Because I went out on the scooter here’s a photo of the park for September. The grass is back. Remarkable how quickly it recovered from drought.
Made it out to the hardware store on my wee scooter, the first time it’s been out for quite a while. (My goal is to go out weekly…) Managed to get there, ask a guy about plumbing tape, buy it and leave without any cognitive problems, so that’s a win. Did have to have a break in the park on the way back though.
Of course having got the thing I needed to finish the water harvesting complex I then had to finish the water harvesting complex, which I did. No more leaks! And Fi helped me move the two overflow butts back to the side of the rabbit run which I then connected to the main butt (pictured) and so from tonight we start collecting aqua. Fingers crossed it continues to not leak.
Along with the two butts hidden beside the run, this setup will hold about 650 litres of rain water ready for the next drought.
I’m going to miss writing about butts.
Since getting over the crash on Tuesday I’ve been feeling quite limited in my capacity. I can do little things for a few minutes and then I get the fatigue warnings. The battery is able to be charged but only just above empty. I seem to remember this happened last time — I need a good week to fully restore.
Today’s links
- The ‘gay mole’ who fought the BBC to show the first queer kiss on kids’ TV — Huh, I had no idea about this. Government-led homophobia in the 80s seems insane from today’s perspective. How quickly we forget how awful the past was, and how easy it would be to go back.
- The $50 water turbine (54:27) — This is an edit of a few process videos so I’d seen most of it before. How he makes an electricity generating device from drain-pipes and junk motors is fascinating. Whether this sort of thing is a viable solution to energy poverty I’m not qualified to say.
- UK disabled people could swap Pip cash for ‘in kind’ support in benefit overhaul — They asked actual disabled people who actually get the benefit, which is refreshing.
- Two part interview with Richard Bruning — He was design director at DC comics from the mid-80s and was involved in a bunch of things that defined comics for my generation, so this is interesting, if you’re my generation of comics nerd (post-Watchmen, pre-Vertigo).