Matthew Kennard
@mken.bsky.social
Software developer. Books, classical music, politics.
Mapominoes, the English county variant, was played this evening with the children, my wife being at choir. A game I find difficult to remember the spelling of.
October 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Mapominoes, the English county variant, was played this evening with the children, my wife being at choir. A game I find difficult to remember the spelling of.
I'm not sure these coasters actually contain any music.
October 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I'm not sure these coasters actually contain any music.
Check out my Rogue Words Daily Challenge score!
October 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Check out my Rogue Words Daily Challenge score!
I spotted this like guy bravely growing between the cracks in the pavement.
September 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I spotted this like guy bravely growing between the cracks in the pavement.
I came across a new-ish iOS app this morning called Postalgic. It's a static site generator with a nice friendly UI that runs on your iPhone. Push to GitHub pages, S3 for a way to have a free personal blog. Very cute! Open source and a one time payment app 🎉 https://github.com/amiantos/postalgic
June 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I came across a new-ish iOS app this morning called Postalgic. It's a static site generator with a nice friendly UI that runs on your iPhone. Push to GitHub pages, S3 for a way to have a free personal blog. Very cute! Open source and a one time payment app 🎉 https://github.com/amiantos/postalgic
It's Father's Day so I picked playing the #BoardGame Ticket to Ride Europe. My son has the game as a present for his birthday a couple of weeks ago, and we hadn't played it yet. Lots of fun, despite me getting confused how the destination cards worked!
June 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's Father's Day so I picked playing the #BoardGame Ticket to Ride Europe. My son has the game as a present for his birthday a couple of weeks ago, and we hadn't played it yet. Lots of fun, despite me getting confused how the destination cards worked!
My son got a number of fun looking board games for his birthday. I'm looking forward to playing these with him at the weekend.
June 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My son got a number of fun looking board games for his birthday. I'm looking forward to playing these with him at the weekend.
It's time to try out my new bike. I've not ridden in 30 years, but want to go on bike rides with my daughter. I chose a folding bike as the shed is very full! First ride went well and my daughter was very excited when we went out together 🤩🚲
May 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It's time to try out my new bike. I've not ridden in 30 years, but want to go on bike rides with my daughter. I chose a folding bike as the shed is very full! First ride went well and my daughter was very excited when we went out together 🤩🚲
I don't go into Birmingham City centre very often. There's always some new big project in-progress to marvel at. Here I'm looking over at the construction of the terminus for HS2 and how it will link into the tram network.
May 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I don't go into Birmingham City centre very often. There's always some new big project in-progress to marvel at. Here I'm looking over at the construction of the terminus for HS2 and how it will link into the tram network.
I'm enjoying having a play with Journelly + Raycast, a new journaling app which writes to an Org file. (Raycast script) https://home.omg.lol/address/mken/pastebin/raycast-journelly-script (Emacs Lisp) https://home.omg.lol/address/mken/pastebin/add-to-journelly-file-emacs-lisp-for-use-with-raycast
May 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I'm enjoying having a play with Journelly + Raycast, a new journaling app which writes to an Org file. (Raycast script) https://home.omg.lol/address/mken/pastebin/raycast-journelly-script (Emacs Lisp) https://home.omg.lol/address/mken/pastebin/add-to-journelly-file-emacs-lisp-for-use-with-raycast
My daughter had a bike for her birthday earlier this week. She's doing really well learning to ride. I was a little nervous as I didn't do too well teaching her brother a few years ago - but she's coming along fantastically! I might need to get myself a bike... I've not ridden for about 30 years 😬
April 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
My daughter had a bike for her birthday earlier this week. She's doing really well learning to ride. I was a little nervous as I didn't do too well teaching her brother a few years ago - but she's coming along fantastically! I might need to get myself a bike... I've not ridden for about 30 years 😬
For the past few years our local park has been removing equipment and not replacing it. My kids were so excited yesterday so m to see the return of the tyre, after an absence of over three years!
April 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
For the past few years our local park has been removing equipment and not replacing it. My kids were so excited yesterday so m to see the return of the tyre, after an absence of over three years!
Note to self: don't order cake toppers with delivered shopping order.
April 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Note to self: don't order cake toppers with delivered shopping order.
The Oric-1 beats the Amstrad CPC6128 by two years. Having some home computer Top Trumps-esque fun with my son.
April 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Oric-1 beats the Amstrad CPC6128 by two years. Having some home computer Top Trumps-esque fun with my son.
I think this swan is a little lost. Not sure I've ever seen a swan this far from the boating lake in the nearby park.
April 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I think this swan is a little lost. Not sure I've ever seen a swan this far from the boating lake in the nearby park.
I tried leaving Oreo outside on his own for a few minutes. As soon as he spotted I'd snuck in this was the result. I think it's going to be a mainly indoor #Caturday.
April 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I tried leaving Oreo outside on his own for a few minutes. As soon as he spotted I'd snuck in this was the result. I think it's going to be a mainly indoor #Caturday.
Oreo is very cautiously exploring the garden. He's been let outside for a short while before dinner for a couple of weeks now, and is deciding to fully explore this bush before going any further. Maybe in another week or two he'll eventually discover the grass (we've not got a very big garden!)
April 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Oreo is very cautiously exploring the garden. He's been let outside for a short while before dinner for a couple of weeks now, and is deciding to fully explore this bush before going any further. Maybe in another week or two he'll eventually discover the grass (we've not got a very big garden!)
Walks in the nearby woods reveal occasional whimsy.
April 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Walks in the nearby woods reveal occasional whimsy.
Oreo's discovered, and is in the process of resolving, our stubborn carpet moths.
March 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Oreo's discovered, and is in the process of resolving, our stubborn carpet moths.
I've resurrected my 2012 MacBook Pro. Linux Mint is installed, and very snappy! It's the last MacBook Pro you could upgrade the memory and storage in. The plan is for the kids to use it, as my wife will be needing the laptop they usually use for a new business she's starting.
March 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I've resurrected my 2012 MacBook Pro. Linux Mint is installed, and very snappy! It's the last MacBook Pro you could upgrade the memory and storage in. The plan is for the kids to use it, as my wife will be needing the laptop they usually use for a new business she's starting.
Bird - not sure what it is...
March 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Bird - not sure what it is...
👋 I'm excited to present my latest indie app - PostJar! It’s an iOS app for intentional social media posting. Draft and cross-post to #Mastodon and #Bluesky. Create post "jars" linked to different accounts. Post to a Neocities page showcasing your content. Get the #TestFlight at https://postjar.app
March 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
👋 I'm excited to present my latest indie app - PostJar! It’s an iOS app for intentional social media posting. Draft and cross-post to #Mastodon and #Bluesky. Create post "jars" linked to different accounts. Post to a Neocities page showcasing your content. Get the #TestFlight at https://postjar.app
I'm nearly ready for a first public alpha release of my new app PostJar. Draft and cross-post to Mastodon, Bluesky, Neocities and omg.lol weblog. Check out https://postjar.app for some screenshots, and a soon to be enabled button to join the TestFlight.
March 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm nearly ready for a first public alpha release of my new app PostJar. Draft and cross-post to Mastodon, Bluesky, Neocities and omg.lol weblog. Check out https://postjar.app for some screenshots, and a soon to be enabled button to join the TestFlight.