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02 February 202008 February 2020

Weekly Wrap 505: Finally, productivity begins for 2020

This week of Monday 27 January to Sunday 2 February 2020 seems to have been my actual start of the year. I got some writing done. I got a three-hour podcast done. And I didn’t die in the heat when I went for a quiet drink.

26 January 202026 January 2020

Weekly Wrap 504: A quiet lead-up to Australia Day, with sausages

My week of Monday 20 to Sunday 26 January 2020 saw a fascinating ZDNet article and a lot of sulking. The coming week will be vastly more interesting. Oh, and there were sausages.

19 January 202020 January 2020

Weekly Wrap 503: A podcast was created, but have the bushfires ended?

During the week of Monday 13 to Sunday 19 January 2020, I was attacked by a cat, and I produced a podcast, but was also distracted by some personal matters which won’t be described here.

12 January 202012 January 2020

Weekly Wrap 502: Smoke, mists, and a truth that hurts

Monday 6 to Sunday 12 January 2020 was even quieter than I predicted last week. The bushfires continued, affecting my plans for Friday and Saturday but fortunately not having a real effect. And a ZDNet story brought me to the attention of The Australian.

05 January 202005 January 2020

Weekly Wrap 501: A quiet new year with bushfire smoke and a random spider

Monday 30 December 2019 to Sunday 5 January 2020 saw a relatively quiet start to the new year that included quite a bit of gin, and way too much bushfire smoke — though there were no direct threats to me from the fires.

29 December 201914 March 2021

Weekly Wrap 500: Cats, cat-sitting, Christmas, and trains

Monday 23 to Sunday 29 December 2019 was a curious Christmas week, and a week of cat-sitting. I went to an actual Christmas Lunch for the first time in 15 or maybe even 20 years. And then there was… well… you’d better read on.