Matthew Lang avatar

A horrible round of golf today. Started poor, a run of good holes and then another horrible hole at the turn. Need to do better next time.

Fastmail’s aliases are a great way of protecting your main email address.

I had to contact a website to remove a business incorrectly listed under my home address.

The site was riddled with ads so I used an alias to protect my email address.

Just finished seeing Avengers End Game. An amazing conclusion to this part of the MCU. Fans will not be disappointed!

The context switching curse

It’s taken me such a long time to find my way back to what I was doing yesterday.

Some things are easier to find your way back to, but other things can take longer. I usually find that the bigger the task I was doing, the longer it takes to get back on track. It can get frustrating, especially when you’re making steady progress with something.

I’m starting to wonder though if by focusing on smaller tasks as well as keeping a log for the day, that I can begin to reduce the time it takes me to get back on track again.

No more big game politics please

It looks like the people of Scotland could be on their way for another vote on independence.

I’m not that particularly enthused about the idea. We just had an independence vote, and we’re still trying to get Brexit done and dusted. Now because of Brexit, we could be voting on independence again. To say I have politics fatigue is an understatement.

I’m starting to wonder if we’ll ever see politicians returning to the everyday matter of running the country instead of this seemingly never-ending cycle of big game politics.

It's Earth Day today, so go find a cave

However, if you haven’t yet made plans and wish to take a stand, there is one activity that you can do alone at home that will help you and the planet. It ensures that ever-so-briefly you are not contributing to climate change, and are doing what you can to save endangered species. Don’t drive or fly. Don’t buy anything. Do no laundry. Turn off the lights. Avoid going online. Depending on where on Earth you are, shut down the air-conditioning or heaters (unless you’ve got solar panels!).

The best thing you can do on Earth Day is sit perfectly still

I appreciate that doing nothing can help climate change, but I’m reading this article on the day of Earth Day and if sharing it means I can get a few more people to increase their time offline, then it’s worth that little burst of me being online today.