Asides
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.
-
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 Iāll delay updating to Appleās ā26ā family of OSes this fall. Not only because of the obvious waffling on the Liquid Glass UI that Iām seeing in the betas, but also because it really seems like they are lost as a company. Perhaps it is time to go to…
-
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 broadens our horizons quite a lot. Most used e-bikes are sold…
-
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…
-
if ur on bc hmu
-
So, this happened. š š¶ 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 after him, training him every day. We’ve been on several travel…
-
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, better wheel. The Logi Options+ application, which Logitech provides to configure…
-
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 post last week. Coincidence?
-
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 develop software today?” You know, the men and women that had…
-
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!
-
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 of stock. I guess I’ll use tomorrow to make more new…
-
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 true now with Apple Intelligence.
-
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, switching computers is easier than ever. Wow, is this computer fast.…
-
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.
-
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 there? Affordable yet quality? Or, should I keep picking up inexpensive…
-
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 Photoshop muscle memory translated.
-
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 a fair bit less than my previous laptop. I’ll explain my…
-
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 nice for special occasions. Now I’m shopping for a third pair…
-
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.
-
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.
-
I pushed an update to Stupid today that features a theme inspired by Jacques Monneraud‘s ceramic work. Best if viewed on a phone.
-
I’m experimenting with the ActivityPub plugin a bit. I’ve always wanted separate fediverse accounts for my personal projects such as Stupid, Stripe Transfer, etc. but the thought of managing those didn’t seem fun. The plugin allows each author to have their own account; so I’ve added one for @stupid@cdevroe.com to play with and customized its…
-
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 customizationsā¦ People are saying that this is a lackluster update? Far from it. I think this update is fantastic.
-
My coffee game has been on point recently; I’m grinding beans to just larger grain than espresso, brewing in a pre-warmed moka pot, keeping the brew warm in a pre-warmed 18oz Yeti water bottle, and pouring as-needed into a (you guessed it) pre-warmed ceramic mug. ā
-
I’m attending #FediForum! I’m looking forward to seeing the progress the community is making on expanding the fediverse. All of us at NerdPress / Hubbub are happy to be supporting the event.
-
As I briefly shared on my personal Mastodon account last night (this fediverse thing is going to get confusing, isn’t it), here are a few photos of this year’s garlic. I planted in October 2023. I’ll likely plant about 200 cloves in October. And the process starts all over again.
-
A fair number of suggestions to my computing setup post came pouring in. Thank you! The more rumors I read or watch seem to indicate there will not be a Mac Studio this year with an M4. So if I’m to make this purchase I may not have that as an option. I think I’ll…
-
I’m drafting a post about my next computing setup in hopes that it helps clarify my own thinking and true needs. In short, I’m having trouble deciding when to upgrade, what to purchase, and how much to spend. Hopefully it becomes more clear before the year ends.
-
The mirrored tomb of architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen near Delaplane, Virginia. I exposed a few frames of film here as well but I likely wonāt develop the rolls for a bit so I thought I’d share this one. Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max using Halideās Process Zero (which Iām loving).
-
I have been really putting my computer through a lot over the last year or so. Multithreaded processes that I’ve handbuilt, encoding video, running LLMs locally. My Mac is starting to shut off fairly regularly right in the middle of a task. When is Apple going to announce the M4?!