First impressions of Big Sur: amazingly fast on my ancient 2013 MacBook Pro. The visual refresh takes a little getting used to, but it’s close enough to the current iPad look that it feels fairly familiar.

A couple of hours in, and I haven’t hit any problems yet.


Hello, Big Sur.

(That sounds like something from a really bad prison movie: “Jim, if you want to survive in here, you need to keep Big Sur happy…”)

The Big Sur login screen.

The balance of my wardrobe has changed during the eight months of lockdowns and remote working. I wear far fewer smart jackets, shirts and jumpers, and far more sustainable outdoors gear.

I like this change.


Looks like the Big Sur update is in the process of completely hosing Apple’s online services.

The company normally handles these peaks of demand much better. I wonder what went wrong?


Should I?

A software update window on a Mac shows an available upgrade to macOS Big Sur version 11.0.1 with a file size of 12.18 GB.

Charles Arthur:

[…] classical orchestras are just tribute bands for old music

🤯


Today’s experiment: my Canon M-series camera as webcam…

A Canon EOS camera with a 22mm lens is mounted on a flexible tripod in front of a blurred background with shelves and various objects.

I’d love to say that I’ve got used to the famine/feast aspect of self-employed life.

But it would be a lie.


”Before Ramsbury, I was a nowhere man, living, as my parents did before me, in a multitude of places without really putting down roots in any one. Ramsbury made me a somewhere person.”

— Peter Marren, The Consolation of Nature

This is true of myself and Shoreham Beach.


Why I do beach cleans — in just three photos…