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Was straining the moisture out of some roast pumpkin in a tea towel. Strained so hard I popped a hole in the towel and pumpkin squirted across the kitchen. Oops. That’s not how it described it in the recipe.
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It absolutely blew my mind last week when I randomly had my work Mac and my personal Mac running side by side and my mouse cursor just travelled from one screen to the next. Related: I now have a 3-screen setup.
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My Google Home is soon to be Google Home-less
When the first smart speakers launched in Australia, I was so filled with excitement. I lusted for the idea of a home I could talk, which could turn even my three bedder into Tony Stark’s Malibu mansion. I was fortunate enough to be able to test just about everything that launched in that first year. From Google Home to Amazon’s Echo family, plus a bunch of products from brands that should have done better than they did, like Sony and Panasonic. Continue reading →
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It’s been a long time since a Friday afternoon beer went down as easily as that one. I think it probably reflects my past week more than anything else though.
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Sweet, sweet relief peppered with mild panic is apparently today’s emotional range.
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No quick fixes for my middle-age malaise
I’ve spent a fair amount of time today having deeper thoughts about being in my 40s and constantly feeling like shit. When I say “feeling like shit”, I do not mean “unwell”, by the way. I mean the never-ending feeling of impending doom and disappointment; the silent strangulation of happiness that fills my waking thoughts. A lot of this is just me working through my thoughts on Matt Rudd’s book Man down. Continue reading →
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Gotta love a message from your bank at 11pm on a Saturday night saying your credit card may have been used for nefarious purposes… now waiting for the call from the fraud team. So tired.
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With the sun shining for the first time in a while, I walked my daughter to and from school the past couple of days.
And now my hip is aching.
I do not like this “getting older” thing at all.
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I for one can’t wait to see the upcoming blockbuster from Marvel Studios, “Lad”.
(Always love when image cropping does things like this)
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This captures a good chunk of my feelings on the Metaverse:
It’s funny because VR is such a powerful technology, as anyone who has used it even once can attest. But Meta, its biggest proponent, doesn’t seem to know what to do with it beyond “what you already do, but worse.”
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The thing I can’t understand about the Metaverse is why.
Why would anyone want to subject themselves to this horror? If this is the best idea anyone has for convincing people to strap a big, ugly device to their head, then they are going to lose a lot of money.
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I don’t think Google can launch a new successful product anymore. Surely the weight of its failures is more than its successes?
Google is shutting down Google Stadia and refunding everyone’s money www.techradar.com/news/brea…
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Managed to go out to dinner with the wife (and without the kids) for the first time since March last year. It was wonderful. I’ve missed those quiet meals.
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Creativity unlocked?
How am I feeling right now? I’ve written a fair amount today. Nothing revolutionary – nothing that will change the world. But I managed to type out a bunch of words in sentences that made sense. Funnily enough, this feels like progress. Which is good. Because my motivational challenges at work are compounding. I’m hoping that I can offset some workplace lethargy with creative work at home. This blog is part of that, obviously, but I’m playing around with a few other ideas. Continue reading →
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Perseverance
Today I had 1 meeting at work. It was designed to give me clear goals about what my role is supposed to be. Instead, I got goals to come up with what those goals should be. What annoyed me today? I am not enjoying work at the moment. Hell, I’m not enjoying much of anything at the moment. The problem with that is that it’s not really an “at the moment” problem. Continue reading →
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Colleague pointed out I’d made the homepage of news.com.au yesterday. I’m the guy standing in the background of the main pic. 🤣 Show me the money!
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Just having one of those days when I have enough time to update to the newest version of iOS but not enough time to play around with it.
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Watching a presentation where the slides have green buttons on a blue background and it offends my sensibilities.
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My improved recycling game
There are a lot of things I like about living in the outer suburbs of Sydney. For example: Just last week I picked up my daughter from school, took a 5-minute detour from our usual commute home through the local Botanic Gardens and ended up watching about a dozen kangaroos hopping across a field. But this post isn’t about the Gardens, (though I’m sure I’ll write about that soon). Instead, it’s about recycling. Continue reading →
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My indecision problem
There are now too many choices.
Whether it’s deciding what book I should read next, choosing the next show to binge watch on Netflix (or Disney Plus more likely in our household), or finding a new video game to play, I am frequently overwhelmed with the sheer number of options available.
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