Weeknotes #25-18

Here’s what happened during the week of April 28 to May 4, 2025.

I snapped this pic along the trail during our Wednesday run/walk.

Goings On

☔️ It has been raining like crazy around here lately—four days out of seven. So we’ve been watching a lot of television. (See below.)

We got lucky Wednesday with warm temps and sunny skies. So we went for a run in the evening with a group from my wife’s gym. It’s a small group of supportive folks who don’t mind that I “run” slower than some of the old ladies at the mall. But it was nice out and I got a little exercise.

Web Dev

I added dynamically generated OpenGraph images to my blog using the 11ty Screenshots service.

I updated the design of my ham radio blog to use the same basic layout and styles as this one.

Reading

The Communicator May/Jun 2025 from SARC ... this might be better than QST!

“I received some feedback today” by Adam Newbold

Watching

The Studio I gave it three episodes—that’s my minimum commitment—but this show is just too painful to watch. I quit.

Ben-Hur This adaptation does a really nice job of portraying the fundamental story of the two main characters, Judah and Messala. On the other hand, it does a very poor job of weaving in the story of Jesus. In fact, weaving is the wrong word entirely. It’s bolted on as an afterthought via short scenes near the beginning and at the end. You could cut the two sequences out and be left with a fine film.

Dear Edward This show started strong and kept on going strong right up until the final episode, when the wheels. Just. Fell. Off. So, I put this in the category of “the journey being better than the destination.”

Étoile Finished season one and I’m hooked. Is it great television? No. But it doesn’t need to be. It’s fun, it’s beautiful, it’s quirky, and it works for me. Sign me up for season two.

Hacks Season four seems to be on a slow roll, but I think that’s mainly because I can’t binge watch it the way I did seasons one through three. It doesn’t matter anyway because I’m invested in these characters now and I know there’ll be a worthy payoff by the last episode.

Suits LA (S1E10) Why am I still watching this? They must put subliminal signals in the audio track or something. It’s really not good.

Listening

Sunday Morning (Apple Music Chill)

Trump is Enjoying Himself (Radio Atlantic)

That’s it from ‘round here. See y’all next time.