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: Giving My Blog a Voice I’ve started adding audio versions of my latest blog posts using ElevenLabs, since the built-in …
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: Slowing Down, One Keystroke at a Time A documentary led me to buy a pink 1958 Smith-Corona Super on eBay, and now I own three typewriters. …
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: 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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: My Defaults Inspired by The Pen Addict Ep. 704 and their accompanying blog post, I created my own page listing …
: How I Vibe Coded My First App I needed math resources for my students but couldn’t find exactly what I needed. Despite not being a …
: 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 …
: Empire of AI by Karen Hao just finished listening to the audiobook “Empire of AI” by Karen Hao (wrapped it up on December 30, …
: Finished Listening to…: Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI by Karen Hao 📚 …
: My New Favorite Desk Accessory I’ve been testing a bunch of new pens and pencils lately, and my desk became a disaster zone. …
: WWPC Day 12 - Home ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Nothing says "home" like your favorite corner of the …
: WWPC Day 11 - Feast ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Christmas brunch #MicroBlog …
: WWPC Day 10 - Travel ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Traveling in style! #MicroBlog …
: WWPC Day 9 - Baking ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Spiced Pecans and Almonds #MicroBlog …
: Apocalypse Now Watched: Apocalypse Now 🍿 What an intense, dark movie this was. I know I watched it years ago, but …
: WWPC Day 8 - Grinch ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ #MicroBlog #WinterWonderPhotoChallenge2025 #WWPC2025
: WWPC Day 7 - Solstice ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Photo by my Beautiful Wife, who claims that she does not …
: WWPC Day 6 - Sparkle ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ #MicroBlog #WinterWonderPhotoChallenge2025 #WWPC2025
: WWPC Day 5 - Beard ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Gentle Giant Known to play Santa once or twice Great …
: 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 …
: WWPC Day 3 - Firelight ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Sittin’ by the fire 🎶 #MicroBlog …
: WWPC Day 2 - Cozy ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ Nothing better than a mug of hot cocoa to make you feel …
: 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 …
: WWPC Day 1 - Frost ❄️ 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ❄️ “Frosty” is as close to frost as we get around here. …
: 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 …
: 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 …
: Peter McKinnon's Gift Guide (For Yourself) I love watching Pewter McKinnon’s videos. He is always so pumped, funny and makes great content, to …
: Xiegu GPA-100 Amplifier Xiegu recently introduced the GPA-100 amplifier. I have the previous version of this amp, and it’s …
: Getting Reacquainted with Homebrew I’m rediscovering Homebrew after installing it years ago. I’ve set up a Brewfile that lets me update …
: 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 …
: Made With Love My wife makes the best pumpkin pies with real pumpkins. None of that canned stuff here. She’s been …
: The Right Choice You know you have chosen the right company (and community) when they make it easy for you to take …
: Two Small Updates That Make a Big Difference Two essential accessibility tools for us visually impaired computer users are the magnifier and …
: Your Old Pennies Just Became More Valuable Pennies With Purpose: Smart and Simple Ways to Use the Disappearing Coin with the discontinuation of …
: 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 …
: SANDISK 1TB Extreme Fit USB-C Flash Drive Photo from [Amazon.com](https://amazon.com) Sandisk’s new 1TB USB-C drive is so small you never …
: MPU Holiday Gift Guide (2025) Oh, man… Mac Power Users put out their 2025 Holiday Gift Guide. Let me hide my wallet! Here are some …
: 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 an …
: USB Colors Have you ever stopped to notice that your USB ports have different colors? Some are blue, some are …
: The American Revolution (2025) I am excited about the upcoming Ken Burns documentary, The American Revolution Season 1 that will …
: Feedbin As I’ve mentioned before, NetNewsWire has been my favorite RSS reader. They’ve had a small hiccup …
: Digg Daily One of the features I’m enjoying on the new Digg is Digg Daily. It’s essentially an AI-generated …
: New Digg Years ago, I was an avid Digg user. Then it went away. After people learned to game the system, it …
: NetNewsWire 6.2 Of all the RSS reader apps I’ve tried on my iPhone and iPad, I love NetNewsWire the most. It’s been …
: Dragon's Milk Dragon’s Milk is a signature bourbon barrel-aged stout that delivers a complex flavor experience. …
: Kodak Gold and Ultramax Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again It is probably too soon to …
: 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 …
: The Exorcist Remembering: The Exorcist 🍿 Happy Halloween! Seeing all these awesome costumes everywhere got me …
: Chat Folders on Signal Signal, the private messenger, posted that they will now support Chat Folders. Now we can organize …
: AI in the CLI Okay, this one is definitely for us nerdy types out there. We’ve all used some kind of AI service in …
: Rubber Ducky What Is A USB ‘Rubber Ducky’? It’s frightening to know you can plug in a regular-looking USB drive …
: 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 … …
: The Zipper Is Getting Upgraded The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years The teeth were redesigned, the …
: Orange Plotter Mini I received my Plotter order earlier than expected. The order consisted of the following items, as my …
: Baseball by Ken Burns Baseball 📺 I love baseball. I don’t mean that I’m a statistician. I don’t only care who hit the most …
: Why Don't We Feel the Earth Moving? Why can’t we feel the Earth moving? Right now, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. As …
: Vader Meet Vader, our family’s eight-year-old pug. He used to be pure black, which earned him his name, …
: Plotter My wife always says I have expensive hobbies, like photography and ham radio, and now I’m afraid …
: Retinal Implant This retina implant lets people with vision loss do a crossword puzzle Thirty-eight patients in …
: 1972 Moon Samples Scientists open untouched Apollo 17 lunar samples from 1972 — they may hold clues about the moon’s …
: Local Tavern We went out for an early dinner at this little tavern that’s been around since 1988. They almost …
: Sea of Clouds I was sitting in my truck waiting for my wife, looking around at what seemed like an ordinary, …
: Cosmos: A Personal Voyage I came across a Mastodon post that mentioned the 1980 TV series Cosmos and how it is available on …
: Neo Network Utility 2.0 I discovered Neo Network Utility 2.0 from DEVONTechnologies, a free Mac app that simplifies network …
: Goose I heard about a band named Goose from Marco Arment on the Accidental Tech Podcast the other day, so …
: Baofang UV-5R Mini I’ve added the Baofeng UV-5R Mini to my collection of budget ham radios. At about $23 each, these …
: Editing High Quality Videos MKBHD’s recent video breaks down their editing process, revealing what makes their content stand …
: Marching Band Competition Once again, I had the pleasure of attending a marching band competition. Like previous times, I was …
: Raspberry Pi Projects … a credit-card-sized board can power serious ideas, from home automation to robotics and AI. The …
: Pocket Alternatives Whether you’re looking for a brilliant Pocket substitute or are new to the read-it-later game, …
: Project Hail Mary ‘Project Hail Mary’: Release date, plot, cast, and everything we know about Ryan Gosling’s mission …
: Can't Do It All Alone No matter how you feel about Steve Jobs, he was clearly an intelligent and focused individual. While …
: Starting to Feel Like Fall It’s officially been fall for a few days now, but today is the first day it actually feels like …
: Goodbyee, Walls The beloved ice bream shop served Miami for 20 years. Now, it’s closing. Wall’s is known not only …
: "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 …
: Sketchnoting A few years ago, I started learning about sketchnoting. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos, bought …
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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 …
: Raspberry Pi 500+ Raspberry Pi 500+ puts the Pi, 16GB of RAM, and a real SSD in a mechanical keyboard The Raspberry Pi …
: The Millionaire Fastlane Finished Listening to…: The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a …
: Trusty Pencil Sometimes, the best tools we have are the simplest. This is my favorite… the trusty, yest stylish, …
: Motorized Office Chair Makers of a New Motorized Office Chair With Bionic Spine Claim It’ll Ease Your Back Pain The …
: Automatic Ball Strike System (ABS) MLB will use robot umpires beginning next season Major League Baseball will use so-called robot …
: So, What Did I Get? Yesterday, I mentioned that I decided to go with the iPhone 17 Pro Max instead of the iPhone Air …
: iPhone 17 Pro vs. iPhone Air iPhone 17 Pro vs. iPhone Air: Here is every key difference Overall, the biggest differentiators …
: More Accessible Kindle Better accessibility coming to Kindle books Kindle Assistive Reader is… fully available in the …
: Solar Powered Dashcam Baseus’ solar-powered dash cam keeps an eye on your parked car for up to two weeks The PrimeTrip VD1 …
: iPadOS 26 Is Blurring The Line iPadOS 26 has officially turned the iPad into the most Mac-like device ever — but there’s more …
: Relay for St. Jude Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the U.S. childhood cancer survival rate from 20% …
: Life on Mars? NASA Found Signs of Ancient Alien Life on Mars. Here’s How Excited You Should Be “The current …
: Protect Your New Phone After considering going caseless with the new iPhone Pro’s durable Unibody design, I ultimately …
: Apple Magic Keyboard or ESR iPad Keyboard I’m continuing to use my iPad more as a creation device than a consumption device. So I’ve made a …
: The Great Mental Models, Volume 1 - General Thinking Concepts Finished Re-Listening to…: The Great Mental Models, Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts by Shane …
: Signal Cloud Backup Signal adds secure cloud backups to save and restore chats Signal has introduced a new opt-in …
: Tiny Vinyl Tiny Vinyl is a new pocketable record format for the Spotify age “I’ve already pre-ordered two Tiny …
: National Preparedness Month National Preparedness Month: 12 Ways to Prepare Amateur radio serves as a powerful tool and national …
: Parachute Backup Just learned about Parachute Backup from the Mac Power Users and it is great! It downloaded the …
: September 2025 Apple Event Here are my takeaways for Apple’s September 9, 2025 event. It is not a comprehensive list of …
: 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 tag. At …
: 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. It is small …
: reMarkable Paper Pro Move Update I ordered the reMarkable Paper Pro Move from Amazon the other day and was expecting to receive it …
: Obsidian Primer A couple of weeks ago, I started to revisit Obsidian and have been using it daily for both work and …
: reMarkable Paper Pro Move The reMarkable Paper Pro Move was recently released and I ordered one to try out. I should receive …
: OmniFocus 4.7 OmniFocus 4.7 Brings Planned Dates, Mutually Exclusive Tags, Repeat Limits & More - Learn OmniFocus …
: Digital Twins Note: This post was originally published on August 29, 2025. Due to technical issues, it was …
: The Happiest Place On Earth Not many things come close to celebrating a birthday with family and friends at the “Happiest Place …
: Home Automation Home Assistant + Ubiquiti + AI = Home Automation Magic It seems like every manufacturer of anything …
: Body Farms Warning! This post may not be suitable for all readers. Reader discretion is advised. What It’s Like …
: Railroad Spike Knife Close-Up Here is another view of the railroad spike knife I bought at a blacksmith shop in Tennessee.
: Railroad Spike Knife and Leather Sheath Went to a blacksmith shop while visiting Tennessee and picked up this beauty as a souvenir. It is …
: Students Aren't Cheating with AI... They're Learning Most students are using AI to enhance learning, not outsource it, research shows Contrary to …
: SCO Is Celebrating 20 Years I cannot believe that one of my favorite sites, ScreenCastsOnline, is 20 years old. I have been with …
: Stealth Antennas New ARRL Book Release: Stealth Antennas for Ham Radio Stealth Antennas for Ham Radio is full of …
: 33 Years Later Thirty-three years ago today, I was a young teenager living with my family in South Florida. That …
: Smart Glasses I haven’t been a fan of Facebook (Meta’s child company) since it was a standalone website back in my …
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: Origin of the Apple Logo Interesting BGR article on the origin of the Apple logo. Sleek, simple, and instantly recognizable, …
: Halitrephes maasi jelly. Wonder of Science posted this on Mastodon… A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off …
: Pay to Pause Service Starlink Users Will Now Have to Pay $5 to Pause Service Starlink is ending a popular free feature …
: Apple’s first Mac with 5G cellular might be coming sooner than we thought Rumors have long indicated …
: Apple’s new Siri may allow users to operate apps just using voice | TechCrunch Bloomberg reported …
: Building An iOS App With Only ChatGPT 5 Stephen Robles, one of my favorite YouTubers with no programming background, recently used ChatGPT 5 …
: Hams Over IP (HOIP) Hamshack Hotline was great. As they shutter their doors, I am glad to see that Hams Over IP are …
: Kagi Privacy Pass Want your searches to be even more private? Use Kagi Privacy Pass. This feature is available for …
: Kagi Shortcuts I moved to Kagi as my default search/AI engine a few days ago and I am still finding out new ways …
: Ottis The “official greeter” at a small vinyl record store in downtown Augusta, Georgia.
: Privacy Is Not Free (and maybe it shouldn't be?) Tired of being the product instead of the customer, so I switched to Kagi.
: audiobookshelf If you are lucky enough to own all of your audio books in a DRM-Free format, you should really try …
: Voice Cloning m sure we’ve all heard of phishing scams or, unfortunately, experienced them ourselves. At work, you …
: Apple: The First 50 Years You know… I’m a fan of history and I’m also a fan of technology, especially Apple products. My …
: Navigating Life with Low Vision For individuals facing low vision challenges, daily life can feel overwhelming. This guide serves …
: Be My Eyes & Amtrak Blind and low vision passengers can now connect with trained Amtrak agents for real-time help, like …
: Retavis RT97L Repeater Retevis RT97L GMRS Repeater – Key Specs:• Higher power than previous models• Fully GMRS-compatible …
: Use RSS As an Apple user and an Apple One subscriber, I have access to Apple news where I can read and …
: Let's Go Marlins! The fish are on a roll. Last month they were 16 games below 500. After this weekend’s sweep of the …
: Overlooking the Savannah River and enjoying the cacophony of nature, right before the hustle and …
: Finished Listening: Mark Twain by Ron Chernow 📚 It was a 44+ hour audiobook, but I enjoyed it …