learning
Denoise: LightRoom vs DxO PureRAW 5
A quick down-and-dirty comparison between LR and DxO denoise. There is a very clear winner here.
Custom Oura Ring Data Board
Poking around, I found out that Oura ring has a robust API, so I wanted to see what Claude Code could do with it. It took an afternoon of fiddling, but it seems to be a robust custom data board with about 4 years of data, that updates itself 3 times a day to a SQLite database. It runs on my Mac Mini home server.
CyberPower UPS Internal Battery Replacement
CyberPower UPS Internal Battery Replacement - Easy Enough!
Building An Online Micro.blog Editor
A custom Micro.blog editor was created using Vercel and Claude Code, enabling easier blog management and posting options.
Claude Code Makes A Cliff538 Status Board
Claude Code Makes A Cliff538 Status Board deployed locally on a Mac Mini.
NYT George Saunders Interview
NYT George Saunders Interview: The interviewer, with a deep appreciation for writers and their skill in articulating complex problems, highlights the transformative power of storytelling.
Working with Hugo and your MicroBlog Locally
Working with Hugo and your MicroBlog Locally with Claude Code for Testing and Learning
365Pixels Stat Page
I’ve always wanted a stat page on 365Pixels that showed my current streak, posting percentage and other info.
Let's Talk Email
Let’s Talk Email - Having a Bulletproof Email System. Over the past week or so, I’ve been researching, planning, and implementing a whole new approach to email.
Notes from the series "The Eightfold Path".
My personal notes from listening to the first episode of the Waking Up app series “The Eightfold Path” with Dan Harris, Joseph Goldstein, and Sam Harris.
I learned about this website from Ed Young’s Newsletter. I think everyone in the U.S. needs to see it.
About The Website Unbreaking:
The United States is experiencing institutional collapse at a speed and scale that are difficult to understand, especially through feeds and updates that atomize our attention. We believe that mapping the damage done and its human costs—and the pushback and resilience work already underway—is necessary groundwork for building and retaining political agency.
Custom CSS for your Markdown in DEVONthink - Who Knew!
This link comes from MacStories, but it’s too good to not share.
If you are a DEVONthink user, this is a really nice touch. I’ve downloaded and used jsloop’s custom CSS, and it’s terrific.
I had no idea you could do this in DT, and it makes all the difference in the world.
There are directions for both DEVONthink 3 and DEVONthink To Go 3, and you are free to use jsloops CSS to get you started. Then it’s easy to make tweaks after that.
The two links:
https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20250327-markdown-stylesheet-jsloop
https://jsloop.net/2025/03/22/markdown-theming-in-devonthink-3
PSA: Tomorrow is the cutoff to download your Amazon books. How To Do Stuff walks you through step by step how to do it with automation. Easy Peazy.
KIWIX - A User Report
I’ve seen this posted about Mastodon a lot, and then @amerpie posted about it yesterday, and I thought, why the heck not? Let’s check it out; I’ve got some time to kill.
So, yeah, this KIWIX is really cool. I’m not a Super Bowl kind of guy, so I downloaded Kiwix and then proceeded to download the entire Wikipedia, then iFixit, then Gutenberg. Sheesh, why not? I have a Synology with ample space, so why not lock some of this stuff in and have it on local storage?