Finished Loki Season 2 and loved it. I wish it had a longer season but then it might have overstayed its welcome? 📺
Look what arrived in Perth, Western Australia @rknightuk @prami@social.lol
This shortcut provides a quick and easy way to publish a quote from a Safari webpage (or in-app Safari web view), with or without a comment, to Micro.blog. Just select the text you want to quote, hit the share button in the toolbar, and run this shortcut. You’re given the option to add a comment and review the text before publishing.
I really like this Shortcut that Jarrod Blundy has created.
The RBA slugs the economy with another 0.25% interest rate rise. What a terrible decision. Monetary policy is a blunt instrument that smashes those who can least afford it, and benefits those who already have it.
Duel of the Defaults from @HemisphericViews is building community momentum. Thanks to @rknightuk for creating a collections site.
Duel of the Defaults: My List
Saturday, November 4, 2023
On Episode 097 of my podcast Hemispheric Views we held a Duel of the Defaults! competition. Jason and Martin fought head-to-head to see who used the most default apps on macOS. As I was the compere and judge of the competition, it wasn’t for me to speak of my choices during the show. For the sake of the record, and to follow some of our loyal listeners who have blogged their defaults, here is my list:
I’m having fun editing @HemisphericViews this week for E097. It’s a different and fun episode coming up!
Four months ago I took an opportunity for a career change. A move from consulting to managing two Centres of not-for-profit WA Police & Community Youth Centres. It’s been an opportunity to learn, grow and improve. What I love most is working for my staff. The people at Rockingham and Fremantle Centres are first-class. As their manager it’s my job to make their work days better. When employees are happy, customers win. Culture is king.
Tim Cook chasing more of that sweet services revenue. A 16% increase! Even though I don’t use Arcade & Fitness they still have me over a barrel.
I can hardly believe I’ve installed Obsidian again. It didn’t gel with me last time; let’s give it another go.
Totally Killer, 2023 - ★★★
Saturday, October 21, 2023
A fun movie that doesn’t take itself seriously and works as a result.
Champions, 2023 - ★★★½
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
A fun, heartwarming movie that is a good reminder that sport should be fun.
Fair Play, 2023 - ★
Monday, October 16, 2023
Molasses moves faster than the plot of this movie. Bad in so, so many ways.
Jarrod Blundy on Really Specific Stories
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
My friend Martin is a great interviewer on his podcast, Really Specific Stories. And thanks to Jarrod for mentioning Hemispheric Views! My Appearance on ‘Really Specific Stories’ - HeyDingus: That, along with this being my very first time on the speaking side of a podcast rather than the listening side, made me quite nervous, but it paradoxically felt both exhilarating and completely comfortable to just chat with an internet friend.
Object Linking & Embedding
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
This article was originally written for the November 2022 edition of Hemispheric News, delivered as part of the Hemispheric Views podcast member bonus program, One Prime Plus. Martin has set me a challenge as to what to write about this month. He told me I have to write something about old office technology; maybe an office app feature that I used to use, or something similar. Because I’m so old, I have many topics to potentially write about; but also because I’m old I have forgotten so many of them.
Thursday, September 28, 2023 →
Not sure if this is a compliment or a brickbat, but I think I prefer micro.blog as a Sonoma Safari app ahead of the native Mac app. Sorry @manton and @vincent
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 →
End of month YNAB life. 😅
Cannonball, 1976 - ★★
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
I really wanted to watch Cannonball Run! but I got this instead. The 1970s were a simpler time.
Reading Ross Gittins on Economics
Monday, September 25, 2023
I enjoy reading Ross Gittins' articles on economics. He is doing a great job of highlighting the many failures of the neoliberal dogma in Australia. ROSS GITTINS: What's kept us from full employment is a bad idea that won't die: Wages have risen in response to the higher cost of living, but have failed to rise by anything like the rise in prices. Why? Because, seemingly unnoticed by the econocrats, workers’ bargaining power against employers has declined hugely since the 1970s.
NextDNS or Pi-Hole?
Sunday, September 24, 2023
I’ve been using NextDNS for a few years to block ads. Previous to it I used Pi-Hole on a Raspberry Pi. With the terrible AUD-USD exchange rate, I’m contemplating a return to Pi-Hole, but this time via Docker running on a Mac mini. Does anybody have any experience with this setup? I don’t want to have to do a lot of fiddling around and regular maintenance.