Out of my Comfort Zone

This year has been one of significant change. A big positive change I’ve experienced, but haven’t talked—or blogged—about is my new relationship. Lisa, my partner, is an impressive woman who has made her way in life with strength and conviction. Her life has had challenges and events that have shaped her, and those events could easily have destroyed her if not for her own strength of character. Through it all, Lisa has navigated a path that has ensured she is a bright, happy and joyful person.

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Amazon - and Prime Video Ads - in Australia

Jason Snell writes about the consideration given to Amazon Prime: Shocked—shocked!—to find that Amazon is putting ads in Prime Video – Six Colors: when my wife and I were auditing our streaming subscriptions the other week, Prime was one of the ones that will basically never get cut, because free two-day delivery saves us money in the long run. When Amazon Prime was a USA only thing, I lusted for it.

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I did an end of year review today. Interesting to look back on all that has happened over the course of 12 months. (tldr, a lot!)

Hello, this is Andrew talking into MurmurType, the recording app that records and then transcribes whatever I have to say. I could use this to write a blog post, I could use this to write an essay. The only problem is, I don’t think as well speaking extemporaneously as I do when I write.

Subscriptions 2023

th:nth-child(3) { width: 50%; } A few people are blogging about their current subscription software. Here I am, jumping on the train. I have a subscriptions grouping in YNAB so I’m referencing that to assist here. In writing this, I’m discovering that there are a few subscriptions without a YNAB category. I will have to fix that! Even with YNAB, some of the cost estimates are fuzzy because of currency exchange fluctuations.

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My long national nightmare of not being able to swipe to change Apple Watch faces is over. The setting can be changed in Settings > Clock > Swipe to Switch Watch Face. Now can we revert the button functionality, Apple?

My 2023 Mac Apps of the Year

Once again, I’m here to blog about my favourite Mac Apps for the year. See previously: 2022 2017 The Standard Criteria For my purposes, to be considered an App of the Year, the software needs to be something I used extensively, value and enjoy. I also must feel I would miss them if they suddenly went away. Of course, it also needs to be a Mac App. OmniFocus It’s almost to the point where this app needs to be put into the Hall of Fame, and removed from future consideration.

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