It’s #Bandcampfriday again! Lots of great music to choose from, but if you search for some inspiration, here’s my own self plug: mario-torre.bandcamp.com/album/storie... also available on limited edition #vinyl
Mixed garden flowers in a vase, watercolour (mostly carnations I think)
Mixed garden flowers, watercolour sketch (some foxgloves on the right)
Sketch in watercolour of mixed garden flowers
Sketch of carnations in watercolour
Some watercolour flower sketches in a 16"X12" 300gsm pad quickly done from garden flowers in the last 2-3 years. More to come this year I hope.
#watercolour #flowers
Jacob’s Ladder is a bee magnet and attracts many beneficial insects. #herbChat www.backyardecology.net/jacobs-ladder/
With apologies to Rob and Alan, for today's #BirdOfTheDay, I’m going to go against theme and post a beautiful Scarlet Macaw I was fortunate enough to see in Costa Rica a couple of days ago.
#birds 🪶 #BirdPhotography #photography #EastCoastKin
Most probably, I did reading most of his papers and watching nearly every interview he’s given. Even so, I couldn't put this book down during my entire three-hour trip. I truly hope read his autobiography(I hope he decides and writes) one day.
An oil on board showing a degree day at the Cambridge Senate House showing the famous cast iron railings and Constables in top hats and tail coats. It was hung rather badly at a Cambridge Drawing Soc exhibiition and didn't find a buyer so it is still in store. As I type this I haven't got a note of it's size but it is probably 24" X 32" ish and framed
This painting of mine from 2017 shows graduation day at the #Cambridge Senate House. It's an oil on gessoed board and was shown at a Cambridge Drawing Soc exhibition. Still have it. Perhaps bsky.app/profile/cam.... would like it? It would look quite good in one of the rooms in the Old Schools
the piegon and I accepted all cookies ☺️
#java
#fosdem
Flower oil painting on board with some fruit on a round metal table
Here's a fairly large and riotous flower oil painting on board that found a buyer. I think I only posted a photo of this in progress a month or so ago but not the finished painting. I won't attempt to name all the flowers but they're from my garden.
#oilpainting #flowers #botanical
Like so many of us I am thinking of John Lennon today. Here is a beautifully designed tribute I saw one year at Strawberry Fields. 😢💔
It's worth remembering that without the vision and leadership of billionaires we wouldn't have life-changing technology like the metaverse.
If I had that sort of money I'd probably have wasted it on world hunger or something.
JDK 26 has been branched from the main line and is now in Rampdown Phase One: mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jd...
openjdk.org/projects/jdk/26/
#JDK26 #OpenJDK #Java
summary of day
3⭐️ himmm hommm 🥲
Cartoon cats and science machinery painted on a window.
Cartoon cats and science machinery painted on a window of a comic shop. The text reads 'Physics for Cats: Science cartoons by Tom Gauld"
I went to Gosh comics today and painted the window. Just in time for the release and launch party for Physics For Cats. Come along and get a book signed tomorrow (Thursday) 7-9pm!
pic 1. In progress (from inside)
pic 2. The complete window, just waiting for the books.
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
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terrific is not terrific word is terrific: the most recursive word ever 🙃
I'm meant to be editing a novel, so instead I've written a text to speech system.
github.com/hcoles/voices
#java #procrastination
🪭saturday 🪭
Mutation Testing in Quarkus: Go Beyond Code Coverage
Learn how to expose weak tests, strengthen your assertions, and build enterprise-grade confidence with PIT in Java applications.
www.the-main-thread.com/p/mutation-t...
The new charade with Israeli “influencers” in Gaza is just disgusting. I’d like to ask these “influencers” how do they see themselves when looking in the mirror. Shame on you.
saturday
