Wednesday, February 26, 2025 →
Might be time to dig out an old Echo speaker ready to try the new Alexa out when it launches.
Microposts
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 →
Restructured my Toggle projects today to reflect the recent changes at work. Then realised I hadn’t filled in any time sheets since August… all caught up now, but the question remains, did anyone notice?
Another mess up for Two Tier Kier to add to the list… no more encrypted iCloud storage for the UK.
I think I just stumbled across the speaker equivalent of iPod socks.
Waking up to see Hamas parading coffins on stage makes me so angry. Coffins of two children, one of whom spent more of his life as a hostage than as a free person, used as propaganda with scores of Gazan children there looking on. Barbaric. 😢
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 →
I’ve been playing around with Google Gemini the last couple of weeks. Interestingly it’s been more accurate and more useful than ChatGTP has. Its integration with their ecosystem is beginning to be very interesting. Apple is going to struggle.
I hope the addition of NASCAR to the Apple Sports app means F1 will arrive in time for the new season. Can’t justify the Box Box subscription at the moment.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 →
Downloaded and setup Obsidian again. I’m a glutton for punishment, but I decided this time to try their own sync for a month and see if it impacts my usage. I’ve also installed a new theme that feels more natural on Apple devices.
I think I have a new favourite podcast… I’ve been listening to The Rest Is History for the last few weeks and highly recommend it. I’ve been listening to the Franz Ferdinand and start of the First World War episodes with a ton more in my queue.
In a little break from work I’ve added a dark theme to my install of the new Bayou theme from @Mtt and tweaked some light theme colours.
Finally looking into the work of Brandon Sanderson, I’ve always enjoyed fantasy but managed to miss his work somehow. Any recommendations on where to start? 📚
Updated my iPad to 18.3 last night, can’t tell if the WiFi being so crap is a result of that or the cafe I’m in. Seems ok on my iPhone though…
Having initially abandoned trying OmniFocus 4 I decided to give it a run over the last week. I forgot how nice sequential projects are for only showing the 1 task that needs to be done to make progress.
It happened, I downloaded Omnifocus 4 on my lunch break but there’s no way of easily getting emails into it from Outlook. I guess that’s the end of that experiment.
The CEO of Sonos has finally stepped down which took a lot longer than I expected. The damage is already done for me though, I won't buy another Sonos product again.
It’s so cold today I’m actually considering going to buy some thermals… it’s almost 11am and it’s still frozen outside.
Followed a few accounts from Bluesky in Micro.blog. Going to see how that goes and then I’ll probably delete my Bluesky account. Essentially I just want one place to go to see all things non-RSS.
Three days into the new year and I’ve already finished a book. In what has become a bit of an annual tradition, my Dad bought me the newest Jeremy Clarkson, Diddly Squat: Home to Roost and I’ve finished this one in 2 days. If I’d have started earlier yesterday it likely would’ve been done in one sitting. 📚
Gah, was looking forward to watching season 3 of Tehran but it’s only released in Israel today and no date for Apple TV+ has been announced.
The first email Apple Intelligence deemed as a priority for me is a phishing email pretending to be from a delivery company who failed to deliver a package I haven’t ordered. Good start Apple.
Giving the tyres a kick on the new Craft. I always liked the first version of the app but it got to business focused and I stopped using it. This new version seems more like the original version, and I like the tasks view.
Best Christmas advert so far. Very wholesome. Well done Apple.
I think I’ve got something in my eye…
Found an old backup hard drive at the weekend with my old iTunes library on it. Copied everything to my NAS and I’m slowly adding things to Plex. Revisiting my favourite Delirious? album this morning as a result.
This is fun from the new Overcast update. Surprised about Appstories being in the top 4.
Considering an early upgrade of my AirPods to version 4 with ANC. Using them at work is useful but annoying when people are chatty chatty around you whilst on a call.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 →
Todoist is introducing deadlines to tasks, this has always been a point of friction for me with their due date implementation. When I’m working on something isn’t necessarily when it’s due. It feels like they’re really upping their game lately.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 →
I’ve recently discovered that the artists behind one of my favourite tracks of all time are still making music. They’ve just released a new album which I’m really enjoying.
Woke up to some unexpected snow this morning. Sadly it’s already melting 🫠 ⛄️
I’ve been using Reminders for my tasks since the new macOS came out, it’s just to difficult to get stuff in and so I’ve noticed I’ve not been using it. Time to return to a different tool.
Seriously fed up of seemingly intelligent people stating that anyone who doesn’t lean left politically is a Nazi. Here’s news for you, the Nazi’s were leftist and socialist.
Stop demonising/name calling people who disagree with you and learn how to have considered discussions/debates, you might find people aren’t that different to you.