Some evening neighbourhood ambience.
Notes
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Love it or loathe it the Amazon Echo makes a really good podcast streamer when combined with Pocket Casts. That is pretty much all I use it for.
Some Notes #1
Two months at home and still not ready to go back to work. I have understanding employers luckily. Things are loosening up a bit more in Scotland from next Thursday so it wont be for much longer.
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I was lucky to get an account for Roam Research a few weeks ago but I didn’t really “get” it until a few days ago. It’s great. There’s a bunch of people who are so desperate to get in that they’re willing to pay other people for their beta accounts. It’s crazy.
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Why has it taken me so long to discover the magic of Keyboard Maestro? I downloaded the demo and paid for it five minutes later. I’m doing some simple things with it but I want to learn about all of the complex stuff it can do.
Lots of Akira Kurosawa films have been added to the BFI Player. I feel like another marathon watch is about to begin.
The BBC is rapidly becoming a radio only broadcaster for me. Getting rid of BBC 4 will just speed that up.
One of my favourite apps, iA Writer, got a huge update today that added Micropub support. This means you can log in to your WordPress site with IndieAuth to save drafts straight from the app. No need for a WordPress.com and Jetpack account anymore. No actual posting yet but I hope that comes later.