The October Declaration – British Friends of Israel
Signed. It feels feeble, but Israel holds a special place in my heart. It is not perfect, but one of the most important moments in my life happened there and Jewish people deserve to be safe in their homeland.
When I updated to Sonoma I switched off Alfred and decided to give Spotlight a go. It hasn’t stuck so I’m giving Recast another go.
New ink day! Just as the weather turns cold and autumn truly starts to arrive I have my new autumn pen and ink setup. 🖋️
The Royal Mint has released its designs for a new set of coins, the first since the accession of King Charles. I think they are an outstanding piece of design.
My parents bought me a Travellers Notebook for my birthday and I love it. Feels and smells amazing. 🖊️📔
I stand with Israel 🇮🇱
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First visit to the gym done. 35 minutes on a bike, 5 minutes on a treadmill. 🥵
It’s decided, once Sonoma is released I’m going to give Reminders a real crack at managing my tasks.
I’m already a big fan of stand by mode on the iPhone. I really want it on my iPad now.
I think I’m going to finally make the move from 1Password to the built in Apple password manager this year.
Derek Kedziora neatly sums up The Hidden Complexity of Static Sites and why I decided to move back to Wordpress. It’s just easier and integrates with a lot things without having to jump through a load of hoops.
I’ve begun the long process of adding in some of my old posts from previous iterations of this site. My apologies if this triggers a load of posts in your RSS. I’m working backwards, and I’ve now added all the posts from 2023 and 2022. It will be a slow process as I’ve decided to add each post manually, importing from the markdown file I have saved. Initially I am just adding the more formal posts but may go back and add all the link posts I’ve made at some point.
I would really like the lock screen widgets on the homescreen of my iPad as well.
Haha Redbull and Verstappen! 🏎️🥳🥳🥳
So the Apple website doesn’t sell leather iPhone 14 Pro cases anymore… might make a trip to an Apple Store this weekend to pick one up before they are all gone.
These photos from 2023 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition are amazing. I particularly like the one of the polar bear and the hump back whale but all of them show fascinating glimpses into the life of the ocean.
Just discovered they made a version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 & 2 for the PS4. Very tempted to buy that. I used to play Tony Hawk 2, as we called it, when I was in my mid teens.
It’s been about one month since I restarted my blog back on Wordpress. I say restarted rather than moved because so far I’ve yet to add all my old posts to the archive, something I still plan to do, but which I’ve yet to find the time for.
The change was triggered by a combination of things, but the chief ones were ease of posting and familiarity. I used Wordpress for well over a decade on this blog and a number of other websites I’ve built over the years. I’ve had dalliances with other CMS’s but ultimately the ecosystem which surrounds Wordpress has pulled me back in. The apps I like to use to write are well integrated making it easy to post from my Mac, iPad, or even iPhone if I wish and it’s helped. I may not be posting quite as often as I wanted too when I made the change, but I have posted more to my blog in the last month than I did in the last year. As far as I am concerned that’s a win, and importantly the lack of friction has fuelled my motivation and desire to post more.
Combined with this change to my blog setup I’ve been making greater use of RSS over the last few months. In fact my use of RSS was one of the things that fuelled the move back to Wordpress. I’ve found myself returning to a habit I had many years ago. I would ease into my work day with a coffee and my RSS, saving longer posts to read later, reading shorter posts, and sharing the most interesting links through my blog. It’s a nice way to begin the day before a barrage of meetings, and a good way to stay on top of any industry related news. I’ve a feeling it’s going to stick around, and hopefully that means good things for my blog as well.
A few months ago I came across a blog that has been a mainstay in my RSS feeds ever since. I enjoy each and every post for the simple reason that it is the only place to find them and the thoughts of the author.
He is introducing a new series called People and Blogs which will run for at least a year. It’s a newsletter delivered every week with an interview of a person about their blog. I’ve signed up and hope to add some interesting feeds to my RSS off the back of it.
Really disillusioned with social media at the moment. Recently moved my blog blog (not micro) to Wordpress which I like and I like that it has Activity Pub support. I like and use RSS, but I’m getting fed up of Mastodon like I got fed up of Twitter. I thought about adding a few Mastodon accounts to my RSS but I don’t like having those posts appear there. Maybe I should audit who I’m following and then try adding some accounts to Micro.blog to see how that goes.
Trying this little beauty this morning. ☕️
Considering installing the iPadOS beta to give the new reminders feature a look. Anyone running it? How do you find it?
Label Craft by Jordan Bell is a fantastic little piece of the internet I stumbled across while having my morning coffee. It’s a preservation of craft beer labels removed from cans. I particularly like the label from Transmitter Brewing, and the accompanying Flickr gallery.
I seem to have fallen into a massive stationery fascination in the last few weeks. Obsessing over notebooks, inks, fountain pens… you name it and I’m interested! ✒️