Digital Wanderer

We live as long as we fly

Металлический концерт в поддержку Украины

Вчера был концерт в поддержку Украины. Настроение с утра было плохое, и я чуть не решил пропустить. Потом вспомнил, что у меня вечно так бывает. И что тусовка всегда в целом позитивная вещь, и идёт на пользу настроению. Пересилил себя, и отправился в путь. Думал пешочком, чтобы догнать свои цели по топтанию, но вода с неба лилась слишком уж заметно.

В принципе, с настроением так и оказалось. Сначала не совсем в тему поддерживал разговор в точке сборки нашей банды. Не выдержал искушения и сожрал не только два сырка Карумс, которые принёс с собой, но и кусочек местного торта. К сожалению, почему-то не довелось попробовать свежеиспечённого пасхального кулича, хотя он вроде бы был как раз готов.

Как говорится, в следующем году в Иерусалиме!

Встретил кучу знакомых, в частности Абдуллу из (печально) знаменитой когда-то группы Сфинктер, Ивана и других.

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Scotland — 20, day eight

Yes, quite a few hours have passed. But I finally made it to the blog. Once again. I'm always running experiments. Apparently, experiments are more important to me than the result. This time I'm writing from a phone. I even managed to set up photo insertion and an external keyboard, though it was a fair bit of a hassle. Still haven't sorted everything out: for instance, if you type fast, there's a problem in the Russian layout. The thing is, the comma is typed with Shift, and after it you have to put a space. You don't always manage to let go of Shift, and in Android Shift + Space doesn't put a space. Android still has a long way to grow to become a fully-fledged workstation, frankly speaking.

On the other hand, it could be that spelling will change under the pressure of devices. While I was messing around, I discovered a bunch of unpleasant things about my new Google Pixel 4. It turned out it doesn't support the open standard for casting the screen to other devices — Miracast. This feature was axed in Android quite a while ago, in version 7 or thereabouts. In phones from other companies screen casting is usually present — they add it themselves.

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Scotland — 19, First Interlude

As I usually do, I ditched the blog for a couple of months, getting carried away with other things. Sometimes it was just that, but more often I simply didn't have the energy or mood, period.

A lot has happened over these months. I managed to finish the kitchen renovation. Buy curtains and mountains of tea. Read the book (web-serial) Unsong by the well-known blogger Alexander Scott. Ride a few hundred kilometers on my bike. Get another dose of serious problems and trouble. Such is life.

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Scotland — 18, Day Seven

Rybakov kept wondering how I write from memory. Looks like the free ride is over, and now it won't work out like that. A whole day, but I only have evening photos of us walking near Arthur's Seat.

On this day I wandered around lost. I went into Primark, an inexpensive clothing store that cleverly and promptly copies fashion trends and makes them accessible to the masses. I also dropped into outdoor gear shops, but decision paralysis got in the way. Am I even going to hike in the mountains? Do I need some fancy gear for this, or will I manage without? Is there any point in buying something if I'm losing weight anyway, and successfully at that moment?

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