Week commencing Monday, 17 August 2026
Quantified Self
- This week: Stand 5/7; Exercise 4/7 and Move 5/7. (66%). Morning walks: 0/3. Office days: 2/5. Total steps: 49,517. 19 hours in meetings.
Life
- I have decided I need to be a bit more careful with what I eat, so I am back to weighing and measuring in an attempt to stop putting on weight and hopefully lose a little before my next holiday.
- Related, it lasted two days before I broke.
- The pottery was collected. We did a video call to reveal the pieces to everybody. They turned out better than expected.
- To the office on Wednesday, hello to our new analyst. Nice that she came to the bar for a drink afterwards.
- Unrelated, PY was ill, so we didn’t make the Thursday night thank you party.
- Hectic week at work; I am rather energised, which seems to have coincided with some others not being.
- They came to fix the manhole cover they discovered was broken when plumbers were last here. And found new problems.
- Drinks and dinner at Northcote Road on Saturday. I had no idea that it’s closed to traffic on summer weekends. It was really nice to get around, with lots of people at tables outside pubs and restaurants.
- I wrote a thing about our visit to Porto: hills, bridges, rivers, and, of course, port.
Media
- I went to the IMAX Wimbledon to see that god-tossed voyage on the biggest canvas cinema allows. I can’t decide about The Odyssey – I coped with the length, liked the cinematography and soundtrack, and am not sure about everything else.
- Episode 3 of Downie Live: Bangkok to Bali was another good travel journey. I need to watch the finale. I fancy an international train journey.