Rachel McAlpine on growing old:
You know so much! From reading, hearing, viewing, and being there. … But which items swell up to become massively important and which ones dwindle away into the distance?
Did you know I went to Mars? You can too: Mars Photo Booth - NASA Mars. 🤣
We’re getting a lot of these at the moment. ⛈
Today’s order of business. ⛈
HIP (on Acorn TV, French) is a really fun show. It’s another where a solo mum of several children solves crimes while wrangling family.
Morgane’s … 160 IQ spoils her life a bit until … Her extraordinary abilities are spotted by the police who offer her a job as a consultant
Hmmm, this video by Jan Wegener, mainly about bird photography, had some very useful info: Take SHARPER Images with ANY camera! No More BLURRY Photos! Tips for Success. One useful point — if the bird’s far away the mass of air between bird and camera reduces sharpness. 🐦📷
I quickly glazed over while looking at About the security of passkeys - Apple Support. Can anyone point me to a “What the heck are Passkeys?, for Dummies” type resource?
Today I helped a very smart friend set up a new Mac laptop with touch ID button. When it came to adding a fingerprint, she’d had a problem before I came along. Turns out she’d interpreted the instructions on screen as an invitation to touch the screen itself. Confusing UI!
Deb and I enjoyed watching the all too brief Season One of Annika. No word if there’ll be another season, so fingers crossed.
Annika is a British crime drama TV series… Annika Strandhed is a Detective Inspector in … the Glasgow Marine Homicide Unit.
Soon after I spent up large on a Fujinon XF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR zoom lens for taking photos of birds, Fuji have come out with an even bigger and only slightly more expensive lens: Fujifilm Announces The New XF150-600mm Lens. Sigh. Still, the lens I have is superb!
Thank you sunrise, light shower and iPhone for this early morning rainbow. 😀
Realised when I opened my MacBook Pro this morning that WWDC keynote was live. Tuned in as I do every year. Actually closed the tab again within 30 seconds as it just felt way too hypey. Plus, I’m not planning on buying anything anyway. I’ll catch up on announcements via TidBITS.
Today’s main feature: a splitting headache, eased in the end by a one hour deep sleep in the afternoon. 🤕
Gorgeous 5 Km beach walk to start my Sunday. Thanks to all those on my overnight Micro.Blog timeline who mentioned going for a walk: it helped get me out of bed and into the frosty morning.
10 years ago I bought a Wacom Intuos 5 graphics tablet, upgrading from previous versions. Not for graphics, but because after a rough time getting used to it I much preferred it to mouse or touch pad. After several years when it hid in a drawer, I’ve rediscovered it. Aaahhh. 😀
The sun was low behind me; the hawk circling high in front of me. 🐦
Sasha has never really been the most cuddly dog. She seems to be changing her ways though. 🐶
Fears cultural significance of Matariki may be lost:
Matariki … is a period of solemn reflection, followed by a celebration of the present and looking ahead to the future. It is an appreciation for the earth, the ocean and the environment, and for looking to the stars.
Leigh Mayberry has very quirky language in her books, but still I usually enjoy them. Murderous Profits (Lost in Alaska Book 7). Looks like I skipped 5 & 6 after #4 disappointed. Perhaps I should go back to them… 📚
A couple of mornings ago I was making breakfast when I noticed the top half of the quail run door was open. I rushed out to check on the two girls, who fortunately were sitting happily minding their own business. I must have left the door open the previous afternoon! 🐦
