Our pal @rknightuk has knocked this one out of the park. We talked albums on Hemispheric Views E110. Now Robb has built a replica-iTunes to catalogue responses from listeners. It’s incredible.
I’ve been in Epic Games account v Microsoft Xbox account hell for the past hour.
I’ve completed the first Chapter of the Johnny Decimal Workshop. This is a pre-recorded video training course that has excellent production values. If you want to get organised, I highly recommend it.
In my happy place commentating NBL1 basketball. 🏀
A brick wall.
All of Us Strangers, 2023 - ★★★
Poignant, sad, confusing. In equal measures.
Mornings of Reading are a Blessed Treasure
A good reading session will take me on a journey. Often the start will come as a surprise, and will take me on a voyage to an unknown destination. Along the way, my mind will be engaged, interested, and challenged. Today, I’ve had one of those mornings. Here is some of what I found, and some of the most captivating excerpts from them. I invite you to come with me on my reading adventure.
Late-Stage Capitalism & Housing Supply in Australia
Late-stage capitalism is destroying a basic human right - being able to live in a house - as housing affordability for renting and buying across Australia has been smashed in recent years. A report produced by Anglicare Australia highlights with cold hard facts something that is already clear in the community: Australian housing is unaffordable. I note a few quotes from ABC News’ story covering the release of the paper that highlight the challenge facing our nation.
I swear my Roomba stalks me. Whichever room I move to, sure enough, Roomba soon turns up.
Domain transfers from Hover to Porkbun are in progress.
Reviewing my Backups
I identified that my formerly robust system of data backups, particularly for photos, was no longer great. A combination of frugality and simplification had gone too far. Some time ago I deleted my Backblaze account. Recently I deleted my Flickr account. That left me only with iCloud Photos, which is a sync service and not a true backup. This doesn’t protect my old Lightroom .dng files, nor anything else that isn’t a photo.
Tonight I was lucky enough to commentate a triple-overtime game of NBL1 basketball between Perth Redbacks and Eastern Suns. 🏀
Rocking a new pair of shoes.
I finished Season 1 of 3 Body Problem and don’t want to have to wait for Season 2. Bring it on! 📺
Should I subscribe to Castro podcast player? I like the direction the new ownership seems to be going in.
Fun to be back behind the microphone calling NBL1 West basketball games for Perth Redbacks. 🏀 🎙️
Those who listen to @HemisphericViews will know that I’m a beach guy! Here I am repping the show and a wetsuit!
Spotify is so much better at surfacing interesting, not necessarily mainstream music. Apple Music works really hard to keep me near the Top Charts. 🎵
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, 2014 - ★★½
This feels closer to Star Wars than The Hunger Games. The plot to kill Catniss is possibly over convoluted?
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, 2013 - ★
Just get to the good bit already. Oh, there is no good bit.