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I have to keep reminding myself, when I’m building personal software projects, the costs of adding dependence to external modules. It’s one of those balances that I struggle with, along with the perennial one of building something vs. using something off the shelf. #mbnov
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There are people out there who love cars, boats and planes; but chalk me up as one who loves a good train. #mbnov
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Occasionally, when I go to the ABC News site, it stirs up the memory of the mid 90’s ad campaign for the site. Being the early days of the web, I remember distinctly the announcer saying out loud each letter in the URL. I think it was the first URL that I ever saw. #mbnov
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It’s meant to be a warm, windy, 33°C day today, a perfect day for washing sheets. What I’m currently seeing now is a far cry from that: dark skies and smattering of rain on the roof, with more on the way according to the radar. Why?! #mbnov
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Today’s Microblogvember word is spooky. This is not something that I handle well. For example, I don’t like spooky movies. I think the last one I watch was 20 years ago, and it had an effect on me for a few months. #mbnov
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I’ve switched from a Lenovo laptop back to a MacBook Pro for work, which means I no longer need this smart plug setup for extinguishing the charging LED at night. It’s not used for anything at the moment, but I guess it’s still useful. Maybe for the Christmas tree lights. #mbnov
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I was asked to come into the office for the first time since the start of the pandemic. It felt strange to wear a shirt again, something that I haven’t done since March. It also means that I’ll need to relearn how to iron it. #mbnov
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While I did say that I might have gone Chromebook over iPad two days ago, I must also say that the new Macs with Apple Silicon look really exciting and I look forward to hearing about how well they perform. #mbnov
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We’ve had zero new Covid-19 cases for several days now so I took a risked and visited my elderly grandmother. We were both very careful, we both wore masks during the visit, and were maintaining 2 metres of distance. But it was good to see her again. #mbnov
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The ads from Google are getting worse. I continue seeing an obviously fake one offering me advice on how to get rich (the claims of being an Aussie while using the NZ flag is a giveaway). If I keep seeing this, it will force me to setup Pi-hole. #mbnov
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An anecdote regarding the removal of iSH from the App Store
Around April this year, my old Android Nexus 9 tablet was becoming unusable due to it’s age and I was considering which tablet to move to next. I have been a user of Android tablets since the Nexus 7 and I have been quite happy with them (yes, we do exist). However, it was becoming clear that Google’s was no longer interested in maintaining first-party support for Android on a tablet, and none of the other brands that were available were very inspiring. Continue reading →
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If there’s something that I’ll take away from the events of this year, it’s that adversity can, in some circumstances, bind us closer together. #mbnov
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I think my recent pattern of constantly refreshing web-pages is going to inflate my internet bill, as I seek news updates on the Coronavirus and the US elections. #mbnov
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It’s puzzling but I’ve been finding myself having lunch earlier in the day than usual. I think it’s because I’ve joined a company that has their head office in Perth, which is 3 hours behind me at the moment, and the mornings are really quiet now. #mbnov
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It’s cold and wet today. The steps leading to my front door, which I think is called a stoop in the US, can be pretty slippery on days like this, so I’ll have to be a bit careful. #mbnov
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Passed by a kangaroo during my evening walk a couple of days ago. I was surprised by how unphased he seemed to be by my presence, given how near I was to him. #mbnov
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Tracking Down a Lost Album
Here’s a short story about my endeavours to find an album that seems to have disappeared from the face of the internet. I’m a bit of a sucker for original sound tracks, particularly instrumental ones. One that I remember being very good is the music from The Private Life of Plants, a documentary series from David Attenborough made in the mid 1990s. It was one of those sound tracks that occasionally popped into my mind, particularly when looking at lovely autumn leaves or other scenes from the show. Continue reading →
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The events of this year have been enough to astonish anyone. I can only speak for myself, but I’m hoping that I can get a break from feeling this way, at least for the next few weeks. #mbnov
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I’ve had some difficulty coming up with today’s Microblogvember post. I’m finding it hard to concentrate today, probably because it’s early morning and I haven’t had my second coffee yet. It doesn’t help that tomorrow is going to be a public holiday anyway. #mbnov
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📚 “Show Your Work” by Austin Kleon. A great read and one of those books that can be read in a weekend (I read it in a day).
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October has felt rather dreary this year. I know people that find this quite dissatisfactory, and they have been yearning for the warm weather that starts occurring around this time. Personally, I prefer the cooler weather we have been experiencing. #mbnov
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Offical support for file embedding coming to Go
I’m excited to see, via Golang Weekly, that the official support for embedding static files in Go is being realised, with the final commit merged to the core a couple of days ago. This, along with the new file-system abstraction, will mean that it will be much easier to embed files in Go applications, and make use of them within the application itself. One of the features I like about coding is Go is that the build artefacts are statically linked executables that can be distributed without any additional dependencies. Continue reading →
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Advice to those working with annotations in Preview
For those of you using Preview in macOS for viewing an annotated PDF, if you need to move or delete the annotations in order to select the text, be sure to undo your changes prior to closing Preview. Otherwise your changes will be saved without asking you first.1 This just happened to me. I have a PDF annotated with edits made with the iPad pencil and I wanted to copy the actual text. Continue reading →
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Seeing the photos in this article of an empty airport, especially one I’m familiar with, is somewhat haunting.
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I’ve justed walked all the way to the shops before I realised I completely forgot my wallet. I didn’t come back with a coffee, but I did just setup Android Pay so that this will never happen again.