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When it rains, it pours…
A couple of weeks ago, the car battery died. $$ Yesterday we serviced the car. $$$$ Today, the back tyre seems to be leaking and probably needs to be replaced. $$$
Anybody want to sponsor my general feeling of disillusionment?
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Fun 2-player game of Ark Nova today with my wife. Kids went for a bike ride. Just a nice, relaxing day…
Except I lost 😬
Still a PB score though, so it wasn’t a total bust 🎲
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This week I discovered that even after about 30 years of not hearing - or even thinking about - the song I want your love by Transvision Vamp, I still remember all the lyrics.
But ask me what I had for dinner on Sunday, and I draw a complete blank.
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I’m writing about Ghost’s ActivityPub integration, and I realised that deep down I really just want it to be more like Micro.Blog.
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Today I discovered my wife had never heard Rebecca Black’s Friday.
Needless to say, she has now.
It was fun, fun, fun, fun, fun.
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I like the idea of meal planning and cooking ahead, but it took me all afternoon to cook some freezer McMuffins and I am completely shattered.
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Saw Superman. It’s a great foundation. I wanted more Supes, though really enjoyed Mr Terrific and Guy Gardner. Lois Lane and Lex Luthor were solid. Unconvinced by parts of the story, though. Still… much better than Batman v Superman.
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Today I made a “continental” loaf of bread in the bread maker. It was the first time I have ever used a bread improver, and it came out ridiculously tall. Can’t wait to eat it though.
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I just spent (checks watch) an hour trying to setup a Windows review laptop.
One hour. Just to get to log in and use the device.
Maybe I should start charging an hourly rate to review Windows laptops. Such a ridiculous waste of time.
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I need to get car insurance quotes. I spend 5 minutes filling in a form of details, only to be told that they will call me to discuss.
The phone starts ringing seconds later.
To hell with that.
Your number is now blocked and I will never use your services. I’d probably walk into the ocean before I picked up the phone to talk to an insurance salesperson. Pretty sure avoiding these people is why the internet was invented.
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I'm not the target he thinks I am...
I just received a message on LinkedIn: “I wanted to introduce [redacted], an exclusive members club for entrepreneurs with $1M+ in revenue, and our Early Stage Business Community for those with $200K–$1M. I’d love to schedule a quick call to learn more about your business and see if either community might be a good fit. Lol. If I was making anywhere near that much money, I wouldn’t be spending any time on LinkedIn. Continue reading →
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I experimented with AI to help customise my portfolio site, and I didn't have fun
I will probably end up writing it up for BTTR more comprehensively, but the past few days I decided to try and use Gemini to add features and update my portfolio site: nick.broughall.com.au. I built that site earlier this year for a job application. I liked the idea of creating something I didn’t have to pay for hosting for, lol. But originally it was just customising a template. I can’t code, have no understanding of node. Continue reading →
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At some point today I have to climb up into my ceiling to look at the leak in my roof. Our old antenna – which hasn’t been used in almost 15 years – has cracked, giving the rain a way into the roof. I’ll have to decide if I should just pull it out or get it fixed in case we ever move.
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Things that are driving me crazy this week: People opining Apple is failing with its AI initiatives, when everyone else’s AI solutions are terrible for the quality of the Internet, small business and the environment.
Give me a shit Siri over the crap Google plans to unleash every day of the week.
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Feeling a bit overwhelmed and depressed by Google’s I/O announcements overnight. It’s so hard to see a way to succeed as an individual publisher in the face of Google’s strategy to vacuum up all the content and repurposing it to keep people on Google.
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I made bread today while testing the Ankarsrum mixer. It was incredible.
