On the horizon this morning, a beautiful scene of rising Cumulus clouds being lit by the warm sunrise. I couldn’t take a photo. I tried, but I couldn’t, because of a technical problem.
No. Battery.
My DSLR’s battery had died overnight, apparently from my stupidity. Not switching it off and placing screen down with the lens pointing up, pressed buttons that eventually ran the battery down.
LinkedIn is a great resource for professional use. Links to colleagues (if you’re working in an international company), articles and insights in your domain of work and of course the potential of career advancement.
However, lately I’ve noticed that the platform has started to become filled with inane postings and uselessness posing as wisdom. I’ve even seen conspiracy theories being propagated, and of course, the inevitable cancer of junk advertising.
One of the most beautiful periods in the year, September, gives us stunning sunsets almost daily, like tonight’s you can see above.
But we know that a storm is often around the corner and that September is the most deadly period of the hurricane season, that runs from June 1st through to the end of November.
3 September 2019 — French West Indies
The scenes coming out of the Bahamas are just heartbreaking. I fear we haven’t seen the worst yet. What used to be the airport looks like the Atlantic Ocean, reports of a storm surge of around 20 feet (6 metres) affecting some areas, it’s just apocalyptic.
My heart goes out to those impacted.
2 September 2019 — French West Indies
You may be wondering what RSS is, however, if you listen to podcasts regularly then you’re using it every time your app renews the list and downloads new episodes for you to listen to.
RSS is the unsung hero of the Internet and is getting bigger and bigger, largely thanks to the podcasting boom. But it has another usage, one that it was originally intended for that has a knock-on consequence that might just save your sanity. The original intent was to simplify the discovery and reading of news articles from popular websites.