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De-google update for 2024:• Fastmail has so far been pretty great. Web UI requires reloading about once a week, spam filtering is not as good as Google's, but this is fine. Calendar is great (I use...
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I realize Twilio is a goldbergian solution, but I like having control over it. SMS forwards to me, voice calls save voicemails and forward a link to me. I have yet to port my number over, so that’s the...
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It is surprising to me that iOS/macOS doesn't allow you to customize your search engine - they just provide a list of defaults that doesn't include Kagi. I can't imagine this is a nefarious thing and...
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On and off been working a color palette generator. v1 was vanilla JS with an extracted framework. v2 was the same thing but using the Web Components API to render HTML. Currently working on v3 which is...
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One thing I decided to do after the switch to FastMail is to do a daily triage of my Spam folder:1. Go into spam and scan everything looking for non-spam. Non-spam, as I define it, is: (a) a real email...
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I’m not kidding when I say I’ve never been as hot as when I was visiting Iceland in the winter. But they can’t get enough 🥵...
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Life’s little joy: dumping the everything dust from the bagel bag onto the cream cheese on the everything bagel. No everything dust shall be left behind.
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I spent about 45 minutes trying to understand the Firefox Profiler and my conclusion is that no one uses it or, if they do, they are unable to explain how.Similar searching for Safari and Chrome's...
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If you bought https://sustainable-rails.com from @pragprog you should have gotten an email with a link to the update described here: https://sustainable-rails.com/changelog.htmlIf not, please reach out...
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OK, it seems like Humble Bundle purchasers of https://sustainable-rails.com won't be able to get an update. I believe this is a Humble Bundle thing and not a Pragmatic thing, so you could try reaching...
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Great quick read (with images) on watch typography. I cannot believe some high end watches are using Arial. I wonder if custom type is a way for less expensive brands to distinguish themselves....
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Ah, that time of year when I must put my "Taxes" folder into the macOS sidebar for easy collation. I can't find the meme but for those outside the US, here is how our taxes workIRS: «knows exactly how...
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Kagi users - seems like it's not working? All searches take forever and returns blank page. Their status page says it's working.
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Wrote up my thoughts and hopes for RailsConf—and Ruby conferences in general:https://www.naildrivin5.com/blog/2024/01/12/ideas-for-railsconf.htmlNot gonna summarize here as some of these points are...
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New to me: Amazon is sometimes requiring passwords for delivery. They email you and won’t deliver if you don’t give the password. No clue why but it means my parents’ ability to receive packages is...
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Finally developed and processed my 35mm photos from a trip to Puerto Rico in Dec. Three are Kodak T-Max 100 and the third picture inside the Culebrita lighthouse is Ilford Delta 100....
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These were more properly exposed—I used the Sunny 16 rule instead of the light meter in my camera [ which I found it is not really accurate ]. The contrast wasn't as good as I wanted, but I did my best...
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TIL my new least favorite thing about JS:“”.split(/,/) === [ “” ]“foo”.split(/,/) === [ “foo” ]wtfreasonable behaviors instead would include:• empty array• null/undefined/false• the original stringSo,...
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I assume this will break all my home stuff? Or at least eat up a day deciphering Alan Dye’s lack of user messaging and surfing forums.
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I did this and things seem to be working? Incredibly scary every time Apple changes something that previously worked fine. I have excised most shitty IoT things in the past and only have Lutron's for...
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