Out for a walk down the canal today and this magnificent creature was protecting its nest as the rest of the walkers/runners/cyclists passed within feet. Hopefully in the weeks to come there will be a few cygnets.
Rest of the week has been a bit meh. Lots on but a feeling of little progress at both work and home. I have cast my postal vote in the Scottish Elections. So many parties I’ve never heard of, so many people likely voting for Reform. It’s a shite state of affairs.
Finished of season 2 of The Pitt – glorious. If you haven’t given it a try already then seek it out pronto. The Capture finished well on the BBC and if that’s the end after series 3 it was pretty well done although there are some jumping off points if they want to do more. The last season of The Boys has leant in heavily to right wing culture and government and its playing almost as a satire to the current US government. Satisfying.
🔗 Links
- Backblaze has quietly stopped backing up your data – This is not great behaviour from Backblaze – time for me to look at alternatives.
- Codex for (almost) everything – Anthropic and OpenAI are releasing new features it feels like almost daily. Codex updates in the last week brought features previewed in Sky and it’s pretty powerful to see Codex background controlling many of the apps on your Mac. AI + agents makes for a pretty exciting future.
- Introducing Claude design – Web based but another interesting AI tool from Anthropic. Definitely given me some good/better design options for my website.
- Why Japan has such good railways – In depth review of the rail system in Japan. Hadn’t realised how much was privatised.
- Video Game Devs Explain How Pausing Works And Sometimes It Gets Weird – Who knew how much goes into pausing a game.
- Amiga Graphics Archive – always loved the look of Amiga games even though I couldn’t afford one. This is a great trip down memory lane.
- WipEout Anti-Gravity Racing Series: Desktop Wallpapers – these look great – Lego builds of the ships from WipEout. I’m going to have to build one at some point but the desktop wallpaper will do in the meantime.