Notes – Page 3 – Colin Devroe

Jun 4, 2025
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Jun 3, 2025
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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…

May 28, 2025
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Purchased a few new-to-me audio goodies over on Bandcamp including Somebody by Stefan Bohacek and FLOW by Mr Jennings.

May 6, 2025
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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).

Apr 7, 2025
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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.

Apr 7, 2025
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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,…

Mar 11, 2025
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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…

Feb 26, 2025
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Finally watched Perfect Days. Still swooning.

Jan 6, 2025
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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.

Dec 30, 2024
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TIL about the iOS Camera app's QuickTake video feature.

Dec 17, 2024
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Thanks to Jack Cheng TIL what a digital mending circle is.

Dec 4, 2024
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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…

Dec 3, 2024
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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.

Dec 2, 2024
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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.

Nov 14, 2024
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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!

Nov 13, 2024
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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)

Nov 12, 2024
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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!

Nov 10, 2024
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This morning I strolled into the darkroom fully planning to mix a fresh batch of color film chemistry to develop some film tomorrow. I was certain I had at least one fresh pack. I'm all out! And, most places I purchase chemistry is out…

Nov 10, 2024
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The pro move when updating to a new Mac (or, new iPhone, iPad or updating to a new OS version) is to leave the device plugged in for nearly an entire day while all of the indexes are being rebuilt. This may be especially…

Nov 8, 2024
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I've spent just a few hours migrating to the M4 Pro MacBook Pro today. This included using Migration Assistant which was fast with a Thunderbolt cable, reinstalling some packages via Homebrew (because I switched from Intel), and logging into a bunch of things. Overall,…

Nov 7, 2024
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This morning YouTube suggested Austin Ha's review of the new ultrawide display option in Apple Vision Pro. His video shows a dream of mine; to have any sized screen with me anywhere I want. I really hope the AVP continues to improve.

Nov 6, 2024
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At 44 years old I now find myself needing to use reader glasses (1.25x) in the evenings. I have 3 pair of inexpensive readers that I picked up in various pharmacies and discount stores; but I'm wondering if there are any nicer brands out…

Nov 5, 2024
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I have a few images I need to create for an upcoming Hubbub presentation and I used it as an opportunity to trial Pixelmator, which was recently acquired by Apple, for the first time. It is very good. Very Apple-like. Even some of my…

Oct 31, 2024
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As I predicted in February 2023, I'm upgrading to the M4. I went with a Space Black 14" MacBook Pro with the M4 Pro (14 CPU cores 20 GPU cores, 16 Neural Engine cores), 48GB memory, 2TB hard drive. The cost of which was…

Oct 22, 2024
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As I mentioned in Diversions #5, I bought a pair of Crocs. It wasn't long after purchasing that first pair that I bought a second pair to wear more casually in the garden, on the beach, or in mud – keeping the first pair…

Oct 22, 2024
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I have a large batch of film to develop from the last few months. Before I get to those, here are a few quick iPhone 12 Pro Max snaps from a recent trip to Sandbridge, Virginia.

Oct 7, 2024
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In September I was in Portland, Oregon for WordCamp (as I mentioned). Here are a few snaps taken with iPhone 12 Pro Max and Halide's Process Zero. Film snaps to come when I develop my next batch of color rolls.

Sep 24, 2024
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I pushed an update to Stupid today that features a theme inspired by Jacques Monneraud's ceramic work. Best if viewed on a phone.

Sep 21, 2024
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I'm experimenting with the ActivityPub plugin a bit. I've always wanted separate fediverse accounts for my personal projects such as Stupid, Good Migrations, etc. but the thought of managing those didn't seem fun. The plugin allows each author to have their own account; so…

Sep 17, 2024
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iOS 18.0 is very nice even on my limited iPhone 12 Pro Max. The Passwords app, Transcripts, Home Screen customizations, Hiking Routes, Safari highlights, Call recording, Notes updates, Math in Notes, Messages updates, Lock Screen customizations… People are saying that this is a lackluster…

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