My 2022 reading list

Instagram and I are still ‘on a break’. I’ve even started seeing other apps more regularly.

Someone who lives nearby has already dumped their Christmas tree. Seems just a little big premature!

Merry Christmas. Plans have been made and lessons have been learned!

↑↑↑↑ The Christmas present to myself is this avatar as a wax seal. Unfortunately it’s delayed in the UK postal system by bloody Brexit!

(hopefully the avatar is displayed above the post)

It doesn’t happen often but we’ve tidied our so-called ‘pantry’.

In this year of Our Lord, 2022, I finally gave in and asked someone for directions.

Damn, I think I’ve lost one of my Ajoto pens.

Whenever I read the word ‘lawmakers’ my brain tells me ‘lawnmakers’. I often find news reports on politics confusing.

52(ish) things I learned during 2022

Train through the station

Tony Belleek cup

Today’s New Yorker cartoon seems appropriate this year, especially at the end of a torrid year in UK politics.

Following on from an email this morning I’ve installed the Readwise Reader application. Might be finally time to beyond Instapaper.

I’m working through the back catalogue of Einstürzende Neubauten tonight. A really great discovery.

‘Good Santa’ and ‘Evil Santa’ ready for their annual appearance. I wish I could tell them apart.

La Belle Epoque ★★★★★

Enjoying the look of MarsEdit 5 even though I don’t have quite so many websites these days. I’m wondering whether it could be used to manage a Dropbox Blot site too.

I was really pleased with my snooker games tonight. Won 3 games to 1 and the final frame was 98:36 in my favour.

My last post with the Instagram app for a while. The timeline has become so unpleasant there’s little joy in looking at photos that way.

This book is very slim but I’m making it last because it’s that good. I feel the story is going to head somewhere dark quite soon.

Thanks for the tide app recommendations. I might try Tide Guide as it’s an elegant looking app. In the last I’ve used the World Tides apps but you do have to buy a new one each year.

Any recommendations for a good tide tracking app for iPhone? Predominantly UK use

With the recent problems with performance of the Castro podcast app, I’m trying Overcast again. Reluctantly.

I’m really struggling to rewire my brain to a UI that feels really clunky by comparison.