{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Jef le Saltimbanque","provider_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/","author_name":"JJ ANEYOTA alias Jef le Saltimbanque","author_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/author\/lesaltimbanque\/","title":"Waiting, Eggs, and a New Banner - Jef le Saltimbanque","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Y4UkEp0R2K\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/2026\/06\/21\/waiting-eggs-and-a-new-banner\/\">Waiting, Eggs, and a New Banner<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/2026\/06\/21\/waiting-eggs-and-a-new-banner\/embed\/#?secret=Y4UkEp0R2K\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Waiting, Eggs, and a New Banner&#8221; &#8212; Jef le Saltimbanque\" data-secret=\"Y4UkEp0R2K\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-21-juin-2026-a-01_05_58-1024x437.png","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":437,"description":"21\/06\/2026 \u2013 Outskirts of Yaound\u00e9 So, I&#8217;ve now been waiting here for a few days. My parts should arrive on Wednesday, and I&#8217;m hopeful that the bike will be up and running again by Friday. At last, I should be able to get back on the road. In the meantime, I&#8217;m keeping myself busy as best I can. My mood is a bit like the weather here: slightly grey. But overall, I&#8217;m doing fine. Having access to a kitchen has allowed me to rediscover one of life&#8217;s simple pleasures: cooking proper fried eggs! In Africa, it&#8217;s actually quite difficult to get eggs\u2014whether fried or as an omelette\u2014that aren&#8217;t, let&#8217;s say, very well done. Yesterday, I even tried making soft-boiled eggs. They were just a few seconds short of perfection. So, for now&#8230; I wait. I&#8217;ve also taken the opportunity to redesign the banner on my website. The previous one was getting a little old (already 10 years!), and, more importantly, it had been created using a photo of me taken back in 2004. \ud83d\ude0a I made several attempts using AI. In the end, I decided to stay very close to the original design. It simply works better, especially when viewed [&hellip;]"}