1aug24

Filled and therefore finished notebook 2024-2 last night, so I get to start a fresh Moleskine tonight.

Marking up the boards: a few changes since yesterday. The phone hasn’t stopping pinging all morning: I’m going to need to turn off some notifications again. I can feel phone-twitch coming back.

Poor old iPad 2 in the stand on the desk has about had it. it can’t update my podcast app (Downcast) any more, and the app throws errors whenever it tries to download fresh podcasts. Downcast is an iOS-only app and syncs between instances through iCloud, so I can’t replace the old iPad with a cheap Android tablet and maintain sync. But the old iPad does still play SomaFM and Amazon Music, somehow! (I’ve given SomaFM a lot of money over the years.) So maybe I’ll just quit listening to podcasts in the office.

I’ve had this window open since 1120am. It’s now 149pm.

OPERATIONS: INBOX 120, somehow. Across two scripts. I have a print production document to process (which will involve emailing someone, because spreadsheets give me the spins). Heat and allergies have gotten to me and I feel bloody awful and slow, but this too will pass.

READING: EVERYTHING IS CINEMA: THE WORKING LIFE OF JEAN-LUC GODARD, Richard Brody.
LISTENING: TERROR’S HORNS, Natural Snow Buildings, on CD
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