First haircut in 4 months. Feels great 😊
A tool for thinking
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Yesterday as I was sat on my sofa watching the Sunday morning church service on YouTube I had my MacBook Pro open on my lap to make notes in Obsidian. After the service had finished I spent a few minutes to tidy up some formatting and make sure the correct bible verses were being referenced, I realised how much I am enjoying using the app. It got me thinking about why.
Sad to see that Prince Philip has died this morning and only 2 months short of his 100th birthday.
Yom HaShoah
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Today is Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Israel. Racism has been in the news a lot of the last year or so, and yet we hear very little of the fact that anti-semitism is on the rise. I have visited Israel twice. It’s a place that quickly won my heart with it’s beauty and history. Last time I was there was in 2014 and I was able to visit Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center.
One thing that drives me mad with Obsidian is that it doesn’t always show the file name as a title and I can never find the setting to turn it on again. This morning it’s not doing it and for the life of me I can’t find the setting to turn it back on again…
It snowed. In April. This time last week it was 20 degrees and I was wearing shorts…
I keep getting lost reading Andy Matuschak’s notes particularly around his evergreen notes concept. Might need to dedicate a bit of time to understanding exactly how it works over the next week or so.
He is risen!
The notes app quest continues
Saturday, April 3, 2021
I’ve been continuing to seek out a notes app that works for me as well as I would like it too. A couple of weeks ago I posted about what I’m looking for and since then I’ve been giving a couple of the contenders a try. When I wrote that post I had been using Craft for around a week or so. It’s a very good app, I like that it is native on all my devices, has good shortcuts support and is a pleasure to write in.
Realised I hadn’t bought any Easter eggs so went out to buy some. Nope. Everywhere is sold out, never seen that before.
My library has moved over to using Libby for lending of ebooks etc. It offers a download in ePub for use on eReaders like the Kobo, but not the Kindle. I’ve never considered looking into any other eReaders, might be time to explore. 📚
Considering going back to using Instapaper for my read later service instead of Reeders own version. The trouble is I’m trying to reduce the number of subscriptions I have, but the highlighting in Instapaper is really useful.
Trying out scribble on the iPad version of Things today during meetings. Seems like a good way of capturing tasks with the added bonus that it doesn’t look like I’m messaging on Teams!
Decided to try Obsidian again this week after reading about it over the weekend. Found a way to make it feel more like a Mac app which is helping and I’m starting to get my head around the differences.
Installed Ghost locally to have a play and see what the theme system is like. I’ve been thinking of moving from Wordpress for a while so this will be an interesting experiment.
Starting to feel a bit more human again. The side effects from the vaccine are mostly gone now although I still feel tired and lacking in energy.
Had a rough night thanks to vaccine side effects. All in the common or very common category, so nothing to worry about, just very unpleasant.
Trying out the new Ulysses and Micro Blog integration. Nice and simple, I should’ve expected it to be so. Looks like Wordpress blogs got a nice update as well, I’ll have a play with that tomorrow.
Vaccine time. Amazing how quickly this has come about.
Picked up these beers for a weekend treat. Love the labels on them.
