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My cellular service provider offers me, via their iPhone app, to convert from a physical SIM to an eSIM. Traveling abroad a few times a year and as a big fan of Airalo, I wonder if I should go all in with eSIMā¦ thoughts?
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Thought and sentiment of the moment: my sheer physical exhaustion makes my mental exhaustion more bearable.
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I’m moving to a new (temporary) apartment in two days. It’s the first time in 17 years that I’m changing places. It’s crazy how much we gather over the years. We’re giving out a lot of stuff (also selling on FB Marketplace). It’s like spring-cleaning, right in the middle of winter!
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Hello 2025! š Happy new year folks! So this is it, that was my very first post of 2025.
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I have twice as many followers on Bluesky than on Mastodon. Donāt know how many followers on Micro.blogā¦ becauseā¦ Micro.blog. š
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Any Final Cut Pro users here? What advice would you give to someone who knows about Screenflow for recording his YouTube videos but is looking for something more powerfulā¦ mostly doing screen recording with my face as a mĆ©daillonā¦
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I love this panel that Ghost presents after hitting “Publish and share”. That was the last edition for 2024.
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Finished watching this video about a Macintosh IIfx computer full restore to working condition. This brings so many memories and contains some really cool tech stuff like this SCSI card emulator. Wow! I would love to see this in action in person.
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Fun fact: I often play “Did You Know?” with my wife to let her know about special features on her Apple Watch, iPad or other tech devices. She doesn’t like to remember things and the fact that many things are hidden by default in the Apple ecosystem.
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I still have three more articles to publish before the end of the year: one about Medium, the final edition of the Ephemeral Scrapbook, and a review of my creative year.
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On Header Images and Creative Liberty
Manuel Moreale link posting on the subject of header images on blog posts:
“Iāll go one step further Nelson, I have a growing hatred towards pointless images in blog posts in general, I donāt even care if theyāre AI-generated or not. If theyāre there as part of the content then by all means use them but if youāre just adding a stock image from unsplash to make the page āfeelā more interesting then youāre just part of the broader problem thatās plaguing the web.”
Header images do add to the page load times, yes I do use AI-generated images from time to time, like in this post where I wanted to make a point, and I use many of my personal photos… like in this edition of the Ephemeral Scrapbook newsletter. Yes, I prefer header images on that specific blog because it is part of its visual theme. So then what? That’s MY corner of the web. I do what I find cool and creative and whatever.
I’m guessing he’s reading none of my blogs because of this, among other reasons?
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In my family, relatives are purchasing Macs in bulk: three Mac mini computers and one MacBook Pro. Iām quite perplexed about the reasons behind this sudden surge in Mac purchases. š¤Æ
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I am not the biggest fan of meta blog posts, also called blogging about blogging. I do think theyāre sometimes useful but theyāre also quite uninspiring for me to read. And thatās why I try to stay away from the topic for the most part.
I find this statement surprising coming from the author behind the popular “People & Blog” series. Maybe I’m missing something here.
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Itās the time of the year where I feel the best action is āmark all as readāā¦ š«¤
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A strange image of Steve walking in an open space area (probably in One Infinite Loop). The visual mood of this image triggers other possibilities.. like Steve walking in heavenā¦ I think Iām either exhausted or too sensitive.
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New Bluesky subscribers rush seems to be easing because I’m stuck at 153 followers for the last week!
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In recent days Iāve been thinking and imagining what could be a useful and powerful WebClipper for Craft. Iāve built a shared document for that purpose. Have a look.
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On iPhone 16 Pro Camera Control
Iāve played a bit with my wifeās iPhone 16 Pro Camera Control. I think it is cool but not practical. It is the best case of feature or functions overloading on a single control. I think itās hard to compete against discrete on-screen camera controls because these are much quicker to invoke and the error rate is low. I donāt see the Camera Control to live for a long time as I canāt see a single way of improving it and fixing this usability issue.
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Last work day of the year. It should be an easy one, mostly spent on writing a client proposal.
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This is the last edition of the year of What’s Up with Micro.blog. I hope that you find it useful. cc @manton
