Views from the today's dog walk. Lots of water, sun and fresh air!
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Since Dec 2022 we have been running our own Mastodon & GoToSocial servers. What a breath of fresh air the Fediverse has been. We have made many hundreds of new friends from around the world, mostly related to our mountain, tech and nature interests.
Connect with me/us on the Fediverse at:
Views from the today's dog walk
I think Rita enjoys plunging through the morning dew on the grasses
Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) the next bright comet to pass earth. Good article about the comet and where/how to view it.
Ghostly almond trees, coming out of the morning mists
Panorama of the snow capped mountains of Spain's Sierra Nevada taken by https://chriswright.photography/. Shot from the Sierra Lujar to the south about half an hour before sunset.
Having a lot of fun this morning having a first look at . It's still at testing stage but you can try it at https://chat.openai.com/
As a lover of all related things, I find it an exciting glimpse into the future.
But is it going to be an ultimately good or bad thing? Plenty of food for thought as I continue to play around.
This morning I set up a basic website using my favorite SSG , together with Tailwind CSS and Alpine js.
Used https://css-tricks.com/eleventy-starter-with-tailwind-css-alpine-js/ as a guide. Whole thing from start to production build, including PostCSS optimisation took 30 minutes. Makes life very easy for us amateur developers. Recommended 😀
Github https://github.com/gregwolanski/eleventy-tailwindcss-alpinejs-starter
Arko being chased along the terrace by Rita on the morning dog walk 🤣
Looking down on the town of Lanjarón this morning, with the Venta El Buñuelo and main road below. Have a great weekend all my fellow Mastodoners
It's a beautiful day!
Impromptu flamenco in a local bar tonight. One of the reasons I love rural Spain
Me and Cerro Torre! The closest I ever came to this magnificent mountain, a sight that will live long in the memory. Of course, to get up there I'd need helicopter assist 😂
I run my own small, personal Mastodon instance and my federated timeline tab doesn't update very quick, certainly nowhere near as quick as when I had an account with a large instance. Is there a server step I have missed and failed to complete?
Rita and Arko wish all the a very happy, healthy and fun-filled New Year
Spain scraps value-added tax on staple foods in aid package
Spain on Tuesday announced a new series of measures including scrapping valued-added tax on staple food, such as bread and milk, and is extending rent and eviction controls to help ease the economic crisis.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the measures in an end-of-year speech. The government said it would also cut VAT on cooking oil and pasta from 10% to 5%.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. Tonight we shall be having a quiet New Years Eve, tucked up in front of the fire and TV, with this lovely bottle of wine 🍷
I'm not a wine snob, I buy my wine from El Campo, Mercadona, Carrefour etc like most others, but in the 1990's I became quite partial to Henschke wines. Based in the Barossa valley in south east Australia this vineyard consistently produces quality rich and fruity wines. Salud!
Yesterday we met a lovely couple from Indonesia and showed them round some hiking trails above Lanjarón. They obviously enjoyed their experience of the Alpujarra. Only afterwards did we realise that the diminutive, softly spoken, lady was a top media anchor for news in Indonesia, with 23 million Instagram followers! I have none by the way, as Facebook is the only Zuckerberg owned software I allow (occasionally) into my life 🤣🤣🤣
Been back in the UK to see the in-laws and family for Christmas. Cities aren't really my thing, but I did enjoy a visit to the spectacular Lichfield Cathedral
One of the best things about what I do is that I get to meet people from all walks (joke?) of life and show them where I live.