I took advantage of Apple’s Black Friday deals to buy a new Apple TV 4K. Then discovered I was only on the Netflix “HD” plan - not the “UHD” plan so had to give them more money. Meanwhile, Apple TV+ and Disney+ offer UHD by default for less than the basic Netflix plan! 📺
Microblogvember: 29 days into the challenge; 1 day to go. Fantastic!
Hope
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Day 28 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available. I hope my children have a good future. Challenges confront them large and small. Some of my immediate hopes include: they don’t fall in with the wrong crowd. they develop deep friendships - the type where you can trust the other with your deepest secrets and fears. they don’t fall down a drug vortex. they find fun in their childhood.
Microblogvember: Prices of property in Perth went through the roof a few years ago as we experienced a ‘mining boom’. They’ve settled down again now but houses are still way more expensive relative to income than they were a few decades prior.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 →
I’m falling down the rabbit hole of encrypted internet services. First Keybase for messaging, then Standard Notes for notes and now Tresorit for file storage and secure sharing.
Loss
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Day 27 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available. I get frustrated when I lose something basic, like keys, glasses or my wallet. I have a designated ‘home location’ for these items. Despite that, they still seem to have a tendency to disappear from time to time. It is the most frustrating kind of loss, because I know they have to be around somewhere. But that somewhere could be anywhere.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 →
Microblogvember: I may not be rich but at least I have my health. (Glass half full, glass half full…!)
Shoes
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Day 26 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available. I’m not a sneaker head by any means. Though there was a period when I was a teenager that I did pay a little more attention to the shoe world, and basketball shoes in particular. Basketball Shoes This was the era of Reebok Pumps and the original Air Jordans. When shoes were big and high tops were really high.
Microblogvember: I enjoy reading my micro.blog feed because of the interesting mix of people I get to interact with.
A fresh look for your Microblogs, Twitter and Facebook Feeds – Inoreader
added a custom parser for Micro.blog JSON feeds extensions.
Awesome that Inoreader is specifically adding support for micro.blog. @manton
I watched the first episode of See and liked it. Not sure why it was so heavily criticised? 📺
I bought a UPS for my iMac today. The hardware seems fine but the software is some janky Java thing. I’m pretty sure I have to have it running to enable auto-shutdown though - there’s nothing standard built in to macOS, right?
Money
Monday, November 25, 2019
Day 25 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available. I’m all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack Money, it’s a hit Don’t give me that do goody good bullshit I’m in the high-fidelity first class traveling set And I think I need a Lear jet Pink Floyd, Money Money is the great enabler. Its presence enables people to climb out of poverty.
Microblogvember: I am glad our kids feel safe and secure in their home. It’s sad that many kids must not.
Infrastructure
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Day 24 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available. Many years ago I was employed as an Advisor to our State Government’s Minister for Planning and Infrastructure. This followed previous work in the State Department of Transport and for a large grains cooperative which built, managed and utilised transport and logistics infrastructure. Infrastructure is often taken for granted It’s reasonable to suggest that’s when infrastructure is working at its best.
Microblogvember: I used Uber Pool yesterday. It was an enjoyable experience because I was paired up with great people. It’s not always bad to be in the company of strangers.
Toast
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Day 23 of Blogvember. A full list of prompts for the month is available. John Siracusa built an empire talking about toasters, but what about the toast? I like a slice of toast that is crispy on the outer but remains soft under that toasted exoskeleton. The bread should be a golden brown. I don’t want no black bits. Onto that toast, slather some butter. It really should be butter. Margarine is a substitute that allows sufficient oiliness to support the subsequent spread of a condiment but in itself doesn’t taste good.
Microblogvember: A word I never use, but like the sound of, is woebegone.
I’m exploring Receipts that comes as part of my Setapp subscription. I think it could replace my current DEVONthink usage for receipt management. Its OCR smarts are great.
Observations on Android, five years later | Riccardo Mori
On iOS, what you see on the screen are essentially the contents of an Application folder. On Android, the screen’s real estate is like a Desktop where you put shortcuts (in the Windows sense)
I’ve never been an Android user but this description finally enabled me to grok the difference in Android’s approach to home screens compared with iOS.