10-degree night forecast for Thursday into Friday. Autumn is keen to get here and I am so happy about that.

I’m feeling chatty on the timeline because I’m about to post an away note — as ever.

What the actual fuck, Paddle?

This is the kind of developer-hostile nonsense that too many customers and users are either unaware of, or to which they are wilfully ignorant.

Try to remember this the next time you decide to wave the flag for the people in charge (vendors, hosts, etc).

Pixelfed has a whole separate website for a blog and yet I still can’t easily find who it actually is that makes this product.

Disclaimer: I don’t need to know. Their publicly available information should be better, even if I am the only person who cares about this sort of thing.

Between the third episode of The Last of Us, the tenth episode of Andor, and the finale of Stranger Things 4, can all of the folks making high-fiction TV shows take a break.

Just calm down ok. 📺

Every now and then my mind tells me, “Look! We have An Opinion. Quick, tell everybody!” and I’m like, “haha no not today satan”.

🎵 Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) - 2018 Remaster - Kate Bush

Because of course I am.

Finished season 4 of Stranger Things. Like a punch to the chest. Excellent television, from top to bottom. 📺

Catching up on Stranger Things. The end of episode 4, of season 4, “Dear Billy” is uh… a lot. 📺

The “Focus Mode” for iA Writer is pretty good, and in fullscreen on this 24-inch monitor really gets the trick done. Typing flow-state feels so good.

After the four-month gap in journalling, which was bad, it has become increasingly clear that any work to which I commit towards the goal of including greater intention in my day-to-day life is always worthwhile.

That listless feeling? It is due almost entirely to a lack of intention.

I have a text file open in iA Writer, “Digital planning”. In it is a list of various random thoughts for outlining my collection of digital assets, resources, and so on. At the top I left myself a note:

TRANSFER THIS TO NOTEBOOK — NO MORE PERSONAL NOTES BEGIN DIGITALLY

This idea is compelling still, despite months of inactivity regarding the task. I believe the space between the physical notebook and the subject of the work, the digital objects, will provide the necessary separation for making good decisions towards the goal of maintaining focus and clarity of thought on a regular basis.

I wrote in my journal last night and this morning. Having not done so for four months I can confirm: making that gap was a bad decision.

Not only am I fully re-establishing this journal, I am also working on introducing at least one other into my routine; the original for work, the other non-work.

-> make quick to-do list for right now
-> anxiety recedes

Today we met a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Frank. He is 13 years-old, living with arthritis, and the most gentle sweetest boy 😭

Much prefer the weather compared to last year’s. Given our current set-up, extreme heat is the worst possibility. I’m sure I’ll feel differently once we get back to living on the coast and have a car.

Finally added some shortcuts to the Micro.blog Mac app. It was handy to have the new Help document.

This included a reminder of the “Go to User…” feature, which is a wonderfully quick way to search for people. I assume it works the same way as Discover Search.

Not feeling great about the fact that Apple charges £1400 for my computer and yet it’s apparently only worth £380 in trade-in value.

I have observed that a number of people do not know about “internet weather”.

I’m going to research whether the big companies running the big online platforms have better access to stable servers and related technology. I have a hunch this is true but need to confirm it.

The problem with working on stuff for Micro.blog is that I’m looking at the timeline- and oops! there goes 30 minutes in the blink of an eye 😅

I wonder if there’s something to a Micro.blog community meet-up in the week leading to Jean’s Community Manager Hours. 🤔

• Multiple sessions for timezones, schedules, etc.
• A chance for people to pass on notes for Jean’s session.
• Not recorded, kept private, just subject-specific notes.

🆕🎙⏺😬🤞

Good Omens is back on Friday; what a lovely treat! 📺

Been catching up on TV recently. That includes Werewolf By Night, which was damned good; Marvel should make more special presentations. 📺

The way people used to think about the skill involved with the 140 limit of characters is exactly how I feel about replying on Micro.blog.

I am always unhappy with myself if I go beyond a paragraph.