This is an earlier version of my Now page. Read on if you want to see what I was up to on Sunday, 30 July 2023. If you want to see what I’m up to now, check out the current version.

The Now Page was invented by Derek Sivers in 2021. It’s a page on your website that tells people what you’re doing right now — what you’re working on, what you’re working towards, what you’re looking forward to, and what you’re enjoying.

If you want to know more about who I am and what I do generally, take a look at my About page.

Then

Published on Sunday, 30 July 2023.

I’ve been back at school for three weeks now, and my Form VI classes can already see the end in sight. Apart from that, it’s business as usual.

Life

This is the fourth version of my Now page, and here I am again, confessing to not doing enough physical activity as I should. Sure, there’s Zelda and podcast editing to do, and a full-time job to go to, but there must be a way to find time to go for a walk more regularly at least. Mustn’t there?

School

School continues with a few new classes, but the highlight right now is still teaching Form II using Lingua Latina per Se Illustrata.

Form VI is off doing their trial HSC examinations next week, and after that I’ll be deploying my Buddhist pilgrimage experiences earlier in the year as I take over the Studies of Religion class to teach the topic of, er, Buddhist Pilgrimage.

Podcasting

Flight Through Entirety has finished its coverage of Series 8. We start recording our coverage of Series 9 today.

Untitled Star Trek Project still gives me a reason to watch Star Trek regularly and to hang out and talk to Joe. Taking a week’s break this week, but we’ll be back next week with an episode of Enterprise Series 3, which is an area of the franchise we’ve not really looked at before.

I am doing a secret thing for a popular Doctor Who podcast today, which is fun. And remember, I’m always available to guest on your Doctor Who podcast, so call me.

Websites

I’m still working on my top-secret web project. Most of the bones of the site are done, so now it’s time to work on the design, which is the thing I find the most challenging. I think I know enough about CSS Grid now to make a proper start.

What I’m enjoying

I finished Tears of the Kingdom last month, and now I’m on a second run through trying to seek out things I didn’t get done the first time. I’m also using the soundtrack to keep me focused while I’m doing marking.
I was delighted by the early release of the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which was Those Old Scientists, a crossover between Strange New Worlds and the comedy cartoon series Star Trek: Lower Decks. These are just about my favourite Star Trek series, and the crossover was one of the best Star Trek episodes in decades.