As Brisbane goes into lockdown - 6pm June 29, 2021

Brisbane for the next few days

Every day, since whenever the feature launched, my iPhone has generated a set of Featured Photos from my 27,000 odd photos in the library. Since June 22 it’s stopped.

What have I done to deserve this?!

It’s nice how things are precedented now. Remember back in 2020 when it was this whirlwind of unprecedented stuff, nowadays we hear that a state premier is warming up a new announcement and we put our cloth masks back in the washing machine ready to don again.

“Starting from zero can be a gift. If you don’t have much to begin with, you don’t have much to lose. You can be bold when you aren’t trying to protect something.”

  • James Clear

Do you ever wonder who the Ambulance calls if they’re sick?

Good news, Australia has twice as many cults as Arizona!

Who knew you could report junk spam to Apple. Where does that data go, and how does it play out?

I would literally give Apple more money to stop spam texts and spam phone calls.

If Google was serious about organising the world’s information, the Lano and Woodley episode “Mother” would be on Youtube, but here I am describing the skit to a friend instead of sharing a link.

Nostalgia – its delicate, but potent. Teddy told me that in Greek nostalgia literally means ‘the pain from an old wound.’

A Mackay sugarcane fire is my ‘pain from an old wound’.

Honestly, is there anything more Australian than dropping in to see family while you’re on a work trip and claiming it as a travel expense?

So apparently the tax department website has a queue now. Does the ATO know websites don’t have queues?

TF when Google invites you to sit at the Knights Round Table

I believe my fellow young people would call Luna a “vibe”

Felt fatherly, might delete later

I’ve decided to follow my dreams and become a nonfluencer. Please don’t follow me.

Good news: AirTag works Bad news: my bag is in a different airport to me

TF when you accidentally get the Covid-09 vaccine and only get 4G.

Remember when everyone’s method to cope with Covid was Tiger King, sourdough, and the Hamilton soundtrack?

Better times.