Introducing Irish-born son to a Full American Breakfast

Getting advice from 1573 ablut Hanging Out

Sharpen those Soft Skills #protip: https://insideview.ie/2025/12/29/sharpen-those-soft-skills-protip.html

I reintroduced myself to the Duchess of San Francisco (in the painting and down at the wharf). She clapped!

I haven't been camped on the 101 since last century.

Family Travel Rules with BA: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/27/family-travel-rules-with-ba.html

I will remember how to access the Quiet Zone the next time I transit Dublin Airport T2. #trip25

Sighting Loadsa UA Reg Numbers in Kerry: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/26/sighting-loadsa-ua-reg-numbers.html

@rothaiocht.bsky.social will we need brollies around the Bay Area this weekend? Amazing deluge in Socal.

Best Christmas Gift We Heard: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/26/best-christmas-gift-we-heard.html

Holiday Warmth and Christmas Chatter: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/25/holiday-warmth-and-christmas-chatter.html

Fractured Family at Christmas. Again.: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/25/fractured-family-at-christmas-again.html

Christmas Eve Sitting Room: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/24/christmas-eve-sitting-room.html It’s Christmas Eve in our Irish home and by looking at snaps I shot in our sitting room I realise we never stop renovating. We finished installing a new fireplace (the original one had a broken fire...

When Visual Data Tells the Story: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/23/when-visual-data-tells-the.html I never had long showers when I was young. Perhaps I should invoke a time restriction on my teens because when they’re showering for more than 15 minutes their electricity usage causes noticea...

60 Minutes CECOT Story: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/23/minutes-cecot-story.html

I use a Whoop Fitness Band and wonder if its assessment of my sleeping patterns truly correlates to aging. I feel refreshed after 5.6 hours of sleep. Whoop wants me to get 8 hours of good sleep. Doing that is challenging for me.

I remember my mother had no problem wiping dip sticks to check fluid levels. Because as a young girl, the family Model T had no gas gauge.

Reviewing my annual AI subscriptions because they're setting me back €995. I use all of them when training but now they've reduced my coffee breaks. That means more water for hydration when I cut caffeine.

I am driven by a love of infoporn.

During the past 10 years, Irish GDP has doubled. Irish household wealth includes €167 bn in cash deposits, €800 bn in housing values, and €500 bn in pensions. Debt in Ireland is below €157 bn. Numbers from Danny McCoy, IBEC.

I have two GenZs (one is an OTT 6-7 user) who validate many of Sinead Bovell's 2026 predictions so I dumped them into my Fabric to share: fabric.so/p/sinead-bov...

Big merger in the online learning space with Udemy and Coursera. Skills for the AI Era investor.coursera.com/news/news-de...

More defacement in America as Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Add to that massive red bar in 2025 the low international passenger count headed Stateside this holiday period. Small shops will be hurting.

Because I need a calendar and I like the feel of newsprint.

The Notion Srartup Stack is easy clever. It includes a Startup Content Hub to plan once and publish everywhere without chaos.

My job today is to clean out the fireplace. Thankful it isn’t raining.

More proof that "Drill, baby, drill" will cost hard-pressed Americans and will help Europeans on the road to less expensive heat. The marvellous prospect of cheap energy again for Europe and for Ireland. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6e867d2...

Compressing while Decompressing #RUNEUAI: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/19/compressing-while-decompressing-runeuai.html

Got the email from Claude and now looking at my MCP servers that talk to Claude to add this IP range to my firewall rules: 160.79.104.0/21

Raining outside so we are singing for snow. #clonmel

Good buzz around the city. #kilkenny

@rogeroverall.bsky.social Wondering if you would like to talk about a project that includes a new idea with Dutch and Norwegians using www.authenticstories.eu as a mash-up space

It is so remarkable to see that my wristband documents when I had the winter flu (days with no orange in the chart) #whoop

Telling a chatty American she missed the real Siege by 335 years and back then those caught inside didn't have coffee. #limerick

Holding a table for @markomahony.bsky.social #limerick

Sun rising over The Junction, my personal Limbo

I did not know that my use of the Calibri type font reveals my wokeness. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

Showing my love for H5P.com #DEC25: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/08/showing-my-love-for-hpcom.html

My three takeaways about AI in 2025: topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/08/m... TL;DR #runeuai claude.ai @educatefran h5p.com

Expect to see this billboard if it is still along I-80 near San Francisco on 28 Dec

Researchers say as many as 8 out of 10 people share intimate content. I'm reading the report to see if mix tapes reach the "intimate content" definition. arxiv.org/html/2403.04...

Hoy en "Como lo hacen?" Visitamos una fábrica de Punkis en china

I wrapped up work with a clever group of teens in May. Some of them want to recut this Vimeo as a BTS version, showing the aha moments they felt uncovering history. vimeo.com/1143764564?s...

Credit for Journaling: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/04/credit-for-journaling.html

I've a dozen posts stuck in draft mode on @ghost.org and figured December is the right time to liberate them, starting with www.topgold.ie/reviewing-wo...

If you buy and read hard cover books you should read the whole thread.

Back Where I Logged My First Flying Hours: https://topgold.micro.blog/2025/12/03/back-where-i-logged-my.html

Nice moon rising to welcome rain in Tipp tomorrow. Our trees grow at a slant related to the prevailing wind.

My Whoopband confirms I had a cold on Thanksgiving.