A packed fortnight including a long planned and successfully executed application upgrade at work. Great to see the team work so well over a long weekend and despite some hiccups we got there.
Its also spring and if there was any doubt that Glasgow gets some crazy weather, here’s the start and end pictures from my walk yesterday.
This was in the space of 90 minutes – I was frozen and soaked through by the end of it. And we go from a feels like temp on Sunday of -5 to a feels like of 18 on Tuesday. Lovely!
Last week saw Artemis II launch on its fly-by mission to the moon. Nasa did a nice short recap of the launch but its the photo’s released so far that have impressed. Hello, World is an image not taken by a human in over 50 years. So much detail when you study it and taken on a Nikon D5 according to Flickr. I’m also loving they are using a Flickr Album to share hundreds of photo’s from the launch. I’m not as enthused at the tech they are using feels like an extension of the 70’s nor that the USA is currently bombing the hell out of Iran and threatening WW III – puts things in perspective.
Apple also turned 50 on April 1st. So many great articles and videos over the last week, some of my favourites below:
- Apple at 50: a visual history – Nice look back at some Apple milestones
- Apple Just Showed Us Rare Prototypes—Even Tim Cook Hasn’t Seen Them – WSJ getting some rare access at Apple
- Apples Best Product Ever – A rundown of the top 50 Apple products as voted for by Verge readers
- The Talk Show – Apple at 50 – The two johns, Gruber and Siracusa, discuss Apple’s milestone
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- A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava – maybe think about the data you share online?
- ‘Her head was broken’: parents at Iranian school bombed by US describe their worst day – Its a war crime – and nobody will ever be prosecuted.
- My Astrophotography in the Movie Project Hail Mary – great story, amazing images
- Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green – Colour theory!
- Peak dedication – Over 30 years to make a map of Scotland – love it
- A Dot a Day Keeps the Clutter Away – a maybe too over the top way to organise?
- The Last Quiet Thing – I get it. I have so many notifications blocked on the Apple Watch and the Phone. Too distracting.
- Physical and digital Switch 2 games will have different prices, Nintendo says – digital games cheaper than physical…at release. Finally!
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Speaking of finally, finished of Season 4 of The Boys ahead of its final run starting later this week. More than a bit squiffy in places but ended well and sets up the final run of episodes. The Pitt season 2 has again been superb – and it’s finally available to watch in the UK via HBO Max. Not so good – War Machine. Terrible film with dodgy plot and effects.
BBC also on a strong run. The Capture season 3 has been excellent with some good twists and it was great to welcome back Race Across the World. Still one of the best shows on the BBC and the team do so well at getting the right pairings for the race.