Feld Notes

Jun 2020

Queen of the Knee!

Rocky the cockatiel sitting on my knee in the lounge room, with the TV in the background

Jun 2020

As I was sitting in the lounge room, casually browsing Micro.blog, @NTKF came up to me and said, ‘With your fluffy hair, reading glasses and that stern look on your face, you look like Admiral Adama’. I’ll take that as a compliment, thank you very much. 🌟

Jun 2020

In the latest episode of Lounge Ruminator, ‘Mass versus Niche’, I consider whether traditional mass media may be a better way of engaging with significant topics such as ‘Black Lives Matter’. 🎙

Jun 2020

Dusk in North Wollongong with night mode…

Jun 2020

S1 E6: Moving to Australia

Penka tells the story of her family’s big move to the city of Wollongong in 1974. 🎙
Jun 2020

We bought a retractable net to play table tennis in our dining room; fortunately, we also have a wonderful avian audience that squawks in support.

Jun 2020

This week, the lovely @andrewcanion joined me to discuss favourite computing memories, early touch-typing stories and how we both chose the Mac as the hub of our digital lives. It was a lot of fun to record! 🎙 Apple Podcasts / Overcast

Jun 2020

Some thoughts on dubious advertising claims in Rumination 67: Tailor-made Absorbency

May 2020

Sleepy time

May 2020

Rogue is loving this peg that we stuck to the cage. It’s her new viewing platform for the dining table and lounge room.

May 2020

In the latest episode of Lounge Ruminator, I explain my research on niche podcasting and discuss the desire to buy more books than can be read. 🎙

May 2020

Rocky the Mackatiel

May 2020

iPads and trackpads do work really well together! Read more on Lounge Ruminator.

May 2020

Today on Lounge Ruminator, in honour of Jerry Stiller (Frank Costanza in Seinfeld), @NTKF and I discuss the best show ever and how it brought us together.

May 2020

Shock, horror!

May 2020

They really, really love corn.

May 2020

‘The object of universities is not to make skilful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings.’ — John Stuart Mill 💬 (Quote 5/7, Micro Challenge).

May 2020

Yes, I edited this photo quite a bit, however I continue to be impressed by the colour and detail that can be revealed in iPhone night-mode shots. (This scene from last night was almost pitch-black.) We truly are living in a simulation now! 😱

May 2020

‘It’s noice, it’s different, it’s unusual.’ — Kath and Kim 💬 (Quote 4/7, Micro Challenge)

May 2020

‘You won’t burn in Hell… but be nice anyway.’ — Ricky Gervais 💬 (Quote 3/7, Micro Challenge)

May 2020

‘I don’t care how f@#king runny it is.’ — John Cleese on camembert in the Cheese Shop Sketch 💬 (Quote 2/7, Micro Challenge)

May 2020

A calm walk through Wollongong Botanic Garden

May 2020

Music has the power to transport us to different times and places; hear more in ‘24. Music as a Time Machine with Special Guest Pete Destry’ on Lounge Ruminator. 🎙

May 2020

‘60 per cent of the time, it works every time.’ — Brian Fantana in ‘Anchorman’ 💬 (Quote 1/7, Micro Challenge)

May 2020

Check out the latest YouTube video by @ismh, in which he identifies Apple dongles whilst blindfolded. I was impressed.