Tech journalist with 20+ years behind me. Running BTTR.reviews. Writing here about everything else — music, family, food, the odd rant, and the weird stuff in between.
I spent some time auditing my Twitter backup today.
I’ve cut it back from about 12,000 to roughly 4,000 posts. Minimal context meant that any “replies” were pointless, as were the thousands of dead links to Gizmodo Australia.
Confident I can cut it back more, too.
It’s been about three months since my Apple Watch gave me a hypertension warning. Since then I’ve dropped almost 7 kg, which I’m pretty happy with. I still don’t exercise enough, though.
I’ve had some niggly shoulder issues for about a decade, but every few months it flares up and I feel like I can barely move. Today is one of those flare-up days, and I’m really not in the mood.
The A-League grand final was pretty boring football in the end. Sydney seemed lethargic a lot of the time, so it’s unsurprising Auckland won.
Attending the Mumford and Sons concert in Sydney was a top-tier experience marked by great performances and an electric atmosphere.
Continue reading →I spent way too much time today building out a new theme for my personal blog. It’s still full of bugs - I’m no developer! - but I feel it’s done a pretty good job of capturing what I wanted. Check it out
1am, early Sunday morning. A wild beeping rouses me from sleep. The dishwasher, close to finishing its cycle, has detected a leak, and won’t shut up about it. I …
Continue reading →Watched: Project Hail Mary 🎬 last night. It was really good. A lot of fun for an “end of the world” movie.
Last night I got to see Counting Crows at the Enmore. What a show! A beautiful experience, emotion dripping from every moment Adam’s performance. Highlight was …
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Finished reading: Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 📚
It’s been a while since I was gripped by a book (or trilogy of books, as it were) this much. Such a clever story, an impressive world and great characters. Thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Epic battle at Stadium Australia tonight for the Asian Women’s Cup. Disappointing result, but brilliant atmosphere. So glad I got to be there.
Well, that’s one way to test a new feature, I suppose… Damn.
Another year, another gingerbread house.
I finally hit the payment threshold for Google Adsense on BTTR, so I have switched it off. It’s a rubbish product that breaks the site way too frequently.
Ads are definitely going to be a part of monetisation moving forward, but I haven’t quite worked out how just yet.