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@purplelime reminds me of those old BBC 2 idents that used to be on before the Simpsons at 6pm!

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@purplelime I had one from Chipolo and now have a UGreen one. Both work in my slim card wallet, but the advantage with the UGreen one is itā€™s rechargeable. Would recommend either.

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@ChrisJWilson absolutely do go to Israel if you can! It brings a whole new context to the scriptures when you can stand in the places the events took place.

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A fantastic look at the design of Japen Rail. The Japanese rail system fascinates me, it is what railways should be. Sadly, and to my dismay, the British railways are horrendous and terribly run. It is always cheaper to drive than it is to go by train which is immensely frustrating.

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@ChrisJWilson thankfully weā€™ve not been like that at work, but I have had to battle a few senior staff that a ā€œtoolā€ built to test an idea was not suitable to go live straight away. For once Iā€™ve been thankful that our adoption of new tech has been a bit slower and considered.

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@jthingelstad Iā€™ve ended up returning to it thank to Claude Code at work. In fact I turned my OneDrive into my vault and setup the notebook navigator plugin, itā€™s become the primary way of interacting with anything in OneDrive and a nice way to read/collaborate with what Claude documents.

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@ChrisJWilson that doesnā€™t sound right to me Chris! Is it documented anywhere that itā€™s ā€œmore for guidance than goalā€? Hope youā€™re ok!

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@gregmorris I have found it useful to bounce very early wireframes off, itā€™s very good at keeping the intended audience and their use case at the fore.

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@manton I guess this is an example of you reap what you sow. Keep telling everyone itā€™s so good itā€™s dangerous when you release it they will stop you. A big lesson for Amodei to learn.

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@gregmorris yes, this is why Iā€™m not scared for my job, the taste and design thinking is not there. What has been useful is using Claude Code to create html/js prototypes instead of apps like Axure RP or Figma prototypes. Flats in Figma paired with our coded design system gives me way more functional prototypes for user testing.

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An interesting look at the revised Liquid Glass icons in MacOS Golden Gate.

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On first glance I think the revised versions are clearer and solve some of the fuzziness of the first iterations in Tahoe. Some of those shape edges could do with some refinement in my opinion but generally a step forward in...

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@manton hmmm, but is it true? I do like the way they name their models but Iā€™m not sure Fable is a wise choice given its meaning.

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Iā€™m looking for a consumer tech news site thatā€™s like The Verge but not The Vergeā€¦ any recommendations?

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Itā€™s that time of year again when we have the conversation about ā€œThe Foldā€ on the internetā€¦ repeat after meā€¦ There. Is. No. Fold.

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How this is still a thing in 2026 is beyond me.

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An interesting piece from Om about Anthropic, Dario Amodei, and their Mythos model. It is a thought provoking look at the actions of Dario and the meaning of the name and itā€™s etymology. I recently switched from using Claude/Cowork/Code to OpenAIā€™s Codex/ChatGPT after reading a number of posts from Manton tha...

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@robertbreen thanks Robert! How are you doing? I read your post the other day!

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I'm slowly building out a new \"professional\" site which will become a portfolio and possibly have some kind of design based blog. You can find it here.

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@ffmike why bother when I China you can pay with your palm, no chip required!

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Here comes the rainā€¦ do do dooo dahā€¦ here comes the hailā€¦

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This is the best take Iā€™ve read on the Ferrari Luce.

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There are bloggers who I admire a great deal. I have been reading or following them in some form for years. They manage to post interesting things day after day, their posts are well written and thoughtful. They are the ones who, in my mind, make blogging cool.

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They inspire me.

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When I read their posts, they...

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Itā€™s been such a busy week that sitting in a quiet cafĆ© on a Saturday morning reading my book and I keep feeling myself nodding off. I think itā€™s a combination of the ambiance in here, the busyness of my week, and the poor sleep Iā€™ve had thanks to the heat at the start of the week.

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Gosh, Iā€™m really struggling to focus this afternoon. It may have been a short week thanks to the bank holiday on Monday but itā€™s felt longer than a normal one thanks to the heat. Itā€™s cooler today, but I think my brain is cooked.

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Managed to successfully dismantle and clean my\ntower fan after realising it was barely blowing anything. Nothing like a heatwave to successfully spur a man in to action, itā€™s blowing like a gale now. šŸ„³

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Figtree is a lovely sans-serif I've just come across. Definitely going to be using it on the personal project I'm working on right now.

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At what point did it become acceptable to bring food from another place to a cafĆ© and sit down to eat it? Thatā€™s just disrespectful.

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@kev a good read! Iā€™ve been all in on analogue this year as well. If you do need to find a high quality paper notebook I recommend looking at Mark and Fold although Iā€™ve never used their lined books so Iā€™m not sure how spaced they are.

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@ayjay it was so clear. Iā€™m very pleased we (Forest) were already safe prior to that game. VAR is supposed to be for clear and obvious errorsā€¦ I donā€™t understand why they referred it to the referee instead of declaring it handball.

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@kev I really need more coffee. I read this as ā€œFinally got to North Koreaā€ā€¦

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@tg would they map to folders in Finder?

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Reading government documents about careers education really is very dry. Interesting, but hard going, a bit like reading some of the old classics.

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@manton oh no! Will the credit card company refund it?

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A disastrous performance from Forest last night. Villa played well and deserved the result, but Iā€™m sad that our European adventure is over. Hopefully it wonā€™t be another 30 years before weā€™re back in the competition.

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The new Google Fitbit Air looks exactly like the kind of fitness tracker I would like. Except it's not made by Apple.

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@manton it would be ace if all posts with titles from the people Iā€™m following on Micro.blog were in Inkwell. It would be a nice way to teach a new Inkwell user how it works.

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@tg this is fantastic. Please keep experimenting!

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@tg yes! Every few months I am compelled to search for this app. I am always disappointed.

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I finished my notebook yesterday, now Iā€™m in that awkward couple of weeks where I need to carry the finished one and the new one because there is thinking across both I still need access too. The plus side is new notebook day!

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@gregmorris Itā€™s great, my primary method of using Micro.blog!

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@ayjay I forgot about that, I need to see if it works in Tuna!

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@ReaderJohn ha! Yes, Iā€™m not sure the names ever make sense but quicksilver was the best app launcher utility the Mac ever had.

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@ayjay I have temporarily paused my Alfred us to give this a try. Nothing has ever clicked with me the way quicksilver did.

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The spirit of the original launcher Quicksilver lives on in Tuna.

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@ChrisJWilson perfect excuse for notebook shopping!

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Interesting, Fastmail have shipped their own MCP server should you wish to try it. I like that services are trying this out rather than trying to find ways to build AI into their services.

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And so it begins, work just sent an email around to the marking BUā€”which my UX team now sits inā€”about AEO. Answer Engine Optimisation. The new SEO is here.

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Itā€™s roughly two weeks since I got my first new personal Mac since 2015 and Iā€™ve yet to comment on it. In short itā€™s an incredible machine. The upgrade is well worth it and I wish I had made the jump a little sooner. I am working on a piece to speak to all the differences Iā€™m noticing but for now I wanted to...

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This might be the first font I buy in years. Something about it feels really nice. Although I also like this one.

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But he was wounded because of our crimes,\ncrushed because of our sins;\nthe disciplining that makes us whole fell on him,\nand by his bruises we are healed.

\nYesha 'yahu (Isa) 53:5 CJB\n
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Finally pushed the go button on buying a new MacBook. M5 Air arrives tomorrow 11 years after I bought my last personal Mac.

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