I’ve given up trying to make my home Eero network useful with wifi backhaul. Tonight I’ve run Ethernet around. It looks ugly. I need proper drops installed. But my internet is now maximising its performance capacity.
I used to buy Amiga Format every month. Loved this video retrospective of the magazine.
The Substance, 2024 - ★★★★
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Appreciate who you are. You’re beautiful. You got you to where you are.
Exciting to hear @hemisphericviews get a shoutout on the latest episode of Connected from Relay.
Trying out the new Micro Social app from @gregmorris
I read this comic. Other than Archie, Garfield, Mad and The Far Side I’ve never read comics! I kind of enjoyed it. Now I need issue #2 to find out what happens. 😱
I was thinking about the Amiga game Wings today. I loved that game. Loved it so much that I played it without an externally disk drive. If you know, you understand my level of commitment to the game. 🕹️
Apple Invites seems incredibly middle-aged. It also seems like a desperate attempt to find a use case for AI. The dagginess of this app is a long way from the days of edgy iPod silhouette ads.
Finished Masters of the Air. A wonderful treatment of the US Air Force story of WWII. Those men would hardly believe what has become of their nation more recently. 📺
Have installed a couple of Thermacells on the balcony. Let’s see how they do! Mozzies be gone. 🚫🦟
MOS for Smooth Mouse Scrolling on macOS
Saturday, February 1, 2025
MOS brings macOS' smooth scrolling to any mouse: The biggest (only?) issue with using a non-Apple mouse on macOS is losing that smooth scrolling, also known as kinetic scrolling. It might seem like a silly detail, but it’s such a nice feature that I really miss when it’s not there. A few years back, when I swapped out my MacBook’s trackpad for a cheap mouse, I found a solution in this quirky, free, open-source app called MOS.
Binge watched Behind Her Eyes. What a great show! 📺
This cold/flu whatever it is came out of nowhere. Sore throat yesterday, total blech this morning. Better not be COVID.
My mac mini server with Thunderbay drive array is back in a cupboard, as God intended servers to be located.
My Indieweb Friends are Fighting and I Don't Like It
Sunday, January 26, 2025
There has been a disturbance in the indie blog force this week. Typically, I stay out of online arguments. This is something I learned when I was a mere youngster toying around on BBSs and Usenet. Arguing didn’t amount to much. Even when you “win”, do you really? Trophies are yet to be presented. So when this week’s ruckus broke out, my standard rules applied. Stay out of it. Don’t pile on.
Nightbitch, 2024 - ★★½
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Strong start, faded in the third act.
You can continue to doomscroll the news reading US politics, or you can consider whether salad excites you. If you choose the latter, Hemispheric Views E129 is for you!
Pizza shop stools.
I hate anxiety, especially the work-induced kind. Neither my parents nor grandparents held senior positions across their working careers. It makes me consider how impacted they were by similar challenges. I wonder how I am managing to hold it all together and even why I continue trying to do so.
I’m not sure I will be able to deal with another 4 years of Trump news. Not my country, not my President, but I can’t help but think Australia will suffer at least some collateral damage. Get ready for the era of US oligarchs, featuring tech bros.