Thursday, September 23, 2021
Facebook is a terrible company and I’ve felt much better about myself since deleting their products: notably Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. When ditching use of the apps, there is a withdrawal period of 5-8 days, then after that, it’s fine. Life goes on. Time is returned to your life. You miss nothing of import. I’m still waiting for my “Facebook friends” to check in and see how I’m doing and note they miss my absence…
Thursday, September 23, 2021
It seems there are an explosion of book tracking platforms all of a sudden, after years of it being a Goodreads monoculture. This is good, because competition. This is bad, because now I’m having to update my reading stats on a bunch of sites as I try to figure out which is the ‘good’ one. By my account, there is: Goodreads - nice because it automatically syncs with Kindle, but bad because the website is an early 2000’s horror show.
Currently reading: Thinking In Systems by Donella Meadows. This has been on my list for ages; time to get into it. 📚
Thursday, September 16, 2021 →
I’ve decided I’m going to upgrade my iPhone XR to an iPhone 13 mini. I like the idea of a small, pocketable phone. I am nervous about typing on it because I have larger than average thumbs.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
I’m a huge YNAB fan and a LaunchBar user. I often get jealous of Alfred users because the system of “workflows” in Alfred seems to have caught on better than LaunchBar’s “Actions”. Righting that wrong has appeared @ptujec on Github. He has a number of LaunchBar Actions, notably two built for YNAB. I found a bug in the script, raised an issue on Github and it’s already been fixed. Thanks!
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Some weeks ago I bought a wireless CarPlay adaptor for my new 2021 Toyota Camry. The Camry support CarPlay but only when connected with a lightning cable. My experience with it to date has been mostly positive, with some caveats. The largest issue I have is its “Chinese knock-off” software interface. I don’t quite know how they are making this whole thing work, and not having had CarPlay before I don’t know what earlier generations of the software were like.
Ready for his first Eucharist.
Saturday, September 11, 2021 →
Micro.camp joins the sticker party!
It’s that time - a new episode of @HemisphericViews has dropped. I practise my singing skills, @Burk enjoys a crunchy roll and @martinfeld kinda praises Microsoft… E037: Teamsception! listen.hemisphericviews.com/037
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 →
Trying out the Ink theme on micro.blog. Always good to change the look from time to time.
The future’s so bright, I’ve gotta wear shades.
Finished reading: Honeybee by Craig Silvey. An incredible coming-of-age story of a boy with all the odds stacked against him. Wonderful to read a book set in my home town, too. 📚
OneDrive now has a “personal vault”. A shot across the bows of 1Password. Do Microsoft do more Sherlocking than Apple these days?
I’ve bought my ticket to “A Voyage Through Time” couch concert by Voyager featuring my guy Alex Canion on bass. $20 - bargain! 🤘🏻 voyager.veeps.com
Saturday, September 4, 2021
It’s silly but it’s fun. Perfect Friday night movie with the kids.
This is very cool - @HemisphericViews getting a shout-out from DEVONtechnologies
Great to have @HemisphericViews listener @dsh1705 join @Microblog.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
This provides a stark reminder of how incredibly uncreative I (and probably most people) am. Through imagination, technology and the support of the Bezos delivery system, Burnham creates something quite amazing within a single room.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Watched on Wednesday September 1, 2021.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021 →
For the first time in 2 years I have a cold complete with aches, pains and a sore throat. Can we go back to isolation and social distancing so I don’t have to deal with these?