What Manton said. I’m sick of it.
Politics is bleeding into everything. Tech headlines, podcasts that aren’t usually political. For 2025, I like to box my politics into narrow parts of the day, not everywhere all the time. Soon we’ll need mute filters in all apps, from RSS readers to Overcast.
I have ended up down a rabbit hole of Herman Miller chairs over my morning coffee. Now I’m working out how long it would take for me to save for a Cosm…
I have long used the phrase "design is in the details" when talking about the fit and finish of a product, I had no idea it was a riff on a Charles Eames saying.
“The details make the design,” Charles Eames once said.
Via: The Eames Lounge Chair — A 20th Century Icon on minimalgoods
Really like this quote from Josh Ginter:
Immediate attribution of an idea to someone else is wrapped up at its core in one word: humility. A person willing to attribute an idea or concept to someone else always exudes humility, and this leads to a more meaningful conversation about that topic, even if in-depth facts about the topic aren’t known at the time.
I think this might be the most beautiful camera I've ever seen.
Ugh, just had to add a politics tag to my GoodLinks because it seems at the moment I can’t read anything remotely interesting without it ultimately being a moan post about politics.
That sky blue MacBook Air looks very tempting…
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 →
Might be time to dig out an old Echo speaker ready to try the new Alexa out when it launches.
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.