What's the collective noun for shoeboxes? Because I have one of those.

#exeterweb conversation summaries:

Doing acceptance #testing in a different language to your application is philosophically a good idea.

When syndicating data, the quality can be used to determine the canonical version even if the separate versions don't link to each other (example: photographer takes RAWs, gives TIFF to client, RAW is proof of provenance) #POSSE

Not drinking tea and not having cream on cream teas reduces the day to day hassle, stress and confusion of living in Devon by approximately 90%.

Checked into Localeyes, Ashburton for the two-yearly eye excercise session. First time I’m having to pay for it (not being in school is scary)

The Implausible Impossible, the Plausible Impossible, the Plausible Possible and the Implausible Possible.

Like conscious competence/known unknowns — there’s a pattern emerging here.

Conclusion from today’s discussion: #cat owners should be required to eat any small animals their feline pets kill/maim and bring back as gifts.

Cleaning the Room by ftrain is one of the most visceral things I have ever read #bookmark

In order to express how arbitrary birthdays (and all their western connotations) are to me, I will from now on refer to them as “one-olderness days”.

Just had my first truly nerve wracking driving experience. A car pulled out of a give way in front of me (they could clearly see me). I started to slow but realised I would hit them — sped up at the last moment and missed them by about 30cm. #driving #personal #scary

Do I lose #geek cred because this is the first time I’ve seen the matrix?

Stressful evening and now stressful morning — wondering round the house with a cushion like a flagellant trying to get burnt food smell out. Looking forward to a nice quiet afternoon instrument making.

Booked my bus travel to Heathrow — so now I can at least get to #iceland, however little further preparation I do!

.Brennan Novak yeah, it’s like driving — the ability to concentrate on your overall journey, the road in the distance, the road ahead, the road directly in front of you, the road behind and all the various controls at the same time.

My hair needs cutting. Perhaps I could sell it to Chinese “medicine” “practitioners” for a mint, as it’s made of the same stuff as Rhino horn :/

Turns out it’s possible to peel biscuits.

Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence has made me realise I have almost no memory of the thought patterns I used/how I thought earlier in my life.

Spent a productive morning at the workshop making #gurdy keys (these keyboards are much bulkier than my previous one and should be more substantial and satisfying to play as a result), then toddled off to Dartington to be a stage hand for Devon Baroque w/ Robin Andrews. Now working on #taproot music module, might have a go with Glenn Jones’ microformatshiv.com later.

Booked my flight to Iceland and now submitting my first speaking proposal — this is an exciting evening! /cc @briansuda @digpen sophiedennis

Abandoning my attempt to get even one #gurdy finished for Halsway Gurdy weekend as it is causing me too much #stress and would only result in a badly made instrument.