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  • January 4, 2025 9:08am
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    Apple & Tech

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    This article from 9to5Mac is a reminder that Apple Intelligence is not free.

    as more Apple Intelligence features continue arriving, on-device storage is going to become more in-demand than ever before.

    That’s why I went with the 512GB storage tier for my iPhone 15 Pro Max and 11-inch iPad Pro last year. Consider doing the same for your next upgrade.

  • January 3, 2025 1:14pm
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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 eSIM… thoughts?

  • January 3, 2025 9:17am
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    Thought and sentiment of the moment: my sheer physical exhaustion makes my mental exhaustion more bearable.

  • January 3, 2025 6:44am
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    Apps & Services

    How many people signed up for micro.one are coming from micro.blog? And why? Me by curiosity but I don’t want to take the place of someone else who is entirely new to micro.blog. Dilemma.

  • January 1, 2025 2:33pm
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    Personal

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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!

  • January 1, 2025 2:10pm
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    Misc

    For Craft users: it’s still the right time to buy this 2025 Calendar template!

  • January 1, 2025 9:46am
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    I started looking at possibly getting a mechanical keyboard, just for fun. I do love Apple Magic keyboards, but I also have fond memories of very old mechanical keyboards like the clicky IBM AT keyboard. There are so many design variables that make each keyboard unique that I just don’t know how I’m going to select one without actually visiting a physical store to try them all!

  • January 1, 2025 9:05am
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    Misc

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    Hello 2025! 🎉 Happy new year folks! So this is it, that was my very first post of 2025.

  • December 31, 2024 3:46pm
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    Blogging

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    I have twice as many followers on Bluesky than on Mastodon. Don’t know how many followers on Micro.blog… because… Micro.blog. 🙃

  • December 30, 2024 2:48pm
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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 powerful… mostly doing screen recording with my face as a médaillon…

  • December 30, 2024 9:48am
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    Photography

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    I love this panel that Ghost presents after hitting “Publish and share”. That was the last edition for 2024.

  • December 28, 2024 11:03pm
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    Apple & Tech

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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.

  • December 28, 2024 1:25pm
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    Personal

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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.

  • December 26, 2024 6:00pm
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    Now I feel bad about this. 😔

  • December 26, 2024 2:47pm
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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.

  • On Header Images and Creative Liberty

    December 26, 2024 11:43am
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    Manuel Moreale link posting on the subject of header images on blog posts:

    “I’ll go one step further Nelson, I have a growing hatred towards pointless images in blog posts in general, I don’t even care if they’re AI-generated or not. If they’re there as part of the content then by all means use them but if you’re just adding a stock image from unsplash to make the page “feel” more interesting then you’re just part of the broader problem that’s 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?

  • December 24, 2024 3:17pm
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    Apps & Services

    Something acting up since early morning on my Ghost hosted blog. Every few hours, I get a new registered subscriber to the free tier of my newsletter using a randomized name but a real user email address. 😕🤨

  • December 24, 2024 11:29am
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    Apple & Tech

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    In my family, relatives are purchasing Macs in bulk: three Mac mini computers and one MacBook Pro. I’m quite perplexed about the reasons behind this sudden surge in Mac purchases. 🤯

  • December 24, 2024 9:42am
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    Meta blog post – Manu

    I am not the biggest fan of meta blog posts, also called blogging about blogging. I do think they’re sometimes useful but they’re also quite uninspiring for me to read. And that’s 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.

  • December 23, 2024 8:58pm
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    Personal

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    It’s the time of the year where I feel the best action is “mark all as read”… 🫤

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