This weekend I spent most of the time “working” on my personal websites, and I’m very happy with the direction it’s headed. I write “working” in quotes because it never felt like it, Fable was like having a personal dev/designer to which I could give instructions and I went on with my usual weekend. It’s true that a part of yourself is attending the work Fable does, but when I put my full attention to a personal project during the weekend I feel I didn’t rest. Now I feel both well-rested and productive.

There are still many loose ends to tie, and a lot of slop clean-up to do, but I’m sure I’ll add these details in time.

During the weekend I went to the pool, to yoga, cleaned and cooked. I also corresponded a lot with my family after the flood, planning the next actions to protect the house from further floods. My mother informed me that the neighbors are in touch with the government institution in charge of course of the river and they have asked neighbors to provide evidence of the floods etc. You can tell with this attitude that it will take months if not years for the river to be dredged and widened for it to accommodate climate change era rainfall precipitation around this part of Mexico. I passed this satellite image to Claude and it said “no fucking wonder it’s flooding”:

I’ve been coming across mythological references to floods, and I particularly remember a thread on HN in which a commenter mentioned some possible sources for the biblical flood, and HN atheists piled on him for even entertaining the idea that our myths might have a historical origin. It is difficult to convey just how much a localized flood feels like a flooding of your world. In ancient times your world would encompass a couple of days journeys by foot. A considerable flood might cover all of your “known world” and thus the myth would be born.

Time to get to work.