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Going Downwards
I don’t know about you but I find current events in Ukraine very disturbing and distracting. As much as I’m happy to see Russia being more and more isolated every hour, I can see its leader being more and more pissed off and willing to commit the worst. The world seems to go in a spiralling direction toward even more violence and hard to resolve situations. Continue reading →
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Ukraine — Some of My News Sources
🗞️ I thought I could share the news sources I consume to stay in touch with current events in Ukraine. First, I’m following The Telegraph World News section. In particular, I keep this live webpage open all the time containing a constant news feed. Second, I’m using the BBC News World section, again referring to their live updating web page. Third, I use a Twitter list to get more up-to-the-minute updates. Continue reading →
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Media Consumption Frenzy
🇺🇦 Current events in Ukraine are triggering a media consumption frenzy in me that resembles the one that came after the 9/11 attacks. If similarities are to continue, fear is going to be next to invite itself into my life. 😨 Continue reading →
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Marks Left From Two Years of COVID-19
⌛ If I look at myself these days, I find that I’m less willing to go out for a quick getaway outside the city than I used to be. In the last two years, repetitive confinements and strict sanitary rules certainly left their marks on me. I hope time will bring back my willingness to open myself for opportunities and take advantage of them when they present themselves. Today was such a day of “taking advantage” of opportunities: seeing my sister, going out for a walk on a commercial strip in the afternoon. Continue reading →
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All My Idols are Dead
😢 What do you think they have in common? Creativity. Man, I miss all of them. They are so different from each other. Three in music, one in technology. I often ask myself: what if they were still alive, what would be their next gift to us? From who do you find inspiration? #musings #creativity Discuss… Continue reading →
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The Online Streaming of War
📺 With current events happening in Ukraine, with the help of smartphones and the internet, dramatic events like these are streaming with a constant flow. My attention is diverted like a plane from its programmed destination. It’s really hard to stay focused on my writing projects. I have so many. 🇺🇦 Continue reading →
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And Suddenly, No More COVID
🦠 It is fascinating to see all media switch from one crisis to another, on a dime. A few days ago, COVID took the majority of air time. Now, no more, it’s the crisis in Ukraine. It’s as if COVID had vanished from the surface of the earth, just like that. Just a simple observation. 🇺🇦 Continue reading →
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Ukraine, I Can't Believe It
🇺🇦 The news of this criminal invasion of a democratic and independent country like Ukraine by Putin and his army is appalling and troubling and brings an uncertain future for Europe and the world. We’re in 2022, and we still have to deal with criminal leaders like Putin. How should we react to this? Cancel any international sports events or competition in Russia, block Russians from participating in any sports events around the world, remove any medals won from the last Olympic, turn off ll the pipeline leading to Russia, freeze Russian banks assets, etc. Continue reading →
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A Message for Ukrainians
The news of the Russian criminal invasion of its sovereign neighbour, Ukraine, is appalling. Putin and his regime is committing an aggression that shall be punished, at the right time, at the right place with the right means. I cannot believe that we’re seeing such an invasion in Europe, in 2022. What’s next? Who’s next? We’re all going to suffer at various degrees from this utterly criminal invasion. I pay no respect to Putin, his government, his propaganda machine and every single Russian who support this aggression. Continue reading →
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On Time Machine Backups Over Network
If you own a desktop Mac, you probably use an external drive for Time Machine. If you use a portable Mac, most likely not, and according to the Tidbits article, you’re not alone. The portability of the Mac is hindered by having an external drive hooked permanently. I, personally, have a different strategy: I use a Synology NAS DS720+ with Time Machine enabled to do my backups over the wireless network. Continue reading →
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Am I Making a Difference?
🏢 As my workday is coming to an end, I have a few questions in my mind. The same questions pop up when I take short walks during the day, so I can step back for a few moments and reflect on my current day. Did I do my best today? Did I help my colleagues to achieve their goals? Did It make a difference? Am I always actively listening? Did I add value to the process? Continue reading →
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Quitting Facebook but Staying in Touch
👉🏻 I posted a farewell letter on my Facebook wall before making it inactive for a while. But here is another one that I wish I would have seen before writing mine: “Goodbye Facebook”. There are a few really good ideas that I should have used myself. One is to set up an email newsletter so my friends could get some news from me and from which we could interact. Too bad I didn’t think about it. Is it too late? How many of my friends would take the time to get in touch with me and me about my life, what am I up to? Probably not that many.🤨
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Slowing Our Life
I like this idea of consciously slowing our life by making choices like the ones exposed in this article “Putting on some wait”. In a world where everyone seems to be super busy all the time, bumping into more moments with nothing to do seems like a real discovery. Think about it the next time you are waiting in line for something. I will. #musing #life Continue reading →
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Still Mystified by ProRAW
Even after reading this excellent article by the guy behind Halide, I’m still mystified by Apple’s ProRAW format. The question that keeps popping up in my mind is: if computational photography processing is involved in creating the ProRAW file (in DNG format), how can we still call this a variant of a RAW image? Photo credit: Jason Strull on Unsplash Continue reading →
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Dune Movie - Woah!
Today, I finally saw the Dune movie, by the Canadian director, Denis Villeneuve. As a Canadian myself I’m so proud of him! It’s not a movie review, far from it. Let me just say that when I think about this movie, the word “equilibrium” comes to my mind. The movie is well balanced: storyline, intrigue, visual effects (visual effects serving the story), music, Dune’s world imaginary world. But the best for me were those “ornithopters”. Continue reading →
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Old Computer-Related Memories
From 1993 to 1994, I owned a PowerBook Duo 210 sporting a trackball, a low-profile keyboard and a grayscale screen. I didn’t like the trackball as the pointing device. The keyboard wasn’t that great either. But, it was small, highly portable. Coupled with the Duo Dock and an external monitor, it was a cool and novel setup. It’s been a long time ago. This article was written using a M1 MacBook Air, in a coffee shop. Continue reading →
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On Carrot Weather — Is It That Cool?
Why is Carrot Weather so popular? I’m a weather enthusiast and I like trying new weather-related applications. I use many all year long, but Carrot Weather is not part of my application arsenal. They recently introduced updated weather maps, but to get a sense of them, I would need to subscribe for a year subscription. Most of the interesting features are available in the premium tier. I like the maps feature, but I wonder how better they will get compared to the ones that I’m already using in MyRadar. Continue reading →
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Floating in My Head While...
💬 Music is playing in my AirPods. I’m not sure that I made the right music choice. What am I gonna do next? Should I finish working on that article that is taking way too much of my time? I should configure the Raycast utility on my MacBook Air, downloaded earlier this week; it looks so useful. Is this vacuum cleaner doing its job or what? These are the thoughts floating in my head while cleaning up the house today. Continue reading →
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I'm Soooo Productive
😌 With silence, a coffee, alone, early in the day, full of ideas and feeling creative, it’s the time when I’m the most creatively productive. I wish I could stretch out these moments.☕️ What’s your best creativity moment? #morning #creativity Discuss… Continue reading →
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Winter's Worst Part
❄️ Right in the middle of February, another snowstorm hit the city. February always felt like the worst part of winter for me. It feels like we’ve been in winter forever. Spring still feels far, and December seems like yesterday. The only good part is that daylight increases steadily, and it’s a short month. Oh, TGIF! 🌨 #winter #TGIF Continue reading →
