Apparently the RSS feed for my Jekyll powered blog isn’t working. That’s a project to fix for the weekend.
Culturedcode added markdown support to the notes field in Things. Since version 3 Things has always felt more like an living document, probably even more so now.
World Elephant Day Is Today
Thursday, August 12, 2021
This morning I found out that it's world elephant day. It's one of those facts which has stuck in my mind ever since for the simple fact that elephants are my favourite animals. My parents tell the story of when I was small and we went to zoo together for the first time. There was one animal I wanted to see, the elephants, but for little me they were terrifying. I had only ever seen pictures of elephants in books, where the scale of the images didn't communicate to me how big the creatures are in reality.
I’ve found myself working in 2.5 hour bursts today. It’s been much more productive than two larger blocks of focused work. Might try and implement it tomorrow.
New coffee delivery! Looking forward to trying these fun bags ☕️
It’s a big day at work today as school pupils receive their results and get their places at university confirmed. Despite not being on the front line as part of the customer service team, it always feels like the whole business is in it together.
New tyres on my car fitted at the start of the week. Came out to this last night. Inspected it this morning and found a shard of metal in there. Not a great start to Friday.
Apple redesigned their online store. Some major scrolling issues with my Logitech mouse. They seem to be making some big UX mistakes in the Apple design team lately.
I don’t understand the concept of snoozing email… what’s the benefit?
Working in the office today. Had to come in for a breakfast workshop and decided to book a desk to stay a bit longer with my colleagues. Ended up with a sit/stand desk, so using it as an opportunity to test it out. Quite enjoying it so far.
I’ve been trying to use Reminders to manage my tasks lately, but finally got to the point where it’s not working. Back to using Things I think.
Watched the first episode of the new Ted Lasso. Love that Nottingham Forest are in it! You reds! ⚽️
Had a minor panic this morning that my fan was broken. The blades were barely spinning, but a few well placed whacks to the guard seem to have spun it into action. Might be time to find a better one though.
Going to try a little experiment today and keep MarsEdit open while I work in an attempt to be more active on my micro blog.
I’ve been using Apple Podcasts for the last few months, but it’s slow sync is causing me to look elsewhere again. I’ve setup Overcast again, but something about it feels dated these days. Considering PocketCasts since it’s the only one that has apps on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
My new Jekyll powered blog is now live. It’s an initial release and I plan to iterate on it going forward.
Great win from England tonight, on to the semi final against Denmark. One game at a time. ⚽️🏴
Welcome to version 8 of my blog
Sunday, July 4, 2021
As the title says, welcome to the eighth official version of my blog. This one has been a while in the making. It started as a new theme on Wordpress over a year ago, included a short holiday on Ghost before ending up being powered by Jekyll. That makes this the first version of my blog not to be powered by Wordpress and in all honesty it’s a refreshing change.
Imported my Goodreads library to Micro.blog. Now to sit down and go through my want to read page and actually see how many of the books there still warrant a place on the list.
I’ve noticed a trend recently that I’m not using Alexa that often anymore and instead I’m using Siri on my iPad or iPhone. It could be because I have to rely on Siri in the car and it’s gradually spread from there.