TL;DR: I’m using Kagi. Google1 launched in 1998, and I started using it around 1999. I remember being in college, discussing it with friends in the cafeteria, and feeling that this new search engine was almost too good to be true2. It was fast, clean, and had an unprecedented cap … | Continue reading
My Ironsworn Starforged setup is quite portable, and I wrote a bit about it in another post: Traveler’s Notebook (and Ironsworn games). However, there was one thing I was missing—a nice stats tracker for my character. On Etsy, schoonerlabs sells a popular one that the community l … | Continue reading
I just realized I didn’t post my Week Notes from the previous week. The next Week Notes will be much more interesting. I finished Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and bought the Season Pass DLC (which includes the three DLCs released for this game) for $15. There was a big sale on … | Continue reading
Bluesky I’ve recently deleted my Bluesky account because I wasn’t actively using it. The people I followed there are already on either Mastodon or Micro.blog, so it was just duplicate content. But then I decided to try the Croissant app and thought I should keep a Bluesky account … | Continue reading
Back from an entire week away from work, I spent most of Monday and Tuesday catching up on emails, Slack messages, and sync meetings. However, it was a very productive week. The technical backlog is now refined and prioritized, and I attended a workshop for a new feature we’ll be … | Continue reading
We had a public holiday in Germany this week, Tag der Deutschen Einheit, which translates to German Unity Day. It celebrates the German reunification in 1990. I used some of my vacation days to take the rest of the week off so we could enjoy it. It was a relaxing week, including … | Continue reading
A couple of months ago, I renewed Netflix because some of the shows we were watching had new seasons. After marathoning those shows, I canceled Netflix again. Between Apple TV+, Disney Plus, and Netflix, the latter is the least watched. Speaking of TV shows, in the last couple of … | Continue reading
This story starts a long time ago. My wife had just returned from Canada, had finished her PhD, and I was a Software Designer working for one of the founding companies of Silicon Valley, though I was based in Brazil. In one of those unfortunate coincidences in life, I had the opp … | Continue reading
I bought my Traveler’s Notebook kit in 20181, which included the leather cover and some plain notebook inserts. I’ve tried using it several times but always ended up returning to either digital tools or another (wider) notebook for journaling2 and a Field Notes for everything els … | Continue reading
It was a busy week at work, with interviews and investigations. I work from home, and during lunchtime, we watch an episode of a TV show because that’s when tinyScientist is at kindergarten, and we don’t want him around the television when he’s home. We’re in sync with Bad Monkey … | Continue reading
Steph Ango, Obsidian's CEO, has created a useful bookmarklet that cleans up URLs for easier sharing. I've slightly modified his script to enable copying the link in Markdown format, making it more convenient for use in blog posts, Obsidian, or any other Markdown-compatible editor … | Continue reading
Last weekend COVID found us. I took Monday and Tuesday as sick days to rest and recover, and by mid-week, scientist and I were already testing negative. tinyScientist was still testing positive on Friday but got his first negative result on Sunday night. scientist and I are curre … | Continue reading
I usually take my weekly notes in my Field Notes and then compile them into a post at the end of the week. However, I didn't have time (or the mental energy) this weekend to stop and write, so some of the events will appear in next week's post. On Tuesday, we took tinyScientist t … | Continue reading
I usually take my weekly notes in my Field Notes and then compile them into a post at the end of the week. However, I didn’t have time (or the mental energy) this weekend to stop and write, so some of the events will appear in next week’s post. On Tuesday, we took tinyScientist t … | Continue reading
I’m going to buy a shovel and name it Bhaskara — so I can dig up some roots. | Continue reading
After years of successfully navigating the pandemic, COVID finally caught us. | Continue reading
I bought a filter for my X100V, but it was damaged during delivery/transportation. The retailer says they’re sending a new one, but now it won’t arrive until next week. I was hoping to use it this weekend; the delay is disappointing. | Continue reading
I think I’m going to subscribe to the Sequel app. I just saw that one of the TV shows I watched recently and loved was canceled, and another show I thought was canceled is currently running a new season (it’s in the middle of the season!), and I had no idea. | Continue reading
The iPad Mini is my favorite iPad. I got my first Mini in 2013, and last year, I replaced my iPad Pro with a Mini. It’s the perfect device for consuming content. Today, I updated it to the iPadOS 18 Beta, and I’m glad I did. It seems pretty stable and is running extremely well on … | Continue reading
It was a busy week, without much to highlight. We renewed Netflix to watch some shows that have new seasons since we canceled the subscription. We watched the third season of Lupin, which is a show I really like. It’s fun, well-paced, features great performances, and it’s in Fren … | Continue reading
It was a busy week, without much to highlight. We renewed Netflix to watch some shows that have new seasons since we canceled the subscription. We watched the third season of Lupin, which is a show I really like. It's fun, well-paced, features great performances, and it's in Fren … | Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I restored my blog posts, and now I’m reconstructing the Digital Garden as well. Some pages are now posts, but they remain linked from the garden. I also created a Long Reads page for posts with titles. While I plan to create a Hugo plugin so others can use it, i … | Continue reading
This week I canceled my Nova subscription. Thankfully, Panic sent me an email a few days in advance, warning me that the subscription was about to renew. Since I wasn't using Nova, I'm glad to have one less subscription in the pile. I had planned to work from the office this week … | Continue reading
🎮 I played Dorfromantik for four hours last night. The game is so good that I lost track of time. After 25,000 points, I was tired and should have stopped to continue another day. Mistakes were made. | Continue reading
Otávio C.: 🎧 The Sound of Apple is another great Twenty Thousand Hertz episode. Dallas Taylor talks with members of the Apple Design Team about some of the most iconic sounds in Apple products. I love this show There’s a part 2! The Sound of Apple 2.0. Another fantastic e … | Continue reading
I created a page listing only the posts that have titles on this blog. I called it Long Reads. Even though these posts don’t have thousands of words, they are definitely longer than the microposts I publish here. | Continue reading
🎧 The Sound of Apple is another great Twenty Thousand Hertz episode. Dallas Taylor talks with members of the Apple Design Team about some of the most iconic sounds in Apple products. I love this show. | Continue reading
I decided it was time to clean my TWSBI Diamond 580 pens and the Lamy 2000. I did a full disassembly to ensure there were no ink residues left anywhere. After applying silicone grease and reassembling them, they are as good as new. However, every time I do a full disassembly of m … | Continue reading
I decided it was time to clean my TWSBI Diamond 580 pens and the Lamy 2000. I did a full disassembly to ensure there were no ink residues left anywhere. After applying silicone grease and reassembling them, they are as good as new. However, every time I do a full disassembly of m … | Continue reading
Went to the shop to get the Golden Gate Blackwing and ended up buying the zipper case insert for the Traveler’s Notebook. | Continue reading
Dice Goblin Last weekend, I bought a dice chest for my dice collection. I’m using it for the cheap Chessex sets. The fancy sets are isolated from each other in their own bags. GoodLinks My Instapaper subscription ended on July 29th, the very same day GoodLinks released a major up … | Continue reading
GoodLinks 2.0 was released with highlighting support. It’s possible to add notes to highlights and export them as Markdown. Pretty cool. | Continue reading
Back to writing weekly posts. The last one I wrote was Week 2024-16! Well, a lot has happened since that post, but if I had to highlight just one single thing, it would be that I no longer need to renew work permits. Ah, and I can live in any European country now 🎉 DZ … | Continue reading
There are eleven more posts scheduled for the Epic Tales Tavern blog, and then it’s over. | Continue reading
Updating my /now page and removing a TV show I finished during the week. 📺 Andor: Great show. I need more. | Continue reading