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Weeknotes w/c 28 June

I'm not gonna lie, this week has been tough. But I'm not going to focus on the people and the things that made me blue, but on a few tidbits that inspired me and cheered me up between the bad bits. Firstly my brilliant friend Ben Yeoh has a podcast where he chats to a whole range of interesting people. Some madden me with their worldview, but as Ben says, you've got to listen to all kinds of voices; but some provide insight and entertainment and I certainly found that in his podcast with C Thi Nguyen about games, philosophy and food. Lots of insights into what makes a game, and what happens when we intentionally/unintentionally gamify things. I won't spoil it too much, just have a listen. Secondly, I made a really good dinner on Monday night that went down brilliantly with all the family. I hadn't made a coconut based curry for ages, and it came about by accident as I was feeling pretty uninspired and tired, but it turned into almost a Thai red curry of sorts, wit...