Nov14

An evening at the Great Sugar Loaf

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An evening at the Great Sugar Loaf

Wednesday, 19-August-2026


Days blend into one blur, as we wait for projects to complete and for people to reply.

We battle this ennui with novelty – stepping out of our standard routine with little breaks, small variances that help us track time, and appreciate the little things in life. A theme to this blog, recently, I’ve noticed.

Wednesdays are usually busy, and tired… but today, we rented a car and drove South. We drove South, out of Dublin and toward the Wicklow Mountains. We packed some blankets, chairs, a camp stove, and some cocoa.

We set up shop at the Southern trailhead of the mountain, curled up, and appreciated the sunset 45min drive south of the city.

Nov13

A 3D printed knight

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Autumn, 2026

I’ve had my 3D printer for a while now, but even so I’m still learning new tricks and uses for it.

Recently, I assembled and painted a new knight, from Warhammer 40k – it was fun, it was beautiful, and I’m solidly proud of how it came out. Games Workshop does an excellent job with their mold design, and the artistry is (in my experience) nearly peerless.

I was curious, though… what alternatives are there? Injection molding gives really solid detail resolution, but could a simple entry-level printer get the same? I doubted it… but it was worth testing.

So I did.

I found a CAD file for one of the smaller knights, and got it on the printer – a few parts failed, but all were recoverable to some extent. The worst, I turned into battle-damage.

I was impressed, to say the least. I’ll let you decide just how impressed we all should be.

Nov12

A visit to a restaurant – D’Olier St.

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A visit to a restaurant – D’Olier St.

Thursday, 13-August-2026

Andrea and I celebrate monthly anniversaries.

It’s a fun way to make sure we get date nights in – not that we technically need the reminder, but it’s still a fun little extra to the month. Something to look forward to, something to help keep us centered and connected and doing things.

Today was one year, ten months. Not a normal metric for a big celebration… but you know what? Life is a reason for a celebration, and we’d been wanting to visit a “traditionally fancy” restaurant here in Dublin for a while.

D’Olier is one of the starred restaurants in Dublin – One star, and a well-earned star from what we’ve heard. And they had an opening the evening of our month-iversary, which definitely helped streamline the decision process.


Now, let’s see… what can I say about D’Olier?

It was good, solidly good. The service was excellent, the food was interesting, and the presentation was strong. It was fun, and it was an experience – not really an Irish experience, per se, though we could absolutely see the Irish influence throughout.. candidly, both in the good, and in the “creative choices”.