Ben Matthews

When Wordle becomes consonant Bingo: Wordle 234 5/6* ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 229 2/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 this won’t happen again for a while.

For my non-Aussie friends, our national indie radio station Triple j just released their ‘Hottest 100’ songs of 2021, which is like a blind, democratic version of Eurovision minus the international politics. 😉The Wiggles, an old Aussie children’s band, just took out the #1 spot.

Like Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, The Wiggles cover of Tame Impala’s “Elephant” shall henceforth be the definitive version, “Fruit Salad” mashup inclusive.

I’m glad they don’t also share how many minutes elapsed between guesses 3 and 4…

It’s a good thing there is only one of these a day. Wordle 205 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Will have to track this one down.

The consolations of working late this time of year. The #uqbloom festival is underway.

Just asked her. She thinks yes definitively, but between us, she’s not quite the archetype of her demographic (a quality that makes her father especially proud, I might add)

This is a still from my first ever professionally-recorded video lecture on human-centeredness in data analysis. And the early reviews are in! This from my 15yo daughter: “Don’t worry dad, when I’m on video I look like a vampire, too.”