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. 🎙

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?

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.

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.

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The Sad State of Mousing on macOS

This post was originally written in June 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. On 28 May, I posted to my micro.blog: My kingdom for a good mouse that works with macOS. Logitech MX Master 3 - garbage drivers cause lag all over the place. Razer Viper Ultimate - doesn’t work with macOS.

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