Wednesday, September 13, 2023 →
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.
2023 Ocean Photographer of the year competition
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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.
One month back on Wordpress
Friday, August 18, 2023
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.
People and blogs
Friday, August 18, 2023
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.
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
Friday, August 11, 2023
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! ✒️
Devon’s tech stack
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
I will always be fascinated by the tools people use, whenever someone posts to their blog with a tour of their desk, office, or a list of the tools they use it’s an instant read. This one from Devon Dundee is no different. Maybe I should write my own version.
Found a very complex Axure RP10 tutorial this morning that I had a feeling would help me do what I needed to do in a prototype. At the end of the day I understand what it’s doing and I think I can now manipulate it to do what I need in my prototype. #ux
brr
Monday, August 7, 2023
I really enjoying reading things about daily life from people living in unusual parts of the world. So this perfectly titled blog (brr) about life at the South Pole fits the bill. An instant addition to my RSS feeds. (Via Robin Rendle)
Clean shaven for the first time since before the pandemic. I’ll be growing it back.
A bad habit list
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
I’ve a long standing interest in the power of habits and what they can help us accomplish. Oddly I’d never considered the impact of bad habits, but in a post on his blog Chris talks about a recent process he went through in listing out his bad habits. It’s a really interesting idea, something I’ll probably give a go in the coming days.
Love this little kerning game.
Kern Type
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Once in a while the internet pops up a great little typography game. This time around it’s called Kern Type and is an addictive challenge to correct the kerning of random words.
The constantly changing weather conditions we have in the UK at the moment are starting to play havoc with my asthma.
I can’t help but coming back to read this post about how our digital calendars could be so much more powerful. I keep looking at ways of integrating my tasks with my calendar but nothing out there does it that well at the moment.
I think my brain is done for the day. Couldn’t find a way to create a subdomain on Hover, even a cursory google didn’t uncover the mystery.