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18 November 202418 November 2024

Weekly Wrap 755: Watch out for the podcasts!

Nighttime, looking from a city footpath up towards a pair of surveillance cameras in their black domes under white bodies. Across the street are the upper floors of an art deco brick office building, in front of which is another surveillance camera, this one steerable.

My week of Monday 11 to Sunday 17 November 2024 included the making of podcasts and the launching of a crowdfunding campaign. Not much client work, but some much-needed socialising. It’s all about balance, right? And talking smut with Mark Humphries is always fun.

10 November 202412 November 2024

Weekly Wrap 754: Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean!

Wide view across off-white sand, past sunbathers and soon-to-be swimmers, to the gently rolling waves of the Pacific Ocean. But the vast majority of the age is the sky, and apart from a line of cloud out bye the horizon, it's a clear and brilliant blue.

Apart from Certain Events in The America, which quite a few people found alarming but it wasn’t my fault, my week of Monday 4 to Sunday 10 November 2024 saw the start of a burst of podcast production. Here’s hoping I can sustain it.

03 November 202409 November 2024

Weekly Wrap 753: Another calm before a storm of work

A view across a street wet from recent rain to a vast brick block, which hides the ventilation shaft for a Metro station. Along the side, on the verandah overhanding the entrance stairs, are the words VICTORIA CROSS. Nearby, a healthy-looking London plane tree.

My week of Monday 28 October to Sunday 3 November 2024 wasn’t as productive as I’d hoped — nothing to worry about, just too much stress and too much fatigue — but productive enough for the purposes. No new podcasts, but some solid work behind the scenes. It’s good to have some calm before the storm.

28 October 202403 November 2024

Weekly Wrap 752: The travels end with podcast planning

In the middle distance, the late afternoon sunlight catches a sandstone clock tower which rises above the treeline. The view is framed on the left by a red brick building and a modern stainless steel lighting tower on which there's a traffic light (red) and a NO RIGHT TURN sign, and on the right by the silhouette of a bus.

My week of Monday 21 to Sunday 27 October 2024 began on the Gold Coast, progressed through Sydney to the Blue Mountains, and ended up back in Sydney — and as a result, the Weekly Wrap is once again running late. That said, I did some planning for the future. As opposed to planning for the past.

22 October 202423 October 2024

Weekly Wrap 751: My busy holiday certainly didn’t dragon

A chunky strong-looking lizard with its boxy head raised. It has a sharp ridge down its spine, and on the side of its face a black striped edged with yellow.

My week of Monday 14 to Sunday 20 October 2024 was spent on holiday in Queensland, and now it’s already the following Tuesday. I’ll tell you more about the holiday another time, but right now here’s a shorter Weekly Wrap.

13 October 202423 October 2024

Weekly Wrap 750: Virtually South-East Asia, physically Queensland — at least today

The view down a rank of Boeing 737-800 aircraft, all in white and red Virgin Australia livery, their noses to the right lined up with the terminal's aerobridges.

My week of Monday 7 to Sunday 13 October 2024 was so productive I’ve gone on a holiday. Yes, I made a podcast about Indonesia and Thailand, as well as The Weekly Cybers and such, but today I flew to Cairns for the start of a week and bit in Queensland.