Tech false economy
So, today I’m working on a brand new iMac - the first time I’ve bought a new Mac in over half a decade. And that last couple of years where I was eking out what I could from the old Mac Mini has been a false economy. My productivity has shot up.
I hadn’t realised how much time I spent waiting for apps to open, or hanging around waiting for them to process something.
It really was a false economy. I should have made this investment a couple of years ago, and I need to budget for doing so in future.
I’m actually more interested in how — visually — Apple chooses to do the WWDC keynote later on today, than what they actually announce.
Do they try to replicate the normal stage format? Or do they go a different direction?
When the Rampion Wind Farm was announced, I was worried about its impact on the feel of the beach.
A few years on, I’ve grown rather fond of it.
Well, I am deeply disheartened to read this about Warren Ellis.
Is it that we as a society rewards manipulative talented people with success? Our that the success we grant allows talented people to become like this?
This lockdown concert by Madness is a real balm to the soul. Nicely done.
Has the meaning of the word “blog” changed?
Sadly, I think the answer is “yes”.
Blimey. Plurk. The microblogging service where I was [marginally more popular than @ianbetteridge](https://onemanandhisblog.com/2008/06/plurk_3_week_verdict_on_microb/).
This one was a big hit for me back in the day. I can still recall the frustration and anger I was feeling as I wrote it: Why media gets community wrong.
This is remarkable. A 12 year old blog post - and both the links in it are still live:
Home schooling parents: a nature documentary on Disney+ is a perfectly valid natural history lesson, right? RIGHT?
Today’s Social & Digital Lunchbreak is out.
Let’s not talk about what happened to it last week. 😱 I was deep in the combined trenches of video and homeschooling…
We’re still weeks away from re-opening swimming pools in the UK.
We’re so lucky to live near the sea.
My talented sister-in-law talking about Hogarth’s The Madhouse at Sir John Soane’s Museum
An old schoolfriend of mine, Nichol Wheatley, has become an accomplished and talented artist. And yet, he remains a lovely bloke. ;)
With art shows on hiatus for obvious Covid-y reasons, he’s having a studio sale - and there’s some stunning stuff in there. Do check it out.
