The grapes in our backyard are coming along. π
Going to be a long night with Dotson going out on a red card π₯ in the 26th minute. Ugh! Go United! β½οΈ
We saw Inside Out 2 today and thought it was just incredible. We all liked the first one and it was one of those rare movies that gets better in your memories, and I feel the same for the new one. I loved the addition of Anxiety, Envy, Embarrassment, and Ennui. Great movie! πΏ
Regular dose of Vitamin G while we were in Ireland.
Ireland 2024 Index
In the spirit of Harper’s Index, for our Ireland trip.
Kilometer driven: 1,907
Damages to car: none
National Parks visited: 1
Bicycles rented: 8
Killarney National Park, Aran Islands
Fish & Chips ordered: 18
Four orders unless otherwise noted:
Kitty O'Se's (day 3),
Namir's (day 5),
McGanns Pub (1, day 6),
Ivy Cottage (day 7),
Gus O'Connors (1, day 8),
Rusty Mackerel (1, day 10),
Titanic Hotel (2, day 12),
Finnegans of Dalkey (1, day 17).
Blog posts: 110
Pints of Guinness for Jamie: 16
One pint unless otherwise noted:
Hilliards (day 2),
O'Connors Traditional Irish Pub (day 3),
Kate Kearney's Cottage (day 4),
McMunn's of Ballybunion (day 5),
McGanns Pub (2, day 6),
Joe Watty's Bar & Restaurant (0.5, day 7),
Gus O'Connors (day 8),
Hot Tub at Cria Lodge (day 9),
Rusty Mackerel (day 10),
Whoriskey's Pub (day 11),
Titanic Hotel (0.5, day 12),
The Field Bar (day 14),
Norseman Temple Bar (day 15),
Guinness Storehouse (2, day 16),
O'Donoghues (day 17).
Castles stayed in: 1
Airbnbs Stayed: 5 for 12 nights total
Town Centre: TiΔ‘ 13,
Beach: Breakers Beach House,
Cottage: Cottage at Doonagore Castle,
Farm: Cria Lodge,
Castle: Tubbrid Castle
Hotels stayed in: 2
Titanic Hotel,
Hard Rock Dublin.
Islands visited: 2
Inis MΓ³r,
Dalkey Island
Wool sweaters purchased: 7
Tammy: 4, Mazie: 2, Jamie: 1, Tyler: 0
Museums visited: 3 Titanic Museum, EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum, Kilmainham Gaol Museum
Photos taken: 1,648
Boats traveled on: 4
Gap of Dunloe Boat Tour (day 4),
Doolin Ferry (day 7),
Paddy's Sliabh League Tour (day 10),
Ken the Ferry Man (day 17)
Weight of luggage: 174 lbs
Part of the Ireland 2024 Collection.
Summer Challenge: Embed and Comment on Chess Game
This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer.
Fairly simple challenge β embed a chess game that you played on lichess.org into a blog post on your site. It should be fully embedded, not just a link. Add a brief commentary on the game and where you felt the critical points were. Would be great to include the PGN and reference the moves where it makes sense.
Completed! β
Summer Challenge: Spec a Gaming PC
This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer.
For this challenge you’ll need to spec out the components of a Gaming PC. Make sure to include all of the components that you would need, with links for each of them, as well as an explanation of why you are picking that specific component and how it all fits together for what your goal is.
Completed! β
I dig Tetris and Tetromino things (proof? Tetris Shower), so this Tetris Font of course caught my attention. π€©
Got home after two weeks in Ireland to our sump pump system being in alarm mode making a very loud alert β thankfully still working okay! It is handling 15 gallons per minute right now! π¬ Also a smoke detector giving a low battery chirp. There were three power outages while we were gone.