Good ships…

• Week of 18-24 February.
• Monday, work, backups, walked to the office, dev catch up, pastrami bagel at Kleinsy’s, Milton visit, Nick visit.
• I remember now why I have an SSD backup drive, spinning drives are so slow.
• Triangles are my favourite shape.
• Tuesday, work, gym, swim, veggie fix at the vegan food place, work, sunset walk.

• “The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.” — Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen

• Wednesday, creative writing, office, lunchtime walk, long meeting.
• Listen to: Jim Collins — A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath – I like his ideas about 1000 creative hours per year, and flywheels.
• Thursday, up early, breakfast at Fred&Max in Somerset West, Dirk visit – usual nerdy chats, work, a tank beer at Quay Four, watched Alita Battle Angel – pretty good.
• I listened to the two Derek Sivers interviews with Tim Ferriss again, time well spent.
• Friday, office, fetched Mia from school, Mia swam in 4 races at a gala at Bridge House, Wijnhuis supper – with some semifreddo and tiramisu, dropped Mia at a friend’s house, braai at MC’s in Mostertsdrift with Paul, Wilhelm and Erich.
• If things are not interesting, you are not paying attention.

• “There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” — Bruce Lee

• Saturday, woke up in Stellenbosch, walked around Mia’s school and fetched her, Bikini Beach visit with Jacques – great weather, calamari at the Gordons Bay Harbour, time well spent.
• Sunday, woke up at Jacques’ house, we gave his dog a bath, braai, beach walk from Glen Beach to Camps Bay and back with Mia, found some breakfast goodies, sunset walk, device upgrades and backups.

• “We shall build good ships here; at a profit if we can, at a loss if we must, but always good ships.” — Collis Potter Huntington.

Have a fun week, crazy kids.

Solo, flaneuring, best time to be alive…

• Week of 11-17 Feb.
• Monday, breakfast with Mia, school run, court visit, Fred&Max breakfast, Stellenbosch visit, office – until loadshedding at 16:00 – argh, even 3G internet dies, nap, sunset promenade walk.
• Ear infection on the left side. Suspecting podcasts and swimming. Not the best combo.
• I think it’s safe to say you are a shitty parent when you take your daughter’s phone charging table – which prevents her from communicating with her father.
• Tuesday, office, doctor visit, got some ear drops at Dischem, dev catch up, lunchtime walk, troubleshooting, Strolla, sunset walk.
• RELAX, NOTHING’S UNDER CONTROL! (-:
• Wednesday, voted for The Cape Party at the Camps Bay Club – Ward 54 election, Octotel team building day, went for a Table Mountain hike in a group of ten, burgers and beers at Hudsons in Kloof str, afternoon of problem solving chats at the Platteklip Wash House in Oranjezicht, braai.
• Thursday, woke up at the Platteklip Wash House, Camps Bay beach visit, breakfast at Caprice, office, meeting, dev meeting, meeting, phone chat with Jacques, mini nap, sunset podcast promenade walk.
• Friday, work, gym, WW rotisserie chicken and avo and some chardonnay – gourmet bachelor food, took a longer than usual flaneuring podcast walk to via Clifton to Camps Bay – Clifton 4 was cloudy and looked like a scene from a Monkey Island game, a drink in Camps Bay, watched Solo again with a g&t – good movie, time well spent.
• I took a walk today, with wireless headphones in my ears listening to mostly A-ha, and I did not even think to take my wallet, paid for a drink, then took an Uber back home while having a 2 hour facetime audio chat with Jacques – and the call transitioned happily from GSM to home wifi, like wow! – we are living in the future kids – while I’m writing this, I can tap my left ear twice to skip to the next song. Holy shit, this is the best time to be alive, so, maybe stay alive a bit longer kids? There are some Star Trek things coming, trust me.
• Urhm, it was Valentines day this week, and that’s rad, but I really can’t say I’m that positive on meeting humans. To add context I asked somebody on a walk this week, with lukewarm feedback… which in Sivers speak, is not ideal.
• Alexa, exploit a worker!
• Saturday, got up late, watched the rest of Solo, nap, tinkered a bit at La Vie, sunset walk, watched Papillon – good movie.

• “I know.” — Han Solo.

• Sunday, general tinkering and creative writing, photo and notes processing, gym, sunset podcast promenade walk.

Have a fun week, crazy kids.

Loadshedding, ouzo, clug…

• Week of 4 to 10 February.
• Monday, woke up in Helderstroom, packed up, a search for Paul, swim, very average coffee, drove back to Cape Town, stopped at Peregrine farm stall for the usual springbok pie, dumped some camping stuff in storage, caught up on some emails, nap, greek food and ouzo at Mykonos Taverna with Paul – always good.
• Tuesday, office, made a presentation deck, gave a CLUG talk about Open Networking at UCT, dinner at Woodstock Brewery with the CLUG people.
• CLUG – a blast from the past – 10 years ago, wow. 1999-2008ish.
• Wednesday, gym, swim, office, Ocean Basket, tea at the Protea Hotel in Sea Point, sunset podcast promenade walk, some creative writing.
• Thursday, configured a router, macOS and iOS upgrade day, office, data fixing day, interesting phone call, braai at home.
• Friday, woke up a tad hungover, spreadsheet making, Kloof st visit, fetched Mia, clothes shopping for Mia at the Waterfront, we watched Glass – not bad, Ocean Basket.
• What’s a mind worth if it can’t be changed?
• Saturday, breakfast with Mia, device upgrades and backups, gym, swim, Granger Bay market – for Mia’s usual olives fix and found some chia seeds, lunch at Lily’s with Mia – good chats, shopping, nap, dropped Mia off at a party at the Somerset West Country, worked a bit at W Cafe, fetched Mia again.
• Sunday, creative writing, convinced Mia to go find some lunch, Posticino, Mia wanted to go watch Bohemian Rhapsody – but there was loadshedding as we arrived at the movies, found a book for Mia at EBs, a beer at Den Anker – they have grenadine which Mia loves, tinkered a bit at home, sunset promenade walk, curry at 91.
• I was low on photos this week… because, like a fool, I imported them, then removed them all from my phone, and then realised the import did not happen. Thanks Apple.

Have a fun week, crazy kids.

This post is late…

• Week of 28 January to 3 February.
• Monday, woke up in Somerset West, hotel breakfast, school run, gym, office, Skype meeting, podcast walk, worked a bit at La Vie, sunset podcast promenade walk.
• How To Be Successful

• “Compound yourself. Compounding is magic. Look for it everywhere. Exponential curves are the key to wealth generation. A medium-sized business that grows 50% in value every year becomes huge in a very short amount of time. Few businesses in the world have true network effects and extreme scalability. But with technology, more and more will. It’s worth a lot of effort to find them and create them.”

• Tuesday, worked a bit at Bootleggers, walked to Strolla, I had two breakfast specials at Knead, office, dev meeting, more meetings, a drink and some creative writing at La Vie.

• “We spend our lives learning how to live.”

• Wednesday, up early, perfect morning weather, walked to gym, swim, sauna, office, Teraco meeting, some creative writing, lunchtime walk, Strolla, game steaks for dinner at Hussar.
• You should probably be in the business of automation.
• Thursday, Bootleggers, Knead breakfast special, office, worked at La Vie, worked a bit at a new bar around the corner, some creative writing.
• Friday, gym, swim, sauna, office, watched Mia’s swimming gala – which was a bit disappointing, chateaubriand early supper at Hussar with Mia, Gordons Bay Bikini Beach Books, dropped Mia off at her mom’s house, fetched camping gear – aB crate and five finger shoes, in bed early.
• About the gala: Mia showed up without goggles, lost her cap, came 5th in the medley race – a girl that’s a year younger beat her, then she was late for two of her races and they had to call her over the PA system – reminded me a bit of The Baumer’s tennis meltdown, I had to take a walk. At least she won the backstroke race.
• It’s not weak, to not know.
• Trying not to forget – mindful eating, and drinking.
• Saturday, meeting in Gardens, lunch with Paul, Leaving Las Vegas express stop at Ultra, road trip to Helderstroom with Paul, set up our tents around sunset.
• Sunday, Origin, time well spent.
• Tune of the week: I’ve Been Losing You – from the Norwegian band, A-ha, released in 1986 – which seems to be a song about a guy singing to a girlfriend he just shot.

Have a fun week, crazy kids.