I can confirm that getting a Day One journal printed is totally worth it. This first test only gets me until 2015. I am definitely ordering Volume 2.
It’s so much fun recording NBL Pocket Podcast. 🏀🎙
Hemispheric Views Interviews His Excellency The Honourable Kim Beazley AC
Episode 48 of Hemispheric Views features an interview with the Governor of Western Australia, Kim Beazley. Previously a Federal Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Australian Ambassador to the USA, among other distinguished roles, Kim has now really hit the big time as a guest on the best tech and culture podcast on the Internet, @HemisphericViews! 🎙
My son came home from his first day of Year 1 yesterday complaining that it was ‘too babyish’.
This reminds me of myself. I came home after day one of Year 1 angry because they hadn’t taught me how to read and write, and instead made us do silly things such as colouring in.
12 hours after I unsubscribe from my discount-rate NYTimes games subscription they announce they’ve bought Wordle. To resubscribe at the normal rate will double my cost. 🤦🏼♂️
I’m proud to share that @HemisphericViews podcast is no longer on Spotify because we can’t condone the willing spread of misinformation.
I’m enjoying playing Chess.com with @mjdescy - a tough opponent! ♟
Hemispheric Views Episode 047 appeared like clockwork. One might say, too much like clockwork… as if we were all living in The Matrix?
If you have kids, a great podcast for them is Like You. I’ve been a Patreon supporter since they launched, and Noah Glenn does a wonderful job as host.
Benjamin Canion in Conversation with Jason Burk
This wide ranging discussion between my son, Benjamin and Jason Burk ranges across a diversity of topics. The conversation touches on the Loch Ness Monster, Scooby Doo, questions as to the intelligence of Hemispheric Views co-host Martin Feld, and ends with a great joke.
The Hemispheric Views logo on the Core Intution website. I love it. Proud to be the sponsor of Episode 498.
I was in one of the old buildings of University of WA today, and came across this beauty of a machine. Dymo Lyfe, @martinfeld
Crypto Consumes Ridiculous Amounts of Energy
As of this writing, a single transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain eats up the same amount of energy as the average US household in a 77.8-day, or roughly two and a half month, period. Ethereum, though nowhere near as large, still eats up the same amount of energy that a US household does in eight days.
I knew crypto was bad for the environment and used a lot of energy, but look at the scale of consumption. It’s insane. Especially when you add the fact that so much of this is mined in locations where coal is the energy source of the electricity.
Centralised currency is fine - unless you’re a grifter or a criminal.
I had to move furniture today. The temperature was hovering somewhere between 42°C and 47°C. It was not ideal.
Things are Fun!
Sometimes as a Dad you’ve got to forget everything else, and just enjoy some quality time with your kid. They’re only young once.
Firstly we went to get a cup of coffee, then travelled a long time looking for a car wash. Car washes are fun!
Then onto Fremantle where we saw some container ships being unloaded. Big ships are fun!
Then, we went to a the harbour entrance to watch some recreational boats enter and exit the harbour (and talk to a seagull). Boats are fun!
Apparently the #10YearChallenge is a thing. Here’s mine. 10 years ago I was already an Apple nerd - but a skinnier one with less grey hair.
Rodman: For Better or Worse, 2019 - ★★★★
Is the story and life of Dennis Rodman a tragedy or a comedy?
Watching this film gives me the impression that Dennis himself doesn’t know. I tend towards the former.
The Matrix Resurrections, 2021 - ★★★½
Everything is a loop and we are all sheeple.
Rebooted in a way that reminded me of Star Wars VII, but probably better?
So why do I feel empty at the end, and feel the fan service were the best bits?
The Matrix Revolutions, 2003 - ★★½
Why didn’t they call this “The Matrix Battlebots”? I might have watched it sooner. A limp ending to the trilogy that should have stopped at the first movie.
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