You won’t see this covered by the mainstream media
“Viewers are seduced by the promise of access to hidden knowledge, which will ensure that they alone know what’s really going on.”
Day one running Windows 10 on a 16
My mother-in-law asked for my help seting up a new laptop, a Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, and for the first time in a long time I was sat with a Windows laptop in front of me.
My intial impressions using her machine was that it wasn’t all bad.
And having used a new 16" MacBook Pro for the past few weeks, and finding more and more that MacOS wasn’t the JesusOS I thought it was, I wanted to give Windows 10 a go.
So Boot Camp was run, Windows 10 was installed, and I’m a few hours into the experiment.
A few thoughts: Microsoft Edge is a silent achiever; Windows is a mostly ok operating system these days; mouse/trackpad in Windows still sucks; the 16" Macbook Pro trackpad is very large and Windows doesn’t have palm-rejection so I hate it and want to throw the laptop away everytime my right hand’s palm graces the bottom right of the trackpad; there’s many cross-platform apps available, but apparently I love a lot of Mac-only apps (like Drafts, Tot, Spark); Touch ID on MacOS is a missed feature; Preview.app is a silent achiever on MacOS and is dearly missed; Apple’s Windows software is pretty good on first look; remapping some keys on the keyboard will make life easier; 1Password on Windows is actually a better experience than on Mac … how did Windows get a better 1Password than Mac?; I need to remap the Apple Command key to the Windows CTRL key immediatly after publishing this post (use Sharp Keys for this one); who knew that Windows had a built-in clipboard manager?!
One takeaway anyone should have reading this is that Microsoft Edge is actually a really good web browser, a non-Google but Chromium-based web browser, and it’s worth you trying.
The biggest thing I’m missing today … iMessage. That little “social network” is a powerful ecosystem lock-in.
Turns out I’m a rockstar. I just started riffing on a song about puppies today, the lyrics simply being the word “puppies” repeated over and over and Luna danced along. Please contact Britt for any gig opportunities or interviews.
Audio tweets you say. It’s almost like this isn’t the first time that Twitter has had that Odeo’ea.
I don't want to be 'that COVID-19 guy', but ...
So look, I don’t want to be ’that guy’, but two of the higher profile cases of COVID-19 test in Australia - the bloke in Blackwater, and the Black Lives Matter protestor - are people who’s initial tests were positive, then secondary tests came back negative. Is there at all the slightest chance that this whole COVID thing needs a bit of critical analysis done on it? Slightest possibility that we, as a people, could apply critical thinking and maybe pull back on the fear and the craziness? Reckon we could open some borders, and get some businesses back to work? I’ll be over here in the ranty corner, have a great day.
This is amazing, someone has recreated online one of my favourite things to do, drive through cities listening to the local radio
People: Mainstream media
I’m pretty chuffed today. My first commissioned photo was accepted and invoiced today. You’ll see it in the Reece Bathroom Life Showroom in St Leonard’s in Sydney real soon!
Ahhh they took my frickin kidney
The non-believer continues to be shunned. Fifteen years ago Charlie the Unicorn went to Candy Mountain, and now the Grand Finale is rolling out in parts, part one was released last year, part two just dropped, and part 3 is “coming soon”. What a time to be alive.
Proud to announce my campaign to run as President of Australia. My whole message is “that COVID lockdown was a bit much, right?”
I was never prepared to love her this much
Is there an iOS app that looks up telephone numbers through the CallKit Call Directory app extension in a CSV or spreadsheet or something super simple? I’d like to know the name of the caller if they’re in that list, but not enter them in my address book.
You’re going to need to secure your lightbulbs
She loves a book 📚📷
If you’re interested in 1) 2020; 2) financial things; 3) Hertz Car Rentals; and 4) how batshit crazy the world is today; then you’ll enjoy this read.
As a husband to a wife, let me give you some advice:
Don’t let your wife develop a rug dependency. It’s an expensive habit that eventually floors you.
Rugs, not even once.
Black mould is really fighting to win the war on fear against COVID-19 
Super proud of Britt for launching The Modern Studio with our friend Harley. A fresh take on the photography studio concept.
A rare photo of a pilot and her aircraft preparing for travel
In the COVID-19 era 
