My usual online notebook source had a sale and I couldn’t resist. I love the Hobonichi notebooks. They’re expensive but I actually use these and fill them up. It’s nice to have some different cover designs (the cat one is great).

A collection of notebooks and journals, some with unique covers and others labeled by their types and sizes, are displayed on a wooden surface.

Started to read: Three Rocks by Bill Griffith 📚

I found a decent frame for my Jacques Tati film poster at last. It’s big but looks pretty good on this wall.

A framed poster for the film Mon Oncle (directed by Jacques Tati) hanging on a wall.

The new version of the Sonos controller app is getting slaughtered on the App Store and rightfully so. It’s a horrible buggy mess that doesn’t even work half the time. I wish I could roll back to the previous version.

Almost forgot about the upcoming Yes concert in Glasgow. My ticket for last year’s cancelled show is still valid. The current lineup gets a lot of stick (“Tribute band!") but as long as Steve Howe is still there I’m on board.

Logged into my old Gmail account for probably the last time time before I shut it down. I had to check that one important message source had stopped going there. The amount of spam in the inbox is incredible. It seems to flow in by the hour. Gmail used to have great spam blocking. Good riddance.

Listened to Life Of The Record - THE MAKING OF I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT - FEATURING RICHARD THOMPSON AND LINDA THOMPSON

For the 50th anniversary of Richard and Linda Thompson’s first album as a duo, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, we take a detailed look at how it was made.

A fantastic deep dive into one of my favourite albums. 🎵

Quick rule before signing up to any new online service - check how easy it is to find the exit door.

First tea of the day has great revivifying powers. Just needs a little milk.

Mug of tea, and kettle, on counter top.

The Guardian: Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed’. Billy has always been a force for good and it’s great to see he’s still fighting the good fight. I’ve seen him live a few times over the years.  🎵

I always set up a new computer/device as a new user. It lets me get rid of all the rubbish and unused applications that have been taking up space for years. All the important stuff is backed up to iCloud. If I find myself missing something I can always download it again. So far so good.

New MacBook

I became a full time laptop user this week after years of using iMacs as my main computer. My current iMac was the last of the 27 inch Intel machines and I’ve been a bit underwhelmed by the current lineup. My useage has also changed in a lot of ways and so I decided to go for the best MacBook Pro I could afford. I went for the MacBook Pro M3 (Pro) with the default memory configuration and I’m very pleased with it. There’s a lot more power here than I probably need but this thing will be good for years to come.