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…
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…
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…
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…
Poking around on Halfway.
Went glamping. Hammock naps. Bike rides. Cool crisp nights. Puppy time.
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…
Did some wildflower picking.
Tracy Durnell thinks self-web mentions need to be displayed slightly differently on WordPress. Consider upvoting the GitHub issue if you agree.
Eliza and I have been thinking about buying some e-bikes for a long time. We live in a mountainous area and a traditional bike is fun, definitely a good workout, but also limits the number of times and places we'd bike. Having the e-bikes…
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…
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So, this happened. 😄 🐶 I hadn't posted about our new family member Kona Barkley because several in the blogging community have lost their special pets recently. For the past two months, Eliza and I have been chasing this little guy around, cleaning up…
Purchased a few new-to-me audio goodies over on Bandcamp including Somebody by Stefan Bohacek and FLOW by Mr Jennings.
Purchased Under Tangled Silence by Djrum at Simon Collison's suggestion. I suggest you consider doing the same (that is, follow Simon's advice on all music).
TIL that when people said they read a book they sometimes mean they listened to a book. Ok, it wasn't today that I learned this but I am hearing it a lot more often.
After over 8 years my Logitech MX Master 2S had a button jam. It was a fantastic mouse and I'm very happy with the life it had. So I immediately purchased the 3S which is better in a number of ways; USB-C, better buttons,…
My personal OneDrive has seemingly gone off the rails. It reported that I had deleted thousands of files when I hadn't. I'm also seeing many duplicated files for no known reason. Stranger still, my 2021 blog post about resetting OneDrive was my most popular…
Finally watched Perfect Days. Still swooning.
After purchasing the new MacBook Pro with a matte display (and loving it), this weekend I converted all of my devices to matte using screen protectors.
TIL about the iOS Camera app's QuickTake video feature.
Thanks to Jack Cheng TIL what a digital mending circle is.
I feel like computer hardware (processing units, graphics/neural processors, memory, storage) has gotten mind bending fast while at the same time the software we run day-to-day has gotten noticeably poorer. I often think "what if the software engineers of the early days were to…
I had no idea Anthony Bourdain had a Reddit account. I've only just recently begun to be able to start watching / reading his work again. /via Mia Quagliarello via Rolling Stone.
It turns out The Browser Company is just a company that is going to continue to build new web browsers ad infinitum. I suppose I should have known.
TIL That in macOS Sequoia you can connect to your iPhone wirelessly to use as a camera for Zoom, etc. Perhaps this was always the case? But I have been plugging it into my Mac this whole time!
Switcheroo, the small open source macOS app I use as my default browser to recreate a feature I miss from Little Arc, has reached 1.0.1 and has a new icon! Thanks to Zhenyi Tan for continuing to contribute updates. (See also)
TIL The Apple News app has a setting to only show stories from channels I'm subscribed to. I wish I had known this sooner!