Mathew Packer

  • It’s Fishing & Crabbing We Go, Sea Shanty

    When your wife challenges you to write a sea shanty after seeing your [shared calendar notification](https://mathewpacker.com/uploads/2024/media.jpg), you take that challenge…and then maybe you cheat a little a use ChatGPT because after all, you’re not a song writer 😜

    🎣 🦀

    Hi ho, hi ho, it’s fishing and crabbing we go,
    With nets in hand, we’ll scour the sand,
    Hi ho, hi ho!

    Hi ho, hi ho, the tides they ebb and flow,
    We’ll cast our lines and haul the brines,
    For fishing and crabbing we go!

    The salty breeze, it fills the seas,
    Our traps and bait below,
    We’ll fill the hold with tales untold,
    From fishing and crabbing we go!

    Hi ho, hi ho, it’s fishing and crabbing we go,
    The ocean’s call, we’ll heed it all,
    Hi ho, hi ho!

    🎣 🦀

  • We used to have Stars, Celebrities, and Personalities, in various fields, be it movies, tv, music, sports, etc. Nowadays, according to most media outlets, everyone seemingly is called a _Star_.

    My question would be, if everyone is a star, is anyone actually a star?

  • The Week Ahead

    Looks to be pretty busy, but shouldn’t be too stressful if things go to plan. 🤞

    **Monday** – finish clearing the garage and make a couple of tip runs

    **Tuesday** – setup golf sim in the garage, football meeting at 5pm, sports club board meeting at 6pm

    **Wednesday** – take the boat out on Lake Macquarie, try to catch some fish and crabs for Sunday BBQ

    **Thursday** – same as Wednesday

    **Friday** – same as Wednesday, if I haven’t caught enough for the Sunday BBQ, otherwise play some golf

    **Saturday** – no plans

    **Sunday** – early trial match between between my sons team and Singleton Under 18’s, then family Christmas BBQ

    Plenty on, nothing stressful, let’s go!

  • I’ve reached that time of the year where my resilience levels have all but reached zero, and so just about every inconvenience sends me into a _rage_. I internalise it because I’m an Adult and can control my exterior, though _my_ ADHD really wants me to show the world that frustration. 🤯

  • Building a dedicated “app” for your business that is just a viewer for your website, aka a browser, without any customisation for it being on mobile, just seems extraordinarily lazy these days. If you’re going to approach it that way, at least optimise the experience for the screen size. 🤯

  • 📺 Wow, the pilot for [Matlock](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26591147/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) is just terrible. And the reveal… Hopefully it’s just a “[pilot](https://www.looper.com/158483/great-tv-shows-that-managed-to-survive-a-terrible-pilot/)” issue.

  • Annoying Monday morning issue, my son’s bike has a slow leak in the rear tire, seemingly takes 8-10 hours to go down…so in theory, if I pump it up now before he goes to school, it should stay up enough to get him home in 7 hours 🤷‍♂️

  • Who stuffed this one up, was it the intern, was it AI, or do we just not care about information being correct anymore?

    A basketball player in a blue and white France jersey leaps high to block a shot from an opposing player in a dark USA jersey during a game, with spectators watching in the background.

  • This pair… 🤷‍♂️🤪

  • Might be time to increase the dosage of my ADHD meds, finding them less effective currently and have been on the same dosage for a couple of months now.