After an extended absence I’m really going to try and make a conscious effort to be reconnected with the world. The last few weeks have been a heavy mix of work and personal projects, leaving little time for anything else.
World Cup trophy needs a refresh.
Replaced my 2nd display with a Dell 4K which immediately fell off the stand and took multiple attempts to refit. I’m now not entirely convinced it won’t fall off again at any moment.
Not at the out-of-box experience I was expecting. I need decide if it’s worth keeping or returning.
No better headline than Scotland fans are donating nearly $30,000 to organizations in Providence.
Exemplary behaviour from the “Tartan Army”.
White House Plumbers
In parallel universe the 250th anniversary of the USA is marked internationally by global peace, and in Washington DC in solemn and reflective ceremony.
But in our reality…
Well done to Craig Ferguson for reaching Boston today
The young Glaswegian set out from Los Angeles on Feb. 24, driven by a cause that is deeply personal: raising awareness for men’s mental health and suicide prevention. The mission is rooted in the loss suffered by his best friend, Struan, whose father, Russell, died by suicide seven years ago.
I was in my local Apple store today and for a brief moment considered asking for a trial with the white elephant product of Vision Pro. I applaud the R&D and the capability of the result but this is still not a viable product at the price point pitched at consumers.
The food hangover continues. We have eaten too much good food over the last 3 days and I feel completely useless today.
BBC News reports Oscar-winning Star Wars editor Marcia Lucas dies aged 80.
Her contribution was immeasurable. Without that edit the final film would have lost its impact.
I feel hungover from lunch. No alcohol but it was a nice meal and the best tiramisu I have ever had.
Is there a use case for touch screen laptops other than scrolling? Cause that seems a high price to pay for higher cost / lower quality displays and fingerprints
Watched a bluetit fly in and out of nesting box for the last 12 hours. That’s some amount of work to feed the chicks on the nest.
Reading about Poppy on 9to5Mac,
link up all of the things you’d like it to understand about you, such as your email, calendar, location, reminders, health data, and more.
That is an insane list of private information to just hand over to a 3rd party.
From BBC News:
Most people seeking green cards must now apply from outside US
Ok. But who is actually wanting to move to a country full of corruption, gun crime and a hatred of immigrants, despite being populated almost entirely by immigrants.
Well I spoke too soon. Not the warmest of days.
Finally reached the point where it’s warm enough to have the windows open the conservatory. It’s comfortable at the moment, but it’ll be like a furnace this afternoon.
May Need OS26
I’m seeing a couple of macOS app updates only for Tahoe. I may actually have to give up macOS 15 and “upgrade” to 26.5.
Although at the rate of software updates are rolling our we’ll see 26.5.1 by next week.
But that doesn’t dampen my disdain for the current Fischer Price look of what is supposed to be to be a functional OS, not a pre-school toy.
After an increasingly infrequent period of journalling, I’ve managed to capture entries in Day One for the last 97 days. Let’s just see if I can keep it going to 100 days or more.
Another day. Another random overnight reboot. WTF is wrong with Windows11
More on Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday, this time with Blue Planet II with spectacular footage.
Farage says he has
No obligation to declare £5m gift
according to BBC. Well I’m under no obligation to vote for a racist and facist crook.
My tech podcast queue continues to have LLM topics. However I’ve checked my usage in chatGPT iOS app and found I’ve used it 4 times in 2026. My guess is the biggest barrier to my use is a healthy scepticism over LLM capabilities and lack of imagination over what it’s capable of.
9to5mac reporting iOS 26.5 will add new features to three popular iPhone apps. But is that enough to make it worth the “upgrade”?
Scotland… you have your moments
