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Sunday, October 25th, 2026

Imagining the sci-fi cabal meeting where Adrian Tchaikovsky and Ray Nayler divvied up their assignments:

“Okay, we can both do octopuses and crows, but let’s toss a coin for mammoths; loser has to do spiders.”

Friday, October 23rd, 2026

Chuala mé an nuacht brónach go raibh Dónal Lunny imithe ar slí na fírinne.

Laoch.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Reading Palaces Of The Crow by Ray Nayler.

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Wednesday, October 21st, 2026

A woman playing fiddle and a man playing button accordion at a pub table.

Wednesday session

Patched my PHP within minutes of the update being released; super-smooth with no problems.

Tuesday, October 20th, 2026

This year’s FFConf is shaping up to be genuinely unmissable.

So …um, you know …don’t miss it:

https://2026.ffconf.org/

I’ll see you there!

Sunday, October 18th, 2026

A perspective shot of the backs of people on a wooden walkway between scrubby dunes leading to a sandy beach under a clear blue sky.

I’ve had a nice week at Saint Augustine Beach.

Friday, October 16th, 2026

Reading The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon.

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Wednesday, October 14th, 2026

Reading The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler.

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Monday, October 12th, 2026

Myself and Jessica smiling in the Florida sunshine in front of the humongous block building painted with an enormous stars'n'stripes and a NASA meatball logo.

Back at the Vehicle Assembly Building …twenty years after I got to go inside it:

https://adactio.com/journal/1208

Saturday, October 10th, 2026

Going to Florida. brb

Wednesday, October 7th, 2026

A pub table surrounded by musicians: flute, harmonica, mandolin, and fiddles.

Wednesday session

Tuesday, October 6th, 2026

A man playing Greek bouzouki and a man plan playing tin whistle.

Tuesday session

Reading The Mountain In The Sea by Ray Nayler.

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Sunday, October 4th, 2026

A man playing button accordion and a woman playing fiddle at a pub table with a fiddle on it.

Sunday session

Thursday, October 1st, 2026

A man playing fiddle and a man playing low whistle on one side of a pub table. Four women playing fiddle on the other side of the pub table.

Thursday session

Wednesday, September 30th, 2026

A woman playing bódhran, a man playing banjo and a man with a fiddle.

Wednesday session

Thursday, September 24th, 2026

A bodhrán player between two fiddlers at a pub table with pints and a flute on it.

Thursday session

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026

A rib of beef, a bottle of wine, a bottle of vermouth, four tins of fish, tins of olives, and a tin of paprika, all arranged neatly on a wooden table.

Back from Spain with a good haul…

Monday, September 21st, 2026

A long table with musicians gathered all around it playing fiddle, banjo, pipes, and more.

Monday session in Madrid.

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