More or less, or something in-between?

Prince - Super Bowl XLI 🏈 | Halftime Show 2007 FULL SHOW HD YouTube video by Music Entertainment

Today is all about this genius.

If you haven't seen this, enjoy and if you want to know why this is considered the best half time show ever go to 8.30...epic

10 years on but the music lives.
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Why I Still Like the Internet The determination to move away from the addictive doom-scrolling of social media has given me pause, given me space to look around at how I use the internet and figure out where I get most value and where I WANT to get it from. TLDR; unsurprisingly, it’s connection to people. When social media first appeared it really was about the people using it; admittedly for us early adopters who were already well established online within our own little niché of semi-similarity minded people — think blogrolls and webrings — the rise of Twitter was exciting and immediate and, hey look, all my favourite online friends are all there too.

More blogs! Yay! But where are they all?

Ternus future

Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO, will continue as Exec Chairman. John Ternus steps into CEO role. What does it mean for us Apple fans? No idea. Not for a few years yet at least. Like all most big companies the current products are already in support, future products are on the line…

A very Monday Monday

I know, it gets a bad press, but I’ve felt very flat, lethargic, and distinctly lacking in motivation today. Plodded on but already looking forward to an early night. Tomorrow is, as always, a new day!

Week 16 🤷‍♂️ Life As predicted, a quiet week. Steady at work, steady at home. Productive in small ways, with a lot of little things moved forwards. Managed to get some exercise in, both at the gym, on Zwift, and a wee walk one evening too (even if I did get dive bombed by a heron). Not long back from a weekend up in Perth — meeting up with family, watching my son and his cousin play together. Restorative fun times. The simple joy of just nipping away for the weekend in the motorhome just confirms what a great buy she was, and Jack loves being away on a ‘holiday’ no matter how long for!

Another week, and a lot of article read, two great movies watched, and a lovely weekend just ended.

Week 16 🤷‍♂️ Life As predicted, a quiet week. Steady at work, steady at home. Productive in small ways, with a lot of little things moved forwards. Managed to get some exercise in, both at the gym, on Zwift, and a wee walk one evening too (even if I did get dive bombed by a heron). Not long back from a weekend up in Perth — meeting up with family, watching my son and his cousin play together. Restorative fun times. The simple joy of just nipping away for the weekend in the motorhome just confirms what a great buy she was, and Jack loves being away on a ‘holiday’ no matter how long for!

Week 16

🤷‍♂️ Life As predicted, a quiet week. Steady at work, steady at home. Productive in small ways, with a lot of little things moved forwards. Managed to get some exercise in, both at the gym, on Zwift, and a wee walk one evening too (even if I did get dive bombed by a heron). Not long back…

Braw morning for a cycle

A flat one, as we have a 4 year old to keep up with! Weather looking good, which is just as well cos my gears need a tighten I think. Ohh and new pads for the brakes. Possibly a new chain, and cassette? 14 year old bike needs some love.

My de-googlising now has some urgency it seems

Small penises growing horizontally (on the wall next to the style).

Bacon sandwich anyone?

Sauce ?

The rain always sounds heavier on the roof of our motorhome. Last night it built steadily to a constant thrum and, a few minutes later, it stopped instantly.

Like someone has turned off a tap. No lessening, no odd raindrops, from a downpour to zero rain in a second.

Weather is wonderful.

All is quiet (ish)

Parked up for the night near Perth, motorhome setup and some snacks before bed. Calm and peaceful, just me, Becca, Jack, and Dave (who is already snoring, it’s hard being a dog). This motorhome, Vera, was THE best investment. Much happy.

I love the internet, thoughtful interactions help me rethink things I've skimmed over and, tldr; No more AI Featured Images for my blog.

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Unpile those stocks! Apologies, I was duped, I think?

Apparently… not. I think the tool I use to check the news has been a bit wrong!

Bubbles Independent blog posts, ranked by the community. Good stuff bubbles up. The rest pops.

Still on a blogging kick, and Bubbles is a great new service that is helping me loads.

bubbles.town

Yeah I'm too old to be bothered too!

Mastodon bad, fediverse meh?

Apologies for the slightly, deliberately, click baity title there but honestly, the entire thing just seems a bit.. over wrought? I’ll admit I’m a little behind the curve as I, rightly or wrongly, view the whole fediverse/mastodon thing as geeks being a little too…

From the Archives: I am not style - www.gordonmclean.co.uk/2009/11/08/i-am-not-styl...

Well if they decide to eat them, they may have to stockpile toilet roll too!! bleuch

Reasoned nuance

Manuel is usually opionated and occasionally correct. I agree that nuance is missing from a lot of discourse on the internet, and it’s a reason I wholly encourage blogs to have comments so enable a little back and forth. As someone who’s never ‘gone viral’ and never wrote or posted…

When is AI image slop ok? There is no escaping the galloping rise that AI is seeing across the tech world. It’s spreading out everywhere, not quite like a virus — although I’m sure they are already prowling about out there — more like the exploring tentacles of an inquisitive octopus. I have used, and will continue to use, AI for some things. It’s helped me figure out some logic building Apple Shortcuts — I am not a developer and occasionally get tripped up by my own lack of knowledge, not that AI is flawless in this regard but even used as a sounding board I have found it useful — and I’ve used it for some fun things too.

When is AI image slop ok?

There is no escaping the galloping rise that AI is seeing across the tech world. It’s spreading out everywhere, not quite like a virus — although I’m sure they are already prowling about out there — more like the exploring tentacles of an inquisitive octopus. I have used,…

UK to stockpile

PM Starmer has issued stockpile guidance. The short version (without the rhetoric): • A battery or wind-up torch - torches are a safer option than candles. • A portable power bank for charging your mobile phone. • A battery or wind-up radio to stay updated during a power outage. •…

Sleep ideas

Dreams varying from mundane, to horrifying, from opaque to vivid. Time to get back in the magnesium supplements for me, I think. As ever when I wake through the night, my brain kicks into gear and I ponder projects, come up with ideas, then promptly forget them when I go back to sleep.…

Cadence

My work week follows a pattern most of the time. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday are half and half meetings and “doing” time. Friday has fewer meetings. Wednesdays are meeting and deadline days. So I don’t really plan anything other than attending the meetings, and getting the reports done.…

Ah yeah, fair point. There is that.

Not sure I care, I hope he on his way to a swift and complete breakdown and ends up in a cell with padded walls for the rest of his days, starting tomorrow ideally.

Actually, strike that, that's not true.

I AM sure I don't care.

boringNotch is a nice app, it's just that I don't want to 'go' to that place on my screen...