I’m glad to see Leicester have found someone for the manager role till the end of the season. With things going as they were, they looked the most likely to go down. I have no idea if Dean Smith can turn it around but I hope he can.

I’m a big fan of Scribd but today I experienced the downside of the “netflix” model.

I had been using Federic Bush’s excellent commentary on Ruth-Esther for an essay, but it’s been taken down (and won’t come back till after my essay deadline).

It’s not cheap to buy, but I have my highlights

I’m glad to see the Polish tax website has added Ukrainian as an option. I’m less glad to see the English translation has disappeared! Por que no los tres?

Road trip for Easter coming up later today so I’m looking for some audiobooks to listen to in the car.

What would you* listen to for a 3hr journey?

(*I’m deliberately not asking for a recommendation for ME as I want more diverse answers.)

I tried using ChatGPT to get some useful journal articles for an essay I’m writing on Ruth. It just made up articles! The sad news is some of its ideas sounded really good!

I was feeling really down last night. It had been a tough day and in my mind it felt as if everything was a pixel or five off here or there. I resisted the temptation to stay up later playing video games and it was the right call. When I woke up, everything seemed to be back in place. Sometimes all you need is a bit of sleep.

Reading Ruth after so many church abuse scandals is so refreshing. Be like Boaz.

Listening to Marco’s latest flip-flop (phone camera is enough and better than mirrorless 99% -> dedicated cameras can be better) on ATP initially made me feel very cynical (especially as John made such a good counter case in the past) but then I realised that we’re all irrational like this. We genuinely believe our opinions are informed and rational but sometimes we just haven’t tried the right tool.

Other notes -> I suspect marco hasn’t played with the JPEG settings on the Ricoh GR as you can dial in some great looks; they’re not fuji like mind.

Happy Ted Lasso day for all who celebrate.

I wrote a 75 word long sentence for an academic essay (complete with semi colons) and I love it. Academic writing gets a bad press (especially by copywriters) but chopping it up into smaller parts wouldn’t have the same effect.

The Canonical approach seems naturally more critical than conservative and willing to engage in ideas such as transformation of original source documents. At the same time, conservative theologians still point to types though out the canon, would they just call this progressive revelation? pinging: @KyleEssary

My home note in obsidian wasn’t really working. I had far too many links as I’d kept adding to it. So last night I created a folder called “Archive” copied my old home note across and started a fresh. I think this will be far more useful.

I’m in the process of #RestoreTheSketchyIdeasNewsletter like restoring the synderverse, but less popular and with 10X less slow-mo. Update: you can read the whole archive now.

Apparently unpopular opinion: I still love my iPad and my MacBook air. Both work great for their purposes, I can use them together with sidecar and universal control. They are individually and collectively better than when I first got them.

Ted Lasso season 3 time!

I’m working on an update for my sketchnote layouts guide and I’m really excited about it! I’m adding some advice on how to pick a layout and combining different layouts (plus some new layouts and examples of each one). Is there anything you’d like to see?

🎥 How Minimalism Got Toxic: The Dark Side - Internet Impact - YouTube

A great video about the issues around minimalism. It’s funny how I remember people discussing many of these issues back in the early 2010s. I actually think it would be fun to see a “world’s worst minimalist” and highlight the values of seeking enough rather than less. Messy house, not chasing the usual goals, having fun. (Although, if I were really doing the second, I probably wouldn’t share it on social media.)

We really have to appreciate the irony’s in life like the people who say we must live our lives for ourselves…but end up being lead by the comments and algorithims.

A critique - they critique the minimalists for how much they make each month from their patreons but that ignores the costs of their operation. This may still be a fair critique but they need to actually crunch the numbers for that.

Sometimes I just love the irony that “think outside the box” has become a cliche.

Happy Monday morning. I took a proper sabbath yesterday and feel great! 10/10 would recommend.

Blue in Green gets better every time I listen to it.