My brain may not be super enthusiastic about returning to work tomorrow but my liver and stomach certainly are. Sobriety and healthier choices for a while.
I’ll not think about work until tomorrow. I’ll not think about work until tomorrow. I’ll not think about work until tomorrow. I’ll not…
The view today is spectacular. Lucky to live here, with this view within a short walk.
I’m always a bit fragile on the 2nd of January
I’ve not yet shared my blog with friends and family. At the time I started on micro.blog this just wasn’t possible and I had no idea of what this might become.
Many years later I recognise I still haven’t done so. Maybe this is the year to do so.
Family. The priority for 2025.
Johnnie Walker has passed away at 79. This is another loss. And so sad that retired in October and only had a few months to enjoy the result of a career which spanned nearly 6 decades.
2024 Highlights
The year hasn’t been without its low points and tragedies. However at this time of year and in terms of what I’ll say publicly, I’ll focus on some of the positive highlights over the year:
- Time with my partner: she makes me smile ever single day
- Time with family, and getting closer to my extended family some of whom just feel like family
- Thawing a frozen shoulder
- Starting my fifth decade, with plenty of health and happiness
- Assembling a wooden marble run
- Clearing what was the old garden and making it our garden
- Taking the drone up, and filming the local area
- Enjoying a comedy night, local independent cinema and the even closer nightlife for a few drinks
- Replacing my ancient, 2014 Intel MacBook with an admittedly already outdated M3 Macbook Pro
- Handing down the aforementioned Intel MacBook to my nephew who was absolutely delighted - it is truly better to give than to receive
- Similar to the MacBook, parting with my CD player, amp and speakers with my niece similarly delighted
- Enjoying some brilliant TV in 2024, in Fallout, Black Doves, Silo, to name a few
- All the time we spend together. As I said, you make me smile every day
I’m finding iCloud sync to be incredibly slow today, with some data just not transferring between devices. I’m hoping whatever this is, that it’s just temporary
The New Year starts at the stroke of midnight, and not one second before. I don’t understand anyone who suggests otherwise.
Slow cooked beef on for tomorrow. Looking forward to it already.
Woke bright and early at 6am. Ok but maybe not the best idea on 31st December, which is typically a late night. This might not have been the best move.
Testing automation
I wonder what’s next?
Enjoying Silo. Another one which had passed me by until now.
Falling into the annual trap of turning night into day. I need to break this vicious circle of staying up later and then sleeping later.
Interesting watching a footspa being used. Both seeing what it does, why someone might use it and even without trying it I can already see it’s not for me. But I’m glad she like it.
I maintain that the biggest marketing problem for “AI” tools is educating regular people on Use Cases and how they may be applied. This isn’t likely to change anytime soon.
Suggestion for Open Prisons. This should be considered with a cup of tea, poured from a chocolate teapot. There can be no such thing.
Noticed in the credits of “The Hunt for Red October” that Stanley was played by himself. Glad that they didn’t bring in another stuffed bear to play the part.
Unsurprising. Great finale to a genius series.
I swear, when I was growing up Christmas morning seem to last forever. But as an adult in the morning flies by and you’re into the early afternoon before you know it. I’ve no idea if this is just how we perceive time or because as a child I was actually up at 5 am!
Enjoyed Carry-On, a Christmas Movie in the same spirit as Die Hard.
Ghostbusters Afterlife. Not a perfect movie, but presented with such affection for the original and for the late Harold Ramis that it’s hard not love it.
Cross-posting Test: Automated cross-posting to different “social” accounts might be the only way to use the fractured and broken social media