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I’ve seen several of these going through my timeline, and I had to give it a go. Easily create Funko figure of yourself using Image Creator and this custom prompt.
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I finished reading: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 📚
I thought it was an imaginative story that was relatively easy to follow and not too long. The pace kept me interested all the way through.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane may be my first Neil Gaiman book. I’ll be reading more, for sure.
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Zoey loves tearing into the wrapping paper on Christmas morning. She won’t touch it until it’s time. We get a kick out of it every year. -
Merry Christmas!
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My first mechanical keyboard
I purchased my first real mechanical keyboard (please, don’t tell my wife; she doesn’t know yet.). I ordered the NuPhy Air75 V2 with Cowberry switches. I’m looking forward to it. Hot-swappable switches and other great features. Is anyone else a keyboard fanatic? Continue reading →
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Omnifocus 4 has been release, and I resist the temptation
OmniFocus 4 has been released. It’s tempting to try it again. I would gladly spend hours organizing my life and feeling great about myself. Then, returning to the real world where I need to get work done, I’ll neglect my beautiful task list because it’s unrealistic and overwhelming. Continue reading →
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Take care of your eyes with the 20-20-20 Rule
Take care of your eyes with the 20-20-20 Rule As we all know, staring at a screen causes eye strain. When you do this too long and often, your eyes may not recover. This eye strain is typically called computer vision syndrome (CVS) and can cause headaches, fatigue, dry eyes, and long-term damage. What is the 20–20–20 rule? Every 20 minutes you spend using a screen, look away at something 20 feet (ca. Continue reading →
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My Detailed reMarkable 2 Review
I have recently discovered that I love writing on paper. It allows me to escape the digital world, and writing on paper will enable me to think without distractions. But paper can be messy. You deal with flipping through pages, smudging, difficult-to-fix mistakes, and the inability to move things, among other issues. While some argue this enhances the experience, others may find a better solution. The reMarkable 2 is an e-ink device, similar to a Kindle, but built for writing. Continue reading →
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My Matter Stats for 2023
Given that I don’t even have the Matter app installed and have only used it maybe a month out of the year, I find it unlikely that I’m in the top 5% of all users as indicated. I did have a couple of dozen RSS feeds, people, and newsletters set up, so perhaps they count all the incoming feeds towards my stats, regardless of whether I read them. Continue reading →
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Currently reading: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 📚
I saw this book recommendation from @manton.
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Blogtrottr — Send RSS to your Email
With all the great RSS readers out there, you may wonder why we want to send our RSS feeds to our email. I’m experimenting with this myself. I’m using Hey as my email client, and all of my newsletters go into “The Feed,” a dedicated page where I can scroll through all my newsletters. If I find something interesting, I can expand it and keep reading. Where Blogtrottr helps me is for those websites that don’t provide a newsletter, or when they do, it doesn’t contain the actual content I want to read. Continue reading →
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Don’t allow AI to take over your knowledge management
Curtis Mchale writes about The State of Notetaking for 2024 – PKM Weekly Issue 100. I think that the appeal of AI hits the same chord for many people looking at their notes. They want to have neatly compiled notes with clearly thought-out ideas that resonate with others. They want to be done with the hard work of writing their ideas down poorly 20,000 times until they come up with a single good idea that they can run with. Continue reading →
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I’m still using Ulysses for writing and notes
After giving iA Writer another brief go, I’m sticking with Ulysses. Ulysses has a customizable writing experience, handles images well, has built-in grammar tools, and, most importantly, has seamless publishing to Micro.blog, where my sites are hosted. These reasons make Ulysses the easiest to open up on mobile (which I’m doing now) or the Mac and start writing. If it’s something I want to share, I hit publish. I’ve also tried Obsidian, Typora, and Reflect. Continue reading →
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Godzilla Minus One, 2023 - ★★★★★
🍿 Great movie. They finally made a Godzilla movie where the humans took center stage, and that was a good thing. Continue reading →
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Mutt — A text-only email client
I don’t recall how I stumbled upon this. Mutt is a text-based email client. Not for me, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless. There is a Wiki with additional information and guides for getting started. Continue reading →
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iA Writer Paper Notebook?
If you love iA Writer but prefer to use paper, you may be in luck. The iA blog has a post about the iA Writer notebook, which is being introduced this holiday season. I can imagine this thing would be costly. Continue reading →
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Avatars in Pixels
Avatars in Pixels is a fun and free tool that lets you create pixel avatars that you can then save or use on the web. [1] A screenshot from the Avatars in Pixels editor. I discovered this site from heyloura ↩ Continue reading →
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You can't hoard life - Oliver Burkeman
You can’t hoard life — Oliver Burkeman Perhaps you’ve had the experience of reaching the end of a day on which you’d been unusually successful in getting your work done, or sticking to your fitness routine, but then instead of thinking “What a great day!”, you think: “That’s the kind of day I’m aiming for, and now it’s my job to make sure I keep on having more and more of them! Continue reading →
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There is something magical about Things 3
I generally don’t like using task managers while I’m working. Adding tasks or jumping to specific projects is a chore. And assigning dates is usually the preferred way to indicate what’s next to work on. The biggest issue is that task managers are, by default, ugly and messy. But Things 3 is different. I’ve been using Things 3 for my personal tasks for quite some time. But I’ve recently started using it for work tasks as well. Continue reading →
