Jarrod Blundy
You’re likely familiar with the Navy SEAL mantra of “Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.” I propose one more line: “And fast is fun.”
I like being efficient and safe in the mountains, but moving quickly out there is undeniably fun. I think they’re all closely related; not at all mutually exclusive.
Here was my photo library totals as of a few days ago. A very pleasing milestone that I just happened to notice! What are you at?
I just updated my ‘MB Photoblogger’ shortcut to version 1.1:
Added the ability to share a photo to the shortcut via the share sheet in case you already found the perfect image for the day’s prompt
Get it from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library.
I’m just so happy with the result of my colorful hover effect for links on my site. 🤩 I never tire of sliding my mouse over them to see them burst to life.
📷 #mbApr Day 03
A deck of cards is required gear for any backpacking trip. (circa March 2014 😳)
📷 #mbApr Day 02
Snow flowers?
Okay, now that is pretty awesome!
Spatial Stephen beat me at Battleship.
More impressions from @ismh@eworld.social here.
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Artifact, the app, will go away once the acquisition is complete. But Artifact’s underlying tech for categorizing, curating, and personalizing content will soon start to show up on Yahoo News — and eventually on other Yahoo platforms, too. “You’ll see that stuff flowing into our products in the coming months,” says Downs Mulder. It sounds like there’s also a good chance that Yahoo’s apps might get a bit of Artifact’s speed and polish over time, too.
I probs won’t use Yahoo News, but better than death.
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I’m accomplishing this by checking the device’s volume at the beginning of the shortcut and then checking it again two seconds after the Global Variable app is launched. […]
The way it works in practice is, I press the Action Button, the most recent game opens. If I’d like to play something else, I have a two second window to press either of the two volume buttons. If I do, I’ll get a menu that lists the other games and emulators on my device and I can choose one to launch.
An ingenious method to get more from the Action Button or Back Tap.
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Reflecting on books made me think about what the web would look like if it was some sort of pay-per-scroll platform. Not a place where virtually everything is free but a place where everything has to be purchased in order to be consumed. Which sites would I be willing to pay for?
An interesting thought experiment.
🆕📝 PenPaling With Valerie: Ramadan Updates, Crampons, Photoblogging, and More on Worldly Travel
It tickles me to chat with people whose day-to-day lives are so different than mine, and yet invariably find how very much we always have in common.
Hey, if you—like me—need all the help you can get to remember to post a photo every day for the Micro.blog Photoblogging Challenge, you might like my newest shortcut: MB Photoblogger.
It shows you the day’s prompt (via RSS 😎), asks you for an image, and lets you write a comment before posting.
#mbApr
I just released my ‘MB Photoblogger’ shortcut version 1.0:
This shortcut helps you post to Micro.blog for its Community Photoblogging Challenge. It handles everything from setting up the text of the post following a consistent format, to selecting and uploading a photo and publishing it to your blog.
Get it from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library.
📷 #mbApr Day 01
A tool, or toy?
No joke, Apple’s been around for 48 years as of today! And Gmail for 20. Goodness.
I’m floored, touched, and so grateful for the lucky number 7(!) people who have chosen to support my online meanderings via the One a Month Club. 🥰 Y’all are a bunch of dinguses and I love you.
Alright, I finally checked out Lex’s games (at its cool new domain name: lex.games)
I solved Mini #9 in 3 minutes, 37 seconds!
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I solved Six Appeal #2 in 3 minutes, 14 seconds.
Real words guessed: 2 × 100 = 200
Remaining guesses: 2 × 200 = 400
Time bonus: 106
Total score: 706
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🆕📝 Micro.blog is becoming the fabric of the open social web of your dreams
Everything should begin and end on your site at your domain name, and Micro.blog is the best place to help you do that.
Really, more like Day 1 since today was the first day of actual climbing.
Made it off the Scenic Drive just in time. Back at hotel and showered within an hour. Walked down the strip to a taco joint filled with people. Quite the ordering experience, but resulted in excellent food.
Stopped at Walgreens on the way back for snacks and beer. Saw a quick circus act when we got back to our hotel/casino, and spent the rest of the night showing Mike the Vision Pro and watching Dodgeball.
Good day.
I’m about a third of the way through the “John Siracusa Windowing Method” video and, so far, even though it’s not how I use my Mac, I’m on board. 👍
🆕📝 Scott Yu-Jan’s Macintosh Studio
You may have heard of Viticci's MacPad, but how about a desktop version with...an iPad mini? This thing looks awesome!
Blogrolls, weird and wonderful tech that reminds me that we're in the future, old-school tech that's still awesome, a couple of wild websites, and that one jazz album.
Alright friends-with-long-hair, I’m going for it for the first time. Should I be doing anything special during this awkward mid-length phase? Get a trim? Just let it go?
Here we are again… 🥱 Gonna be the first person American Airlines sees when they come to work. ✈️
