One Man's Notes

My top artists on Apple Music in 2019.

I’m not a raging brony. It’s my daughters.

Honest.


Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a 16” MacBook Pro - and they appear to have fixed the keyboard - by reverting to an older approach.


An interesting read for those interested in the psychology of social media:

BPS Research Digest: The Paradox Of Viral Outrage: Public Shaming Inspires Further Outrage — But Also Increases Sympathy For The Offender


I’ll be very sad if this proves to be true. I started becoming serious about photography once I had a Trip 35 as a schoolboy:

Rumor Claims Olympus will Shut Down Its Camera Division Within a Year


For those of you on devices that support it, and are in the right time zone, One Man & His Blog now supports dark mode…


Yo dawg we heard you like Moodle so we put some Moodle in your Moodle so you can Moodle while you Moodle.


How to fix your Twitter timeline using this one clever trick…


This is kind of awesome: turning old VHS cassettes into clothes


I’ve been fiddling around with my Ghost templates, and now fixed it so that comments only show on members-only and subscribers-only posts once you are logged in. For example this post.

I love the idea of having conversations that are at least partially protected.


This is a wonderful read from a couple of years ago:

What Richard Dawkins could learn from Goldilocks and the Three Bears

As relevant as ever, I’d say.


Beautiful Remembrance service at Church of the Good Shepherd this morning. The two minutes’ silence with the waves crashing on the beach is always moving.


Naked trees.


Funghi at Woods Mill.


Today at Woods Mill. The dirty secret? This was four adults…


Adur sunset

Sunset viewed from the Adur Ferry Bridge

Before and after.

Adam Tinworth with unkempt hairAdam Tinworth after a much-needed haircut.


Well, that was possibly the lowest key birthday I’ve had in my 40-something years on the planet. Not a bad thing - the family celebration of it has been postponed until the weekend.


If you love coffee, this is an essential read on coffee prices - and the threat to producers it poses: Coffee Transaction Guide ☕️


Nice piece from the BBC breaking down how a fact became misinformation through omitted context, and how it then spread: How a misleading story about Jo Swinson went viral.


Imagination Unbound (video)

This is an interesting watch, and visually inspiring in its own right:


I did not know this:

Why Saying “Namaste” is Culturally Insensitive and NOT Just a Yoga Term.


Mean

Yes, I know that this was yesterday’s prompt, but I didn’t get to it (even though I posted other things) and I did have something I wanted to say:

One thing I try not to be on the internet these days is mean. But it is an effort. I’m good at the snark. I can bring the snark. Some people encourage me to let the snark run free.

Sometime the snark is deserved. I retain the right to be snarky about Zuckerberg and the FaceBorg.

But I don’t think it’s good for me, or the state of discourse on the internet. I don’t think it makes me feel good about myself. It brings me attention, but it’s not attention I value.

10 years ago, I had a long drive to Sutton every morning for work. The one way I could guarantee I’d arrive in a good mood was to go out of my way to be courteous to other road users.

I feel the same way about the internet. Let’s not turn social media into a secondary school environment where the meanest win. Be helpful. Be useful. Don’t associate with those who aren’t.

Be better.


OK, the app became garbage, but I do miss having something called iTunes on my Mac. It was such an iconic piece of software in its time.


Possibly the least surprising thing Dave could write about JsonFeed.

And the fact I remember the Atom kerfuffle is making me feel very old…


Nothing suspicious about this at all. Nope: No 10 blocks Russia EU referendum report until after election