The decision to do full copy edits (to the exclusion of all other tasks) on two separate 70,000+ word projects in a single week was a bad one.
Category: Aside
It’s an unpopular position, I’m sure, but I’m genuinely enjoying Starbucks’ reserve coffees that are made using their in-house Clover machines. To date, I think that the Nicaraguan, La Laguna, is the tastiest of the reserve coffees that I’d had *and* it’s cheaper to buy coffee at Starbuck than at some of the other coffee shops in my work area. (At home, of course, I buy beans from local roasters, temperature control my water and weigh bean portions, and an Aeropress. But I just can’t have that kind of control over coffee making at work for a reasonable price.)
Clearly 11pm is coffee o’clock ☕️
I always forget what a chore it is to finish proofing large projects (in this case 70K+ word report) and how much I catch when I print them out and do paper-based edits after months of screen-based editorial. These ’last round’ edits are taking way longer than anticipated!
It’s incredibly dispiriting to know that despite my financial responsibility there is almost no chance that I’ll ever own property in the city I live in, and a possibility that at some point rent alone will force me out. I cannot imagine what life is like for those who have less privilege than I enjoy.
This is a really cool deep dive into tracking down the target of a spy satellite photo https://luxexumbra.blogspot.ca/2018/04/the-hunt-for-ghosthunter.html
The only thing I want in today’s iOS release is for Apple Notes to not hang and freeze constantly. It was only with iOS 11.2 that I started running into issues so I’m hopeful they’ll have fixed whatever went wrong last update.
I really wish that I could justify buying the new 9.7” iPad that supports the Apple Pencil. I’m entirely fine with needing a bluetooth keyboard — I’ve found Logitech’s Keys-To-Go Ultra-Portable Bluetooth Keyboard is pretty great — but really wish that I could benefit from the pencil input. But there’s no way that buying an iPad one year later makes any real sense. Maybe in a few years!
I’ve had a pair of surprisingly great customer service experiences this week. The first was with Structube, who are sending me a small Allen key to tighten some screws (I lost the one that accompanied the product I bought from them), at no charge. The second was with the support team at TunnelBear who were both humorous and helpful in directing me to a buried purchase option on their website. It seems rare that I experience really good service, and so just wanted to highlight the great work of a pair of companies!
While it’s a month later than intended, a book chapter entitled “Law Enforcement and Security Agency Surveillance in Canada: The Growth of Digitally-Enabled Surveillance and Atrophy of Accountability” is now finished in draft and in the editors’ inboxes! It feels really good to have another writing project temporarily off my plate; this makes five finished in three months!
Excited Pixels 