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Recently purchased a few tracks from A Unicorn Masquerade on Bandcamp (who also goes by Bread on Penguins on YouTube).

Recently finished reading Into The Storm by Skylar Holt – the pseudonym of my niece. Fun to read a full fiction book by someone I know so well.

If you’re like me; you like files, you like web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you like markdown, you like kanban, you like pomodoro, and you like apps. If this sounds like you reach out. I’ll be open sourcing something in the coming weeks and I’d like some early testers.

Hey, you. Are you an expert in vanilla JavaScript? Electron? Building apps with JavaScript and Electron? I could use your help. I’d be happy to pay you for an hour of your Zoom time. Reach out please!

I was gifted a Nikon FG with a few lenses and fun Speedlight SB-15 from a friend. It was gifted him by his parents when he graduated high school. This is my favorite way to get a new camera – when it comes from a friend with a story. I put it through its paces this evening, dialing everything in. I’m looking forward to putting a roll through it, making a few prints in the darkroom, and gifting a framed print back to my friend in return.

As of today I’ve deactivated the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress. I just can’t get it to work the way that I want to. It is a complex problem, I don’t envy the team working on it. And they are doing a great job so far. I hope development on it continues.

I don’t know the ramifications of deactivating it yet. I’m sure I need to do some more work but for now, it is simply offline.

The world of computer keyboards is… a little confusing. I have a Keychron K2 75% (non-backlight, brown switches) that I picked up a few years ago. I really like it. In fact I bought two of them – one for the office and one for home. But now I just work at home. So, I have a backup! I wouldn’t mind an alternative set of keycaps. But I have no idea what will work and what won’t. I’m guessing any OEM set? If anyone knows, send me an email. Thanks.

Update! Thanks to those that emailed in. 🙂

TIL on macOS > System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Widgets > Widget style > Monochrome. I have a few widgets on my desktop and I don’t like that they switch between monochrome and color when the desktop is in focus. This is a nice setting that I wish I had looked for earlier.

Poking around on Halfway.

I sometimes feel that I have so much to do that I don’t know where to start. This is when I remind myself; make a list, start at the top. It works every time.

It is starting to look like I’ll delay updating to Apple’s “26” family of OSes this fall. Not only because of the obvious waffling on the Liquid Glass UI that I’m seeing in the betas, but also because it really seems like they are lost as a company.

Perhaps it is time to go to Linux? (I’ve done this in the past, it is more possible today than ever.)

Tracy Durnell thinks self-web mentions need to be displayed slightly differently on WordPress. Consider upvoting the GitHub issue if you agree.

I find myself in need of new Apple TVs, AirPods, and AirTags. But I have the feeling that Apple is on the cusp of releasing new versions of all three. I must be patient!

I’ve been running macOS in “Increase contrast” mode for nearly a year. Yesterday’s WWDC keynote, which debuted the Liquid Glass design across all of Apple’s OSes, reminded me to look at my settings again. Toggling that off again is an entirely new experience using macOS. It is like I don’t even need to download the beta! (I won’t be downloading in betas, btw. But I appreciate those that do. Thank you.)