Thinking about end notes

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Every year, I try to write End Notes that encapsulate the previous 12 months. And although I haven't been good at this task for most of my life, I feel resolute in 2022.

The Superb Flynn's of Termofeckin

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Highly recommended boutique B&B.

Overnight in the Coach House

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Flynn's of Termofeckin.

Achieving a Goal

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Change the systems and that will change the results.

I enjoy clever historians who are also brilliant storytellers. Like Anna Keay reveals in her The Restless Republic 📚

Thanks to Elon, I believe social networks will enjoy more government oversight. And that includes the fediverse. mstdn.social/@sheilama…

End Notes by Austin Kleenex

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While watching Elon promise new features on the bird site, I’m reminded of 11 Laws of Software Estimation for Complex Work

Very very very happy to discover Readwise auto-threads conversations when the lead thread is input via Instapaper.

Before I verbalize a few resolutions, I’m reading a little bit of James Clear.

Mia, Harry, and Dylan

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Christmas Eve 2022

My relatives always get me socks for Christmas. I wish for wool but I get cheap socks. I’m thinking about holiday conversation starters involving woolen pleasures. The screencap is from a Documentally Newsletter.

Getting 100 Mbps WiFi from our quiet canteen with free coffee, donuts, and mince pies.

I will always remember a magnificent Christmas Caroling Session in church that occurred during the same time as the extended World Cup Final 2022. That global sporting event rewrote history.

Elon Musk rendered via Stable Diffusion

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: Work by Clark McGillis using Stable Diffusion.

Welcome to Hotel Elsevier

Elsevier appears to be collecting and monetizing our personal data, sometimes without writers' consent. Data can be used to “extrapolate core working hours, vacation times, and other patterns of a person’s life.” Over 20,000 researchers now refuse to publish, review, or edit for …

You can donate directly to the defense and reconstruction of Ukraine: u24.gov.ua Donations towards medical aid or rebuilding (but not defense and demining) could be tax deductible in some jurisdictions.

Onerous legal minefields ahead if you run an instance: www.wired.com/story/mas…

Irish Rail Desktop

Bernie Goldbach posted a photo: On the well-worn Limerick commuter train.

One Minute Christmas Caroling

Bernie Goldbach posted a video: Recorded in St Mary's Catholic Church, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, ireland

When I was young, I was in charge of the Hoover and back then, our Hoover did not come with a network camera. www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/1…

One of my on-going things is using online polls.

I hope tantrum capitalism has a half life. www.insideview.ie/2022/12/t…

I subscribe to flight safety videos (car crashes in the air) so that suggests I’m entertained by the Blue Bird Car Crash. Twitter is proving that people who have enjoyed financial success inflate their self-worth and often they can’t see the real world because they are surrounded by …

I didn’t understand the monetary value of a retiree being presented a high quality watch until I noticed some of those watches could double in value within 10 years.