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# A week spent outside
- URL: https://www.luisnatera.photo/a-week-spent-outside/
- Published: 2025-05-12T18:13:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-15T08:20:17.000Z
- Author: Luis Natera
- Tags: #buttondown, #Import 2025-08-13 11:31

**Short week.**

Last week came as a short work week as it started with the celebration of Liberation Day in The Netherlands. Monday was full of festivals around the country, and even a concert in the Amstel. Paired it with good weather, it was the perfect time to be outside.

![two men cooking on a grill](https://storage.ghost.io/c/19/ae/19ae7b7e-3267-4ec9-a3d4-d56fe8dd66fb/content/images/assets-buttondown-email/images/7f3e44c5-ed73-40ed-94af-61b99bf0ccab-w-960-amp-fit-max.jpg)

Jamaican BBQ. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2025

In the work front it was a normal week. Some coding, meetings, planning. The usual.

I also found time for my side projects. The side things that I tend to do. I wrote about the [ASCII flight game](https://buttondown.com/natera/archive/playing-with-ascii/?ref=luisnatera.photo) that I developed during the week. It definitely was one of the highlights. If you played it, let me know! I’ll love to hear about your experience.

![a computer screen showing a game](https://storage.ghost.io/c/19/ae/19ae7b7e-3267-4ec9-a3d4-d56fe8dd66fb/content/images/buttondown-attachments-s3-amazonaws-com/images/fb96e338-5df6-4719-92ff-123f02e9c5fd-w-960-amp-fit-max.gif)

[asciigames.sh](http://asciigames.sh/?ref=luisnatera.photo) Playing on the terminal

The weekend had a bit of everything, including: good food, good wine, walking outside, and a day trip to Leiden. We went to Leiden to support a couple of friends running the half marathon. It was great seeing them running and succeeding!

![a man giving a high five to a child](https://storage.ghost.io/c/19/ae/19ae7b7e-3267-4ec9-a3d4-d56fe8dd66fb/content/images/assets-buttondown-email/images/246406cf-5a29-4eae-b0dc-16598ac3d810-w-960-amp-fit-max.jpg)

A kid cheering up runners. Leiden, The Netherlands. 2025

I also took the opportunity to take some photos while we were in Leiden. It’s a beautiful city, to which I want to go back and explore more.

As you can see, it was a normal week. A week to enjoy life and spent time being outside. Hope you all had a great week too!

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## Weeknotes

- [Jochen’s Weeknotes 2025-05-05](https://wersdoerfer.de/blogs/ephes%5Fblog/weeknotes-2025-05-05/?ref=luisnatera.photo)

## Fediverse

- [If I hear one more person talk about “putting our brightest people toward solving climate change”, I will scream.](https://mastodon.social/@deivudesu/114464555133498141?ref=luisnatera.photo)
- [If you access corporate email on a personal device that can be unlocked with FaceID, you must change your face at least once every sixty days.](https://beige.party/@maxleibman/114456561841250512?ref=luisnatera.photo)

## Books

- [Careless people](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250391230/carelesspeople/?ref=luisnatera.photo). During the week I finished reading this book. Recommended for a behind the scenes look of Facebook. It is as terrible as you can imagine.