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  • April 29, 2024 4:33pm
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    Apple & Tech

    Photography

    Auto-generated description: A computer setup with a black monitor, white keyboard, and mouse on a desk next to a brown speaker.

    In this image, according to AI bot, the 2013 Mac Pro is brown… a brown speaker! 😂

  • April 28, 2024 6:33pm
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    Misc

    It’s funny how my subscribers count can vary after I share a new video on my YouTube channel. In recent days, I got many new subscribers, thanks to a video about building a dashboard with Craft. Then, I share this video about Micro.blog, and many people suddenly quit and unsubscribe1. 🤷🏻‍♂️


    1. We can’t please everyone, I guess. ↩︎

  • April 28, 2024 2:07pm
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    Photography

    Apps & Services

    Newsletter

    Calling for suggestions: I’d like to back up my iCloud Photos Library content locally on my Synology NAS, but I don’t want to use the built-in “Download Originals to this Mac” of Apple Photos. Any utility that does that? Thanks!

  • April 28, 2024 12:56pm
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    Blogging

    Newsletter

    🔥 It’s still Sunday where I live, and it’s time to share the newest edition of the weekly creative summary! Coming up soon to a mailbox near you1. 😅


    1. You aren’t subscribing?? What are you waiting for! ↩︎

  • April 28, 2024 11:49am
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    Apps & Services

    Newsletter

    You want to know more about all the new features and tweaks introduced on Micro.blog in the last two months? Here’s a video that I made today for you guys. Enjoy. cc @jean @manton

  • April 28, 2024 10:48am
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    Photography

    Newsletter

    Today I might have hit the max my M1 Mac mini could give me: while exporting my video in ScreenFlow, I was editing a photo in Photomator. The latter couldn’t keep up with me trying different settings on my image.

  • April 28, 2024 8:42am
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    Apps & Services

    I’m currently recording the next edition of the “What’s Up with Micro.blog” episode and I’m Testing cross-posting to Bluesky. This post includes #hashtag. Let’s see if it works!

  • Security Is Hard for Everyone

    April 28, 2024 7:27am
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    Apple & Tech

    Longer posts

    Newsletter

    This morning, my wife picked up her iPhone and tried to unlock it1. She couldn’t after a few try2. She tried a few times with a slight variation, but the iPhone refused to unlock itself, now showing a 15-minute delay on the lock screen. Her passcode is a complex one as per corporate security rules. She knows it by heart, she told me. She doesn’t know what to do, and she is in deep doubt now. Continue reading →

  • April 27, 2024 1:06pm
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    Photography

    More than half of my planned errands for the weekend is already completed! It’s a rather productive day. One thing that I did that wasn’t planned at all: doing photography! That’s my bike that I bought last year[^1]!

    [^1] Unprocessed image taken with my Nikon Zf.

  • April 27, 2024 10:31am
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    Apps & Services

    I forgot about my “numericcitizen.photos” domain. It was due for renewal. I cancelled it. I feel better.

  • April 26, 2024 5:54pm
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    Misc

    Tempted to start watching “The Last of Us”. But I need to subscribe to Crave apparently. Is it really good? I’m a mild science fiction type of huy. 🤔

  • April 26, 2024 4:13pm
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    Apple & Tech

    Newsletter

    It’s been such a long time since Apple redesigned their Magic Mouse. Is this the only solution to an old problem? And this charging port underneath, could they try to fix this nonsense too? Hard to believe Apple can be so slow at fixing the obvious.

  • Overrated x 1000

    April 26, 2024 9:17am
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    Longer posts

    Apps & Services

    Newsletter

    Work

    Microsoft 365 or Office 365, if you prefer, is so overrated. Microsoft is the master of selling licenses but when it comes down to doing real serious collaborative work with Teams and the rest of the software suite it falls apart really quickly. For example: trying to collaborated on a Word document, creating comments and assigning a task toi someone… nobody knows really where the task is actually saved! And no one seems to get a notification… or nobody cares to look at the activity tab in Teams because it is so overwhelming! Continue reading →

  • April 25, 2024 6:02am
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    Apps & Services

    Newsletter

    Hey guys, I’m looking for an app that can browser folders containing photos. This app would display photo’s metadata too and allow for adjusting the thumbnails size. Any recommendations for me? I’m looking for an alternative to Adobe Bridge. Thanks.

  • Ghost and ActivityPub Support - We All Win

    April 24, 2024 8:17pm
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    Blogging

    Longer posts

    Apps & Services

    Newsletter

    I’m a bit late to the game but I just read the announcement by Ghost about their ActivityPub support that is coming to their platform. I find this development super exciting; one of my site is on Ghost. Having people subscribe to my content via their favorite Mastodon client is super cool. But what is cooler is that people will be able to reply to my articles right from here on Micro. Continue reading →

  • April 24, 2024 4:48pm
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    Apple & Tech

    Newsletter

    It’s a bit sad that I won’t be able to watch the new iPad announcement in two weeks as I’ll be abroad on a cruise ship. I won’t pre-order the new iPad Pro either because I won’t be able to read all the news beforehand. This could mean that I’ll face delays in getting the new device. 😩

  • April 22, 2024 9:36am
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    UkraineWar

    Newsletter

    “🇬🇷🇪🇸 The EU and NATO are putting “strong pressure” on Greece and Spain to provide Ukraine with more air defense systems, the Financial Times reports, citing its sources. This pressure is justified by the “safe geographical location of the countries” and the presence of more than a dozen Patriot and S-300 systems."

    This is insane that those countries keep their systems while Ukraine is in such needs. 🤬

  • April 22, 2024 6:54am
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    UkraineWar

    Newsletter

    If Ukraine has been outgunned 5 to 1 or 10 to 1 is some parts of the front for weeks, why is Russia not making more advances?

  • On Comfort Zones

    April 22, 2024 6:06am
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    Photography

    Longer posts

    Newsletter

    Today, I’ll bring my camera to the office1, as I’m declaring myself as the official photographer for the two-day yearly sales kickoff event. I’ll take photos of humans, which is not my cup of tea, but I need to try it more and get out of my comfort zone. Usually my problem while photographing humans is anticipation and timing. Some people are very good at it, but I’m not. So, I need to practice. Continue reading →

  • April 21, 2024 7:08pm
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    Apps & Services

    Newsletter

    Dashboards are among the most popular use cases for Notion. As a Craft user, it is tempting to try creating a dashboard that suits my needs, but that gets its inspiration from what others are doing in Notion. I tried it and the following video tells it all. Enjoy.

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