I nuked and reinstalled my iMac successfully. Although the problem that motivated the reset remains. Clearly a bug in the software (Marked.app).
I’m about to erase my iMac and reinstall Monterey. @Burk made me do it.
I’ve watched the first two episodes of Dopesick and I’m into it. Looking forward to the chance to watch more.
I am so bored.
Gallipoli, 1981 - ★★★★
Classic Australian movie that makes me sad for the events that occurred.
Flat white alone at the ice skating rink. Parenting is getting easier.
Last chance to enter the omg.lol giveaway supported by @HemisphericViews @neatnik @Burk @martinfeld www.craft.do/s/iArBaUJ…
Super proud of the latest episode of @HemisphericViews. Rob from Fastmail was kind enough to join us to discuss ins and outs of the business of email. I also spend some time talking about the YNAB disaster. 🎙
Angel-A, 2005 - ★★★
An interesting approach to a redemption story. It kept me engaged but I didn’t enjoy the conclusion.
Anxiety has kicked my arse over the past 24 hours.
I love a business that has a tidy balance sheet.
A happy Sunday evening.
Home Sweet Home Alone, 2021 - ★
It is just… so… bad.
Lest we forget.
Okay, real talk Windows people. How do I create a second Explorer window? How do I stop Explorer save dialogues being so tiny and defaulting to some weird location? And how the hell do you do anything without Quick Look? How do you Windows people live?
Corridor of Doom. Inspired to take a photo as a result of the @hemisphericviews newsletter article written by @burk
Isolated the source of the fridge noise. A wearing fan. I’ve unleashed a vacuum cleaner and compressed air. Still noisy. I bet they charge a fortune for a new $5 fan.
We have an expensive fridge that is only a few years old. It has become really noisy and is driving me crazy. I’ve already had a tech come and check it, and changed a fan. That sort of worked for a while. Now I want to throw the stupid thing on the street.
Too cold to swim. Not too cold to dip the feet.
Nostalgic November
This post originally appeared on the Hemispheric Views blog for the month of Nostalgic November. You can also read the accompanying posts by Martin Feld and Jason Burk.
I was in Year 5 at a new school. I didn’t know anybody. My previous school didn’t have a formal uniform and I’d worn velcro shoes everyday. Now at this new school I had to wear leather lace-ups, and I didn’t know how to tie laces.
Fair to say, I was nervous and apprehensive.
Until I discovered Stratego. Our Year 5 classroom had a bunch of games, but Stratego was epic. I made a good friend playing Stratego. I found my place. I loved the game. Before classes started in the morning, we’d play Stratego. During rainy lunchtimes when outside play was impossible, we’d play Stratego. The winner kept the board, the loser had to shuffle back to the end of the queue of players wanting a turn.
Stratego helped me assimilate into the school and become safe and secure.
In the early 2000’s I found a rudimentary online version of Stratego but it didn’t have the same experience as using a real board and pieces.
Fast-forward to now. A few months ago we were on holiday in Albany, Western Australia and we were exploring a toy store in town. On their shelves were boxes of Stratego.
I looked at the games. I looked at my 10 year old son. I looked back at the games and grabbed a box. Was I buying this game for me, him, or both of us? I like to think the latter, but it was probably the former.
Now, here we are. Nostalgia has delivered an experience in the present.
