Take Note

We had a lazy start to the day. As I opened up the shutters, it was clear that it had been a very cold night. Frost covered the grass opposite, and cars were white with the icy crystals. It was 07:00 and that was a pleasant lie-in for me. Coffee was soon brewed, and I settled down with the news. It was, of course, dominated by the White House mugging of Zelensky by the moron Trump and his attack dog Vance. I have never been so embarrassed by the behaviour of a world leader. I feel deeply sorry for the many decent Americans who are equally appalled by their President. He is a bully and a thug, and has no understanding of what is going on in Ukraine. Thank God our Prime Minister is meeting with Zelensky today and can reinforce our support for his country in their defense of the invaders.

I had my usual call with the cousins.  The conversation ranged across several subjects, but obviously settled on the moron Trump. Nobody had a good word, or even a polite word for him. He is a pariah and may he be damned in the history books.

The rest of the morning was spent with some admin, and then a superficial attempt to tidy my study. Actually, the tidying didn't take too long and has made quite a difference... but I still have not found my spare pair of glasses.

Trudy and Ian knocked. They had come to collect a misdirected parcel. I couldn't invite them in as Diane was still in her nightwear. We did have a chat, however, and it was nice to see them. When they left, I went out for a walk. I had to collect Diane's meds on the way through, but that was a brief interruption to the audiobook and the walking route.

Much of the rest of the day was spent investigating a note-taking app called Obsidian. This looks immensely powerful, but is not, at first look, very intuitive. Several YouTube videos convinced me to persevere, and I eventually got it working and syncing between my iMac, iPad, and iPhone. Despite investing so much effort, I am still not sure how much I will use it, but there is a facility that would allow me to import (or backup) all of my Apple Notes into the app. I will probably play with it some more before deciding whether to keep it. What I do like is the ability to build and use tables more dynamically than Apple Notes, and also its internal cross-referencing and the graphic representation of the personal knowledge map that the notes represent.