For my friends.
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I've read a few stories over the past week about China banning iPhones in Government roles. Naïvely, I thought it might be to do with surveillance from the US, but John Gruber's inside baseball interpolation makes it clear: How much of it is nationalism — the CCP
Bible
Upside down, opposite, alternative way of thinking: Remember, […] few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are
Books
Great book. Effortless to read. My brain very much enjoyed it. I most enjoyed learning about neutrinos. I first heard about similar particles in a podcast episode, then saw them in videos, but I had no idea they could just travel through the Earth?! Makes me excited for the future
Answer: Constant thinking about comments, avoidance of short videos, and eventual cease of all commenting. I thought this would be an experiment in 'endurance commenting'. Turns out, it was an opportunity for growth. I never commented up until recently. It was terrifying! Publicly acknowledging you've seen
I don’t often comment on anything online. Mostly because I don’t believe I have anything to say. The person sharing already knows what I’m going to comment, so why say anything at all. Things you say can come back to haunt you. These are all false. I
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I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not discover the mathematics I use.
Notes to Self
* Brush and shovel * Reusable bags for washing and miscellaneous * Large plastic box * Books * Citronella candles * Bug spray * Peanuts in shells * Peas in pods * Masking tape * Marker
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It’s always nice to see the designer and the design. You see the context to their creation, intentions, inspirations, the way they use their design. I’ll never get bored of the Ikepod, Apple Watch comparison. Marc Newson is a great designer. Link: https://www.hodinkee.com/magazine/jony-ive-apple
Linked
Fun window logic included in MacOS. Double-clicking the toolbar works too. Link: https://ilyabirman.net/meanwhile/all/resizing-mac-windows/
Year
* Got a new job * Got a house * Started running * Started writing a journal * Read more * It's been a year of tense muscles. Like you're hyperaware of changes that happened in the past year. * To summarise this fully, I'd need to re-read my old journal,