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Todays ride was my longest so far this year, only 56k so not a monster one but the fabulous weather definitely encouraged me to keep going.

Enjoying the evenings in the UK while the current period of unseasonably warm weather continues.

Today marked the end of the main programme of work I was originally employed to work on in my current job.

A moderately warm and sunny Sunday at the end of February and perhaps a light at the end of the Winter tunnel ?

Aerospace is my new favourite macOS app….

A new favourite utility app for MacOS is Moves by Mikkel Malmberg.

Today is the final day of my week long training course (CISSP) with The Knowledge Academy.

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The frustration of being an Apple enthusiast that doesn’t live in the UK means often missing out on the latest features, or getting them months or years after Americans do….

Car parking payment apps are the worst… Or at least most of them are.

Came across this annoying bug with Calendar sync on macOS today.

I am in Scarborough today for a site visit to one of our new services to spec out the requirements for their network.

Hello, I’m Scott Paterson.

Today we had a day at our local National Trust property, Dudmaston Hall.

New Macbook day After much deliberation I finally ordered a new M3 MacBook Air from Amazon last week after I spotted a 16Gb/512Gb version going for £100 off list price.

12th Jan means my birthday and another year under the bridge of life… Today started with a walk to the Hundred Acre Kitchen for coffee and sausage and egg sandwiches with Vel.

Ending 2023 with a longer ride and another route completion (Sugar Cookie in Watopia).

My first event of the year is now booked.

Tinkering today and I noticed that while my MacBook is asleep with power off the battery is draining pretty quickly.

After all the effort and cost another christmas is now all but done and before you know it we will all be back at our desks into another year of work.

Finished sorting my office today and am really happy with how it looks now.

Morning Run First longish run for a long time this morning.

I am taking a few days leave for half term this week so today was busy busy busy… This morning started with a quick ride on stage 5 of Tour of Watopia (Canopies and Coastlines).

This afternoons Zwift ride was a toughy… At the start or the current Zwift Portal Climb for La Laguna Negra my estimated time to summit was hovering between 42 and 45 minutes.

Yesterday the Online Safety Bill was taken through the House of Lords for the final time.

TriRig are an American company who specialise in aero parts for triathlon bikes but in this video they show off an amazing looking machine that weighs just 3.6kg.

Over my years working in IT I have enjoyed dabbling with building web sites, starting way back in the early days with Dreamweaver through the early days of Wordpress, Drupal and a few other CMS’s and more recently with static site generators such as Jekyll

Last weeks ride couldn’t have been more different from todays.

Traws Eryri is a new 200km off road across the North of Wales through the Snowdonia National Park.

A wet ride I should have gone with my gut this afternoon when I was planning a short ride.

A big day for the Indian space programme and a poke in the eye for the Russians who crashed landed their attempt earlier in the week.

Preparations Camping in the rain can be a little disappointing but its something British campers tend to get used to.

Crow Road Today was my first proper ride for over a couple of weeks and also my first go on the new [Zwift Portal(https://zwiftinsider.com/climb-portal-list/)] routes.

Returning my reMarkable About a month ago I purchased a reMarkable eInk notebook.

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A couple of weeks ago I got a text out of the blue from an old friend, James who had just heard that another friend of ours, Will Green, had unfortunately passed away.

This week has been a bit crappy to be honest.

14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible is a fascinating documentary about a group of Nepalese mountaineers led by the fearless Nirmal Purja who set out to conquer all 14 of the worlds 8,000+ metre mountains in under 7 months.

My Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad have been gathering dust in the office recently after I changed from using my MacBook in clamshell mode connected to an external monitor to using in front of the monitor, so I decided to setup them up on my iPad Mini.

Following my desk space re-organisation this weekend I am back to using my MacBook keyboard again for the first time in quite a while.

Turned out nicely I think.

Six months into the new job and things are starting to get pretty busy and I am certainly past the honeymoon period and into the time when people around the organisation know who I am.

Today finds me at home still full of cold after more than a week with a beautiful sunny day outside that would have been perfect for an Autumn bike ride.

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We are probably only a month or so away from the release of the latest macOS version Ventura but the current latest version, Monterey, still has the same QuickLook issue that it has had since release.

Muxton to Cheswardine Starting an early ride in late August in the UK can be tricky when making decisions about clothing, too much and by the time you get going you are cooking and too little and the early part of your ride can be on the chilly side.

Against The Clock Against The Clock is a series by Fact Magazine where artists are given 10 minutes in the studio and see what they come up with.