Climate Change Stripes for Perth, Western Australia
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Depressing; alarming. This is an emergency.
Today’s Advice: Don’t Get Old
Saturday, September 23, 2023
I know, the advice is meaningless because age is undefeated. The world turns, time moves ever forward, and we get old. If you can manage to avoid the process, though, I recommend you do. My latest ageing problem is a pulled back muscle that has entirely incapacitated me for one day, and three days later continues to prevent me from walking properly, putting on pants, or picking up things I have dropped.
Case Study: The Weekly Cost of an iPhone
Friday, September 22, 2023
Hemispheric Views - Blog - Case Study: The Weekly Cost of an iPhone: During the episode recording I referenced the spreadsheet as I was describing my decision to buy an iPhone 15 Pro. I rattled off some statistics, but Martin (appropriately) suggested I write a blog post that provides the necessary detail. Fun fact: the description of number series are not great content for an audio show. A blog post written by yours truly in support of a conversation had on Hemispheric Views Episode 094.
Thursday, September 21, 2023 →
I’m going to give Stage Manager another honest try on iPadOS 17, with “More Space” set as the display resolution.
Thursday, September 21, 2023 →
Currently reading: Transforming the Difficult Child by Howard Glasser 📚
Really Specific Stories: John Gruber
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
My friend and Hemispheric Views co-host Martin Feld was able to interview John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame for his podcast project, Really Specific Stories. It’s incredible the line-up of guests Martin has been able to assemble for this podcast series. Let’s fireball the feed!
Dr Drang's Shell Script for Blank Calendars
Monday, September 18, 2023
A shell script for blank calendars - All this: I wanted a script to help me print out blank monthly calendars. Oh Dr. Drang, where have you and this script been my whole life? The steps I have gone to to get blank calendars in the past. Now I can simply run your script. Thank you!
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 2004 - ★★
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Some nice moments but this film felt like it ran for 4 hours.
Saturday, September 16, 2023 →
Love this end frame quote from Young Sheldon. If this doesn’t describe Trump I’m not sure what does.
Saturday, September 16, 2023 →
My Dad joke for today:
Q: What do you call an extra vegetable?
A: A-spare-agus.
🥁
I’m here all week, folks!
Saturday, September 16, 2023 →
I preordered an IPhone! This will be the first time I’ve had a Pro designation. My history as best I can remember it is: 3G, 5, 5S, 8, XR, SE, SE2, 13 mini. Soon to be 15 Pro.
Thursday, September 14, 2023 →
Today at work I casually sketched out a swimlane diagram as I listened to a colleague describe a process. Can’t decide if I was a good management consultant for so many years, or I’m just a nerd now.
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 →
The Apple event was most underwhelming, even with low expectations. Evidence perhaps the iPhone in current form has reached its zenith. While I’m tired of having a too small for me 13 mini, it’s hard to justify the expense (and the environmental impact) of an upgrade.
Heading into another Apple event, and I’m not that jazzed about this one. It’s hard to be too excited when the most impactful development is likely to be USB-C. However, I am still looking forward to moving beyond my too small for my big hands iPhone 13 mini. Great in my pocket; not great in my hand.
I’ve cancelled my Backblaze account. Photos continue to be backed up across iCloud and Flickr. Everything else? 🤷♂️
I’m enjoying Kagi a lot. Am I seriously going to pay for a search engine? I’m not a normal internet user.
The Challenge of Podcast Discovery
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
This article was originally written for the October 2022 edition of Hemispheric News, delivered as part of the Hemispheric Views podcast member bonus program, One Prime Plus. A couple of weeks ago I inserted a thread into the Mac Power Users Forum. Part honest question, part hopeful Trojan Horse that might lead people to discover Hemispheric Views. The topic of the thread was around how people discover new, independent podcasts.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, 2023 - ★★★★
Saturday, September 2, 2023
Just love the animation style. So impressive.
I love international basketball. I like that every couple of years I see the Head Coaches of each nation, and I remember them only from the previous tournament. Somw coaches I love, others I hate. All based on tournament impressions. 🏀
“Frugality, quite simply, is about choosing the things you love enough to spend extravagantly on—and then cutting costs mercilessly on the things you don’t love.”
— Ramit Sethi
