Logged into my Pinboard account again and set it up with Hook on my Mac. Need to spend some time tidying up the load of bookmarks in there that I never really paid attention too.

Nice day out in Bristol. Tried a new coffee place that made coffee that tasted as good as the espresso bar looked.

I made soup for lunch. Forgot to buy parsley to go in it… still tasted good.

It’s a dark mode kind of morning.

Instead of writing I made some design changes to my blog, because why write when you can tinker…

I do not understand people who take calls in public on speaker phone and hold their phone out in front of them. No one wants to hear your conversation.

I now have a mastodon username, never tried mastodon though, so maybe I should look into it.

No matter how old I get or how old the show gets, but Friends will always be like a comfort blanket for me.

Watched the first episode of Foundation last night. Really enjoyed it. Time for episode 2.

Custom domain is now working on my Micro.blog. Been trying to get it working for a while. I finally realised there was a typo in the nameservers so they weren’t pointing anywhere meaning the DNS wasn’t taking effect. 🤦🏻‍♂️

I love my iPad. I can do everything on it I need except for design work. I’ve tried no end of apps, but I can’t get comfortable with it. It’s making me think about replacing my personal Mac in the near future.

Fastmail and 1Password have created a masked email integration. Really great idea, I’ll be giving it a test run.

As a birthday treat to myself I bought a HomePod mini to replace the echo and Sonos One in my bedroom. It’s now handling the audio of from my Apple TV and has removed an Echo from my life. Plus I now have the benefits of my Sonos Ones as a stereo pair in the lounge.

Got given a Lamy 2000 ball point for my birthday yesterday. I love the design, even nicer in the flesh.

Playing with my iPad home screen now I have access to more widgets. Didn’t realise you can rearrange portrait and it doesn’t affect landscape until now.

This Apple Music playlist has been good for my soul this morning. Found it thanks to the “Friends Are Listening To” feature. Thankful to the two friends who had listened before me.

Got my updated driving licence. Why do I always look like a convict in the photo?

I never understand why task management apps truncate the task title instead of wrapping the text.

First day back after a week off work. Finally made it to the bottom of the pile of emails and Teams messages.

Watched the Apple event. Considering replacing my XS with a 13, but not sure if I need it just yet. Can’t tell if the midnight is really dark blue or black, it’s a confusing name but at least it’s not another space grey.

Having a week away with my parents. Went for a wander around Leominster today.

I really like the idea behind the Logi Dock. I’m looking at a dock of some kind for my laptop given I’ll be going to the office more in the coming months and it’s a pain unplugging all the cables each time.

I’ve been looking at Hook again this week. I really love the concept of it and I see that it has more app integrations now. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to work with the beta Todoist app which has me looking at other task apps again.

Very gloomy weather this morning. It’s a dark mode and headphones kind of day.

Put the iOS 15 beta on my iPhone over the weekend. I actually really like new Safari, although taking a bit of getting used to tapping at the bottom of the screen to start a search.