I’m not one to blame my tools when I work, but last week was a bad time tools-wise. My custom built ‘gaming’ laptop started to show serious signs of imminent implosion. The display suddenly went dim, and when I tried to increase the brightness it actually got dimmer. Reducing the brightness to 50% made it…
Category: Diary (of sorts)
Hope
I was going to go out with my new camera today and give it a test run but nothing I did today could have more significance than receiving this. After a year of effective house arrest due to my health issues combined with a seemingly very specifically local resistance (other places nearby seem fine) to…
The Practice
I’ve always politely backed away from Seth Godin’s writing because I have a deep distrust of people who set themselves up as gurus. Especially those with a heavy marketing background like his. There’s an almost cultish sense that you get when reading reviews of his work. That said. My biggest struggle over the now decades…
VR Workout // Racket: NX + REAKT // Thursday 4th Feb
Bit of a change of scene today. I became the proud owner of a Oculus Quest 2 yesterday. Keep in mind this is after expressing deep deep misgivings about Facebook’s new policies re: Oculus, and also having cancelled my account several years ago, AND swearing I would never get one. But productivity apps that allow…
My Trip To Work (Stay-at-home Version)
I’m currently working through an excellent writing course on Udemy and I think I’ll start posting my favourite pieces up on this blog. That is, after all, the point. Isn’t it? This piece was a simple re-enactment of my trip to work. Which, right now, is not a long one. Excuse the selfie. I have…
Games Will Save Me Today
Not the most positive day… View this post on Instagram A post shared by Christi MacPherson (@pixelatedbadger)
Uncertain(ty) Principles.
As I look on from across the Atlantic, I wonder how it will feel in – oh – about 3 (ish) hours from writing this, when the US presidential inauguration is underway. Will it feel as wonderful as I hope? Even as someone who’ll have to deal with the influence that the outgoing demagogic narcissist…
