Derek Peden

Absolutely amazing 123m StarWars Infographic.

The grand Iron Lady.

Dear France, the whole point of non-smoking areas in restaurants is that no one is smoking in that area. Next to would be annoying but actually well inside the non-smoking area just shows a complete lack of understanding of the concept.

Looking forward to the joy of the 03:30 alarm and yet another early flight. At least this time it’s not on business but business class.

It seems the French approach to offering English language website translations is limited to the website menus.

Feeling overwhelmed today, with so many things to take in and facing an uncertain future. Trying to be optimistic and looking forwards to a brighter future but the there’s a lot of very hard and difficult weeks and months to come.

Over the last few weeks I’ve realised how much blogging, even micro-blogging, hasn’t yet become muscle memory. When I get super busy it’s one of the first things I forget to make time for. There’s no mental capacity to blog anything or read anyone’s content. So I need to get back on the horse…

PDF forms are just designed to infuriate.

I made the mistake of posting to Twitter… Still a cesspool.

If my 2019 resolution was to post more content that I’ve lost. The last 2 weeks have been a blur but I hope to get back on the saddle, both in posting, reading and enjoying the resulting conversations.

Dear Microsoft. I speak English but I don’t live the USA. Please stop randomly changing the default language on MS Office to US English with all your use of Z and absence of U.

Brilliant video for encouraging kids to eat vegetables, Eat Them to Defeat Them. So good!

Home. That’s 2 consecutive weeks I’ve started with travel 3 out of 5 days. I’ll actually be glad to be in the office for 5 days next week.

Radio playing Land of Confusion by Genesis from 1987. Nothing’s changed in 22 years, we’re still there.

I’m sorry but every time I see someone post an Android screenshot all I can see is the crap in the status bar

Found this Old Timer Dongle.

Conflicted. Travelling tomorrow and I need to take the MacBook Pro, but also want to take my new iPad Pro, even if I never use it. Just a lot to carry.

How did this happen? It’s only been a week?

Well it was wonderful while it lasted, but the 6am call beckons and back to the grindstone for 2019…

Minnie won’t eat her dinner, despite being mixed in with leftover fillet steak. But add some beef slices intended for sandwiches and it’s gone faster than you can say “dog’s dinner”.

Super impressive 24.9Bn pixel image. sh-meet.bigpixel.cn

So I possibly might have use for an Apple Pencil afterall. My first attempt is a sketch based on a photo of Minnie using the Linea app.

From 2019, hello to all still stuck in 2018. I’m optimistic for a better future than the past 12 months (if not holding my breath)

Combing Hogmanay with “Hug Minnie”, and hoping for no repeat of last year’s fireworks which upset her.

According to The Guardian, No-deal Brexit ferry company owns no ships, has never run Channel service, owes £13.8M. Oh but the brother of one of the company Executives donated £1M to the Conservative Party so it must be ok then.