Finished reading: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 📚it’s ok. The best character is the dog.
Review of Shokz OpenComm2 wireless headset - nice to have my ears free
I really like this wireless bone conduction headset. It’s wonderful not having something covering or in my ears. I feel so much more connected to the outside world.
I also like that the headset connects to my Mac and my iPhone and I can make or answer calls on either device without any need for explicit switching. It just works.
The audio quality for listening is good, though I wouldn’t use it for music.
The noise-canceling part of the microphone is amazing. I get lots of road noise in my office during the summer when my windows are open, and with this headset, no one can hear it. The quality of the microphone sound is good, though not as good as using a standalone wired microphone. I’ll use the Shokz for video conferences and Skype calls, and use my real microphone when recording videos.
Ugh. Garbage AI-generated books are being sold under a real author’s byline.
Decided to restart the None to Run program that worked well for me a couple of years ago. None to Run. I use the iPhone app Intervals Prowhich has the program built in. 🏃♀️
Nature finds a way. Tiny tree sprouts on a picnic table top. 📷
Moonset this morning as I was on my way to free my neighbor’s chickens 📷
NIH announces long covid treatment studies with hundreds of patients
Currently reading: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici 📚
Currently reading: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 📚
Currently reading: The Years by Annie Ernaux 📚
Currently reading: The Last Palace by Norman Eisen 📚
Currently Reading: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 📚
Finished reading: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 📚A silly novel. The best character is the small town on the Washington coast.
Still reading: Clarissa by Samuel Richardson 📚I think I started reading this in January and have been diligently making progress every week but I’m still only a third of the way through! At this point, I’ll keep going just so I can say I finished it, hopefully, within the same year I started it.
Finished reading: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 📚So fun. An intentionally gothic tale, good characters.
Currently reading: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 📚
Finished reading: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 📚Couldn’t finish it, too brutal.
Currently reading: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield 📚
Currently reading: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 📚
Currently reading: Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy Book 1) by Tamsyn Muir 📚
Finished reading: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz 📚I loved it, especially the first part. By the third part, it was getting a bit heavy-handed but its intentions were admirable. Dystopian science fiction, with a strong dash of hope.
Finished reading: Outline by Rachel Cusk 📚Interesting writing with mostly unlikeable characters.
We put on a big event yesterday after a year of planning. Lots of people came, and there were many conversations between people who hadn’t seen each other in 3+ years. Great music and good dancing. It’s taken much of my time, especially these last weeks. I’m glad it happened and glad it’s over.
Currently reading: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz 📚
Finished reading: Painting Time by Maylis de Kerangal 📚 I loved this novel so much that I immediately began re-reading it to catch more of the nuance. Three young people go to painting school to learn trompe l’oeil. We all learn about observation.