Can confirm that my Intel iMac can launch 205 applications and keep on trucking.
Enjoyed watching a game of NBL1 tonight. My team didn’t win but a good outing nonetheless.
I’m at a pub listening to The Unmade Podcast, playing chess online against my brother, and solving a New York Times crossword. I’m a total rager.
Is this the greatest store/office in Perth? 
Speeding up Google Calendar .ics Subscription Refreshes
Thursday, August 26, 2021
My project of the moment preventing me from going to bed: configuring a Google Calendar script to work, such that it will force GCal to refresh its .ics subscriptions from Fastmail every 15 minutes, rather than the default 12-24 hours. All so then SkedPal can read GCal and have accurate and timely data from which to build my daily task schedule. Why can’t SkedPal simply support standard CalDAV?
Only Hemispheric Views offers One Prime Plus
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
I see that Macstories is introducing new levels of membership: TL;DR: Today, we’re announcing the all-new Club MacStories featuring two additional tiers: Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. That’s all well and good, but always remember that only Hemispheric Views offers One Prime Plus membership. Get yours today!
Glamorous work travel in regional Western Australia.
I’m two episodes into Mr. Corman on AppleTV+ and already it’s one of the most impactful, enjoyable shows I’ve seen.
It’s been an expensive weekend. I bought a new TV - LG OLED C1 - then discovered my current Yamaha 375 receiver was too old to drive it, so had to upgrade to a new Denon AVR-X550BT receiver. Fortunately, I’d been saving money for a long time in a YNAB category!
Camera Comparison
Friday, August 20, 2021
Today I pulled my old cameras out from storage. This was prompted by my trial of Glass, and the reminder that my Flickr account still exists. I haven’t had much time to do anything with them, except charge the battery and try to reset them back to a state where they were taking jpegs and letting the camera intelligence do the work. In a sign of how long they’ve been sitting around for, every camera needed its clock reset.
I am proud to announce that NBL Pocket Podcast finally has its own home on the web. 🎙 🌏 🏀
I’ve pulled out my old cameras to have a play. Going to pare things right back: shoot jpg not RAW, use P mode instead of A/S, and see how things turn out. Back to basics. 📷
My wife will be jumping off a building in November!
The WA Minister for Mines & Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services was kind enough to draw attention to this fact in Parliament today:
It’s all for a good cause though. Hannah is participating in the Central Park Plunge 2021 in support of Guide Dogs WA.
If you’d like to support the effort, this is Hannah’s fundraising page.
Gloomy and rainy.
Exploring Glass encouraged me to revisit Flickr. The latter is technically better (despite the bugs and UC mishmash) but people are active on Glass. If I could have only one, it would still be Flickr. Why can’t that site be more successful? 📷
Isn’t this the most Microsoft-y thing? Jargon, complexity, and obfuscation. Classic.
I finished watching Physical on AppleTV+. The first half of the series had me engaged and interested, the second half left me feeling undernourished and somewhat confused.
Tot, redux: iOS Edition
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
By way of follow-up to yesterday’s review of Tot, I can confirm I’ve bought the iOS version.
2005 doesn’t seem all that long ago. (A shared post from Glass.)
With thanks to @keithpound I’m in at Glass. My username is canion over there, too.