Another full on week. Each one rolling into another at the moment with little time to catch breath although I did enjoy catching up with old and new colleagues at Ka Pao on Wednesday. Always love the food and atmosphere there – something for everyone and the only place I know that can make cabbage a must have.
Some sensible guidance on owning your calendar. My work calendar often doesn’t feel like mines anymore as meetings, reviews, workshops pile in. Most frustrating are the ones that clearly come in without checking if you are already busy elsewhere.
New Mac’s this week. My Mac Studio is three years old and there’s nothing I do that doesn’t feel sluggish in any way, so it will be a couple of years more I expect before I look at an upgrade. The new MacBook Air’s look good though.
I do wish more sites would make full RSS feeds available, but for those that don’t, Chris Hardie has the answers.
The news that Digg is coming back is interesting but will it take off? The original site was great, a daily driver for me. I’m now finding more via newsreaders and RSS again so it might have a place with less time spent on socials.
Balatro is an amazing game. Many peoples game of 2024, this post on the development of the game and what happened at release is a great read.
Video game magazines were at their peak in the 80’s and 90’s. Here’s some behind the scenes on what it was like to work in the industry. Amstrad Action was my first monthly magazine at the time…and I’m still picking up Edge.