The first sketchy advent drops tomorrow. I’m using the themes of the advent candles to guide the verses, images and reflections. Tomorrow, is hope.

Well. Guess I need to go to the optometrist. I was really struggling to read text on my laptop screen yesterday. I’ve had a feeling for a few weeks that I ought to get my eyes checked just to be sure. Now I know I need to.

Snipd, The podcast app I like (if you triple tap it adds a bookmark and makes an AI summary of the section) has a Black Friday offer on its premium version. I wish it had a desktop app but otherwise I love it.

Apparently the Australian mint have made Bluey “1 dollar (buck) coins”. This is clearly a clever ploy to drive up the value of the Australian Dollar by getting millions of foreign nationals to invest.

Listening to U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Remastered 2024).

I love this album. I know hating U2 became a thing for a while but it’s good (as are many of the other earlier albums).

Finished reading: Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon 📚

Reread partially to juice my reading numbers, partially for an easy read to get back into reading but mostly to remember some of the ideas.

Sometimes I see stuff about “liberals” and think “that’s such a straw man”.

After 5 minutes on bluesky, I can see where some of the crazy stereotypes come from.

WordPress 6.7 is here as is the new default theme Twenty Twenty-Five. Seems like it might suit Sketchy Ideas well (and allow me to move away from a WP Engine related theme)

It’s a mju day, it’s a mju life, it’s a mju world. And I’m feeling good.

My brother is visiting so I took him to the Jewish coffee shop and cultural centre. One of my favourite spots in krakow.