Inktober day 20: coral
Inktober day 20: dizzy.
What is inspiring you at the moment?
Some lessons can’t be taught, they have to be lived. You can read all about someone else’s experience and what they learned, but until you go through it, it is meaningless.
The best Apple product I bought?
Yesterday I had a strange realisation. My 2013 MacBook Pro is probably the best Apple device I have bought. That surprised me as I don’t think it has ever been my favourite Apple device, but the fact that my wife and I still use it and it works fine mean that it has had the longest life out of any Apple product I’ve owned. I love my Airpods when I first bought them, but their battery life has left them near useless now and instead just frustrating. the iPhone SE was a fantastic phone when I first bought it and live photos are so much fun, but it has a limited life (will it get the next software update?) and I upgraded to the iPhone Xs and that was better…and worse. My iPad Pro can out perform the MacBook in may ways and the pencil is great fun, but I doubt it will last half as long as this MacBook pro. Perhaps logenvity shouldn’t be the top criterion for “the best product” but the fact that I’ve not really felt the need to upgrade is as positive sign to me.
Although a MacBook with an A14 type chip and Apple pencil support would be very interesting.
Inktober day 18: trap
Inktober day 17: storm
An idea for a challenge. “Show us your desk.” I’m sure some micro bloggers have very impressive ones. I’m also intrigued by the more creative interpretations of this idea.
So it’s confirmed. We have/had covid. Thankfully our cases have been mild.
I did it!
I restarted the Learn Create Share newsletter again 🎉
Read the latest edition here.
Size of iPhone I’d like: Mini
Spec of iPhone i’d like: Pro Max
Budget for iPhone I have: nope.
I put some camera stuff up on a second hand site. Little did I know that I’d probably catch COVID! Now I’m getting messages from interested people and having to send some awkward messages.
Inktober day 16: Rocket
The new fujifilm x-s10 looks pretty interesting 🤔
Inktober day 15: outpost
My wife turned up two hours before testing opened and waited four hours to get a test. This was at a drive through testing point in Krakow. I really hope the rest of the country is fairing better but with a jump to over 8,000 new cases yesterday, signs aren’t great.
Quarantined at home. Not how I expected to spend this day. A good summary of this year for everyone. Wieliczka, Poland. 17:00 CET
Inktober day 14: armor
A couple of apple event observations and thoughts
I don’t know if I missed it but did the original HomePod not get an update (or maybe they snuck in a processor bump in a press release somewhere) and what about the Apple silicon Macs? I’m really interested in getting a Mac again but definitely not an intel one. I really don’t like splitting the iPhone 12 camera features further, a larger sensor is a really interesting change, as is LiDar and 10 bit hdr video recording. I’m interested to see the final details but it’s more impressive than I thought. But I think I thought that last year. Marketing eh.
We’ve not had a good experience of the current Poland covid system.
To get a test, you need a perscripion from your family doctor (or spend $100) It took my wife several days to be able to speak to a GP to get a perscription. She had called at 8:00 when the surgery opened, they answered her call at 8:40 and said someone would call back between 13:00 and 18:00. The doctor only managed to call at 21:30 after being on duty all day.
Today, my wife went for a test at 8:00, by 9:00 they were out of tests and everyone was sent away. There are record cases in Poland but we’re not even able to get tested. We have two friends who are confirmed cases, plus another couple of friends of friends who are confirmed.
It feels like the virus is just taking over everything right now and the system just can’t keep up.