Holy smokes, the new Apple Store in Shanghai is a real stunner. Just look at that double-curved ceiling guiding toward the “oculus” light! There are so many incredible stores around the world that I want to visit purely for their aesthetic architecture.

@michaelsteeber@mastodon.social has the details:

A detailed look at Apple Jing'an, Shanghai's eighth Apple Store. This location is filled with spectacular architectural details that make it incredibly unique: https://michaelsteeber.substack.com/p/exploring-apple-jingan

I just updated my ‘Micro.blog Multimedia Uploader ’ shortcut to version 1.1:

• Added a setting to always upload to a particular site (if you have multiple ones) instead of just the most recently used site
• Bug fixes (thanks @pratik!)

Get it from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library.

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#136]

I did it. I found the best of the web for you this week. 😉

The joys of a decade+ friendship are quips like this on @atpfm@mastodon.social. 🤣 🎙️

That’s odd. I don’t think I’ve done a single Fitness+ cycle ring workout and yet I’m only one more away from an award! 🏅

How many of y’all are using swipe-to-type on your phones still? (Me! 👋)

Today was apparently “bring treats to work day” and I’m here for it! 😋

I just updated my ‘Bulk MB Image Uploader Shortcut’ shortcut to version 1.2:

• Added setup step to specify which blog the images should be uploaded to. If left blank, it will default to the last used blog on your account.
• Added a blank line so that the list of images has some separation (for @pratik 😉)

Get it from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library.

Had to play this milestone!

Wordle 1,000 🎉 5/6

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My sleep has been all over the place lately 😵‍💫

Monday night: slept till 8:30a, stayed in bed till 11:30a
Tuesday night: literally zero sleep; pulled all-nighter and then caught a few hours midday Wed.
Wednesday night: drove 10p to midnight, slept in car from 2a-6a

I feel surprisingly good though!

Well, I did it! I got the Meta Ray-Ban glasses tonight. So far,

• Good fit
• Intuitive setup
• Speedy voice control
• Transitions make indoor/evening use nice
• Speakers/microphones are very good
• Battery life might lack for all-day wear

Can’t wait to test the cameras while climbing tomorrow!

Last post about the oneamonth.club tonight, I promise. I just added some guidelines, and also some relevant quotes about funding small creators. If you know any other good articles on the topic (even if they’re yours!), my inbox is open.

✅ Used the blog ID URL technique to fix up my Make.com workflow that auto-posts from Instagram to Micro.blog to make sure it’s always posting to the correct blog rather than the one I happened to last use.

Clever, functional, AND fun!

This was accidental but it's worked out tremendously well.

How to name external drives: find those random stickers you've got in a drawer. You got them with some other stickers or as part of a promo or you've just had them for ages or whatever.

1. Stick on drive.
2. Name drive.

May I introduce:

- beachball
- rollerskate
- xstate

Superbly memorable. I've had lots of data move between these drives the last few days (don't ask) and it's never been confusing as to what was where.

Things were getting boring, so Phin found a new thing to be perturbed by: reflections on the ceiling that he cannot chase. 📷

They said the promised day would never come, but arrived it has.

New member special!

ATP Insider: John's Windows
https://atp.fm/atp-insider-johns-windows

In this special VIDEO episode, @siracusa finally reveals his window-“management” techniques.

ChatGPT is a really good teacher. I’m still learning how to ask the right questions — it’s hard to break search engine habits of just using keywords. Spelling everything out like I’m talking to a person has been quite effective.

I just learned how to use white-space: nowrap; for oneamonth.club.

The response to oneamonth.club has been very positive, and it’s so exciting to have folks jump aboard. 😊 I really hope that more people will choose to give ongoing support to their favorite small web projects because it’s inexpensive and easy. And of course I made a shortcut for adding members.

I didn’t really intend to pull an all-nighter, but when you make it far enough into the morning and have an early start anyway, it just doesn’t make sense to get in bed for a couple of hours and then wake up groggy. I’m looking forward to hopping in bed after this morning’s workout though! 🥱

🆕📝 Shortcuts Tips: Creating Fallbacks

As far as advanced Shortcuts techniques go, employing the 'If' action can get you a long way toward creating more accommodating and user-friendly shortcuts.

I just updated my ‘Publish to Micro.blog’ shortcut to version 1.1:

• Added a setup step to specify your microblog’s ID number so that posts always get sent to the right blog. (Handy if you accidentally leave Micro.blog set to one of your other blogs.) If left blank, it will default to the last blog you used on your account.
• Added a fallback if no input is passed to the shortcut. It will show your clipboard contents and allow you to edit them and continue or cancel.

Get it from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library.

If you hover over linked text on my site, you’ll get a nice new surprise. CSS is fun! 😁👨‍💻🎨

🆕📝 One a Month Club

How and why the One a Month Club came to be.

Made a small change to my Replies page tonight to fix something that’s been bugging me for ages. The solution was a lot easier than I expected. Wrote up what I did and how I righted it here. Scratching your own itch is so satisfying!

I was about to swap from Buy Me a Coffee to Ko-Fi for my tip jar solely because I hated how I had to wait to log in with a slowly emailed code rather than a password. It irked me every time. The service was otherwise great. Luckily, I finally found the setting to let me set a password. 🎉 Close call!