2023-03-24 It was a very busy day when I visited the Court of the Sun King. The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles …
2023-03-24 🍺 Friday done, work week done. Time for a beer.
2023-03-23 A few of us at work play Uno as a wellness activity at lunch on a Friday. While there’s a very high …
2023-03-22 The way an insect will wrap itself in a cocoon and then reappear transformed is one of the many …
2023-03-21 I have a tiny Dalek that sits in front on my computer monitor at home. I occasionally find it …
2023-03-20 Took the houseplant out to water it and came back to find the cat in residence. 🐈
2023-03-19 I may have a lot of smart devices in my home but I still keep an analogue clock (or analog for the …
2023-03-18 On Caturday we sit in the sun and watch the birds sitting on the building next door.
2023-03-18 I love walking towards one of the original buildings on campus. The big front entry on the first …
2023-03-17 When you’re a bit early for dinner you have a cocktail while waiting for others.
2023-03-17 🍀 I wonder if I can get an Irish Coffee at the cafe this morning. It is St Patrick’s Day after all.
2023-03-16 A road along the river near me is a shared space for pedestrians and cyclists. I often think how …
2023-03-15 Sometimes you need a lot of patience when you live with a cat. There’s a reason I sometimes refer to …
2023-03-15 📆 The Ides of March. Time to settle your debts and keep an eye on that friend named Brutus.
2023-03-14 I love travel and I especially love flying. I often refer to it as being up in my happy place. I …
2023-03-13 Who doesn’t love a collection of ice cream. 🍦
2023-03-13 Every episode of Star Trek Picard S3 has fan service in it. Episode 4: “Admiral you have the con”, …
2023-03-12 A shiny new magnet has just been added to the fridge. Given to me by a friend who knows me well. 🐈
2023-03-12 Tweetbot has updated its icon 😢
2023-03-11 Out on the balcony with Ms Ali and she walked onto the exposed part just as it started raining. Now …
2023-03-11 My @hemisphericviews stickers arrived! These are most definitely not gimcrack and will be going …
2023-03-11 Old style latte glass. You don’t get these in cafes very often anymore.
2023-03-11 ☕ The physio visit has occurred and now the coffee will happen. Starting Saturday slowly.
2023-03-10 👨💻 I think I’ll call that a wrap on the week and head for home. Brisbane drivers forget how to …
2023-03-10 Most Friday mornings I have breakfast with two friends in what has become a little “shall we have …
2023-03-09 The cat and I spend a lot of time together like this. Often when I’m wearing clothes I don’t want to …
2023-03-08 If you see me out with this bag it’s extremely likely my walk is taking me to the local shop to get …
2023-03-07 Spent 10 minutes looking everywhere for the cat as I thought she was in one of the bedrooms and the …
2023-03-06 It’s important to wear your hard hat when undertaking engineering projects.
2023-03-05 “Tile with birds” Iran 17th (?) century Ceramic decorated with black lines Taken in the Louvre …
2023-03-05 Did you even go to the beach for the weekend if you don’t get sand between your toes.
2023-03-05 🏖️ Walking on the beach at dusk is good for the soul.
2023-03-04 I could barely waddle let alone zip anywhere after this delicious seven course degustation with …
2023-03-03 While I might live alone I don’t live in solitude.
2023-03-03 Star Trek Picard S3 just gets better with each episode. Jonathan Frakes does a superb job as …
2023-03-02 🖖 Time for Star Trek Picard S3E3. Given they’re slowly featuring the TNG crew will we see Geordie …
2023-03-02 The weather cleared briefly earlier just long enough for a red sunset and then quickly closed over …
2023-03-02 🐱 Starting the day with a cat sleeping contentedly on my lap while I read = good frame of mind to …
2023-03-01 Time to watch new Mandalorian. This is the way. 📺
2023-03-01 Checking the window is secure before settling in for the night.
2023-03-01 📔 Trying to decide between a standard Kindle or a Kindle Paperwhite.
2023-02-27 👨💻 Monday. Time to brush the weekend cat hair off and do the work thing.
2023-02-26 Someone was very unhappy I was watching the Olivia Newton-John memorial on tv and not paying any …
2023-02-26 Thinking of getting a Kindle again and did a search to compare models. Was logged into my Amazon …
2023-02-25 🍺 Tai chi this morning and now off to have lunch and beers with old friends. Mental health recharge …
2023-02-23 🦷 Dentist time. Hopefully don’t need a filling 💸
2023-02-20 👨💻 Monday. I guess the work needs to resume. I have holidays to save for.
2023-02-18 ❔ Flicking around the various streaming services as I can’t decide what I’m in the mood for. 📺
2023-02-18 On a warm Caturday afternoon we swish the tail back and forth then nap outside in the shade. 🐈
2023-02-17 🍷 Weekend mode - engage.
2023-02-17 🍹 Love it when a hotel has a sale on so I can cancel my booking and then rebook, saving myself $270. …
2023-02-16 🤫 Star Trek Picard S3 E1 - engage. 🖖🏻📺
2023-02-15 🥸 First trivia of the year with team “Magic Pete’s Last Dance”.
2023-02-15 🙏 Just a Doctor Who fan forever patiently waiting for a TARDIS emoji to be available on the iPhone.
2023-02-13 Local real estate agent ran a $2000 Valentine’s Day competition to go to one of four restaurants. …
2023-02-13 Spotted another Tesla with an Uber sign on the rear window. That’s three I’ve seen now. If they can …
2023-02-13 🐈 I have a cat asleep on my lap. That’s an acceptable reason to cancel going to work? Y/Y
2023-02-12 An early release means I can watch The Last of Us E5 tonight instead of Monday night. 📺
2023-02-12 If I wasn’t already really looking forward to Star Trek Picard Season 3 I definitely am after …
2023-02-11 “You woke me up from my Caturday nap. There’s going to be trouble.” 🐈
2023-02-10 🎶 Playing some Burt Bacharach. He leaves a vast music library, what a wonderful legacy. 🎵
2023-02-07 🐈 First is play with the cat, then the coffee, then the work. The correct order of things.
2023-02-06 📺 Time for The Last of Us episode 4.
2023-02-05 Wait until there are three episodes then binge together I thought. Have a nice Sunday night I …
2023-02-05 One of my favourite photos because of the way I unintentionally caught the image of wine glasses …
2023-02-05 🍹 A little aperol spritz after a nice walk along the river. Warm out but not as bad as the end of …
2023-02-05 Listening to the latest @hemisphericviews podcast while out walking. Scored a strange look from the …
2023-02-04 On Caturday, we observe the world from the balcony. 🐈
2023-02-03 🥵 Thinking I should’ve sat out on the balcony with the cat before my shower not after. It’s 7:10pm …
2023-02-03 🖥️ Apparently there are spare new monitors available at work. Goodbye 24”, hello 27”.
2023-02-02 We had a farewell at work today for someone the whole department adores. Lucky person is heading off …
2023-02-02 Water saving tip for the day.
2023-02-01 The final season of Star Trek: Picard looks brilliant. ST:TNG has been, and always will be, my …
2023-01-30 Time to fly. A gorgeous day for it. 🗺️
2023-01-30 Lack of consistency between security screening points at different airports is bemusing. If it’s so …
2023-01-30 ✈️ Security screening then the coffee then the flying.
2023-01-28 Visiting my brother and this gorgeous old girl alternates between demanding pats and sleeping. The …
2023-01-27 🎲 Playing board games on a Friday night with the family. Sometimes the simple things are the best …
2023-01-22 Decided to tidy up my profile on the bird site and make it clear I was gone. Not going to completely …
2023-01-22 It’s exciting that Ivory will be available in the App Store very soon. I’ve lost a few months of a …
2023-01-22 Every single time I put the ironing board up the cat jumps straight on to it. If only she could do …
2023-01-22 🎥 Watching an old classic western - Fort Apache 🍿
2023-01-18 A very pleasant 24°c summer night to walk home after dinner.
2023-01-17 Today is brought to you by the letter M. Morning tea Mocktails Marvellous team
2023-01-17 Me: are you okay with the rain and flooding Mum (in Mackay): daytime tv is rubbish and I’m bored …
2023-01-15 🍦 My fiendishly cunning plan to buy gelato on the walk home has been foiled by the fact they’re not …
2023-01-15 My only new year resolution was to read more paper books instead of digital. Went to the Lifeline …
2023-01-15 📚 Browsing the second hand books.
2023-01-15 💭 Attempting to relax on the balcony and musing on the thought that if the cat had a status.lol page …
2023-01-15 🐈 Waiting for the cat to stop using my leg as a pillow so I can get off the couch. Hopefully that’s …
2023-01-14 🍽️ Booking some restaurants for a weekend away with friends in March. Something to look forward to.
2023-01-13 It’s great to see a new airline tackling the monopoly existing airlines have in Australia. …
2023-01-12 🚶 Walking after work is a great way to clear the brain.
2023-01-11 🍷 Heading out for drinks and dinner with an old friend (33yrs and counting) that’s in town for a few …
2023-01-10 My employer had a cyber attack prior to Christmas. As a precaution, they expired all user passwords …
2023-01-09 I’ve decided this year I’m going to track all television and movie viewing. Will use Letterboxd for …
2023-01-09 ☕ There will be coffee, and only then will there be work.
2023-01-08 Iconic and very popular Australian prime minister Bob Hawke. The beer not so iconic or popular.
2023-01-08 Out for a walk and overtaken on the path by a guy on an eScooter, sitting on a milk crate on the …
2023-01-08 🎧 Listening to the Screen Watching Best TV of 2022 podcast on the afternoon walk.
2023-01-08 🚶♂️ Time to stretch the legs and go for an afternoon walk.
2023-01-08 🫖 Sunday morning = a pot of tea and browsing my rss feeds.
2023-01-07 🍷 Big Saturday night. Sipping red wine and plotting out some personal projects in Tot. It’s a great …
2023-01-07 On Caturday we roll around on the tiles outside and get rid of excess hair. 🐈
2023-01-07 Look both ways. Advice that’s good in many situations, not just when avoiding assorted cyclists, …
2023-01-07 🚶♂️ Out for an afternoon walk.
2023-01-07 Actually IFTTT, there is a very good reason why the link to twitter doesn’t work anymore and it most …
2023-01-07 ☺️ Knots worked out of the neck and shoulders. Saturday morning massage has set me up for a good …
2023-01-07 A nearby building site is noisily driving piles into the ground. They can do this on a Saturday …
2023-01-07 💆♂️ Patiently waiting for my massage appointment. Starting my weekend with working the tight knots …
2023-01-06 ✅ Friday is over. Very much done with this week.
2023-01-05 🚊 Car in for a service so on the train to work.
2023-01-05 Please stand behind the yellow line.
2023-01-05 A recent podcast discovery is @hemisphericviews. I listened to one after seeing it referenced on …
2023-01-04 A lot of people on Mastodon still seem to be obsessed with the bird site, source content from it or …
2023-01-04 Apart from the great wines, one thing I really like about my wine club is that they send an email …
2023-01-03 ☕ Coffee has been consumed. Time to get work rolling for 2023.
2023-01-03 Me: I’m going back to work today, will you miss me? The Cat: 💤
2023-01-02 🧨 Doing a purge of things sitting in my rss reader that are never going to get read.
2023-01-02 🚙 Washing the car to avoid sorting through the last of the storage boxes.
2023-01-02 Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus singing Wrecking Ball and segue into I Will Always Love You at Miley’s …
2023-01-01 🥃 Enjoying a whisky sour and reading on my balcony. Perfect first day of the year.
2023-01-01 Years ago I decided to only make one new year resolution. This year is to read more actual books. …
2023-01-01 After 11 days of being positive, I’ve never been so happy to start a new year on a negative note! …
2022-12-31 🥳 Last post for 2022. See you all in 2023 when we can do all the good bits all over again. Let’s try …
2022-12-31 On the last Caturday of the year the great hunter hides where nobody can see it and lays in wait for …
2022-12-31 🖖 Time to watch the Star Trek Prodigy season final. Avoided spoilers so far. 📺
2022-12-31 I have five apps in TestFlight and they’re all related to the fediverse. It’s genuinely exciting to …
2022-12-30 🕹️ Playing Civ VI. “Just one more turn”.
2022-12-27 🖥️ Tinkering with my omg.lol page.
2022-12-26 Blowing the dust off my old Tumblr site to see if it’s something I want to keep around, and if so …
2022-12-26 “Sometimes I think there’s something missing, like I had something lovely … and …
2022-12-25 📽️ Full of Christmas food and snacks, it’s time to sprawl on the couch and watch Bill Murray in …
2022-12-25 Merry Christmas everyone! May it be a happy, relaxing and great time however you’re spending the …
2022-12-24 I do love these Star Trek Christmas songs and appreciate the effort that has gone into them. You can …
2022-12-24 On Caturday we try and work out where the spider has disappeared to.
2022-12-24 I quite like Ivory as a Mastodon client and as a long time Tweetbot user it’s great to see Tapbots …
2022-12-23 📽️ Christmas movie tonight - Elf, 2003. 🍿
2022-12-23 🍸 Enjoying a medicinal gin. Making sure my taste buds are okay and not ruined by having covid.
2022-12-22 🎥 Pizza is on the menu tonight. Mystic Pizza, 1988, that is. A very early film for Julia Roberts 🍿
2022-12-22 Me at 1200hrs: Right, that’s me done for the year. See you all in 2023. My boss at 1530hrs: …
2022-12-22 This Guardian article about Mastodon is wrong when it says “…triggering a land-grab for space on …
2022-12-22 🥳 Out of office on, I’m done for the year.
2022-12-21 📽️ Tonight’s movie pick is Ladyhawke, 1985. Bit of medieval fantasy, bit of hawk by day and wolf by …
2022-12-21 🦠 Lost my covidginity and joined the double line club just in time for Christmas 🙃
2022-12-20 📽️ Early ‘80s for tonight’s movie - An American Werewolf in London, 1981. 🍿
2022-12-19 📽️ Still in the ‘80s for tonight’s film. Watching Young Guns, 1988. 🍿
2022-12-18 📽️ Continuing my ‘80s movie run. Tonight is Risky Business, 1983, with Tom Cruise and Rebecca de …
2022-12-18 A pizza place opened up recently near me and they have pineapple cannoli pie on their instagram …
2022-12-17 📽️ Watching Gremlins, 1984. 🍿
2022-12-17 I get wine, the cat gets a box. We call that a win/win on Caturday.
2022-12-17 🐈 Things to do but the cat is using my hand as a pillow so I can’t move.
2022-12-16 ☕ Poached eggs and coffee with the Friday breakfast group. A nice routine to start winding down the …
2022-12-15 Came to work on the back seat of a colleagues car. Must have been entertaining for anyone else in …
2022-12-14 About to finalise my last 2022 to-do list. If something isn’t on it today, it’s not getting done …
2022-12-13 🎥 Watching Muppet Treasure Island, 1996. Because I can. 🍿
2022-12-13 Upside to switching to mastodon is the noise generated by some people on the bird site has been left …
2022-12-13 Local cafe has a sticker wall that is slowly filling up and will soon be above an easy to stick …
2022-12-13 Started the day with a false fire alarm at 6:02am. Pretty sure not everyone came down to ground from …
2022-12-12 📺 Watching the final episode of White Lotus S2 before I see spoilers online.
2022-12-12 📚 Updating Goodreads ready to import to my micro.blog bookshelves.
2022-12-12 The department has recently purchased sit/stand desks for a lot of people. We’re in open plan so …
2022-12-12 Only 13 sleeps to Christmas.
2022-12-12 ☕ Monday. Let’s do this.
2022-12-11 🎥 Settling in to watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1987. 🍿
2022-12-11 🚶 Walked to dinner and back to help offset the amount of Korean fried chicken consumed.
2022-12-11 We have entered the “feed me” part of the afternoon according to the cat. 🐈
2022-12-11 📜 Spending a lazy Sunday morning catching up on my rss feeds.
2022-12-11 I went a different way on my walk and saw some street art I’ve not noticed before.
2022-12-10 Time to settle in for a great Christmas movie and watch Severus Snape fall out of Nakatomi Plaza. 🎥🍿
2022-12-10 On Caturday we nap in the sun. 🐈
2022-12-10 🥃 Perusing the shelves of the local wine and spirits shop to see what might be my Christmas Day …
2022-12-10 More caffeine required. Went to edit a post and accidentally deleted. 🤦🏻♂️ Good thing I happened to …
2022-12-10 I’ve been in the higher education sector for a while. Clocked up 30yrs earlier this year. There was …
2022-12-10 🫖 Saturday morning - tea and the cat napping on my lap.
2022-12-09 🍷 Friday is done. Time to go home.
2022-12-09 🎄 A series of end of year work events today. Not sure any actual work will happen.
2022-12-08 😴 Nodding off on the couch, time to switch to the bed.
2022-12-08 One of my teams put up reindeer faces as part of their Christmas decorating competition entry. I …
2022-12-07 I have to wear black pants for an event today. I rarely wear black for one very good reason, cat …
2022-12-05 Changing the Home Screen on my iPad. Looking forward to spending the next week trying to remember …
2022-12-03 When you own a cat and think you might just sit down for five minutes you need to allow for the fact …
2022-12-03 Watched the Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas special. I wouldn’t say it was brilliant or five stars …
2022-12-03 I like Signal as a messaging service. I like its approach to privacy. I recommended it to friends. …
2022-12-01 Last week, as Spring was coming to an end, we had temperatures of 34° and 35°c. The first day of …
2022-12-01 Sipping my coffee at the local cafe and listening to everything the soccer mad barista says about …
2022-11-30 Microblogvember has me in a good routine now of thinking of something I want to say that utilises …
2022-11-30 This year we have invested time in addressing psychological safety at work. It’s been very …
2022-11-29 🛠 Spending the night reminding myself how to design and build a website.
2022-11-29 Have decided to adopt a rule for downloading new apps. There needs to be no or very minimal data …
2022-11-29 Something I look forward to when I go to my hometown of Mackay, Queensland, at Christmas is the …
2022-11-28 I regret quite a few things but at the moment it’s the fact I made a poor decision to not put the …
2022-11-28 Organising my digital life - continued.
2022-11-28 Sitting on my balcony after the storm and watching it turn a glorious colour. What’s the old saying …
2022-11-28 Wore shorts to work today. Someone asked if I was trying to start a new trend for casual office wear …
2022-11-27 Thoughts on organising my digital life
2022-11-27 I've been spending quite a bit of time trying to decide how best to arrange my...
2022-11-27 My battle wagon is ready. It might also just be the local rowing club ready for the river first …
2022-11-27 The Mt Stapylton weather radar for Brisbane, Australia, seems to be having some issues. Either that …
2022-11-27 Trying to summon the motivation to go for a late afternoon bike ride. A storm went through earlier …
2022-11-27 My favourite local cafe had a fifth birthday party last night, in part to thank customers that …
2022-11-26 I walked away from my chair for two minutes to refill my water bottle. 🐈
2022-11-26 I do admire Ms Ali’s commitment to sitting perfectly still, with big wide eyes, whenever a bird …
2022-11-25 City hall in Brisbane, Australia, lit up for Christmas.
2022-11-25 🎄 Finishing early at 2:30pm to head off to a work Christmas party.
2022-11-25 Most Friday mornings I have breakfast with 2 - 3 friends before we head off to work. It’s a …
2022-11-25 Today’s plan.
2022-11-24 💲 Doing the survey to get my 9c discount on petrol on the way home.
2022-11-24 It’s always interesting the things your brain does and does not retain. I can easily recall …
2022-11-23 I recently saw a post from the developer of Toot! that they were going to start updating it again …
2022-11-23 The black friday discount deals on subscriptions for streaming services and apps are making it very …
2022-11-23 ❌ Deleting black Friday emails as soon as they arrive.
2022-11-23 🏅 Off to a staff forum to hear all about our achievements for the year.
2022-11-23 The most important day in the Doctor Who calendar is 23 November. Still going strong after 59 years! …
2022-11-22 After a couple of very hot and humid nights it is very pleasant on my balcony tonight. I’m catching …
2022-11-22 What is Hive and do I need to care? Is it just another social media site that has a lot of …
2022-11-22 😇 Counting the days until work is over for the year? No, not at all.
2022-11-21 It’s another 34°c day here so it’s very likely there will be ice cream tonight. Need to cool down …
2022-11-20 🥵 Walking by the river in the hope it’s a bit cooler than at home.
2022-11-20 The Cat enjoying the cool tiles on a 34°c day right before the storm crashed through.
2022-11-20 The Cat versus the Currawong is a story on constant repeat here. The currawong has been quite active …
2022-11-20 The thing about twitter being destroyed and people leaving is you just know journalists and …
2022-11-20 ✨ A lazy Sunday morning recharging the battery. Reading and cups of tea.
2022-11-19 Long lunch with a few friends today was just what I needed to decompress after a busy week. The …
2022-11-19 Without checking, I’m reasonably confident there is a novel in every room with a bookmark part way …
2022-11-19 I can’t decide if I want to download my twitter archive or not. I’m not sure I’d ever go looking …
2022-11-19 I’ve never seen Coronation Street so I don’t know Millie Gibson at all. Looks like RTD is going for …
2022-11-18 I will never tire of watching Star Trek in all its various incarnations. TNG is my favourite series …
2022-11-17 Questionable how authentic this quote from Aristophanes is but putting it on the end of a wine …
2022-11-17 Waking up earlier these days so I’m putting that extra time to good use. I’m sitting for about …
2022-11-16 I’m really enjoying Andor at the moment. Apart from the Mandalorian, I think it’s the best tv show …
2022-11-15 Serving looks of disapproval.
2022-11-15 I remember when the first aluminium macbook was released and how different it looked and how light …
2022-11-15 ☕ Coffee then work. The correct order of things.
2022-11-14 I’ve been reviewing my diary for the next few weeks and all of the things that need to be …
2022-11-13 💤 Spending a quiet Sunday night catching up on some home admin.
2022-11-13 Reflecting on the fact that just like tuning a radio or tv, you adjust a few things in your life and …
2022-11-12 I’m getting “you went away and I’m disappointed in you” vibes from The Cat.
2022-11-12 Home after four nights away and the cat hasn’t left my side. I have a suspicion she might have …
2022-11-12 ✈ Time to fly
2022-11-11 I really like the way you can walk around the Melbourne CBD and see street art on display …
2022-11-10 Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister are two of my favourite shows. Insightful political comedy that …
2022-11-10 Melbourne: coffee and cupcakes edition.
2022-11-09 Someone discovered gin slushies were included in the open bar at this conference function and I was …
2022-11-09 Wind, high pollen count and my eyes do not play well together. I’m regretting accidentally not …
2022-11-09 🤧 Good morning Melbourne and your high pollen count.
2022-11-08 Project meetings are an all or nothing thing lately. We’re either racing towards the objective as …
2022-11-08 🚀 Time to fly 🛫
2022-11-07 Sometimes a person says something quite incidental in a meeting and you finally get an insight into …
2022-11-06 If there was any doubt about who runs this household … the cat just walked over to the balcony door, …
2022-11-06 One of my favourite things is the art on the utility cabinets all over Brisbane as part of the …
2022-11-06 Oh no. I just realised my microblogvember post with exempt in it didn’t actually upload yesterday. …
2022-11-06 Talking to my nephew yesterday and I was suddenly reminded of my father, a man he never really knew …
2022-11-05 A good article from The Conversation on how online communities move and adapt. While many people …
2022-11-05 ⌛ Updating my profile pic across all my fediverse and social media accounts, which is taking longer …
2022-11-05 I have a big and comfortable chair that I like to sit in to read. I deliberately bought one that was …
2022-11-04 One of the things I quite like about micro.blog is the way posts are written in a thoughtful and …
2022-11-04 😬 Waiting for micro.blog servers to come back up. I have to do my microblogvember post!
2022-11-03 🤔 Trying to decide on a new blog name.
2022-11-03 A noticeable thing about micro.blog is the complete absence of spam accounts, which is clearly due …
2022-11-02 There have been so many people signing up to the local aus.social Mastodon instance in the last few …
2022-11-01 Starting the Microblogvember challenge with a photo of the fine figure of a feline, Ms Ali. This …
2022-11-01 ✒ Time to check the word for Microblogvember and get writing.
2022-10-31 I’m a big fan of the Carrot weather app and its snarky messages. The combination of homicidal …
2022-10-31 🥱 I am done with today, time to head home.
2022-10-31 😬 Made it to 10:24 before the day was derailed.
2022-10-31 Not a huge fan of halloween as I see it as yet another american thing that’s becoming a …
2022-10-30 😊 Happy with how my little project is coming along
2022-10-30 🔧 Tinkering and dabbling
2022-10-30 I always make sure I include a stretch of the river when I go on my walk. It’s perfect at dusk with …
2022-10-30 I’ve been making a conscious effort to let subscriptions lapse if I’m not really using the product. …
2022-10-30 A lazy start to Sunday morning. I’m reading and The Cat is napping, which is likely her plan for the …
2022-10-29 Saturday afternoons done right. Met friends at the local craft brewery that is five minutes walk …
2022-10-26 I thought I’d been pretty good at not cluttering up my iPhone but in preparing to upgrade to the 14 …
2022-10-24 Big night ahead. Final episode of Jodie Whittaker as Doctor Who and the final episode of S1 for …
2022-10-24 I wonder which one of my neighbours is being creative with their Wi-Fi.
2022-10-23 There are so many useful discussions by the micro.blog community and it’s one of the big …
2022-10-21 The problem with wearing a hat everywhere is that most places don’t have somewhere to leave it. I …
2022-10-19 Picked up the latest Phantom comic and I just want to go home and read it but sadly work must …
2022-10-18 I’m enjoying both House of the Dragon and Rings of Power but the former is definitely the better of …
2022-10-18 How does anyone start out with establishing an online identity these days when so many usernames are …
2022-10-17 I do love this local crazy cat street art. Makes me smile whenever I walk by.
2022-10-15 Walking home and made a little detour into one of my favourite little bars. If it’s called a Vitamin …
2022-10-15 I need to get some white gloves for a work thing and most places I’ve asked have given a look that …
2022-10-15 I didn’t even need to look to know there was a bird on the balcony, the cat’s stare was enough of a …
2022-10-14 It’s been a busy day and I’ve been very much looking forward to relaxing on the couch with The Cat. …
2022-10-10 Watched Star Trek: Wrath of Khan again tonight for the umpteenth time and it’s still my favourite …
2022-10-10 The supervisor seems unimpressed by this zoom meeting.
2022-10-09 Rings of Power this week felt like a filler episode and I’m finding the Harfoot storyline annoying. …
2022-10-09 The BBC has released the trailer for The Power of the Doctor, which is the final Doctor Who episode …
2022-10-09 Apparently being one of my oldest friends allowed my dinner guest to work out the passcode for my …
2022-10-05 The third and final book in a series was released on Audible only early last year. The author …
2022-10-03 Old friends
2022-09-17 Using Focus, I’ve set up my iPhone to change home screens at night. Now the cat is giving me a look …
2022-09-07 A little stop at the local craft brewery at the end of my afternoon walk. It’s all about a balanced …
2022-08-30 I am simply incapable of walking past a stationery store without browsing to see if there is …
2022-08-25 Found a nice little spot to have coffee and listen to some music.
2022-08-24 There was dinner and now a show.
2022-08-22 I just flew from Brisbane to Melbourne, Australia. I love to fly and one of my great joys is …
2022-08-17 It’s been five years since I adopted Ali from a local cat rescue. She was found with a litter of …
2022-08-17 Made it to the end of Westworld Season 4 and while it seems they’re setting up for a possible S5 I …
2022-08-16 I’ve reached that point in my holidays where I have to check what day of the week it is. Good place …
2022-08-15 A beautiful day to fly 🛫
2022-08-12 My brother’s dog, Tilly, is a gorgeous girl. She’s getting old now though and deaf as a post. She …
2022-08-07 A perfect 21°c winter afternoon for a walk along the river then relaxing on my balcony with a beer …
2022-08-05 I had a list of things to do today but that plan has hit a slight snag in the shape of a cat.
2022-07-24 The more things change, the more they stay the same. This thought from 13 years ago is remarkably …
2022-07-17 A very old friend, we met 35 years ago, came home this week after living through the last two years …
2022-07-12 Almost everything ticked off on the day off list: Slow start - cups of tea & cat on lap ✅ Thor: …
2022-07-11 Just watched the first three episodes of the new season of Westworld. I see that they’ve stayed with …
2022-07-09 I really enjoyed the final episode of Strange New Worlds and the man out of time plot device. The …
2022-07-09 I subscribe to Choice here in Australia as I value their reviews of consumer products. When looking …
2022-07-04 It’s been 18 weeks since the Brisbane floods filled the basement carpark in my apartment building …
2022-07-02 The cat giving me her please don’t follow me around singing face moments before going to hide in the …
2022-07-02 The best part of it being July is that I can start saying “I go on holidays at the end of the …
2022-07-02 In the Brisbane floods at the end of February, the basement carpark filled with water and the lift …
2022-06-30 My micro.blog stickers arrived!! Thank you @jean 🤩
2022-06-29 One of those days where I’ve decided that I’m making pizza for dinner because I can, and it will …
2022-06-27 Project managers often appear incapable of admitting that things are not going well and always want …
2022-06-26 “Should have bought me a hammock”. Not content with slowing clawing the chair to pieces the cat has …
2022-06-25 My Saturday was lunch at a favourite Italian, a show and then a few drinks. Sometimes you just need …
2022-06-23 Recently I’ve been using my iPhone without a case. The design and colour really is lovely to look at …
2022-06-22 We’ve been asked to put up new nameplates with a photo you like and also a spot for “a fun fact or a …
2022-06-21 I recently removed roller blinds so the painter could patch the holes before painting. I have to …
2022-06-21 It’s increasingly frustrating the way the Australian media and politicians refer to the energy …
2022-06-20 Trying to decide what to name a new member of the device family is proving difficult. I have themes …
2022-06-19 Decided to watch Doctor Who from the very first episode and work my way forward to the end of the …
2022-06-13 Price caps for the Australian domestic energy market should have been part of the enabling …
2022-06-12 I get the contents, the cat gets the paper bag. win/win.
2022-06-11 I wasn’t going to go this year but a decision to take some holidays in August and September had me …
2022-06-09 Apple mail is truly awful at searching. It’s one of the reasons I stay on gmail. If I could find a …
2022-06-09 They are indeed. #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoQuotes
2022-06-06 Discovered Blake’s 7 is on britbox so I’ll be indulging in some great old sci-fi for the next little …
2022-06-06 The cat has slowly forgiven me for leaving her at the pet motel while the place was painted. Has …
2022-06-05 Decided I’d take advantage of the Britbox $2 for two months special and check it out. Should be …
2022-06-05 This weather forecast fills me with joy. I love the cold and we don’t get enough of it in Brisbane. …
2022-06-05 Saw Top Gun: Maverick today & really enjoyed it. Action sequences need to be seen on the big …
2022-06-02 The ACT is way ahead of the rest of Australia on a lot of important issues, including renewable …
2022-06-02 The reality of climate change is increasingly obvious and yet major generating companies are …
2022-05-29 Painter is coming tomorrow. “Just move everything away from the walls” sounds easy until you get …
2022-05-28 Are you trying to take a photo? 📷🐈😹
2022-05-28 Autumn afternoons are made for beer and naps. I had one and the cat had the other.
2022-05-28 Chair ✅ Book ✅ Thermos of tea ✅ Gorgeous autumn day ✅
2022-05-24 I’ve been doing more reading this year on #sustainability #renewables and alternative options …
2022-05-24 I recently bought the Toot! app by @tootapp@mastodon.social to use for Mastodon and I just love the …
2022-05-24 Questions are being asked as to why the balcony door remains closed.
2022-05-24 Painter is able to come a bit earlier than planned so I need to finalise what colour to paint the …
2022-05-24 A trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder has dropped and I can’t wait until it opens. The Thor …
2022-05-24 I didn’t know how much I needed to see skydiving salamanders until I came across this …
2022-05-23 We love a crochet blanket. 🐈 📷
2022-05-23 Spent a bit of time today on my continuing declutter and tidy up of my digital life. Also settled on …
2022-05-22 Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode
2022-05-22 I make things easy for my family when it comes to presents. I will love anything #doctorwho related. …
2022-05-22 Introduction