Still starting with pens
Every year I look at my Starter Pack. I still start with ink.
Still starting with pensLearning more about Camtasia Pro
I’m a long-time user of Camtasia Pro. I use only one of these premium capabilities so I’m attending webinars to learn more.
Learning more about Camtasia ProCross-posting boosts audio
I can’t keep up with all the cross-posting people do across social networks. That’s probably why all my besties will fit around a Tipperary Long Table.
Cross-posting boosts audioWatching OCR help a hand injury
I am working with young people who often have challenges with their handwriting. At the moment my son Dylan can’t hold a pencil in his writing hand because of surgery.
Watching OCR help a hand injuryMaking Joyful Christmas Shoeboxes
There are twice as many women jogging around my local area during the past month and many of them are training for the Irish Life Dublin Marathon. One of the daily joggers is Frances O’Donnell who plans to finish the marathon without injury while helping to give several thousand euro worth of …
Making Joyful Christmas ShoeboxesWhat I've learned about engagement while listening to creatives
Things that have changed in this decade about how creatives engage.
What I've learned about engagement while listening to creativesChanging tyres with perfect nails. Rite of Passage.
Kneeling on wet or cold surfaces to change tyres on your car is a rite of passage in our home.
Changing tyres with perfect nails. Rite of Passage.Remembering the last good day on the internet
I’m reading The Last Good Day on the Internet because I was there to see the roaming llamas back then. I scrolled back into my blog’s archive and through my Flickr Camera Roll to see what was in front of my on 26 February 2015.
Remembering the last good day on the internetGlad to get my mid-term ballot. Thanks Democrats Abroad.
I am from Lancaster PA and registered to vote in the US midterm elections. Thanking Democrats Abroad for helping with their ever-vigilant citizen activism.
Glad to get my mid-term ballot. Thanks Democrats Abroad.Trump in Clare and Deep MAGA in Kerry
This weekend, Donald Trump and his posse are in holiday mode along the Irish coast in County Clare. Trump’s hotel is a nice venue, but not as classy as The Dunloe where the cover shot of this post was snapped.
Trump in Clare and Deep MAGA in KerryLearning while listening to imaginary friends
I learn from peers who share as they learn. Recently, I started chatting with Simon Toon via asynchronous audio and Signal texts. Here’s one of the chats.
Learning while listening to imaginary friendsThe best wall charger I own
The best wall charger that I own is Anker’s 100W GaN smart charger. Here’s why.
The best wall charger I ownBlessed with Kerrygold Everywhere
I feel so blessed to get two little servings of Kerrygold butter whenever I stop for morning tea in local cafes. Last year, Kerrygold sales surpassed a billion dollars in the United States for the first time.
Blessed with Kerrygold EverywhereTowards a comfortable focus please
I’m getting best value from a Personal Knowledge Management system that does not chase the latest tools or “must have” plugins or extensions. The value is in the focus. On actually getting things done. Producing value not just using popular things.
Towards a comfortable focus pleaseMy Crystal City friends can use Claude again
Defense Secretary Kegsbreath launched a broadside against Anthropic a few months ago and he restricted the use of Anthropic products from both his corner of the Trump Administration as well as anyone holding a federal contract.
My Crystal City friends can use Claude againWondering if Monique flew gliders
I don’t know if Monique Christine Petersen was a D-day girl, but something in my fading memory connects her teens to French Resistance. I’m thinking about these things because of an early morning group text chat with two college classmates.
Wondering if Monique flew glidersUsing a bloated daily checklist. My choice.
I’ve been exchanging audio notes with Simon Toon about using Obsidian. Today I offer a look at the checklist nature of my Obsidian Daily Note.
Using a bloated daily checklist. My choice.I survived Geisterfahrers
When living along the German autobahn in the 1980s, I survived two Geisterfahrer events. Specifically, I was on the A3 before midnight one evening when a unlighted Mercedes zipped past me above 140 kph.
I survived GeisterfahrersNorth of Arctic Circle with my Map Case
While listening to Simon Toon reminisce about his early days with modems and the internet, I thought back to the days when I would carry a map case to Norway containing alligator clips and an acoustical coupler.
North of Arctic Circle with my Map CaseHard to make things affordable again
It’s been a year since I left behind comfortable wages with as a university lecturer. I should have downshifted significantly because now I am feeling the pressures of affordability in daily life.
Hard to make things affordable againOnce again I am a digital hoarder
I need to follow up on the things that I save for later. I am getting worse. Here is a watch list of one-tenth of the content I saved into Fabric last week.
Once again I am a digital hoarderRelayed with Obsidian and @sm2n
I’m enjoying an unexpected connection powered by both three channels. One of the channels is a shared Obsidian Vault that uses a Relay Community plugin.
Relayed with Obsidian and @sm2nVisited a Man Cave and a Viewing
I went to Waterford to explore a N3 Man Cave and then onward to Dungarvan to attend a viewing of a former colleague. Along the way I made a short audio note to myself.
Visited a Man Cave and a ViewingLittle things from organic harvests
In our back garden we are between harvests from vines and harvests from stalks and trees.
Little things from organic harvestsInto the wood chipper
I am reading “Into the Wood Chipper” and hope Elon Musk never sheds that phrase of endearment. Musk’s shockingly ignorant, callous, and bigoted perspectives about America’s humanitarian institutions seep through the 209 pages of this page turner.
Into the wood chipper