Australia Day (Observed)

Lavender clouds over towering hilltops. Kangaroos, cockatoos and deer. There was just enough time after sunrise to walk down the hill and back up it before the heat kicked in. A lazy morning followed: weet bix, coffee, board games, lunch, a nap.

To break the afternoon heat, we drove back down the hill and waded up the creek to a shady spot in the currents of alpine stream, camp chairs and coolers in hand.

In the dappled sun, blackberries strangled the foliage along the banks. I was wary at first, of the wading in thongs across the rocks in the throng, and of the berries themselves. The idea was to collect enough for a compote, and we slowly filled a tub, and I gave into temptation. Reach up for a berry, pluck it from between the thorns. One for the tub, one for the niece, one for me. The juicy ones in the direct sun tasted the sweetest.

The tub was filled, the creek farewelled, we returned to sit inside and eat dinner. The sun set and flashes of lightning heralded a cooler breeze. When I closed my tired eyes it seemed that the drupelets of the ripe, black fruit filled my vision top to bottom, left to right. Something instinctual had been awakened in me, but now it was time to sleep.


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I took a walk this morning with Vanessa and Nash. We bought coffee from the cafe across the road and drank it on the walk home for our 8:30 meetings. I tilted my head back right before the last corner so I could swallow the final taste of flat white, and I really liked the look of the clouds.

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New Year, Old Me

I am not a morning person, despite being up and about before 7am every day of summer so far. Something about my brain makes it only efficient after a long warm up and stretching routine... I don't even trust myself to take a meeting until I've had a coffee.

But when I have my morning coffee, especially when I pay a barista to make it for me with nice beans and multiple shots, and I start to consume it, I get this overwhelming feeling of clarity and alertness. I feel completely energised, like I can complete all the tasks on my to-do list, follow every entrepreneurial whim to profitability, and masterfully produce any creative pursuit that crosses my mind.

This feeling only last about 15 minutes, and unfortunately I typically spend all of that time on the toilet.

Countdown to Bed

If you set your interval timer for 4 rounds of 90 seconds with 12 seconds rest and a 5 seconds countdown and you start stretching at 11:53:18PM exactly you can start the new year with stretched hip flexors.

The Value of AI

What is AI actually useful for? Can it really help with:

Morning strolls to the markets for good coffee and fresh fruit.

Dog walks in the rain.

Peak hour idling, listening to tunes, no stress.

Catching up with friends for BBQs.

A brief nap.

Dinner and drinks out to celebrate an engagement.

I guess yes, because I got to do all of that on a busy day, and in just an hour before bed I managed to build a FastAPI backend and React frontend for a custom docker container to host my utilities.

The value of AI will really be the time it saves for us to socialise, and get away from computers.