It’s an excellent start to the day when you’ve added a few new RSS feeds to your feed reader over a morning brew. It’s been a while since I’ve subscribed to anything new.

Excuse me while I bookmark another seller of Notebook & EDC products. This time it’s Lochby.

Watching the final seconds of the Packers game via the Apple Sports app is not good for my stress levels. The field goal was good though. A much needed win for the Packers!

An iPhone displays the final score of a football game with the Packers defeating the Texans 24-22, along with game stats and betting odds.

The winds are picking up now for Storm Ashley. Had I known the winds were only going to pick up now, I would have probably taken Drew out for a few holes of golf this afternoon, but the storm warning has been in place since this morning. Oh well.

I’m using an old iPad I inherited as a secondary screen for my MacBook. I’m very impressed with the setup. I can see myself using this setup a lot.

Today, finished getting the back garden in order for the winter. Just the remainder of the leaves to fall and the golf net will come down in a couple of weeks.

A cluster of pink and purple hydrangea flowers is in focus, set against a blurred background of a garden with trees and a fence.

Really happy with the avatars Andy Carolan did for me. Sprung for the additional backgrounds as well. Might have to see if I can get a golf one for next year!

I’m looking forward to a few days off work starting tomorrow. I had big plans to play golf tomorrow, but the weather gods have scuppered any plans for that.

Good views for the next couple of weeks as the leaves change colours.

A view from a window shows a backyard with a tree changing colors in autumn, a lawn, and a fence, with houses visible in the background.

Hunkering down for the night. Beer in my hand, lights are dimmed, watching the NFL. Love this time of year.

Last round at the Fairmont in St Andrew’s for the big yin. Hard to get creative with pictures round a golf course, but I try.

A golf course lies adjacent to a calm ocean under a cloudy sky.

Big yin ready for round 2 at the SGF Fairmont. Another chance for me to walk a great course, just not play it! 🤣

A person is swinging a golf club on a sunny day at a golf course.

I am starting to get in the habit of copying and pasting the responses that ChatGPT gives me into my Bear Notes and then adding any changes I want to make there. Trawling through the ChatGPT history is a bit of a pain, but then it’s not really supposed for long-term storage, I suppose.

I’ll be honest; I had goosebumps watching this. There is so much pain ahead, but I can’t wait.

GitHub Copilot is now available on github.com.

My first impressions are good. Summarising pull requests is a significant benefit. Unfortunately, Copilot could not diagnose the problem with a GitHub Actions workflow I was working on. It had issues accessing the correct action being run.

It’s been one of those days when everything moves in the right direction. I’ve had days like this before, but today, it felt more significant.

It’s not even October, and I have already had two mince pies. The supermarkets should just sell them all year round.

I was sad to read this morning that Pivotal Tracker, the project management tool for software teams, will be discontinued at the end of April next year.

It was the first project management tool I used as a web developer during my first permanent role using Ruby on Rails.

A south-facing office window has its ups and downs.

On the upside, bright sunny days like today are great for looking outside, and the office is well-lit throughout the day. On the downside, it means some serious squinting of the eyes is needed to read the code on my monitors.

It’s a big coffee morning.

A mug with "YODA BEST" and an illustration of Yoda is placed on a wooden surface near books and a window.