Using Micro.blog on the Mac: 1.9.3

Beach visit. Hogan approves.

A wet golden Labrador standing up against a fence, with his head turned towards the camera.

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An unexpected gift whilst I was gone; Patrick Rhone started a new blog and it is of course brilliant.

Given that we’ve just moved to a part of this country in which two ideas are immediately present; independence is paramount and only trust in others can build our world; I am grateful for this.

I failed to participate in the photoblogging challenge — it was a hilariously short-sighted goal tbh — but I have got some work done for TIL and blogged a little, even in our current transitory state.

I’ll take the little wins.

So nice to see Akamai continuing the good work of destroying Linode’s reputation.

One of the best things about this move — the end is in sight — is that, as a result of our goal to never leave this county, it is highly unlikely our lives will be so affected by upheaval that I’ll so easily fail the Micro.blog photoblogging challenge… again. 😂

The internet has now become a much less reliable fixture of our life.

My early thoughts are mostly positive. I have quickly entered a personal phase of reflection, which feels much overdue.

Pro tip: when opening a shipping container, you open one door first. Because science.

Turns out I should have brought at least some of my coffee tools to our temporary home. It’s a much smaller place but there’s nothing like the drink you learn to make yourself. For now, a single cafetière will have to do.

£215 million for a football player? Utter nonsense.

“Those who speak, don’t know; and those who know, don’t speak.”

Just went to Google Maps and suddenly North Wessex Downs has disappeared.

Michael Parkinson died!?

It’s frustrating to feel good about the new photo challenge and then be met with two broken parts of Micro.blog:

  • Sunlit, the exclusive photo-sharing app has not updated my custom domain which I changed over a year ago.
  • The main app, which cuts off the text field when entering a description.

A September heatwave just before we leave. One last “fuck you” from the inlands.

Using the same trick as last time and bookmarking the Photoblogging Prompts to give me quick access to them outside of Gluon. 📷

It’s great to see that the folks at Hobinichi have expanded their ordering system to include international customers.

I have picked out my planner for next year — giving the “Cousin Avec” a whirl this time — and look forward to Friday when orders become available. 📔

I’ve been looking at some of the Hello pages linked to by Alastair Johnston. It’s been several months since I first read his introduction and the appeal has only grown stronger.

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