As ever, I look back on my time off over the holidays and curse myself for not doing more with the opportunity. Though I suppose I did get Redis Weekly off and running, and I created a Sinatra implementation of a [REDACTED] publication. As well as playing Trivial Pursuit with my family four thousand miles away. So that’s not too bad.

This weekend was supposed to be a relaxing weekend where I turned my attention onto some of the projects I want to spend the year working on. Instead, I spent all day Saturday using all the pans in our kitchen, as well as all the fancy stuff: Vitamix, sous-vide waterbath, chemical baths, and grits. As I got to spend the evening (and a lot of the early morning, it turned out!) with friends old and new that I haven’t seen for quite a while, I think I made the right decision to not do any work.

And who knew? I really can make yogurt boba. This will lead to even scarier desserts as the year progresses, you realise…