Wednesday, December 18, 2019 →
With a 🤮ing kid in the house it’s time to step away for a quick afternoon Nespresso.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 →
Since I gave up my Lightroom subscription I’m looking for an iOS based photo editor with good presets. VSCO is good but it doesn’t interact directly with the photo library. Darkroom lets me edit in place but it’s editing doesn’t seem as impactful.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 →
The Economist: Boeing’s misplaced strategy on the 737 MAX
The number of idle, new MAXes piling up has grown to 400.
What a disaster of an idea this plane has turned out to be.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 →
With recent talk on micro.blog about trying to find international voices, I’ve added the Australian flag 🇦🇺 to my profile blurb. Maybe that will help.
Finished Firewatch last night. I’m besotted with Delilah. 🕹
Aussie micro bloggers make yourself known to @prologic ro be added to his dedicated page
Hi @davewoodx - awesome to find you on micro.blog. Thanks for your support via Twitter with TV Tune Up. I endorse your app for effective TV calibration.
After a couple of years of using Fiery Feeds, I bought the latest version of Reeder, which used to be my go to for RSS. It’s not nearly as full-featured but it’s nice.
Daring Fireball: Time’s 2019 Person of the Year: Greta Thunberg
Thunberg really riles up conservatives.
I was doorknocked by JWs yesterday. They slammed Thunberg, arguing Psalm 37 says we have been given Earth for all time. So apparently we can fuck it up without concern.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 →
My employer has reduced password age to 45 days - due to cybersecurity insurances policies. I contest that short password durations are worse for security. Better to have a long passphrase and be done with it.
Daring Fireball: The Information: ‘Apple’s Ad-Targeting Crackdown Shakes Up Ad Market’
“There’s no easy ability to ID a user.”
I’m a happy Safari user, falling back to Firefox if required. I avoid Chrome.
I connected my HomePod to my Apple TV. The audio quality for television shows is impressive.
Float, the Pixar short film on Disney+, tugs all the heartstrings.
It was a blast participating in the Micro Monday podcast. @macgenie was a great host who kept the conversation flowing.
Bluey is the greatest kids television show ever made. This article explores the production side of making an animated show.
The Mental Office
Sunday, December 1, 2019
I’ve been trawling through some old text files of mine. I came across a note from 2012 that I initially thought was my own, but now recognise it as the work of Shawn Blanc. Shawn’s post highlights issues relating to working from home. He references a podcast that I used to enjoy listening to — the Home Work podcast, hosted by Aaron Mahnke and Dave Caolo1 . I can’t find an active link for the podcast.
Politics
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Day 30 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available. You thought religion was a dangerous topic? No, I’ve left the really dangerous one until last. Today, let’s talk politics. My origin story I’ve been interested in politics since I was 12 or 13 years old. Perhaps influenced by my conservative parents, and having grown up in an Australia where for the length of my memory Labor had been in government, I felt Labor were taking it all for granted.
Microblogvember: Over the past 30 days I have been able to integrate the Microblogvember prompts from @macgenie into my daily blogging routine. These micro posts run in parallel with my longer Blogvember posts.
Religion
Friday, November 29, 2019
Day 29 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available. My life has always been connected to religion and it has played a formative role in my upbringing. Baptised Anglican, and the son of an Anglican minister, I remember sitting through interminably boring sermons and church services that seemed to go forever. I also remember visiting the church with my Mom and sitting on her lap and steering our car through the parking lot while she dealt with the pedals.
Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2019 SaaS Deals Harmonizely is 50% off your first payment. It’s a good WhenWorks alternative. @macgenie