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Tuesday, June 9th, 2026

Going to Amsterdam. brb

Monday, June 8th, 2026

A concertina and a wine glass sit in a table. On their side a woman is playing concertina accompanied by a man on guitar.

Monday session

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026

Three fiddlers and a tin whistle player playing in a semi-circle at a pub table.

Tuesday session in London

Thursday, May 21st, 2026

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

Thursday session

Sunday, May 17th, 2026

A man playing fiddle while another fiddler listens.

Sunday session

Saturday, April 11th, 2026

The bots are swarming hard today, laying waste to the meadows of the open web. This is what powers vibe-coding.

The slop must flow.

Monday, March 30th, 2026

Two concertina players and a guitarist at a table in a pub corner.

Monday session

Friday, March 27th, 2026

A session with a bunch of musicians standing on their seats while they play.

It’s gettin’ wild in Tullamore tonight!

Thursday, March 19th, 2026

A man playing pipes next a woman playing fiddle in a pub.

Thursday session

Tuesday, March 17th, 2026

It’s weird how there’s a subgenre of time-dilation folklore in Japan and Ireland…

Urashima Tarō: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urashima_Tar%C5%8D

Oisín in Tir na nÓg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ois%C3%ADn

Sunday, March 8th, 2026

A man playing fiddle and a man playing uilleann pipes at a kitchen table.

Sunday morning kitchen session in B

Wednesday, March 4th, 2026

A man and woman playing fiddle in a pub corner.

Wednesday session

Monday, March 2nd, 2026

Reading A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Buy this book

Sunday, March 1st, 2026

Wednesday, February 18th, 2026

Looking forward to going to State Of The Browser in ten days.

I spoke at it eight years ago and I still like what I said then:

https://adactio.com/articles/14321

Thursday, February 12th, 2026

Reading Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood.

Buy this book

Wednesday, January 21st, 2026

Web Day Out × State Of The Browser

If you’re the kind of person who likes Web Day Out, you’re probably also the kind of person who likes State Of The Browser.

Web Day Out is all about what you can in web browsers right now, with an emphasis on immediately practical techniques and technologies. State Of The Browser is similar, but with room for fun demos that push the boundaries.

State Of The Browser is on Saturday, 28 February.

Web Day Out is on Thursday, 12 March.

It would be a shame if you had to choose between these two excellent events.

Well, you don’t have to!

If you buy a ticket for Web Day Out you can get a whopping 50% off the ticket price for State Of The Browser. Or if you can’t make it in person, your Web Day Out ticket gets you a free online ticket!

You might be thinking, “Well, much as I’d love to go to both events, I don’t think I can convince my boss to give me two conference days.” Worry ye not! State Of The Browser is on a Saturday, so unless you’re working an extremely extended work week, you still only need to take one day away from your desk to go to two events.

So don’t delay: get your ticket for Web Day Out. Then you’ll get an email with details on how to get your 50% discount for State Of The Browser (or your free online ticket, whichever you prefer).

But wait! What if you already bought a ticket for State Of The Browser? Check your email. You’ve been sent a very, very generous discount code for Web Day Out to thank you for getting your ticket nice and early.

I’ll see you at State Of The Browser in London …and then I’ll see you at Web Day Out in Brighton!

Tuesday, January 13th, 2026

There should be a German word for the slightly smug warm feeling you get from using an obscure HTML element like dfn in your most recent blog post, like wot I did.

Elementenrichtigkeitsgefühl

Wednesday, January 7th, 2026

A selfie in a row of musicians.

Sessioning

Tuesday, January 6th, 2026

A man playing tin whistle and a man playing fiddle.

Tuesday session