Notes and links from Mon 6 July

Status: Mostly recovering and pottering today but did need to do some prep for the heatwave. I’d planned out how to hang the big silver shade over the front window with the minimum of effort (because effort is in scarce supply these days) and with Fiona’s help I got both screws into the brickwork with ease. Then we hung the sheet and I pulled it tight, only for it to tear where I’d put the eyelet in. Unfortunately, as it’s the skin of an indoor hydroponics tent, it’s not particularly tough material, so I’m going to have to try something else. I reckon I know what to do though. Will see if it works tomorrow. Big Read: TCJ interviews Evan Dorkin If you know Evan Dorkin this is a lot of fun, tracing his career from the very early days (there’s the first Milk and Cheese sketch on a napkin!) to the imminent publication of ‌Nerd Inferno, the 650 page doorstop collection of his life’s work. Should you bother clicking if you don’t know Evan Dorkin? Um, I dunno! If you think this is a work of…