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  • December 28, 2024 10:03pm
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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 12:25pm
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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 5:00pm
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    Blogging

    Personal

    Now I feel bad about this. 😔

  • December 26, 2024 1:47pm
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    Blogging

    Newsletter

    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 10:43am
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    Blogging

    Food for thought

    Longer posts

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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. Continue reading →

  • December 24, 2024 2:17pm
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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 10:29am
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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 8:42am
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    Blogging

    Newsletter

    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 7:58pm
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    Personal

    Newsletter

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

  • December 23, 2024 6:45pm
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    Apple & Tech

    Newsletter

    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 heaven… I think I’m either exhausted or too sensitive.

  • December 23, 2024 4:08pm
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    Apps & Services

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    New Bluesky subscribers rush seems to be easing because I’m stuck at 153 followers for the last week!

  • December 23, 2024 12:53pm
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    Apps & Services

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    In recent days I’ve been thinking and imagining what could be a useful and powerful WebClipper for Craft. I’ve built a shared document for that purpose. Have a look.

  • On iPhone 16 Pro Camera Control

    December 23, 2024 12:37pm
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    Apple & Tech

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    I’ve played a bit with my wife’s 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 it’s hard to compete against discrete on-screen camera controls because these are much quicker to invoke and the error rate is low. I don’t see the Camera Control to live for a long time as I can’t see a single way of improving it and fixing this usability issue. Continue reading →

  • December 23, 2024 8:59am
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    Newsletter

    Work

    Last work day of the year. It should be an easy one, mostly spent on writing a client proposal.

  • December 22, 2024 6:02pm
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    Misc

    COVID is still a thing: my sister and brother-in-law (69 & 71) got it. They got vaccinated five days before. Too little, too late, I guess. Goodbye, Christmas and family reunion. 😔

  • December 21, 2024 3:24pm
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    Apps & Services

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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

  • December 21, 2024 1:58pm
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    Personal

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    Always fun to learn something about Micro.blog while recording the “What’s Up With Micro.blog” video. 🤭 Stay tuned for those who might be interested.

  • December 21, 2024 10:45am
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    Misc

    I wish there was a quick way to delete all the posts from the test blog on Micro.blog. @manton

  • December 21, 2024 7:53am
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    Apps & Services

    Newsletter

    I’ve been playing with iA Presenter 1.4 again this morning. I like what I’m seeing with the share presentation online feature (example here). Now, I have to wonder: what is my use case for this? I always come down to this question when trying new features, new apps or new services.

  • December 21, 2024 7:46am
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    Photography

    Apps & Services

    Why doesn’t the Arc Browser provide Kagi search as a default search engine option? 🤔

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