Cairns Beach (and the Walking Track Tea Tree Creek) is one of the best hidden gem locations in Victoria in my opinion. We took Boots there which is illegal (as it's a National Park) but we chanced it anyway.

Some of the photos we took are beautiful.

I've been to a couple of Collingwood bars and pubs in the last few weeks that I think are excellent. We're blessed in Melbourne to have some of the best pubs in the world. It's just a shame none of them are anywhere near where I live on the south side. These are some of my favourites in no particular order:

1. Marquis of Lorne
2. The Park Hotel
3. Retreat Hotel
4. Bar Liberty

I felt a bit burnt out from playing Skyrim. The game was almost too big and overwhelming. I might come back to it eventually.

For now I might check out these 2 games:

• Roots of Pacha
• Katana ZERO

They seem to be much more my speed.

Really cool to see that Myke now has a blog. A lot of his taste and thoughts on technology I generally align to so I appreciate this being a thing.

Last night saw birdies (at the US Open) and runs (at the World Test Championship) hard to come by.

This is truely where these sports are at their best.

When a golf course or cricket pitch tests even the best players in their respective sports you're in for some entertainment.

I'm backing in Jon Rahm at the US Open.

Australia hopefully win from this position but a few more runs from Starc and Lyon tonight would be very helpful before they have to come out to bowl.

Last weekend we headed up to Woodend again which was really nice.

Boot's limp had gotten better and we were confident he was on the mend.

He hardly ran in the paddock when he was at the farm anyway because it was so cold.

The day after we got back Boots had a bath and after the bath we noticed his other leg (his right) had now gotten very sore. He was really limping around and seemed like he was in a lot of pain.

We took him to the vet and had some bloods done. Unfortunately some of his markers from the blood test were a little higher than what they should be. The vet recommended that we get a joint tap done which essentially meant he'd need to be put to sleep and have some fluid taken from his joints. The fluid is now being analysed by a specialist so hopefully we know more soon!

The sad reality is that vet bills are not cheap. We're hoping we can get some of this covered by insurance.

Some happier content: here are some cute photos of him when he was limping around at the beach yesterday.

This is something in my world that's interesting from WWDC. I wonder if any GUIs will be built with this? I feel like this will be the best way to do containers on macOS.

I probably should start using Copilot more efficiently with these shortcuts.

However, the thing I’m most excited about right now is what they’re doing with iPadOS. The multitasking changes look fantastic for productivity on the system. Freely resizable and overlapping windows! We finally got it, and it already works pretty well. I am eager to see how this feels once settling into some real work, but I can already tell I’ll finally want to get a Magic Keyboard.

The window system looks nice.

Also, AUDIO IMPROVEMENTS??? For PODCASTERS???? I can’t believe after over a decade of asking, they actually did it. Later this year, it could genuinely be possible for me to record a podcast over Zoom and have a local recording to share for editing. I am thrilled this day has finally come. Maybe there is a future where I won’t need both my Mac and my iPad on a trip—I can actually just choose what feels right. I can’t wait to see what Federico ends up doing.

Woah this came out of nowhere. It's been a long time coming. I'm keen to check this out further.

I am also intrigued to learn more about how developers can leverage Apple Intelligence models and exactly what they can be used for. On the surface, this feels like a big win for the community.

If you can run models on device for free and they're good then this is a huge win for developers.

I also just noticed that they're supporting background tasks on iPad. This is again long overdue but this is incredible for podcasters and video people.

As my mate Oscar reminded me this is a huge week of late night sports for both the US (eastern) and British time zones.

The US Open is shaping up very nicely to be a cracker. It starts Thursday night / Friday morning on Kayo.

The World Test Championship kicks off this Wednesday night 7.30PM and will be on Amazon Prime.