Another day of heat in Perth. Currently 38.5ºC. To truly experience it I’m sitting outside, under a patio with a fan. This is the fourth consecutive day over 100ºF. I feel sorry for our plants; by yesterday evening a number of them had burnt and dried out leaves. 🥵
Could somebody explain to me why the local council doesn’t offer an extra bin run after Christmas? We have an alternating weekly cycle for recycling and general rubbish. I think they should both be collected following Christmas. As it is I’m going to be backlogged for a month.
I tried to use the micro.blog markdown importer. I got a success message, but after about 10 minutes there is still no evidence of any of the posts on my micro.blog posts page. Is there something I missed? @help
Hottest Christmas Ever
Sunday, December 26, 2021
These last two days in Perth have broken records for heat. Both Christmas Day and Boxing Day were several degrees over 40ºC. I am immensely thankful that this year, for the first time in my home ownership history, we have a swimming pool. With weather like this, it’s a complete game changer. A benefit of the heat is that upon emerging from the pool, it takes only minutes to be completely dry from the hot air.
Added another 2 years of subscription for canion.omg.lol. Best value profile provider on the internet.
I’m contemplating migrating my Blot site to micro.blog - and having a single site to rule them all. Should I do it?
8-Bit Christmas, 2021 - ★½
Saturday, December 25, 2021
What a waste of an opportunity.
Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021 - ★★★½
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Watched on Friday December 24, 2021.
Merry Christmas! 🎄
Finished reading: Ball Boy by Paul Shirley 📚I’m afraid I didn’t love it.
Dealing with a kid that has autism can be trying. 😞
For Benji’s birthday we went to the cinema to see Spider-Man: No Way Home. The boy has been obsessed with Spidey for about the past four years so he was beyond excited. 🎥🍿🕸🎂
Benji was really feeling the Christmas spirit in this one. 😂
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 →
It was great to get out of the house today. I read some of my book, and had a FaceTime call with @burk.
My bike has been professionally serviced. Once again, I have no excuse not to ride.
While @maique is looking forward to a wet and windy Christmas, I’m looking at this:
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 →
A year ago today I received my MacBook Air M1. It doesn’t feel I’ve owned it for a year; it still seems brand new in my mind.
2021 Retrospective
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
For the end of 2020 I wrote a retrospective looking at the main events and happenings of the year, broken down by month. I figured it would fun to do the same thing again for 2021. I didn’t take copious notes over the course of the year, so I’m piecing this list together from calendar notes. Year Notes Throughout the year I worked on two podcasts, NBL Pocket Podcast and Hemispheric Views.
The King is Dead; Long Live the King
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Update: 14 December 2021: John, a kind reader of this blog emailed me to correct the record regarding the age of these apps. I imply below that Quicksilver predated Launchbar when in fact Launchbar is the oldest of the crop. In my usage, Quicksilver was the first King - it was my gateway drug to this application category. But Quicksilver was not the first. A few days ago I noticed that Launchbar was consuming excessive CPU cycles on my iMac.
Family Entertainment
Monday, December 13, 2021
This post was originally written in July 2021 for Hemispheric News; subscribe at the Patreon site One Prime Plus to receive this monthly newsletter and other benefits that are linked to the Hemispheric Views podcast. I am a father of two boys. One is 9 (almost 10!) and the other is 5 ½. I work in a fairly flexible capacity whereas my wife has a highly demanding job that has significant variability.