I had my second Japanese language class of the current course last night.
I say ‘current course’, as I’ve attempted to start learning Japanese several times, and despite my frequent visits to the country, I’m hardly making progress. Or at least, as fast as I’d like.
So, I registered for the first two modules of a beginner’s course and I’m attending face to face. I noticed that my last Zoom-based experience was far from ideal - mostly because of the teacher’s unfamiliarity with the tech.
Gah! Yet another GP screw-up with my meds.
Despite getting my repeat prescription signed off on Monday, the pharmacy never received it. And so I couldn’t get my meds. Thankfully, the pharmacist was happy to give me a week’s supply while the GP practice gets their act together.
Every interaction with my local practice is so stressful and hard work. And it’s not like I’m taking my epilepsy meds for laughs.
One of the first photos I took outdoors with my new iPhone 15 Pro.
We were blessed with unseasonal blue skies and sunshine here in London, so I made sure to look up for some good angles.
I took this just down the street from my apartment, here in Canary Wharf, where’s there no shortage of interesting buildings reaching for the sky.
So far, I’m loving the new phone and the camera is just one of the outstanding upgrades from my iPhone 13 Pro.
It just so happens I’m working from home on the day my new iPhone 15 Pro is set to be delivered. What a coincidence!
Though I may have to temper my excitement if it arrives later in the afternoon. I have a friend coming over for dinner and a film later on, and it would be quite anti-social to sit in the corner and set up my new phone with him here.
The second highlight of my day so far:
Figuring our how to use the Dataview plug-in in Obsidian to search for client projects across disparates notes and provide me with a nicely-formatted list.
I then created a ‘client’ template for pages, to bring together lists of client-specific projects and the people involved. So each client organisation gets a note, and each note lists what projects I’ve done for them and who I’ve worked with there.
Getting my dispatch notification email from Apple. My iPhone 15 Pro is on the way, in all its blue titanium glory. And now the waiting game ramps up a notch.
It definitely feels like Autumn arrived in London today.
I woke up to darkness and had to wear a sweatshirt and jacket to work, for the first time in… well, as long as I can remember. I’m looking out my office window to some very dark grey skies and some really quite strong wind. There’s an umbrella in my backpack. I’m thinking of soup.
I’m planning to hold off on getting my winter clothes out of storage for a couple of weeks.
Today’s the first time in a while that I’m really jiving with Obsidian.
From my daily note, through to capturing new ideas and writing new content for the business blog.
On reflection, I think it’s because I’m using templates intentionally and with more forethought. As in, what does future me want to do with this information? I’m also using the new properties functionality to include some very useful front matter to notes.
I’m very tired and really need some sleep, but… I’m loving iOS17 so far. Seems like lots and lots of very small changes which combine for a great new experience.
I’m watching Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, for the umpteenth time.
Christopher Plummer is marvellous as the scenery-chewing General Chang and there are some super one-liners from McCoy and Chekov. And yet… I keep unintentionally comparing it to more recent iterations of Trek and it’s starting to fall short.
This is completely personal taste, so please don’t attack. While the story is solid, it’s clear that SFX, make-up and scripts have come a long way since 1991.
I’ve been tinkering with Drafts, a super-popular app that never quite stuck with me.
And I’m not sure why. But after stumbling across a few enthusiastic YouTube videos and blog posts, I thought I’d give it another go.
Over the last couple of days, something seems to have clicked. I realise I can take anything that pops into my mind and get it into Drafts in seconds - via my Macbook, iPad, iPhone or even Apple Watch.
My plans for a gym visit yesterday were destroyed by my Crohn’s flare-up. As was our planned visit to the local food market. Le sigh. But I started to feel better this morning and so, before I could talk myself out of it, I threw on my gear and hit the streets.
Oh. It looks like the Tories are going to fuck up another infrastructure project. What a surprise. Sunak knows he’ll never have to depend on public transport. He’s above such things. He just hops in a helicopter…
“Ending the line at Old Oak Common is pretty much the definition of a railway to nowhere.”
Last night, I watched the final episode of Foundation’s second season on Apple TV+. It was a thrilling ride and the perfect close to an impressive season.
If you haven’t sampled the delights of Foundation yet, let me convince you. No, it doesn’t have space wizards or laser sword fights or cutesy little robots. It doesn’t have alien races with unpronounceable names.
But it does have the palace intrigue of Game of Thrones, combined with the galaxy-wide politics of Star Trek.
Choosing my new iPhone wasn’t as easy as you’d think.
I had gone back-and-forth in my mind about which model I wanted to go for. No question about the storage I wanted and no question about the colour. It was obviously going to be blue titanium.
Just doing some easy work admin before getting my show on the road. We’re walking to a local food market later and I’m hoping to enjoy a food truck burrito 🌯 Because I’m classy like that.
That sound you heard was my Amex card groaning under the strain of a new iPhone 15 Pro.
In Blue Titanium, obviously. I’m not a monster.
I didn’t opt for Pro Max in the end. After holding a max-sized case for a while, I simply realised my hands weren’t up to the task! Roll on Fri next week.
