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Chris M.
| July 17th, 2020

Doh! Had to order a new washing machine. Having the last (v. noisy) load come out covered in plastic shavings from… somewhere… was the last sign it wasn’t a problem that could be ignored. Now to make it through the next 10 days with only handwashing 🙃

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Chris M.
| July 14th, 2020

The current "get back to work” messaging from the U.K. government is really irritating me. It shouldn't, as it's not important in the grand scheme of things… but a great many of us never stopped working. The last few months have been hectic, stressful, and some of the busiest in my career. Yet the way ministers are talking, you'd think I'd been on holiday for months and the economy is tanking as a direct result.

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Chris M.
| July 8th, 2020

I bought PC speakers for the first time in oooooh… 20+ years, because my new monitor didn’t have any built-in. They’re not even "good" ones, but it feels weird and joyous to hear sound coming from my computer that has actual depth and tone 🔊

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Chris M.
| July 8th, 2020

I mean, I didn’t eat out more than once or twice a year before the pandemic, so I doubt I’m going to have much use for a £10 voucher…

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Chris M.
| July 6th, 2020

I've been after a new monitor since the start of lockdown, as my home monitor was a nine year old 1080p model which had a fine mist of silver paint on the lower half of the screen, thanks to some airbrushing mishaps. It was definitely showing its age, but had been “fine” in a time when I was only using it one day a week.

I finally managed to get one with a price-to-features ratio I was happy with, and was in stock. In the end I decided to go with higher resolution (4K) over physical screen size (my original plan was 1440p @ 27”), and I'm very happy I did; everything looks so sharp and vibrant! Not having to completely rearrange my desk setup was also a bonus… the new monitor fit right onto the existing arm, with only a slight height adjustment needed to account for smaller bezels.

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Chris M.
| July 4th, 2020

Mrs. K: “does having two Switches make us the Millennial equivalent of the ‘two car household’?”

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Chris M.
| July 4th, 2020

It feels like I'm the last person to do so, but I finally watched Hamilton, now it's on Disney+. It was really good! I'm not normally one for musicals, but it hooked me and flew by, despite being nearly 3 hours long!

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Chris M.
| June 30th, 2020

I watched every episode of The Simpsons on Disney+, so you don’t have to. (Don’t) AMA!

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Chris M.
| June 28th, 2020

I finally started playing Breath of the Wild on the Switch today, and I was not prepared for the difficulty of it. Part of it seems to be not mastering the controls yet/layout of the Joy-Con in my hands, and the rest is this is just way harder than any previous Legend of Zelda game I've played before.

At one point Mrs. K asked my how it could possibly be enjoyable to get the Game Over screen over and over on the same low-level enemy, and I didn't have a good answer. I do really like the game, but I have to admit, I'm not having much fun yet.

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Chris M.
| June 28th, 2020

Every year – right around WWDC – I get the urge to do more with HomeKit/smart home devices, but the question inevitably turns to “do I want to do this because I should, or because I can (or because it sounds cool)?” Then it always ends with me questioning whether the investment is worth the amount of convenience it would give me.

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Chris M.
| June 27th, 2020

I'm trying to get back in the habit of using Twitter lists instead of straight-up following accounts. I'd got a bit lax, and Twitter had started feeling chaotic and unwieldy. So don't be offended if I've appeared to unfollow you – I'm still getting your tweets one way or another!

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Chris M.
| June 25th, 2020

Giving Hey a try, to see what all the fuss is about now there's no invite necessary. I've started forwarding two of my legacy service accounts to it, as they should be a reasonable test. I can't forward my main Proton Mail account, because they don't implement forwarding, but that's fine for now.

It'll have to really blow me away to get me to subscribe and fully switch. Pretty much all of my personal email is transactional these days – receipts, newsletters, etc. I can't remember the last time I wrote an email to someone I actually know… messaging apps seem to have filled that slot instead.

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Chris M.
| June 25th, 2020

I moved one of the hallway motion sensors into my WFH space today, as it also measures the temperature. Even though it was noticeably cooler in the room than yesterday, with every available window open it still hit 24°C. I’m starting to miss the office AirCon!

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Chris M.
| June 25th, 2020

Every time I hear someone from Apple say “App Clip” in a WWDC video, my brain hears “Applet”.

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Chris M.
| June 25th, 2020

I've been fully Facebook free for 6 months now, but I have a slight dilemma. My kids insist on using WhatsApp, because that's what all their friends, and family on their mum's side use. As much as I'd love to, I'm not likely to be able to nudge them towards using something like Signal instead. The network effect is too strong. At the moment we message each other over iMessage, but I increasingly get the impression they begrudge not having all their messages in one place on their side.

So, do I persist with iMessage, or hold my nose and install WhatsApp?

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Chris M.
| June 24th, 2020

It's getting warm enough in my WFH space now that I'm starting to miss working in the office, with it's sweet, sweet (albeit temperamental) air conditioning system.

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Chris M.
| June 17th, 2020

We've reached the stage of lockdown where I'm going to have to start wearing a hat, to keep my hair out of my eyes. Pomade is no longer able to hold it back reliably. I was already a month overdue a haircut when all this kicked off, if that helps put it in context 😬

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Chris M.
| June 8th, 2020

This week's Turnip Forecast: should make a minimum of 163,000 Bells profit, with a potential maximum of 420,000 Bells. That'll help pay off my next couple of mortgages to that shark Tom Nook. #acnh

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Chris M.
| June 8th, 2020

I've got a whole bunch of domain renewals due this month. None of them have been used yet (3 I'd completely forgotten about), so should probably let them expire, and save myself the $80 or so, but part of me always goes “well, maybe, just in case…”

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Chris M.
| June 1st, 2020

Not sure why someone has decided to set off a fireworks show at 22:45 on a Monday night … 😒

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Chris M.
| May 30th, 2020

For the last several weeks of lockdown we'd get around 2-4 cars down our street per day, as most people were (sensibly) staying home. Since a couple of days ago, between the D.C. scandal and indications the rules would be slightly relaxed, we've started getting roughly twice that number per hour.

Personally I think it's too soon. I'm planning to stay home as much as possible still, and only really go out if I need something from the shop.

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Chris M.
| May 26th, 2020

The entire development environment for my new team is in a handful of Docker containers, and I love it. So quick and simple to get up and running. This is where I wanted to take my previous team, but we never found the time or resources to get it done before I moved on.

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Chris M.
| May 24th, 2020

The neighbour across the road had her parents come over yesterday, and next door have her brother over today, doing DIY. This is what starts happening when people see the government flouting their own rules, I guess?

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Chris M.
| May 23rd, 2020

I wonder if I could make a "serverless" Micropub server in Azure Functions? I don’t see why not (once I’ve learned enough about them)… the main decisions would be around storing the data, and – down the line – displaying it.

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Chris M.
| May 22nd, 2020

Random thought: a blog that only exists as a feed (RSS/JSON/Atom/microformats/etc). No “frontend”, just syndication.

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