Journalistic clichés to avoid like the plague.
Note to self: rewrite before posting.
Gotta say, shipping the new GoPro in a plastic bag somewhat undermines the “plastic free packaging” messaging…
Life is too short to gift attention to unpleasant people
Something I should have worked out 30 years ago:
If someone whose work you like and enjoy turns out to be a complete tosser, let them and their work go. There are many lovely people out there doing great work who deserve your attention and money instead.
From a famous humorist who was the very first person who was just brutally unpleasant to me in my journalism career, to a former co-author who decided to interpret everything in bad faith, a lot of people have contributed to this insight. But now I’ve had it — and been using it for the past year or so — my world is a happier place.
The new Netflix CGI He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (the kid-friendly reboot not the Kevin Smith continuation series) is really quite a bit of fun, with some imaginative touches. My daughters are really enjoying it.
In less than two weeks, we’ve gone from “so hot in my study, I had seat beading on my face during courses” to “so cold I’m contemplating turning the heating on”.
Just ordered a new iPhone for the first time in four years.
That’s the longest I’ve held onto a phone in the smartphone era. But the time to upgrade has come…
Ah-ha. Big Sur 11.6 finally shows up for M1 Macs. Apparently today’s wave of Apple updates patch vulnerabilities that are actually being used to exploit devices — so get your updates done, people.
Oh, gosh. An I about to buy a new phone gimbal?
I am, aren’t I?
Just booked my first evening out in Brighton since the pandemic began.
I shouldn’t be — but I do feel slightly nervous…