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Finished reading: The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson šŸ“š

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I really enjoyed this and definitely recommend it. Itā€™s the first in a new trilogy so I have a bit of a wait for the next one, but once the second half got going I got sucked in. The final 200 pages kept me picking the book back up at every...

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This is a fascinating look into a combination of two of my favourite things. Typography and the Italian Renaissance. Microsoft and Studiogusto have developed a new typeface based on the handwriting of Michelangelo. Michelangelus will be distributed through the Microsoft 365 apps and will become my new...

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@manton I use ChatGPT (or the new Siri) to proof read but thatā€™s it. I donā€™t want either creating a post for me. I would wager that anyone using dictation to create a post already has a setup or work flow for it.

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Ouch, the new Apple TV is expensive. Wasnā€™t expecting it to be that expensive, going to rethink my plan to get one to replace my current one that no longer gets software updates.

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Wonderful look back at The Dock on Mac, From OS 10 to macOS 27. For me, peak doc was the Leopard/Snow Leopard era. All those individually shaped icons look messy but added an extra layer of usability and recognition that I think is missing from the dock today.

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Today is a dark mode and headphones kind of day. After a solid 5 hours of back to back calls yesterday I need to actually do some work and recharge my batteries.

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Itā€™s these kinds of days when I find the idea of living in the remote north very appealing. I, of course, idealise it, but the thought of being in...

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@manton thatā€™s good naming as well. Itā€™s going stick in peoples minds.

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@manton thank you! Most of the time was spent picking colours and trying them. I was very thankful for Sketches variables and symbols.

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I spent some time in Sketch last night refining the design of my read later app for Micro.blog bookmarks. Today whilst cleaning the kitchen using voice mode I had Codex implement the refined designs. This is bookmarks view in the new dark mode.

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@ChrisJWilson @johnchandler LM Studio is good but you need a lot of RAM for the bigger models. Iā€™ve played with some of the smaller ones a bit.

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Some more of my read later app powered by Micro.blog bookmarks. All the functionality seems to be almost there, but I need to refine the theme colours. This shows the article view in normal and fullscreen modes. From here you can highlight, add tags, and mark as read.

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@ayjay I believe you are correct, and given the threat the owners made to withdraw billions in funding the government wonā€™t allow anything to jeopardise that.

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@purplelime I got my text about it last month, but my appointment is in November. I assumed it was because I was slow, but looking at other replies maybe itā€™s to do with availability.

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Jim Nielsen is ā€œEmbarrassed on Behalf of the Tech Industryā€ and Iā€™ll add a hearty me too. My Mum hates technology when it changes and the way she did things no longer works or is possible. The web is definitely harder than it used to be, often in the name of making things easier, which always begs the...

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@manton thanks Manton, Iā€™ll share some more now that itā€™s functioning.

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Iā€™ve been having fun experimenting with Codexā€¦ Iā€™ve had many ideas for apps over the years but never been able to do anything about them. Finally Iā€™m able to at least try ideas out, this one is a read later app powered by Micro.blogā€™s bookmarks feature.

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a humane interface ā€” or a humane system, even a humane technology ā€” is considerate of human frailties. It acknowledges they exist and works with them, rather than taking advantage of them.

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Jim Nielsen

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Itā€™s rare that I find something strikes home so early in the day; this did. Much of my job as a designer is spent defending users, a battle of taste over numbers in a dashboard, but this might be how I start framing some of my arguments going forward. Juicing the numbers is the exact opposite of this, the methods used, more often than not, take advantage of human frailties to make them go up.

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@manton I agree Aeon is a good name, but I wish they would fix the UI of the main app. The new interface tat arrived when I updated my app yesterday is horrible and feels further from being a Mac app than the previous one.

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@lmika Thank you!

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Today marks my 42nd trip around the sun. I opened OutPost with the intention of writing something, typed out the first sentence and froze. My brain once again seemingly blocked whatever prompted me to begin. So instead I find myself typing whatever is coming to my mind.

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Being an end of September birthday...

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@KyleEssary Oh wow, I canā€™t imagine the mishmash of pronunciations you hear everyday, it must be quite jarring.

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@ChrisJWilson Interesting, I hadnā€™t spotted it the other way. There are definitely some pronunciations which really grate. I do confess to sometimes typing center but I blame CSS for that.

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Unfortunately I canā€™t get on board with the Z, it will forever look wrong to me, and I refuse to say Gen Zee as well. #grumpyoldman

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In what can only be classed as a state of wishful thinking, I changed my Mac wallpaper to a more autumnal theme.

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@robertbreen I really want to read the Slow Horses series, a friend is also reading them and he keeps recommending them to me every time I see him.

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@Cliff538 Looks really good Cliff, I like it. I have been thinking to organise my library page by year but I couldnā€™t figure it out. Might have to throw it at Codex and see if it can do it for me.

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Trying out the new Outpost app that Manton linked to. It feels like a more modern version of MarsEdit. Time to give it a bit of a test drive.

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@Cliff538 thanks Cliff. Itā€™s good fun to get it working, a nice morning challenge.

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@robertbreen thanks Robert. It was fun to integrate, but I had to uninstall the plugin that is installed when you turn the feature on to get the template to load. I did think afterwards that you might be interested.

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@ChrisJWilson The creep of American English is real, the number of children I hear using the American pronunciation of words is rather distressing.

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Iā€™ve integrated the new books feature Manton launched at the end of August into my blog, so now the book details pages feel part of my blog. I may revise the design a little in the future but Iā€™m happy with how it works right now. If Iā€™ve posted about the book the details page also displays those posts as...

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@joshuapsteele Good to know, it can be easy to think you are sometimes!

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@ReaderJohn yes, thatā€™s an approach I used to use and seemed to let slip. Maybe a place to start.

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To my surprise I really enjoyed it. It turned out that writing and learning are a lot of fun, and I was constantly looking for ways to practice my new found writing skills. I think that's part of why I still love typing - I just find creating words on a screen a lot of fun.\n

Kev Quirk

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I couldnā€™t agree more. It makes my recent writing block all the more troubling. After a message from a kind friend who saw my post yesterday, Iā€™ve decided to try and start small with posts like this one.

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I have a problem, that some might call a block. Simply put, I want to blog but donā€™t know what to write. Every time I sit down I am left with a blank brain, every time I think I should post about that nothing comes out. A blockage that wonā€™t budge that results in nothing being written.

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@ayjay fair point. Iā€™ll be reading regardless of where they live.

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@ayjay Iā€™m curious, have you considered moving all the posts from Homebound Symphony to a new micro.blog blog?

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@ChrisJWilson welcome back Chris!

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@ChrisJWilson @rom Iā€™ve been reading lots this morning, it has the same IP rating as the normal phones so itā€™s dust proof according to the specification. I find it a compelling device but not in my budget given I had to get a new phone a couple of months ago.

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@ChrisJWilson it does have Apple Pencil supportā€¦

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Catching up on the new Apple stuff over coffee this morning and so far thereā€™s one thing I want from the Duo on my iPad. The dock on the side, some of those controls on the side of apps especially when in tablet mode and detached from Magic Keyboard.

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Finished reading: Odyssey by Stephen Fry šŸ“š

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Very enjoyable. I wish I had been able to read it all before I saw the new film, but even so, it is worth a read afterwards.

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@manton @robertbreen @the @7robots for what itā€™s worth, it works ok for me on the test flight version but I am also running the iOS 27 beta. Just in case the OS version might have something to do with it.

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@manton thanks Manton!

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First day back at work after a very relaxing and enjoyable week and a bit off exploring the North East coast of England.

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At last we have some rain down in the south of England. Itā€™s been a long time coming and desperately needed as well, if I hadnā€™t been on a work call and didnā€™t have the plumber here I think I would be outside standing in it.

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Iā€™ve set my old MacBook Pro up as a home server and Iā€™m slowly experimenting with various different things I can do with it. Itā€™s like a fun summer side project.

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Iā€™ve set up Plex and Navidrome on it so far, Iā€™ve been rediscovering my old mp3 library while I work. This afternoon I set up Home Assistant,...

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Hello @help When I try to change my AT Protocol domain I get this error.

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My attempt at watching and capturing this evenings eclipse.

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