Lakeland. This weekend I’ve enjoyed my second Lake District trip of the year. This time with my two old flat mates Cale and Fred. Despite having a rather wet Saturday we managed to get in a lovely round of Blencathra in the evening sun on Friday and a long arc from Grasmere to Threlkeld on Sunday via Helvelyn and Great Dodd. We had some lovely meals at Fellinis, The Round and the Horse & Farrier at the end of a long day in Threlkeld.
Back to it. I’ve been recovering from my post-Canada jet leg and feeling a bit out of sync. Straight back to it at work with a last minute deadline for a KubeCon project update video. It takes me so long to set everything up for videos, maybe next time I’ll get a green screen!
Today’s Usage. I finally got some smart meters installed. I was considering going onto the hourly tracker tariff but apparently this isn’t advisable unless you can choose when much of your usage is - e.g. charging an electric car. Instead I’ve just stuck with the daily tracker.
Read it in a book. After finishing Hard Reset in Canada (which in many ways covers the topic of the destructive effects of capitalism on people associated with the video games industry), I’ve now started A Brief History of Neoliberalism. This has been a sobering read, and put much of my own personal economic privileges in context.