Lookie here, another blog post
It’s 18°C this morning. I’m drinking a bottled cold brew. It is far too strong. I’ll feel anxious for hours without actually being anxious. I’m sitting in a chair by an open window. I’m wearing a light sweatshirt — a sweatshirt! Summer is on the back foot and will soon be forced into full retreat.
I got a message saying my new studio lights are out for delivery. That’s exciting. I hope they’re awesome. I spent a lot of money on them. I ordered a copy of Project Hail Mary on Blu-ray, which is also out for delivery. Perhaps, if work doesn’t wear me out, I’ll have a movie night this weekend.
I have a private newsletter for this blog. I manage the mailing list manually, so it’s easier to keep it to only friends and family.1 But I don’t actually have the time or energy to send an email out every time I post something. The very idea puts me off posting. I have to write the thing, edit the thing, post the thing, then write another thing to tell people I wrote a thing, edit that thing, and finally send the thing out to all of 10 people. I’m having a panic attack even thinking about it.2
In the interest of automating some of these new-post notifications, I created an RSS feed here.3 Most people don’t use RSS readers anymore, so lots of sites stopped generating feeds for them, but RSS is a great format for humans and machines alike. You can learn more about RSS feeds and readers here.
Going forward, I will limit the mailing-list newsletters to a digest once or twice a week.