New Computer!

This week I received my new computer - a brand new 16" Apple MacBookPro with the new M1Pro Processor and 32GB of RAM.

I had been waiting for a super long time for Apple to release their new 16" version of the MBP with the new chip and it was well worth the wait as I get to finally replace the 15" MBP I bought waaay back in 2013. Almost 8 years is a pretty ace life for a computer and things started to not work: usb ports, card reader, webcam, battery life was incredibly poor.

Installing new stuff

Rather than getting going with all the same software and settings that I had in my other MacBooks I decided only to install software and settings that I really needed. At the moment I am making do with Safari for my browser, Hyper for the terminal, Dropbox (a necessity for 1password), 1Password. I decided to install Raycast instead of Alfred, and am taking it slowly.

Rest of the week

my birthday was last Sunday and we took the kids glamping in Watlington. We had a Bell tent with a kingsize bed, two singles, and a woodburner in the tent and a firepit outside the tent. Being autumn it was pretty cold at night and having the thick duvet, the woodburner, and some delicious whisky helped keep out the cold.
I went swimming on Wednesday. 40 lengths and 1000m.
Work was good and worked on three different projects. The new tool we're working on MergeCoin is proving to be very useful for us as a team bringing out a very competitive aspect in some team members (me and James!), and improving our time to close merge request (TTCMR) with some fun in the process!
Started reading "The Wim Hof Method" by Wim Hof
Read the entire "Do Walk" book by Lana DeLana.
Started looking at the Houdini Paint API