Almost ordered one of the fancy new PROLED MacBook Pro models to replace my 5-year-old M1 Pro, but prices really have jumped up, especially for RAM. I'm going to eke out another year's usage while it still works reasonably well.
I'm Barry, a part-time software engineer and full-time technology leader, based in the UK. I build teams, websites and apps.
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🥫 Week 272 - Tins
Back to it: I went to the gym twice this week. The first visit, I made the mistake of arriving in the middle of aqua aerobics, so I was forced to cycle and run instead of swim for the first half hour. The second visit, I witnessed strong words being exchanged between two middle-a…
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