Malala Yousafzai is the young female activist who in 2012 survived being shot on a bus in Pakistan after being targeted for her views on children’s right to receive education, and went on to study at Oxford University five years later. In 2014 she was awarded the Nobel peace prize and today she has completed her degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She is still only 22 years old. What a wonderful young woman, congratulations and best wishes in whatever lies ahead for her.
I see it’s the time of the year when Apple starts showing off all their new ideas at their annual conference, a very big event for everyone who works there. I spent 12 years working for an Apple software development company in Bournemouth. I remember when I started there in 1990 we were using an email system called AppleTalk, used between Apple and any company or person who was given access. My other memory was that Apple’s address was 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California. I loved that for an address and it felt very avant garde to be working with them. I’ve still got a bondi blue iMac here at home with matching keyboard and mouse which I bought with a rather helpful developer discount in about 1998. It was working when I left Wimborne but has never worked since arriving here. Don’t suppose it’s worth much now but it makes quite a nice iconic ornament. Unusually and disappointingly for some, this year the conference will be held completely online. Rumour has it that Apple will be moving away from Intel chips and producing its own processors. IOS 14 for iphone should be announced but I’m still using an iphone 8 so don’t know if it would work on there or would I need to update?
This morning the postman popped my mail through my letter box, only one envelope today. I always try to guess who they are from if it’s not immediately obvious, like the bank or electricity company, and I’m mostly clueless or wrong. In today’s white envelope were two unique face masks from the Knutsford Arthurs, in other words for non family readers, my lovely stepson Colin. The accompanying note explained how upset he was to hear, via my blog, that I had been unhappy with my Aldi masks. He claims to have blagged them from a local Knutsford company for his favourite blogger. I’m probably his only blogger but it still brought a big smile to my face and they are just perfect. I also need to mention the Arthurs more, especially the Knutsford ones. Thank you Colin and Marie, I’ll be in touch very soon. And so to bed said sleepy head. Nighty night.