§ I have been thinking about planting a fruit tree next year. Maybe a pear? They have both a higher ceiling and a lower floor than apples. Plus, good pears are next to impossible to find in stores.
§ For the past two weeks I’ve been taking the back roads to work. No highways at all. Sure, it takes a few minutes longer than the highway-centric route that I’ve been accustomed to but it is 100% worth it.
The commute is significantly less stressful and I get the opportunity to see parts of my city that I would never otherwise see. I’ve already visited two new businesses and I have a growing list of small shops and restaurants that I can’t wait to check out.
§ I am happy to report that the raspberry bush that I planted at the end of June is doing well! In fact, it looks like I will have a second harvest of fruit soon.
§ I think I’m going to trade in my iPad Pro to Apple for a pair of the newly revised AirPods Pro 2.
I haven’t used my iPad since getting a reMarkable tablet a few months ago. I promised that I would sell it if this were the case and, with Apple expected to release a redesigned model next year, the clock is ticking.
I’ve had the original AirPods Pro for years and use them heavily. I kind of wish I could view statistics detailing how many hours they are active each day but, at the same time, I don’t think I really want to know the answer. I certainly use them more than any other electronic device in my day-to-day life.
John Gruber’s recent quip that “AirPods Pro 2 are as much better than the original AirPods Pro than the original AirPods Pro seemed from the original non-pro AirPods” may have finally tipped the scales for me in favor of upgrading.
§ I got five free tickets to Cedar Point that I will have to use before the end of October.
§ Hey! That Shopbot bed extension I ordered a while back finally arrived. I can now cut things up to 48x48”.
§ I watched Talk to Me. It started off as one of the better horror movies in recent years. The characters are compelling, the premise is original, the effects are impressive while remaining low-key. Somewhere around the half-way mark things started to fall apart though. It never became actively bad. It more felt like the writers didn’t flesh out a cohesive ending in advance and instead just kind of winged it as they went along.
Afterwards, Fionna and Cake stole the spotlight. So far, I am enjoying it more than Adventure Time.
§ I visited the Lake Metropark corn maze. It 1) was a blast and 2) checked an item off my fall bucket list.
§ Links
§ Recipes
- I tried to make mochi. While perhaps not a disaster, was certainly not successful by any means.