: My MacBook Neo Work Kit I recently picked up the MacBook Neo to lighten my load on tech jobs. It is an amazing little …
: My New MacBook Neo I just bought the new MacBook Neo and it genuinely surprised me. Despite a few budget-friendly cut …
: Letters I Will Never Send Writing a letter to someone else may be the most beneficial thing you can do for yourself.
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Just downloaded the Halide app on my iPhone and was playing around with their MKIII Preview when …
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My Defaults
Inspired by The Pen Addict Ep. 704 and their accompanying blog post, I created my own page …
: How I Vibe Coded My First App I needed math resources for my students but couldn’t find exactly what I needed. Despite not …
: MPU #836 - Stephen Robles Nailed It! New co-host Stephen Robles nails his debut on Mac Power Users. I was nervous about the change, but …
: Revisiting Simplenote I decided to give Simplenote another look to see if it fits my workflow. I love the speed, …
: Winter Field Day 2026 Winter Field Day is happening this weekend! Whether you are a licensed ham or just curious, it is a …
: A Small Part in Their Lives Writing recommendation letters for former students reminds me why I love teaching. Even if the …
: PLAUD NotePin The PLAUD NotePin is a sleek, pill-shaped AI-powered audio recorder that transcribes and summarizes …
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Empire of AI by Karen Hao
just finished listening to the audiobook “Empire of AI” by Karen Hao (wrapped it up on …
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Finished Listening to…: Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI by …
: My New Favorite Desk Accessory I’ve been testing a bunch of new pens and pencils lately, and my desk became a disaster zone. …
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WWPC Day 12 - Home ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️
Nothing says "home" like your favorite corner of the …
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WWPC Day 11 - Feast ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ #MicroBlog …
Christmas brunch
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WWPC Day 10 - Travel ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ #MicroBlog …
Traveling in style!
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WWPC Day 9 - Baking ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ #MicroBlog …
Spiced Pecans and Almonds
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Apocalypse Now
Watched: Apocalypse Now 🍿 What an intense, dark movie this was. I know I watched it years ago, but …
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WWPC Day 8 - Grinch ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ #MicroBlog #WinterWonderPhotoChallenge2025 #WWPC2025
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WWPC Day 7 - Solstice ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️
Photo by my Beautiful Wife, who claims that she does …
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WWPC Day 6 - Sparkle ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ #MicroBlog #WinterWonderPhotoChallenge2025 #WWPC2025
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WWPC Day 5 - Beard ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Gentle Giant
Known to play Santa once or twice
Great …
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WWPC Day 4 - Evergreen ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ #MicroBlog #WinterWonderPhotoChallenge2025 #WWPC2025
: Locked Out of Your Digital Life Relying 100% on the cloud scares me. After hearing about a user getting locked out of their iCloud …
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WWPC Day 3 - Firelight ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Sittin’ by the fire 🎶 #MicroBlog …
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WWPC Day 2 - Cozy ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Nothing better than a mug of hot cocoa to make you feel …
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2025 Reading/Listening Goal
Despite starting late in the year, I set a goal to read/listen to 15 books this year. Not sure if I …
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WWPC Day 1 - Frost ❄️
12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ “Frosty” is as close to frost as we get …
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12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge 2025
I am excited for the 12 days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge. With all of the time commitements …
: Rethinking How I Blog I used to stress about posting daily, but a power outage broke my streak and set me free. Now, I’m …
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Experimenting with Video Embedding (Not From YouTube)
I wanted to try embedding some video from a site other than YouTube, so I am trying it out here. The …
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Peter McKinnon's Gift Guide (For Yourself)
I love watching Pewter McKinnon’s videos. He is always so pumped, funny and makes great …
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Xiegu GPA-100 Amplifier
Xiegu recently introduced the GPA-100 amplifier. I have the previous version of this amp, and …
: Getting Reacquainted with Homebrew I’m rediscovering Homebrew after installing it years ago. I’ve set up a Brewfile that …
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Does Your Life Really Flash Before Your Eyes?
When You Die, Does Your Life Actually Flash Before Your Eyes? It is a common trope in storytelling …
: The Best Part of Thanksgiving Happened in the Dark When the power went out on Thanksgiving night, what started as a necessary dog walk turned into an …
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Made With Love
My wife makes the best pumpkin pies with real pumpkins. None of that canned stuff here. …
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The Right Choice
You know you have chosen the right company (and community) when they make it easy for you to take …
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Two Small Updates That Make a Big Difference
Two essential accessibility tools for us visually impaired computer users are the magnifier and …
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Your Old Pennies Just Became More Valuable
Pennies With Purpose: Smart and Simple Ways to Use the Disappearing Coin with the discontinuation …
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Chocolate Chip Trip 🎵
Listening to chocolate Chip Trip on Apple Music by Tool. What a great song to enjoy on your audio …
: One Ham’s Evolution from Frequency Hoarder to Smart Programmer I’ve stopped filling my radios with random frequencies and now program them with purpose like local …
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SANDISK 1TB Extreme Fit USB-C Flash Drive
Photo from [Amazon.com](https://amazon.com)
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MPU Holiday Gift Guide (2025)
Oh, man… Mac Power Users put out their 2025 Holiday Gift Guide. Let me hide my wallet! Here …
: Could a Modern iPod Actually Work Today? What if Apple brought back the iPod Classic for its 25th anniversary, but as a dedicated …
: The End of an Era: No More Pennies The US Mint has stopped making pennies after over 200 years. The last five coins, marked with a …
: The End of "Seeing Is Believing" AI-generated images and videos have become incredibly realistic, making it harder than ever to spot …
: When Was the Last Time You Really Listened to Music? We’ve lost the art of intentionally listening to music. Inspired by a YouTube video, I spent …
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USB Colors
Have you ever stopped to notice that your USB ports have different colors? Some are blue, some are …
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The American Revolution (2025)
I am excited about the upcoming Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution Season 1 that will …
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Feedbin
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Digg Daily
One of the features I’m enjoying on the new Digg is Digg Daily. It’s essentially an …
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New Digg
Years ago, I was an avid Digg user. Then it went away. After people learned to game the system, it …
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NetNewsWire 6.2
Of all the RSS reader apps I’ve tried on my iPhone and iPad, I love NetNewsWire the most. …
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Dragon's Milk
Dragon’s Milk is a signature bourbon barrel-aged stout that delivers a complex flavor …
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Kodak Gold and Ultramax
Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again It is probably too soon to …
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Pause Media When Falling Asleep
iOS 26 gave AirPods Pro a new setting you might want to turn on - 9to5Mac Sleep detection in iOS 26 …
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The Exorcist
Remembering: The Exorcist 🍿 Happy Halloween! Seeing all these awesome costumes everywhere got me …
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Chat Folders on Signal
Signal, the private messenger, posted that they will now support Chat Folders. Now we can organize …
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AI in the CLI
Okay, this one is definitely for us nerdy types out there. We’ve all used some kind of AI …
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Rubber Ducky
It’s frightening to know you can plug in a …
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I Bought An M4 iPad Pro Right Before The M5, too
I’m the guy who bought an Apple device right before a new one came out. I don’t regret it one bit …
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The Zipper Is Getting Upgraded
The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years The teeth were redesigned, the …
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Orange Plotter Mini
I received my Plotter order earlier than expected. The order consisted of the following items, as my …
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Baseball by Ken Burns
Baseball 📺 I love baseball. I don’t mean that I’m a statistician. I don’t only …
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Why Don't We Feel the Earth Moving?
Why can’t we feel the Earth moving? Right now, you’re zooming through space at …
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Vader
Meet Vader, our family’s eight-year-old pug. He used to be pure black, which earned him his …
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Plotter
My wife always says I have expensive hobbies, like photography and ham radio, and now I’m …
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Retinal Implant
This retina implant lets people with vision loss do a crossword puzzle Thirty-eight patients in …
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1972 Moon Samples
Scientists open untouched Apollo 17 lunar samples from 1972 — they may hold clues about the …
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Local Tavern
We went out for an early dinner at this little tavern that’s been around since 1988. They …
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Sea of Clouds
I was sitting in my truck waiting for my wife, looking around at what seemed like an ordinary, …
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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
I came across a Mastodon post that mentioned the 1980 TV series Cosmos and how it is available on …
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Neo Network Utility 2.0
I discovered Neo Network Utility 2.0 from DEVONTechnologies, a free Mac app that simplifies network …
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Goose
I heard about a band named Goose from Marco Arment on the Accidental Tech Podcast the other day, so …
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Baofang UV-5R Mini
I’ve added the Baofeng UV-5R Mini to my collection of budget ham radios. At about $23 each, …
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Editing High Quality Videos
MKBHD’s recent video breaks down their editing process, revealing what makes their content …
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Marching Band Competition
Once again, I had the pleasure of attending a marching band competition. Like previous times, I was …
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Raspberry Pi Projects
… a credit-card-sized board can power serious ideas, from home automation to robotics and …
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Pocket Alternatives
Whether you’re looking for a brilliant Pocket substitute or are new to the read-it-later game, …
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Project Hail Mary
‘Project Hail Mary’: Release date, plot, cast, and everything we know about Ryan …
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Can't Do It All Alone
No matter how you feel about Steve Jobs, he was clearly an intelligent and focused individual. While …
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Starting to Feel Like Fall
It’s officially been fall for a few days now, but today is the first day it actually feels …
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Goodbyee, Walls
The beloved ice bream shop served Miami for 20 years. Now, it’s closing. Wall’s is known …
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"I gave the world wide web away for free"
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee I gave the world wide web away for …
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Sketchnoting
A few years ago, I started learning about sketchnoting. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos, bought …
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I am always fascinated to see how things are made or how things work. This is especially true for …
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Do More With Your iPhone's USB-C Port
BGR wrote a great article on different uses for your iPhone’s USB-C port besides charging. For …
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Raspberry Pi 500+
Raspberry Pi 500+ puts the Pi, 16GB of RAM, and a real SSD in a mechanical keyboard The Raspberry …
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The Millionaire Fastlane
Finished Listening to…: The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for …
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Trusty Pencil
Sometimes, the best tools we have are the simplest. This is my favorite… the trusty, yest …
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Motorized Office Chair
Makers of a New Motorized Office Chair With Bionic Spine Claim It’ll Ease Your Back Pain The …
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Automatic Ball Strike System (ABS)
MLB will use robot umpires beginning next season Major League Baseball will use so-called robot …
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So, What Did I Get?
Yesterday, I mentioned that I decided to go with the iPhone 17 Pro Max instead of the iPhone …
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iPhone 17 Pro vs. iPhone Air
iPhone 17 Pro vs. iPhone Air: Here is every key difference Overall, the biggest differentiators …
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More Accessible Kindle
Better accessibility coming to Kindle books Kindle Assistive Reader is… fully available in the …
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Solar Powered Dashcam
Baseus’ solar-powered dash cam keeps an eye on your parked car for up to two weeks The PrimeTrip …
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iPadOS 26 Is Blurring The Line
iPadOS 26 has officially turned the iPad into the most Mac-like device ever — but there’s more …
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Relay for St. Jude
Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the U.S. childhood cancer survival rate from 20% …
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Life on Mars?
NASA Found Signs of Ancient Alien Life on Mars. Here’s How Excited You Should Be “The …
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Protect Your New Phone
After considering going caseless with the new iPhone Pro’s durable Unibody design, I …
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Apple Magic Keyboard or ESR iPad Keyboard
I’m continuing to use my iPad more as a creation device than a consumption device. So …
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The Great Mental Models, Volume 1 - General Thinking Concepts
Finished Re-Listening to…: The Great Mental Models, Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts by …
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Signal Cloud Backup
Signal adds secure cloud backups to save and restore chats Signal has introduced a new opt-in …
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Tiny Vinyl
Tiny Vinyl is a new pocketable record format for the Spotify age “I’ve already pre-ordered two …
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National Preparedness Month
National Preparedness Month: 12 Ways to Prepare Amateur radio serves as a powerful tool and …
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Parachute Backup
Just learned about Parachute Backup from the Mac Power Users and it is great! It downloaded the …
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September 2025 Apple Event
Here are my takeaways for Apple’s September 9, 2025 event. It is not a comprehensive list of …
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What I Don't Like About the reMarkable Paper Pro Move
Here are some things that I don’t like about the reMarkable Paper Pro Move. The hefty price …
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What I Like About the reMarkable Paper Pro Move
Here are the things I like about my new reMarkable Paper Pro Move, in no specific order.
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reMarkable Paper Pro Move Update
I ordered the reMarkable Paper Pro Move from Amazon the other day and was expecting to receive it …
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Obsidian Primer
A couple of weeks ago, I started to revisit Obsidian and have been using it daily for both work and …
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reMarkable Paper Pro Move
The reMarkable Paper Pro Move was recently released and I ordered one to try out. I should receive …
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OmniFocus 4.7
OmniFocus 4.7 Brings Planned Dates, Mutually Exclusive Tags, Repeat Limits & More - Learn …
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Digital Twins
Note: This post was originally published on August 29, 2025. Due to technical issues, it was …
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The Happiest Place On Earth
Not many things come close to celebrating a birthday with family and friends at the “Happiest …
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Home Automation
Home Assistant + Ubiquiti + AI = Home Automation Magic It seems like every manufacturer of anything …
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Body Farms
Warning! This post may not be suitable for all readers. Reader discretion is advised.
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Railroad Spike Knife Close-Up
Here is another view of the railroad spike knife I bought at a blacksmith shop in Tennessee.
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Railroad Spike Knife and Leather Sheath
Went to a blacksmith shop while visiting Tennessee and picked up this beauty as a souvenir. It is …
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Students Aren't Cheating with AI... They're Learning
Most students are using AI to enhance learning, not outsource it, research shows Contrary to …
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SCO Is Celebrating 20 Years
I cannot believe that one of my favorite sites, ScreenCastsOnline, is 20 years old. I have been …
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Stealth Antennas
New ARRL Book Release: Stealth Antennas for Ham Radio Stealth Antennas for Ham Radio is full of …
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33 Years Later
Thirty-three years ago today, I was a young teenager living with my family in South Florida. That …
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Smart Glasses
I haven’t been a fan of Facebook (Meta’s child company) since it was a standalone …
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Revisiting Obsidian
I’ve been using Obsidian for a few years now, and it’s where I keep all my important …
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Origin of the Apple Logo
Interesting BGR article on the origin of the Apple logo. Sleek, simple, and instantly recognizable, …
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Halitrephes maasi jelly.
Wonder of Science posted this on Mastodon… A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the …
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Pay to Pause Service
Starlink Users Will Now Have to Pay $5 to Pause Service Starlink is ending a popular free feature …
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Apple’s first Mac with 5G cellular might be coming sooner than we thought Rumors have long …
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Apple’s new Siri may allow users to operate apps just using voice | TechCrunch Bloomberg …
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Building An iOS App With Only ChatGPT 5
Stephen Robles, one of my favorite YouTubers with no programming background, recently used ChatGPT 5 …
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Hams Over IP (HOIP)
Hamshack Hotline was great. As they shutter their doors, I am glad to see that Hams Over IP are …
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Kagi Privacy Pass
Want your searches to be even more private? Use Kagi Privacy Pass. This feature is available for …
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Kagi Shortcuts
I moved to Kagi as my default search/AI engine a few days ago and I am still finding out new ways …
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Ottis
The “official greeter” at a small vinyl record store in downtown Augusta, Georgia.
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Privacy Is Not Free (and maybe it shouldn't be?)
Tired of being the product instead of the customer, so I switched to Kagi.
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audiobookshelf
If you are lucky enough to own all of your audio books in a DRM-Free format, you should really …
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Voice Cloning
m sure we’ve all heard of phishing scams or, unfortunately, experienced them ourselves. At …
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Apple: The First 50 Years
You know… I’m a fan of history and I’m also a fan of technology, especially Apple …
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Navigating Life with Low Vision
For individuals facing low vision challenges, daily life can feel overwhelming. This guide serves …
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Be My Eyes & Amtrak
Blind and low vision passengers can now connect with trained Amtrak agents for real-time help, like …
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Retavis RT97L Repeater
Retevis RT97L GMRS Repeater – Key Specs:• Higher power than previous models• Fully GMRS-compatible …
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Use RSS
As an Apple user and an Apple One subscriber, I have access to Apple news where I can read and …
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Let's Go Marlins!
The fish are on a roll. Last month they were 16 games below 500. After this weekend’s sweep of …
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Overlooking the Savannah River and enjoying the cacophony of nature, right before the hustle and …
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Finished Listening: Mark Twain by Ron Chernow 📚 It was a 44+ hour audiobook, but I enjoyed it …
