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Canva really does have so many great tools for making something quick. It would never replace skill or artistic flair but if I need a quick document for work it’s fab.

Star Trek, with mountains.

Unrelated to anything… I love macOS! such a great OS! also love iPadOS… Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling!

It sucks when you find yourself at 6pm on a bank holiday Monday, still noodling with work stuff… I just want to watch terrible movies and draw 🙁

Watched: Transformers: Age of Extinction 🍿

I really wanted to enjoy these movies but the casting feels, well, just bizarre. And the whole Romeo and Juliet clause conversation came off as just weird and more than a little creepy. also there’s a …

Not seen a massive amount of discussion online about the Apple Creator Studio. I expected wave after wave of criticism, but it’s been quiet. I think this means that people are either ignoring it or using it. I was in Freeform today and found the …

Airpod Max 2 update: a week it using them now and I still love them. I have realised I need some kind of stand or holder for them though because at the moment they have ended up being always on my desk (when on on head)

I find it infuriating that so many comments on apple notes themed posts say ‘just use Obsidian’

Is he pointing at you?

I recently picked up the over priced Apple AirPods Max. They are wonderful. The device switching, magical connecting to my devices and the noise cancellation is amazing. I love these headphones. Just love ‘em.

Have a kitty pic.

With only one Harry Potter book left to read, I feel I can finally chime in with important commentary.

I’ve been enjoying the Fast & furious so much this past week, that I decided to do a little fan art. Because I am a teenage boy, apparently.

Video tape cover 2

Video tape cover 1

Collector. A study.

Watched more care movie.

And then, I remembered Roland Rat!

Watched: The Fast and the Furious 🍿

I havnt seen this movie since about 2004 and I have to say, my gosh! its silly fun. I really enjoyed it. Theres a moment when Vin Diesel delivered the line “I love my life quarter of a mile at a time” I …

I just watched all the trailers for the Transformers movies. Based soley on the trailers, Bumblebee is the best movie.

And then, I remembered that Grotbag exists…

I was, today, reminded that Wizbit once existed.

Audible released the next Harry Potter, full cast audio today. Almost wish I had booked a day off work to experience it in one go.

Watched: Caddyshack 🍿

Randomly thought about this movie the other day and scurried off to watch it. Exactly as good as I remember it. Very much what you expect from a movie made in 1980. Mr Gopher is fantsastic.

An Alien Visits.

Watched: Asteroid City 🍿

What a remarkable film!! Loved it. So good! 🤩 - Drew a picture while I watched it for the second time this evening.

Happy Easter

Important message.

Going to watch Mario Galaxy in a little while. Much Excite. I hope there is a green dinosaur in it.

I have been watching a lot of movies lately. Not sure why I’ve suddenly been in the movie-mood, but, I have been greatly enjoying them. ☺️

Watched: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 🍿

After ‘finishing the new full-cast version of the audiobook,’ I decided it may be time to watch the movie (for the first time.) I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by it. While there is …

Rewatched: La La Land 🍿

The ending of this movie may break even the toughest of people. It’s like being stabbed and hugged at the same time. I love how much it hurts. 🔪🤗❤️

Rewatched: La La Land 🍿

The ending of this movie may break even the toughest of people. It’s like being stabbed and hugged at the same time. I love how huch it hurts. ☺️

I have spent too much money this month on AppleTV purchases. Next month, I’m abstaining. (unless a really good deal comes along… I may have a problem, lol)

Watched: Project Hail Mary 🍿

More light hearted than I expected. Ryan Gosling was fab, as expected. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I was more able to form emotional attachments to rocks. Which sounds like a joke, but I actually mean it. …

Watched: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 🍿

I can’t believe that i didn’t watch this years ago. What a fantastic movie! It has stunning visuals, a fantastic plot, and an important message about loyalty and duty. All while being …

Having a good time this morning, hitting the CCR hard 🎵

New event in Subway Surfers Classic. It’s shocking to me that I still enjoy this game so much.

Often, I find myself thinking about Ben 10. Not sure why.

Grated cheese was always exotic to me as a child. I wonder what psychological scars that’s left.

I want to start a rewatch, torn between Babylon 5 and Enterprise. Though, it’s been a while since TNG went into my eyeballs too.

I have recently discovered Perlego.com and it has made my like measurable better.

I have come to realise that I use tidying up and decluttering as a form of stress relief for me. I’m pleased with this. There are worse ways to react and most of them aren’t useful.

I found out about the service perlego.com today. Its a text book subscription service and I am genuinley excited about it. I am also LIVID that no one has told me about it sooner.

1Password increased their price. This served as a reminder as to why subscription based tools are bad. I switched to Apple passwords in response.

I made a video about the Kagi Search engine, as something of a companion to my post. youtu.be/ZzDhTB88m…

After watching all the iTunes extras for Tron: Ares, I have decided that it is my third favourite Tron movie. I literally like them in the order they came out, with the original Tron being the best, to me. Though Tron Legacy has the best soundtrack …

Watched a Tron Ares, finally. Turns out, I really enjoyed it.

Once again, I am moved to say, loudly, that I adore Ulysses. It has been over a year since I found it, and I am still as amazed by it as I was on day one. It’s just the perfect balance between minimalism and features. With the addition of Vellum for …

I need a case to put my arcade stick in, when I’m not using it. You don’t think about the cost of storage when you buy an arcade toy. Maybe this is an important lesson about minimalism.

I have a lot on this evening, but im hoping I find time to watch Plan 9 from Outer Space. Not entirely sure why I have the urge to watch this every couple of years but i always enjoy it. If enjoy is the right word.

With all the discord nonsense recently, I find myself looking for an alternative, to have in th back pocket, just incase. Sad that we have reached this point tbh.

I just found out about candle powered lava lamps. This may have changed my life.

Logos Bible software has been great. I really wish I had embraced it sooner. Over the last couple of months it has overcome all my reservations and now I think it’s fab.

I just found the Maltese Vulkan in an unrelated folder on my Mac. Thought I would share it… again. Why? Because it made me lol.

If you use Apple Reminders, this app is fantastic apps.apple.com/app/id985…

Try Everything, the Sharkira song from the movie Zootopia is the single most confusing emotional trigger I have ever encountered. Literally punches me in the feels every darn time! youtu.be/c6rP-YP4c…

I made a video about the new Apple Creative Studio. youtu.be/QM3XTH7-7…

I think there’s a pretty solid case that The Replacement Killers is the best action movie ever made

When I think back to my childhood there seem to have been many of those novelty undersized tiny books. You don’t see them any more and I’m not sure you could recreate the experience with a tiny pdf.

I have developed an odd habit of using the trackpad on my laptop (and iPad magic-keyboard) when I have a perfectly goof mouse on the desk. I think that this is a sign that I am finally a laptop-life native ☺️

This is some bull kaka. I finished reading Harry Potter (the first book) last night and I wanted to watch the movie today.

It’s not streaming anywhere. wtf. I gotta buy it. Hasn’t it been on Netflix for a decade!?

I made an important video, asking real questions. What is going on with Subway Surfers? youtu.be/eFJzvoUbf…

Listening to Harry Potter audio book. Never read it. It’s quite exciting. I’m very onboard suddenly.

My YouTube channel is 13 years old today. How strange.

Here is a picture of my streaming ‘setup’ which, as you can see is very simple and minimal. Good job me.

Post stream thoughts: Test went well. Nothing broke. No additional pressure on MSI Claw was nice. Over all, great success.

I did a stream last night for first time in about three trillion years. Played Hogwarts Legacy. I think being more casual about content creation makes it more fun.

I’m six hours into this strange game called Blippo+. It’s an FMV visual novel which basically simulates flicking through alien tv. It’s amazing. I think I’ll be writing a full thing about it soon.

Omg. Not every service needs to do a year in review garbage. I was there. I know what I did. Stop with the bloody popups.

I just saw an article about how most people are cutting back this Christmas. One of the comments said “it’s because most things are not worth the money any more”. This so incredibly true. I think I feel the same But hadn’t articulated it so directly. …

Started writing a blog post today. Should be cooked by Wednesday. It’s about fruit.

This video was good. youtu.be/rMfdCZ3Me…

I have just watched Casablanca. 2025s Christmas viewing is done. I will watch it again this time next year. Such a superb movie. Maybe the best movie.

I’m sick of the social expectation which has emerged, where every conversation regarding AI has to start with a statement of stance.

Just saw a YouTube video with the tile “I broke up with technology”. Must have been difficult to upload, I guess.

Enjoying Subway Surfers+ a little more than I care to admit.

Had a great time playing Guild Wars with pal, Paul. Really great to be back in such a classic game. And with a pal too!

I just read an article in The Times about a 26 year old woman. Who is embarrassed that she is married so young. Since when is it embarrassing to get married at any age? Also, 26 isn’t that young… is it?

I don’t like fish. They are ulgy and confusing looking. However, I always enjoy a cartoon fish. I wonder what that says about me. If anything.

Listening to Maisie Peters. Melancholy optimism with a twist of self deception is my vibe today, and I love it 😊

This week I’ve been playing Subway Surfers on my phone, Guild Wars on PC, and watching South Park on TV. What an oddly great throwback week I’ve had.

Been having a real good time with Guild Wars: Reforged.

I was assaulted with a YouTube replay today. I was there for these videos. I know how the history button works.

I get that people like these but for the love of Batman, don’t autoplay them!

Foggy this morning. Drove to work appreciating the glow of lights through the haze. There is something beutiful when modern electric meets natures quirks.

Got the Vellum book formatting tool (30% off this week) and wow. It’s really cool. Tossed in a book I wrote and I popped out a perfect export with zero tweaking. Very happy.

I keep seeing brush packs for procreate advertised, and there are like 3k brushes. All I want is like 3 really good ones.

I have been watching through the show Silo for the first time. I’m almost at the end of the first season. It’s brilliantly but together. Really engaging and mysterious.

Watched: The Running Man 🍿

Was self aware and a little silly in all the right ways. I really enjoyed all the characters, though the ending felt like a bit of a cluster bomb, and, was the weakest part of it. That said, I really did enjoy it all. I …

I’ve been listening to a lot of Little Mix this week. Not sure why.

I’ve been enjoying Pluribus a great deal. Probably the best tv show I’ve seen in years.

The BBC covering the news about the BBC resignations feels like it lacks a great deal of self awareness.

Is a Penguin, just a chocolate dipped Bourbon?

This advertisement have been at the back of my brain since 1994. Possibly best advert ever? youtu.be/3CmTwJ3yq…

Finished couch to 5k today. Hated it. Nine weeks of torture. Never running again.

Watched: KPop Demon Hunters 🍿 (again)

Honestly, I have now watched this movie at least six times. Its brilliant. I feel like it has a perfect ending. Now I’m listnening to the soundtrack… again.

Drawing and watching Seinfeld. what a glorious evening. ☺️

Watched: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 🍿

Probably my least favourite Star Trek movie, but has some of the best sets of all the movies (excluding TMP)

Th Matrix is dumb. The more the think about it, the more I see that the machines just needed to trap us pre-computer. Then we wouldn’t have the understanding to escape.

I’m working on an article for my website, which I believe will be awesome. Been a while since I was excited to post something.

Trying the Drafts app as a pre-notes inbox. So far it seems good but it feels like the internet stopped talking about it 3 years ago 🤓

Just saw a video where a guy talks about how he likes his iPad mini because it’s portable. and then puts a keyboard and mouse in his bag too…. I don’t get people.

Charging my MagicMouse, mean using my MagicTrackpad. So much Magic, so little imagination

Happy mean girls day

Couch to 5k week five completed. Very proud of myself for sticking with it so far. Just four more weeks to go 🫠

Animation animation animation animation ☺️

I have tomorrow off redraw a backdrop for my current animation project. And then figure out how to fake reflections on a starship hull.

Having problems finding time to write at the moment. But, I have tomorrow off work. I should be able to get it done at least a chapter done. 😌

I just picked up the Maltese Falcon on Apple TV. It was £3 and has loads of extras. Great purchase. ☺️

Time pressure has been incredibly real recently.i think i need to start sleeping less 😂

Apple TV needs a wishlist.

Oh my gosh. How is it morning already?

A lot of people still not happy with iPadOS 26. Whereas I have found it entirely a pleasure to use. I think Liquid Glass, overall is ugly, but, doesn’t negatively impact my workflow.

Why is apple notes still so yellow? I feel like at this point it could be less yellow.

The Apple os26 updates on my various devices have been pretty excellent so far. The minor but impactful Watch updates have actually impressed me the most, so far.

Today was a good day. :)

As much as I am tempted by an iPhone Air, I plan of keeping my 14PM until support stops. But when support stops, I hope these Airs are still about.

Looks like all my Apples are going to update on Monday. Something to look forward to… I guess.

Feel like I’m in a pickle. Not sure what went wrong but deep in my soul, I feel the pickle 🥒

I wonder what will happen to make my pickling make sense

I just watched K-pop Demon hunters. I had no idea what it was about, besides the title. I have to say I enjoyed it a great deal. It was fun and silly and well-made, even the music was good.

There was a time when I had lots of DVDs. I’m not at all nostalgic for that time, but I am nostalgic for knowing my movies won’t vanish.

Tapping away at my writing with a lazy van-life video on the TV, nice lighting and a desk I love. Happy times. #apple #desksetup

I just watched a video where a YouTuber said “this is where I work, and consume media.” I don’t like the term ‘consume media’ its oddly dystopian in ways I have never thought about before.

I’ve had about ten days in a row now where I’ve felt unproductive. I’ve still been at work every day, been the gym every day and worked on my qualification studies. But I’ve not found time to write, draw or read. It’s a productive kind of …

I’m really not enjoying this season of SNW, it just feels like a soap opera more than a sci-fi. And what was with those stupid phones last episode?

Been getting a lot of emails from random mailing lists without unsubscribe options lately. Maybe the golden age of the GDPR mail clean up is over.

I started watching Wednesday season two yesterday. Did not enjoy. I felt like it was a collection on TikTok videos put in chronological order. Guess I’m not the audience for it.

Did some messing with task managers today. I think I’m staying on Reminders still, the Apple calendar integration is too good to leave. Also, smart lists.

This week I’m not sure if I’m more excited for new Star Trek episode or new South Park episode.

I’m pretty sure I said this same sentence in the 90s 🤣 still true though.

Had a bit of stressful morning. Became the duck. Solved problems. Got through it.

This weeks episode of strange new worlds has been the first one that I genuinely didn’t enjoy

Had a great evening at my Bible study group. I enjoy that it happens on a Wednesday evening, it’s like a mid week reset of sorts. Really like it.

Today is a day of academic study. How refined of me 😊

Currently reading Atomic Habits (James Clear) hope it’s as good as its legend.

I had a good time playing FFXIV last night. This evening I have to resist the urge to level, in favour of writing. ✍️

I’m at the start of a glorious day. Breakfast, dog Walk and writing is ahead of me. I look forward to seeing how it unfolds. Hopefully calmly.

Bluesky just told me that I need to verify my age, in order to access “adult content” and direct messages. I don’t want either of those things, so, win! I guess.

I have a new back plate for my ROG Ally. While it promises to reduce heat and increase FPS, I’m most excited because it has a built in kick stand. Fitting it this evening.

If buildings were way taller, do you think lifts (elevators) would be more like trains?

I have had an awesome writing session this evening. ‘The Eternal Blonde’ is now barrelling towards the end of draft one. I’m quite excited about where it’s heading too.

Strange New Worlds was great. I realise that this is likely not a revolutionary point of view but dang it, I really liked it

Headache finally fading after two days. Feels good to be alive now.

I keep thinking about the Superman movie and grinning to myself. Sign of a good movie that is.

The superman movie with absolutely excellent thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. Can’t help but notice though, there’s a lot of superman movies that are basically about real estate fraud.

At cinema, gone to see Superman. Decided that with heat and, you know, it’s a cinema, I would just wear shorts and a T-shirt. Everyone here is dressed like it’s a fashion show. I am scrub.

I had an exceptionally good time last night levelling in final fantasy 14. It was a good time. Familiar but still exciting. Going to write something about it this evening.

A friend sent me a new hard drive for my ROG Ally. I’ve gone a bit mad installing games. Feels good though 🤩

After a day of feeling quite unwell and not being at all productive, its time to listen to Sting and write some words!

Some mornings just have a nice vibe, this is one of them. And, I have an unexpected free evening coming up for words and drawing. Today is a good day.

Happy Sunday.

I really enjoy the Ulysses writing app. I didn’t think anything would take me away from Scrivner but now here I am wondering why I didn’t make the switch earlier.

Frozen the musical, it’s got new songs. It’s also on Disney+ it’s fantastic.

I just had to fill in a multiple page for to confirm that I do not need a TV license. What a scam imagine having to fill in a form to not eat McDonalds. It’s so annoying! - I don’t watch live TV why do I have to fill in a damned form?

I am with the Co-Op Bank. They have an unexpected outage again. I expected it because it seems to happen about three times a month. If it wasn’t SO boring to change bank, I would have done it years ago!

Hung out with dog, hung out with daughter, preordered some pizza for this evening and now I’m listening to Jonathan Coulton while I draw cats. Today has been an excellent day! :)

Apple has some odd App Store ads. Surely, the only possible “occasion” will be when someone wants to play a phone game.

It’s not like I go “hey this is a nice funeral, wonder what Apple Arcade has to compliment this.”

Tried a new gym today, it had a vibe like it had popped out of the eighties. It was somehow nicer to work out in a setting like that.

I know there are free alternatives and they are fine, but I just love chess.com. The site, the app the interface… all of it. Just love it.

Most the time I pretend it’s fine, but some days you really can’t ignore the dystopian hellscape we live in, can you.

Drew a lot of sleeping cat pictures today. It’s for a work in progress project I am poking with a stick (the stick is an Apple Pencil)

I would like to take a moment to remind you all that word hippo is amazing www.wordhippo.com

I had an idea for a children’s book, years ago. Started work on it yesterday. Will write article about it on website

Last month I began a more serious attempt to journal. It’s been going well. I have been using Diarium, because Apple Journal wasnt on iPad. Now, it’s launching in September and I’ll have to manually move it all over 🙁

There are a few writing forums I frequent. I realised today that most of them have been discussing the same topics for literally years at this point. AI bad - Scrivener ugly - subscriptions bad. While I don’t disagree, there is only so much which can …

The strange automatically generated 3d that google maps has, is oddly, enjoyable to look at.

Sometimes I Think about MC Skat Kat for no reason. He just pops in my head from time to time. I think we would get along. We’re nothing alike, but I hear opposites attract.

Started watching the Muderbot show on Apple TV… then started reading book… Murderbot is dope!

Had a good weekend.

I’m feeling a bit judged by carbon website checker, thingy, www.websitecarbon.com/website/d…

We need to start a movement to make it socially unacceptable to recount a dream you had to coworkers. It’s a literal waste of everyone’s time.

I wasn’t happy with my dandelion-utilitarian.com theme, so I decided to streamline it. I went with the most basic theme I could find, and I’m much happier now… for now.

Product idea. Breathable soup… oxsoupgen

I saw a comment earlier which said only AI uses em dashes, and this is a great way to spot AI generated text. Not true. Writers also use them. Don’t assume well written text is AI. That’s insulting.

Sometimes I think about iCarley for no reason.

Been working hard to eat properly for the last few weeks. I have nailed it according to my nutrition app. Though I have been craving pizza. It’s my birthday in the middle of June. Going to so so much that day. ☺️

My Casio had a big scratch right down the middle, and it was really bothering me. So, I “““accidentally”””" ended up buying an Apple Watch — the 46mm Series 10. It’s the nicest watch I’ve ever owned, and I’m …

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@DandelionUtilitarian I know it has a taste, but it depends what’s burning. If you’ve ever been followed by the smoke when sitting around a barbeque (braai) you know what fire tastes like… Distinctly of carbon and …

Be honest—have you ever wondered if fire has a taste? Not just heat, but an actual flavour? (Not saying eat fire, just a thought, not advice!)

My good friend Ozone interviewed an interesting person, for a Fediverse exclusive. You should watch it. video.firesidefedi.live/w/huevh4L…

Companies making staff change passwords every six weeks seems like encouraging them to write them down. Don’t understand the practice at all tbh. Seems like their practices discourage the purpose

Procreate keyboard shortcuts are rubbish! - Makes my Key dial (k20) pretty useless

I’ve been in a quiet, detached season of late—not sad, just distant from some aspects of my life. I feel like I’m finally coming out of it, but leaving this desert demands action.

Sometimes, I randomly think about how much I loved the 80s He-man cartoon and get warm and fuzzy inside.

When I was a kid, something like an iPad would’ve felt like science fiction. I used to daydream about futuristic gadgets, drawn in by all the tech in sci-fi stories—but I never really imagined what I’d do with it. I definitely didn’t picture myself …

May spend today’s writing time on iPad. Just for a change, you know.

Ordered a new water bottle. I like water bottles but I don’t get new ones often.

I put together this layout just in case I ever decide to stream. I don’t think I will—but I really enjoyed making it!

Fresco has an impressive perspective tool. Much more understandable than the one in CSP. I still prefer procreate brushes. Forever, I am cursed to hop apps.

Not to sound like a fanboy, but after thinking about my setup, I’ve never been happier with my technology since switching to Apple. Not sure if it’s great hardware or just me getting lazy.

Watched Minecraft movie. Despite knowing very little about Minecraft, I loved it.

StarCity. 📍

Going to cinema in first time since Halloween. Much excite.

Smart folks keep recommending Adobe Fresco to me. Thinking I might try it out for the next page of Niceferatu—see how it goes!

Hi. I drew slime thing.

I just watched the animated Super Mario movie, it was on Netflix and I figured it would kill a few hours. Oh my gosh. What an absolute delight to watch. Loved it.

Standing in a takeaway, waiting for a feast for my daughter and me. Being able to work on my novel right from my phone is brilliant—no compromises, no hassle. Ulysses might just be the perfect tool after all.

It shut down back in 2014, but honestly, I still find myself thinking about Free Realms sometimes.

I’m currently trying the week-long trial of the Ulysses writing app because I need a writing environment which works on all my devices. It has everything I want, but I detest subscriptions. Still, it works on iPad, iPhone and Mac and Without synching …

Happy Easter.

I’ve got a few tasks to get through this morning, then I’m planning to finish a dragon drawing I’ve been working on—after that, it’s down to the serious business of writing.

I keep getting tempted to try Ulysses (the writing app,) more seriously, but the subscription puts me off. I also need to test if the offline mode is truly offline. It has so many nice features which Scrivener mobile is missing. #writing

I know I go on about this a lot, but it’s ridiculous that the Apple Journal app isn’t on macOS or iPad. I want to use it—it’s just too limited as it is.

Even after a year without gaming, The Forgotten City still pops into my head—it was brilliant. I’d love a show or film based on it… might even play it again, one day.

As someone who used to create YouTube videos, I feel compelled to say that when you watch reviews from content creators, they’re almost always just telling you what they want from a product. The iPad doesn’t need macOS; a phone or laptop …

Friend Wing linked this to me this morning. A very interesting list of websites, dare we say blogs.

blogroll.org

I experienced some strange micro.blog problems today. Older posts weren’t showing up, which might have been a theme-related issue. Thankfully, everything seems to be working fine now.

Had a fantastic day at the safari park today. Was great fun. Drove many miles but now I’m home and ready to spend my evening writing.

West Midland Safari Park. 📍

Safari adventure begins ☺️

Going West Midlands safari park today with daughter. Much excite.

I must say, I don’t quite understand the relationship between Reminders and Calendar. I feel like they should be and almost are one unified app.

I’m taking a deep dive into Apple Notes and Reminders today. Must say, both apps have come a long way since last time I tried them, or my needs have changed and made them more suitable.

I just want to say this. While I see the need for streaming apps and services to have a subscription, offline software should not. Subscriptions only ever get more expensive in the future.

I really love DevonThink, it’s superb software, but their new Licensing Model really worries me. I may need to do a deep dive into the options available to me, including seeing what the current state of Apple Notes is.

Friday, I’m heading to West Midlands Safari Park. While most people visit a safari park to see exotic animals, I’m really excited to see a goat. I know it might seem odd, but I think goats are fantastic! Plus, you usually get to pet them. …

Given all the images I’m posting recently, I may turn back on bluesky crossposting to see how they are received

You know a Bible verse study has been great when you are three bookmarks into Strong’s!

Yesterday I wrote loads and drew loads, I filed to study chess. 2/3 ain’t bad (or so Meatloaf tells me)

Power pole of power. Powering… things

Drew this octopus. There was no reason. I woke up too early this morning and was killing time. You can have it.

Happy first contact day!

Dear Mac developers of the internet. We have enough clipboard managers. There is literally one clipboard manager for every possible scenario. You can stop developing them now. I use PastePal… but any will do fine. Do not develop more!

Instead of writing, I spent most of yesterday messing with Ollama. I had a good time but today I’m fired up for writing.

DEVONthink 4 is in beta with solid foundation. I’m impressed by external AI tooling integration. Took steps to set up Ollama locally for security. Today’s shaping up well.

I’ve spent far too much time procrastinating today, but I must admit, I’ve enjoyed it.

I’m not a skilled artist, but I practice with my own art to improve. When I see Reddit’s /r/ClipStudio/ posts asking, “What brush is this?” I know it’s not the brush that matters. People often thinks the right brush can …

DevonTHINK is fantastic. If you own a Mac and are not using it, then you are actually missing out on something magical.

Scrivener is incredible, but I genuinely wish it had built-in language tooling, like Ulysses does. I don’t think I’d actually leave Scrivener; I’m too invested in it now. And, lets be real here, Ulysses lacks a real offline mode.

I watched ‘Ghosted’ on Apple TV+. It was a mediocre movie. It looked nice, but it didn’t really resonate with me.

I watched Boo, Bitch on Netflix. It was fun! The second half was a bit more predictable than it probably should have been, but overall, I really enjoyed it.

I’ve watched reviews, read reviews, and talked to people I know — and I still don’t care. Electric State was excellent, and I’m ready to die on this hill!

Caroline Forbes is the best character in The Vampire Diaries. I’m prepared to fight anyone who disagrees because this is important—perhaps the most important opinion of all.

Thanks to @MoonPope, I discovered today that Tyromancy is fortune-telling using cheese. This fact has now consumed my creative urges, I must introduce the ‘Cheese Witch’ to Niceferatu (Niceferatru.net)

Not to be dramatic or anything, but with Discord being a bit trash lately (and looking like it’s about to get worse,) I figured it’s time to have an exit plan. So, here’s a link to my Revolt server — everyone’s welcome!

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Today, I’ve been writing. Though the words I wrote will likely go through many iterations before you ever read them. When I look back at this post, I probably won’t even remember which words I wrote. How interesting.

I finally got around to watching Bodies on Netflix (2023), and it was excellent — brilliantly done and perfectly entertaining sci-fi nonsense.

Peanut M&Ms maybe the greatest thing ever created.

I watched WarGames again today with some friends. It’s aged surprisingly well, and John Wood’s performance is absolutely spot-on.

I just watched Electric State on Netflix and really enjoyed it. It was delightfully silly, visually striking, and fully embraced its simple story.

I haven’t been able to have a fulfilling writing session in a few weeks now, and I feel like my characters might be frustrated with me. When I’m finally ready to dive back into the depths of my writing, I know I’ll probably spend …

As I get deeper into chess, I can’t shake the annoyance at my current skill level. There’s always the hope, that everything will click into place soon. Though In hindsight, learning chess seriously at 44 might not have been the most …

I’m now pretty deep in the weeds of micro.blog customisation. Having a good time. ☺️

This is me, testing filters. Plz ignore

hmmmm link between dandelion-utilitarian dot come and dot net seems to have broken. Can’t actually remember how that works. i think friend Wing did something to fix it but honestly, don’t recall. Though, I’m getting on so well with …

I think I’m warming to StageManager on MacOS, I’m going to give it another spin in iPadOS, see if I can embrace that life. 😄

Apparently I have done 1000 chess puzzles… you would think I would be better at them by now. www.chess.com/awards/da…

Just watched “The Gorge”. Really liked it. Best Diablo movie ever. It knew what it was and embraced it. Only have nice things to say.

Feel like it maybe time to change some things.

made a video… oddly youtu.be/Vn3KXGy3p…

The Valsalva manoeuvre is far less exotic than the Picard manoeuvre, but likely more applicable to situations which most people encounter.

People need to stop saying ‘game changer’ its got to the point of meaningless

The rise of ai tools is going to seriously effect profit’s for services like grammar and language tool soon. As of yet though, there is no good language tool alternative for my phone. It’s going to be interesting to see how it unfolds, because, LLMs …

NewsExplorer seems pretty good so far. RSS win. I guess.

Today have learned that my RSS reader (Reeder+) doesn’t have an export. Oddly this made me want to leave, so i installed NewsExplorer. Seems pretty good so far.

Few days into DAP life now. I love having a music player which doesn’t expect more from me than to hit the play button.

Do you ever make a purchase and then think “that was dumb, I should not have done that” ?

My wisdom tooth is uncomfortable this morning.

Imagine a world where Things got worn out when you looked at them. Like erosion of viewing. I think it happens in some ways, on a personal level, the more I look at a thing the less I appreciate it. Maybe it’s me being depleted, not the things I look …

Why doesn’t apple mail have a share sheet? It’s infuriating

It’s foggy today. I assume this is because 2025 has started loading.

My desk now contains a MacBook air, two iPads (don’t ask,) a bluetooth speaker and a usb chargeable reading lamp. There is something awesome about an all battery-powered desk. I don’t know why, but it gives me great joy.

Merry Christmas.

I have decided that now my headaches are ‘under control’ I no longer need to think of dark mode as an accessibility issue. So, I’m going to try ‘light by default’ for a few weeks

I’m considering replacing GoodLinks with DEVONthink. Since I already use DT, my initial reason for using GoodLinks to save articles was to avoid cluttering my notes. Now that I understand DT better, I realise I can separate the databases and adopt a …

I think I have become someone who enjoys classical music. You know, like meatloaf and rush.

I’ve thought about it and Hot Frosty was the movie I have enjoyed the most this Christmas season.

I used the word ‘blithesome’ in a sentence today. Felt like a rockstar!

The current, sad state of my broken toaster has never been more relevant and disappointing than, right now.

If people were to ask, I would say that I didn’t use social media, despite all the things I post to dandelion-utilitarian.com ending up on micro.blog, bluesky and the wider fedi. I think, that I dont parse it as social media because from my point of …

I’m editing my ‘current writing project‘. I don’t know if it’s because it’s winter, or because I have country music on, but I can’t get ‘into’ it right now. I have this cozy vibe which makes me want to read a book, …

Come Visit.

Animal crossing pocket edition complete is like an amazing dopamine drip and I can’t not play it right now. Totally getting me though December 😊

I really like DevonTHINK. Just saying.

In conversations, I repeat myself too much. It comes from a desire to refine ideas. I image people notice, and find it annoying it. Sorry.

I had good food this evening. Which is mostly mad becausee I assembled it myself.

i had an amazing coffee this afternoon.

I need to write a blog post explaining my usage differences between my dot com and dot net urls.