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  • Sigh…I hate having a crook back.

    It started on Tuesday but I went to work on Wednesday because it was a late shift and they needed extra man power but by the end of the shift I had a horribly crook back then I headed back home thinking that maybe a lay down will fix it – nope, my back still…

  • From 1 to 11 in 5 seconds..sigh.

    Well, in the last 24 hours there has been a whole lot of drama in the fediverse because a small group of admins from various Mastodon instances were invited to a meeting with Meta (home of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp etc) but each of the attendees had to sign an NDA. Well, the moment that a…

  • Almost finished work for the week.

    Only another half hour or so to go before I can clock off and enjoy my weekend (Monday and Tuesday). I’m going to head off down the road to pick up some items of dinner from the local supermarket but the million dollar question is what I’ll decide to have for dinner. I’m stuck in…

  • I love working from home.

    One of the great things I like about my current employer is the fact that I can work from home 3 days a week and in the office 2 days a week. Sure, ones of the benefits being that I can work from home in my tracksuit pants and a tshirt but the other is…

  • Meta’s Twitter alternative getting closer to launch.

    Although I have moved to Mastodon there are benefits for everyone in the Fediverse with the launch of Meta’s own Twitter alternative that will make use of ActivityPub (link) – the benefit being that a large number of people on Twitter are also on Instagram which then opens up the ability for people to leave…

  • WWDC 2023 was uneventful…which is good.

    It is always interesting hearing the ‘tech dude bro’ press lamenting the lack of a list of new features but the reality is that the we’re at a technology plateau as so far as novel and innovative features that can be added to existing products such ass the Mac and the iPhone. This year was…

  • WWDC Keynote and Platforms State of the Union.

    I decided in the end that it was so late that I would just stay up to watch the keynote, have a small nap then watch the ‘Platforms State of the Union’. If you’re wanting a live transcript then Arstechnica as always does a pretty good job (link) however what this blog post is all…

  • WWDC 2023 is almost here.

    I’m all excited about WWDC 2023 as the keynote draws closer – 5am on 6 June New Zealand time. I’ve decided to do the smart thing year and go to sleep at 8pm on Monday night so then I get up at 4:30am on Tuesday then watch it either on the big screen in the…

  • What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable?

    It is probably best if we first define what ‘having it all’ actually means, ‘having it all’ at least to me can be understood as having all your wants and needs taken care of. Is ‘having it all’ attainable? the reason why I believe it isn’t attainable is because it presupposes that ones wants (and…

  • Almost ready for holidays to begin.

    Only another three days to go before I am officially on annual leave for two weeks. I’ve decided that this year rather than waiting up until 5am then try to watch WWDC as a complete zombie resulting in almost 90% of what was said ended up being forgotten (assuming I didn’t fall asleep while it…