Happily Imperfect
Happily Imperfect
Gordon McLean
Hi, I’m G. Father, husband, feminist, ally, skeptic, blogger, book reader, geek. Always sarcastic, imperfect, and too cheeky for his own good. He/him. 🏴
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I’m pondering removing badge notifications —those little red numbers if you use iPhone— from all my apps. I already keep my phone on silent and only allow a few core apps to display a notification. I think removing the badges is the next...
“It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Tell us about your very favorite holiday / Christmas song. But it’s August! I guess if you buy into it,...
“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Tell us about your very favorite holiday / Christmas song. But it’s August! I guess if you buy into it,...
“Stealing Cars” by Nadine Shah Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Sometimes it's nice just to highlight a song that makes you stop what you are doing and singalong. Listen to Gordon McLean’s Apple...
“I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Live)” by U2 Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that feels like a prayer. That isn’t by Madonna? Hmmm (I mean like a prayer sure does feel...
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Live)” by U2 Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that feels like a prayer. That isn’t by Madonna? Hmmm (I mean like a prayer sure does feel...
“California Dreamin' (Single)” by The Mamas & The Papas Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song makes you think of your parents? My Dad loved folk music, my Mum loved pop. They had a lot more...
AI continues to be a hot topic. Be it the OpenAI/Apple spat, or the latest (clever) anti-AI pushback, or how it won’t ever attain consciousness, or how it feels to have people think your art was generated by AI when it clearly wasn’t....
“California Dreamin’ (Single)” by The Mamas & The Papas Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song makes you think of your parents? My Dad loved folk music, my Mum loved pop. They had a lot more...
The heavens have opened, thunderstorms are threatened, and yet the wildfires still burn —the rain is useful but gets caught in the pine forest canopy and not enough of it falls onto the still burning peat below. It was sunny this morning...
“Top of the World” by Carpenters Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song makes you feel like you’re in love with the world? The first song that my Mum heard on the radio after I was born. She...
My son turns 5 in October. He starts school in a couple of weeks. He has a tablet — Amazon Fire for Kids — and knows how to flick around the Photos app on my phone. Yet I’m already thinking about what the internet will look like when...
My son turns 5 in October. He starts school in a couple of weeks. He has a tablet — Amazon Fire for Kids — and knows how to flick around the Photos app on my phone. Yet I’m already thinking about what the internet will look like when...
This is a good thing. A very good thing right now. When we arrived in Nethybridge you could see the low hanging smoke that was still rising from the remnants of the wildfires here, one area reignited yesterday too, this is far from over....
“Sorted for E’s & Wizz” by Pulp Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song makes you want to take a midnight drive? Are you bonkers? I’m 52, have a 4 year old son, so a midnight drive means some...