the whole deal was struck via twitter dm, it was very civilised
- i spent half an hour scouring the office for a box of the right size that i hoped might have been abandoned on March 12th 2020
  - eventually i found an amazon box for a logitech mouse. thanks gallal
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May 16th, 2021

films games kettricken minecraft need for speed tech lead weeknotes

weeknotes #3: business horoscopes
content warning: wild animal injury

1. been watching the Fast & Furious films with friends
- once a week, on a sunday afternoon
- we sync up the films, hit play, and pretend we’re mst3k via Slack
- they’re actually pretty good, even the bad ones
- also i’m spotting how much of an influence they had on the Need For Speed franchise in the early 00s
- speaking of which:
2. i’ve been playing a lot of Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2005)
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Tag: minecraft

weeknotes #4: gaslit by apple maps

1.hello from the surrey hills

2. i sold a lens to a friend of a friend

weeknotes #3: business horoscopes

1. been watching the Fast & Furious films with friends

2. i’ve been playing a lot of Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2005)