• Old Books

    I bought this book as I had enjoyed Barry Jones’s new book on Abebooks, and was pleasantly surprised to discover it is an ex London university library book. Entered into the University 1983, with a long borrowing history.

  • Mission Beach

    A micro holiday to Mission Beach over the long weekend was very nice.

    Photo taken from the top of Bicton Hill, which was a medium to hard climb on a pretty decent rainforest track.

    Dunk Island in background.

    Photo taken with my ebay special Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2 that is nearly twenty years old.

  • Russian Linesman

    One very good musical journey to go on is the series of EPs by Russian Linesman. Starting here with Monomyth I, then II, III, IV, V and VI. Of all the tracks, I especially like ‘Rescue from without’ on Monomyth V (The Return)

    Image below is a universal music link that should take you to the streaming service of your choice.

    Many Thanks to Fenner Pearson’s wonderful music podcast Electronic Ears for introducing me to them.

  • 18165

    This is the number of hours I have estimated to have wasted on social media. I actually believe this to be a conservative number.

    Around 2007 I started using Facebook heavily. I was already using the social media built into Flickr (which was very good, and probably a huge missed opportunity), so I have calculated from that year. Three hours a day from then is 18165 Hours.

    The time wasted on social media is not just when you are actively using it. It becomes part of your thoughts. You start to think about how what you are currently doing can be reported to socials. Photos, experiences and thoughts all start to be consumed by the social crack pipe in the background.

    The 10,000 hour rule is based on becoming the best of the best in a field. The top 1%. This usually requires some talent to start with, but it is generally said to be this number.

    With that, I have almost hit that number twice in complete and utter waste.

    I can find old blog posts from almost all the way back to 2007 saying how much of a problem socials are.

    This is yet another post where I plead with myself to change.