Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to James Blake‘ self-titled album and How Will I Know of Heaven Will Find Me? by The Amazons (thanks, @zioibi). 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
I’ve been using Evernote since the first generation iPhone, and it’s always done what I needed. A few years ago, I was on a thread where people said Evernote was too cumbersome and wanted something lightweight. At the time, I disagreed with them.
I’ve also been using Drafts since it launched, but I’ve really been using it a lot over the last few months, and now I completely agree with those who said Evernote is too unwieldy.
However. I don’t think I could think I can use Drafts' Workspaces in place of folders. I have way too many projects for that to be feasible. Maybe Bear?
I have friends who find algorithmically generated playlists distasteful. They prefer a human deejay because, supposedly, you’re less likely to hear more of what you’re already listening to. I suppose that might be true if your listening habits are narrow. But as I write this, my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist played five songs in the row that floored that I doubt that I would have heard otherwise. Oh, make that six songs in a row.
Yesterday, I played the survival horror role-playing game Xas Irkalla. I’ve wanted to play this game for a very long time. The players were Taylor and Steve and Nathan, a new acquaintance. I haven’t run an RPG in a long time, and I was a little rusty. Everyone had played RPGs before except for Steve, and this was a weird game to introduce him to the role-playing game hobby. I think everybody had fun. Steve seemed to enjoy himself and threw himself into his character.
I’m looking forward to this weekend’s game, but I need to sharpen my game master skills.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Pastel Blues by Nina Simone and Spirals by Diana Yukawa. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Stases by Loscil (thanks, @zioibi) and Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam by The Comet Is Coming. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ali by Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin and Seismic Shift by John Escreet Trio. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Let’s Turn It Into Sound by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and The Stone Roses self-titled album. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Finished reading: Valkyrie by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir 📚 Jóhanna’s book provides invaluable information on Norse history and sagas, so much so that she was one of the historical consultants for The Northman.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Down Colorful Hill by Red House Painters and Pagan Rhythms by SpiritWorld. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Hey, @toddgrotenhuis, I’m running a grimdark game next Sunday. One of the players used Midjourney to develop artwork for his character’s appearance.
I found a tag in OmniFocus for my cat, Loki, who died a few years ago. The tag serves no purpose except to remind me of the loss of my little friend.
Once a dead person becomes a nachzehrer, it is believed that it would begin eating its own burial shroud. Once this item is completely consumed, it would then eat its own flesh. 💬 Gnarly.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Slowly Arranged: 2016 - 2019 by William Doyle and I Could Live In Hope by Low. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
https://williamdoyle.bandcamp.com/album/slowly-arranged-2016-2019
This morning I found an unexpected item in my OmniFocus Inbox. It was a notification for a new Patreon supporter for a podcast I work on. I had forgotten that a week ago, I had set up an email rule to send those Patreon notifications to my OmniFocus account because it’s crucial to update our website with new executive producers. Very handy. I literally set it and forgot it.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Untamed Force by Foreseen and AAI by Mouse on Mars. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
I was delighted to find a tin of Bert’s Bees in the breast pocket of my fall jacket, which had been waiting for me since last winter.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Laughing Stock by Talk Talk and Fire Hills by Ollie Brice Trio/Octet. 🎵
[open.spotify.com/playlist/… ](open.spotify.com/playlist/… ) https://westhill.bandcamp.com/album/fire-hills
Widget Screen: Snapshot of My Day
A bit of nerdery I want to share. I’ve set up the widget screen on my iPhone to give me a snapshot of my day first thing in the morning.
My Fantastical widget tells me what’s on my docket for the day and does double time by providing the temperatures.
My OmniFocus widget gives me an idea of my workload for the week.
My Apple Maps widget shows the traffic in my neighborhood.
My battery widget tells me the current charge of all my devices.
My deliveries widget tracks all the packages I’m expecting.
My Feedly widget shows news items.
There are useful widgets below, but those are the ones that priced me with the info I need to start my day.
It’s the season where I lament I no longer have time to read H.P. Lovecraft short stories every day for October as I did in my 20s. But I will read one piece of fiction from him: The Rats in the Walls. Aside from some of his usual displays of racism (sigh), it’s a chilling yarn.