What I did in May 2020

I created a Teletext page in Animal Crossing, as well as a more standard Teletext page version. (Teletext version: https://zxnet.co.uk/teletext/viewer/?c=3&p=356)

After 8 weeks, I finished Zombies 5K and ran 5K! After concluding I still didn't like running and stopping running for about a week, I then started doing Zombies, Run! Some days I run to Richmond and some days I run to Twickenham.

I went to virtual Maraoke three times and sung songs about video games.

I went to an Ingress First Saturday and recharged some portals and put up green Enlightened bunting around my flat and chatted to people on Zoom.

I went to virtual Ingress Enlightened London drinks.

I went to virtual craft sessions organised by jacquic and made an Animal Crossing gyroid cross-stitch necklace, a Space Invader hama bead hair clip, turned the twisted Lego brick that I 3D printed into a necklace, made some pop-up cards, cross-stitched an Animal Crossing leaf, and made a few collages. I also went to virtual housework sessions organised by jacquic.

I went to a London Retro Computing event and heard Steven Goodwin talk about The Very First Computer Program.

I started attending Sound Art classes again. This time Sound Art 3: Interactivity. I am learning how to use Max.

I connected a Makey-Makey up to Max and wrote a patch so that I could play a tune on a garlic press, colander and a saucepan.

I listened to some of the talks at Wiscon.

I watched demos at the Outline demo party.

I saw Daniel Kitson's The Interminable suicide of Gregory Church. I had forgotten I had seen it some years ago in Oxford, but it was still good.

I played quite a lot of Animal Crossing and visited some people's islands and had people come to visit.

I ate (vegan) black pudding for the first time.

I went for a few walks in nearby parks and amongst the cow parsley.

I stared at pictures of vending machines in Tokyo.

I used the Treetalk website to help me identify trees in the nearby streets and went on a few walks to spot the trees, such as the golden rain tree, the tree of heaven, the Norway maple, and the purple cherry plum.