Came to the hard decision this week, that I’m going to shave off my beard. It’s been ten years or so, and the beard just isn’t compatible with continuing to have a life in a world where masking isn’t going away.
The weight loss and gaunt face look I have now kind of makes me ok with it – I usually make a style evolution every seven years or so. Doing this will be a significant quality of life improvement, despite having to re-learn shaving.
In conjunction with this, I ordered a mask from an American company, that is a silicone mask, with a disposable filter. It doesn’t have an exhaust vent, which should make it better usable if mask mandates come back in.
I decided on a camera upgrade, so I’ve ordered a secondhand D810, the model after my current one, which has a bunch of small upgrades. It has a warranty, and is a price I can handle. It’s in stock down on the Gold Coast, but can be sent up to Maroochydore for me to have a look at it.
I made some progress on updating my virtualised Adobe environment for working on old Surfing The Deathline books.