Many thanks to @manton whose change to the Mac Micro.Blog app to ensure the New Post window doesn’t slip behind other windows now allows me to use a Keyboard Maestro macro to get selected text from a @NetNewsWire item and post it to Micro.Blog with title and URL.
I spent $10 on a 1 metre arm extender aka selfie stick and climbed the ladder. I was able to take a photo along the gutter and determine that it is not in fact full of bird party supplies. Perhaps we’ve been imagining the noises? Or perhaps they cleaned up before I came along? 🐦
I like this:
What if instead of trying to be some unassailable force of moral good in the world, each of us just tried to be a little bit better whenever we saw an opportunity? What kind of cumulative difference would that end up making?
I wish Mac Safari had a kind of ‘workspace’ concept. I have a window with a bunch of tabs re things I’m still working on. I opened a new window at the front to look at my daily checks stuff, opened by a mix of bookmarks and Keyboard Maestro. Why did some open in the other window?
I loved this cozy mystery: The Case of the Lady in the Luggage by Cheri Baker, @Cheri 📚. After reading an advance copy I said:
what a fabulous read! I loved every minute of this and ended up neglecting other tasks to read it! 😀 This is the best Ellie Tappet yet!
Give it a go!
I just watched Netflix ☛ Star Trek Next Generation S07E15 Lower Decks, on the recommendation of @macgenie . It’s interesting when shows take minor (unknown) characters and check out what their story might involve. See also Babylon 5 S05E04 A View from the Gallery. 📺
It was lovely at the beach this morning. The remnant lake in the estuary was calm and clear.
I was particularly touched yesterday to receive a very unexpected Amazon gift card from a generous person. I see several new books in the future of my new Kindle. 📚🤓
Over the last 6 weeks I’ve rewatched all of Rizzoli & Isles. It’s such a great show! I love the interactions between the characters, and there is enormous chemistry between the two leads: Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles. It’s funny too. So glad I bought this series years ago.
The other day, after the ferry from Auckland Central had arrived at Tiritiri Matangi island, I looked into the clear water beside the wharf. There were a couple of Eagle Rays just hanging out. I took a photo of one.
An interesting 14 minute video: Ace of Hearts: finding a home on the asexual spectrum. It includes terms new to me such as demisexual, panromantic and others.
… members of New Zealand’s asexual community talk about the challenges and misconceptions of identifying as ace.
I’ve had my Kindle Paperwhite since January 2013 and it’s been wonderful. I use it heaps. Lately it’s felt a bit slow though and the pages don’t always turn right. I’ve lashed out and ordered the 10th generation 2018 version Paperwhite as a pressie for myself. 📚Waiting…
17 November 2019: the first day of the Covid era: Today Marks a Year of Covid-19:
the first documented case of Covid-19 was a 55-year-old person living in Hubei province on November 17, 2019.
It’s heaving down with rain right now. A few minutes ago as the dogs and I returned from our walk the first gentle drops started. It’s sheer chance, I know, but I always feel such a sense of achievement to have avoided the rain on a dog walk. Photo from yesterday. 🐶 🌧
Hey @martinfeld Your Lounge Rumination about gendered food and drink was very interesting. Back around 1980 in smalltown Aotearoa New Zealand friends and I went to the ‘fancy' restaurant. There were 2 menus: one had prices (for the men); the other didn’t (for the women). ‼️
Hmmm, I was ~19 when I couldn’t retrieve the name of the street I lived on …
Trouble retrieving words? You are not alone: > Silence. Long silence. Very long silence. Disbelief. …Horror.
We all knew the word. We had all used it many times. But none of us could retrieve it.
Hmmm, another potential Scrabble word: dyspnea
dyspnea — the feeling of having shortness of breath
I’m thrilled to see that my young Granny Smith apple tree is producing fruit this year.
The first thing that struck me about Big Sur was the awful awful awful black menu bar. Thanks to Take Control of Big Sur I learned how to fix it:
Go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Display and select “Reduce transparency.”
We flew right by the Marlborough Sounds today on our approach to Wellington Airport. Looking pretty good!
