🗓 Microcosm - 2024 May 1-9
📱📚 MAY 09 2024 12:21
📱📚 MAY 09 2024 12:09
I've been doing more reading on my trusty Kindle Paperwhite this year and I'm always interested in the latest eReader options. I like my Paperwhite, but I don't love it. The Boox Palma looks super appealing except for its nearly $300 price tag. Having had two Kindles now, I'd much rather have a phone-sized eInk reader that can fit in my pocket.
📱⚙️ MAY 09 2024 08:21
One of those weird times when a Drafts entry I know I worked on yesterday is not reflected on my iPhone and work Mac. Not the end of the world, but frustrating when I'm not in a position to fix the sync on that Mac at the moment.
⚽️ MAY 08 2024 18:38
Okay, in Tuchel's defense apparently Harry Kane asked to come out because of a back issue that he didn't feel he could continue playing with.
⚽️ MAY 08 2024 13:47
I'm sorry but taking Harry Kane out with 10 minutes left while nursing a 1 - 0 lead on the road is complete madness. Real Madrid equalizes a couple minutes later.
⚙️ MAY 07 2024 14:27
Figured out how shortcuts work in Ubuntu-MATE and successfully bypassed the Steam launcher for Aseprite so I can directly launch it from the Desktop or the Main Menu app. Still need to get Decker working in Linux at some point, but that's a project for another day.
⚽️ MAY 07 2024 14:17
Dortmund defeats PSG 0 - 1 (2 - 0 on aggregate) to advance to the Champions League Final at Wembley. Probably the team I'll be rooting for regardless of who comes through from Bayern and Real Madrid tomorrow.
🏀 MAY 07 2024 08:37
Anton Watson is This Year's Skeleton Key
Really interesting and in-depth analysis of how Anton Watson's skillset will translate to the NBA. I'm very curious to see where he goes in the draft because I can see him being overlooked and end up being a late steal for a good team.⚙️ MAY 07 2024 07:29
Finally figured out how to access Aseprite outside of the Steam launcher. Also used Steam to install it on the little MacBook Air I set up with Ubuntu-MATE, but now need to figure out a similar trick for bypassing the launcher.
⚙️MAY 06 2024 15:24
Looking forward to playing with the ddev - Orbstack - WP - Sqlite combo tonight when I get back home. It's been several years since I last used WordPress so I'm intrigued to take another look.
⚙️ MAY 06 2024 14:06
Turns out it was quite painless to install the SQLite plugin for WordPress other than having to initially setup with a MySQL database. WP 6.5.4 doesn't officially support the plugin, but seems to be working fine so far.
⚙️ MAY 06 2024 12:35
Curious to test out WordPress 6.5 with the sqlite backend, particularly after s9y's import capabilities turned out to be so woeful. Still want to get some form of blog operational again by the end of summer.
MAY 06 2024 08:18
Didn't do a good job of staying on top of documenting my media consumption over the last couple of weeks so just getting caught up this morning.
🤖 MAY 03 2024 08:19
Joanna Stern reviews the latest AI Gadgets
Pretty hilarious video review overall. I like that she describes Humane and Rabbit as "science projects". Looks like Meta's Rayban smart glasses are the most promising because they actually interface and work with your phone instead of trying to replace it.MAY 02 2024 09:16
🎙️🤖 My initial test of the free version of Mac Whisper went quite well. The Base English model was able to transcribe a 45 minute podcast at about 3x speed on an intel iMac. Unfortunately it crashed while I was testing the Speaker labelling functionality, but output was solid and word recognition was quite reasonable.
🤖 MAY 02 2024 08:19
I'm curious to try out MacWhisper. While I don't personally have a lot of transcription needs at the moment it's actually something Mary could use occasionally. Her Mac is intel based though so we'd probably need to run the process on one of our M1 Macs.
🔖 MAY 01 2024 17:39
HOW DANIEL RADCLIFFE OUTRAN HARRY POTTER
Nice piece in the Atlantic on Daniel Radcliffe's post-Potter life and career. I've always been impressed with the interesting roles he's taken since and the way he comes across in public. Just a talented and down to earth guy who doesn't take himself too seriously, got an early career break, and made the most of it.🧙♂️ MAY 01 2024 08:55
First double platinum (draft and ranked) season finish in a long time yesterday. Nice to get back to six bonus packs again after a run of four or fives.