Weeknotes 175

I came down with a cold during our trip Edinburgh. This is what happens when you leave the house. I’m feeling congested, but otherwise fine now though.

After some deliberation about nano texture screen coatings I bit the bullet and placed an order for a new M4 MacBook. I’ve gone for the Pro chip. The Max just seems so far beyond what I need, and with the configuration I’ve chosen I’ll still be tripling the RAM and doubling my disk space, so it’s a very nice upgrade. And of course, in black. It should arrive in just over a week.

(I didn’t opt for the nano texture based my current machine not having it and that hasn’t been a problem for me).

We took a trip down south over the weekend to visit friends. It remains a long way to drive. We decided to stay in a Premier Inn instead of the old place. I still feel weird about going back there.

As a fan of the The Lord of the Rings films, I’ve been meaning to read the books for a long time. Unfortunately, I have the reading age of a small child, and when I previously tried to read them I got no where fast. Instead I’ve decided to try the audiobook versions read by Andy Serkis.

In the past I’ve attempted to use Apple Music for audiobooks, but the syncing of books it always a pain, and the app is not really suited to the task. Instead I’ve opted to co-opt Plex into the job combined with Prologue. I’ll see how it goes.

It sounds like Oban Web is going to become an open source product. I think Parker is correct that it will affect the adoption of Oban as a whole because Oban Web is extremely compelling, and you often can’t afford to pay for it until your project is making money later…

Fucking dark isn’t it? Better remind myself to take those Vitamin D supplements.