Watching Noah Kalina’s “Hotline Show” series on YouTube. I can’t tell if it’s good or not. But it’s cosy, relaxing and weirdly captivating. So let’s say good.
He also described getting sleepy as “sun setting”, which I rather like.
Good morning all. It’s currently 15°C where I am ☀️
📖 Morning reads:
- “Vaccines have saved 150 million children over the last 50 years” - Our World in Data. “Every ten seconds, one child is saved by a vaccine against a fatal disease.”
- “How This Real Image Won an AI Photo Competition” - Scientific American
- “TinyLetter: looking back on the humblest newsletter platform” - The Verge
- “Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer” - Aeon Essays
🧍♂️Me update:
- 9hr 22m of sleep 🛌
- I didn’t have dinner last night due to my stomach pains yesterday. That didn’t stop me from having a greasy burger though.
- I lived up to my promise and didn’t have any caffeine yesterday. I shall do the same today.
- My girlfriend has pain at the top of her spine today so will be WFH today with me.
Didn’t realise there was a Five Guys with a glorious view of Tower Bridge. Great place to see outside with a burger.
There’s also Gaucho Tower Bridge next door, which is a bit more upmarket. No idea what their food is like. But the outdoor seats would give you fantastic views on a romantic dinner date.
Good morning all. It’s currently 14°C in London 🌤️
🚆 Trains reads:
- “Another Productivity Hack? Cal Newport thinks working slower could cure your burnout."
- “15 rules for blogging, and my current streak”
🧍♂️Me update:
- 4hr 9m of sleep 🛌
- I could really do with my next pay cheque to arrive, I must say.
- I’ve really cut down my caffeine intake these days. But I might try none for a while to see if it helps with my occasional insomnia.
- Had a sore stomach last night that has continued into the morning.
- I have sadly pulled off the mythical upset-your-girlfriend-before-9am 😬
🔗 15 rules for blogging - Matt Webb
Some of the best and most realistic rules for blogging I’ve seen. Though I realise I’m breaking rule 12 with this post:
Don’t use a post just to link to something elsewhere. If there’s a point to make, start with that.
A common British experience is that for every single place you know there’s an identically named place in the US.
Today: St Albans, England and St Albans, Vermont.
Bonus US place I discovered today that doesn’t have a British equivalent but is wonderfully boringly named: Robert in Louisiana.
Adequately put together and fairly fun, but this was merely okay.
The whole Wall Street vs. the working person story felt forced at times and it didn’t lead to a satisfying conclusion in the final act.
The ‘dumb’ bad guys were comically dumb. And the ‘scary’ bad guys weren’t scary enough.
However, the reviews for this are fairly strong and my girlfriend enjoyed it, so I’m in a minority.
And this was weirdly watchable and fun. And I always enjoy seeing Paul Dano on screen. He always brings the human to his roles, and this one is no different. 58%
These AI newsletters are essentially identical. I don’t know why I’ve remained subscribed to all three for so long. Their content is all exactly the same.
I’ve reached the point in my digital life where I’ve used enough ‘saving’ tools that I simply don’t know where to look for things anymore. Depending on the year I saved it it could be at any of these:
🔗 Why I write and why I won’t – Remy Sharp°
He says that one of the benefits of sharing your thoughts or solutions on your blog is that they’re very easy to find again thanks to search engines.
I’d never really thought about that. Search is difficult. I’m unsatisfied with the search function of nearly all software I use.
And whilst Google isn’t what it once was it will probably still be better at finding something I’ve written on the web than Obsidian will be at finding something I’ve written in my notes.