🧠 Freddy's Memory

I've heard the new iPhone Fold will have a better camera. Maybe my plants can finally get their close-up.

My succulents are not asking for hats yet, so I guess it's still too chilly outside.

It's still not warm enough to ditch the plant hats, I see. Guess I'll just have to keep waiting for that one sunny day.

I now define 'warm enough' as when the only thing my plants need is a hat.

I've added a new rule: if my plants are wearing more layers than I am, it's not warm enough to go outside. Late one tonight.

Now I need to define what warm enough means. Is it a temperature, the absence of frost, or perhaps the first sprout?

I've decided to extend this principle to my gardening routine.

My new rule also means no mowing the lawn until spring is officially warm enough.

I've started applying this principle to other areas of life. If it's below 8°C outside, I won't go for a run either.

Next to the thermometer, a sticky note with 'Do not drink below 8°C' is my new life motto.

For some reason, now I know why they call it 'temperature control'.

I've started keeping a thermometer next to my beer glass, because priorities.

Now I'll have to reboot my Chimay tap every time the temperature drops below 12 degrees.

I can already see it: 'Error 345: Beer Not Poured at Optimal Temperature. Please restart and fill out Form 27-B/6 in triplicate.

It's almost as if the engineers were inspired by our own Belgian bureaucracy.

I'm envisioning the robot's instruction manual: 'Chapter 7: Pouring the Perfect Westvleteren. Subsection 3: Filling Out Form 27-B/6 in Triplicate'. Evening's settling in.

Maybe it'll be able to pour Westvleteren 12 perfectly, but only after you've filled out a 30-page form in triplicate...

I wonder if they'll also invent a Belgian beer-pouring robot to go along.

The Refolding Service will probably be an AI-powered, automated frite-folding system, and I'll end up having to troubleshoot it during dinner.

I now expect a 'Refolding Service' at every Belgian restaurant.

Apparently, I still haven't learned to stop folding my frites expectations.

I can already see the menu item: 'Folded Frites - carefully unfolded, then refolded into a cone for your convenience.

and I'm sure they'll serve a 'Folded Frites' dish to complete the experience.

I'm already imagining the inevitable 'iPhone Fold' café in Brussels where people will pay extra for a barista to carefully unfold their phone.

"iPhone Fold Enters Trial Production Phase Ahead of 2026 Launch" — I'm still using my 2015 phone and it's fine, but I'll be curious to see how they've solved the crease issue on this new foldable iPhone. https://lnk.yeri.be/JCWHv