asdfasfd: monty.xyz
","summary":"asdfasdf asdf as df asdf asdf asdc asdcasc asdc qswdca sdc asdcasdcas asdc asdc asdc","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/asdfasfd/","date_published":"2025-08-04T00:00:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-04 00:00","date_timestamp":1754265648,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70565331","content_html":"Loss: monty.xyz
","summary":"As we go through life there often come moments — highly emotional, intensely personal — that we find difficult to share. Writing this has been a journey of sorts, and I’m still not 100% sure I’m ready — there’s certainly more detail that I’m not ready to include. But… deep breath… here we go. Conten...","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/loss-2/","date_published":"2025-03-03T01:43:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-03 01:43","date_timestamp":1740966180,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70568323","content_html":"Home: monty.xyz
","summary":"I was born in Quebec, and grew up in the Montreal area. All of my early years, through high school, and a couple of years of college were spent there before moving out west 35 years ago. I had always intended to go back to visit, but somehow just never got around to it. As is often the case, life ha...","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/home/","date_published":"2024-05-14T22:47:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-14 22:47","date_timestamp":1715726820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70568324","content_html":"Role change for my 12 mini: monty.xyz
","summary":"I love my iPhone 12 mini, it’s been one of my favourite pieces of tech I’ve ever owned. I’ve talked before about just how delightful it is. The form factor is perfect in my hand and pocket, and it’s served me extremely well for almost 3 1/2 years — the longest I’ve kept an iPhone. And in other circu...","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/role-change-for-my-12-mini/","date_published":"2024-03-04T17:55:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-03-04 17:55","date_timestamp":1709574900,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"23197803","content_html":"The delightful iPhone 12 mini: blog.monty.xyz
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.monty.xyz/2023/09/06/the-delightful-iphone.html","date_published":"2023-09-06T20:15:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-09-06 20:15","date_timestamp":1694031309,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70568325","content_html":"The delightful iPhone 12 mini: monty.xyz
","summary":"This started off as a quick reply on Mastodon to Nick Heer‘s The iPhone 12 Pro: A Three-Year Review, but it became immediately clear that there was too much to conveniently say there. I’ll start with the cameras first: Overall my feelings on the photos it produces are – taking into account the lack ...","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/the-delightful-iphone-12-mini/","date_published":"2023-09-06T20:15:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-09-06 20:15","date_timestamp":1694031300,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70568326","content_html":"2022/2023: Reflection, Rediscovery, Relationships: monty.xyz
","summary":"Here I was a few days ago, ready to open up BBEdit and do some final clean up on this so it was ready to post this morning, and what should roll across my timeline but Becky Hansmeyer’s wonderful post about Rediscovery, which in a single word perfectly sums up many of my feelings. (I bought Snapthre...","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/20222023-reflection-rediscovery-relationships/","date_published":"2023-01-14T17:23:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-14 17:23","date_timestamp":1673716980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15959044","content_html":"2022/2023: Reflection, Rediscovery, Relationships: blog.monty.xyz
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.monty.xyz/2023/01/14/reflection-rediscovery-relationships.html","date_published":"2023-01-14T16:23:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-14 16:23","date_timestamp":1673713400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70568327","content_html":"Favourite products of 2022: monty.xyz
","summary":"Now that 2023 is well under way, here is a short list of some of my favourite products I used in 2022 that were new to me. First some shoutouts for things that weren’t new, but that I loved anyway: my iPhone 12 mini, and Lego. The battery life on the mini could be better (especially after a couple y...","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/favourite-products-of-2022/","date_published":"2023-01-07T20:07:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-07 20:07","date_timestamp":1673122020,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"15796647","content_html":"Favourite products of 2022: blog.monty.xyz
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.monty.xyz/2023/01/07/favourite-products-of.html","date_published":"2023-01-07T19:07:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-07 19:07","date_timestamp":1673118460,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70568328","content_html":"Big Sur and big screens: monty.xyz
","summary":"I’ve also been living with Big Sur on my primary Mac for several weeks and that experience has been a little less delightful, and in some ways more of an adjustment than the smaller phone. Just to get this out of the way: Bugs aside, overall I actually really like the look, and while I have some min...","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/big-sur-and-big-screens/","date_published":"2020-12-17T19:15:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-17 19:15","date_timestamp":1608232500,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10732990","content_html":"Big Sur and big screens: blog.monty.xyz
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.monty.xyz/2020/12/17/big-sur-and.html","date_published":"2020-12-17T18:15:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-17 18:15","date_timestamp":1608228900,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70568329","content_html":"Two delightful weeks: monty.xyz
","summary":"After two weeks of use, the iPhone 12 mini is, as I had hoped, delightful. The size is perfect in the hand, and feels wonderful. It won’t quite unseat my iPhone 5 as my favorite - though that is partly out of sentiment - but it’s very, very close. While I’m tempted by the idea of a MagSafe case, it ...","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/two-delightful-weeks/","date_published":"2020-12-15T04:18:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-15 04:18","date_timestamp":1608005880,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10720667","content_html":"Two delightful weeks: blog.monty.xyz
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.monty.xyz/2020/12/14/two-delightful-weeks.html","date_published":"2020-12-15T03:18:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-12-15 03:18","date_timestamp":1608002280,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10605074","content_html":"@manton One of my all-time favorites. Very much looking forward to the movie, and hoping it will safe to see in theatres - it deserves the impact and grandeur of the big screen, ideally IMAX.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/montyhayter/10605074","date_published":"2020-11-20T17:26:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-20 17:26","date_timestamp":1605893204,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70568330","content_html":"Finding Delight: monty.xyz
","summary":"My black iPhone 5 has always been my favorite iPhone as a physical object: I love how it looks, and the size and weight are pretty much perfect as far as I’m concerned… for a phone. As a portable computing device to get work done on, the typing experience and small screen left a lot to be desired. I...","url":"https://monty.xyz/blog/finding-delight/","date_published":"2020-11-20T00:43:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-20 00:43","date_timestamp":1605832980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10601036","content_html":"Finding Delight: blog.monty.xyz
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.monty.xyz/2020/11/19/finding-delight.html","date_published":"2020-11-19T23:43:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-19 23:43","date_timestamp":1605829380,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"10600519","content_html":"Finding delight: blog.monty.xyz
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.monty.xyz/2020/11/19/too-many-phone.html","date_published":"2020-11-19T21:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Monty Hayter","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fmontyhayter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"montyhayter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-11-19 21:00","date_timestamp":1605819600,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}