Angelo Stavrow
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  • Not a great photo technically, but my god Merlin has so much personality in his expressions that I couldn’t help myself.

    A black-and-white longhair tuxedo cat peeks around the corner behind a white wall. One paw is slightly lifted and he bears a mischievous expression, like you’re going to find a surprise in your shoe later.
    → 5:44 PM, Oct 24
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  • So, who’s installed the iOS 18.2 beta? How’s the stability?

    → 9:18 PM, Oct 23
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  • Didn’t have any pickled onions left for my Gibson, so I’m garnishing with a cornichon. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    Otherwise: 6 parts Tanqueray, 1 part Noilly Prat.

    A martini cocktail sits on furniture. A small cornichon garnishes the drink.
    → 4:56 PM, Oct 5
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  • What decade had the best music, and why was it the 1990s?

    → 2:03 PM, Oct 5
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  • Bleh. I thought I was making progress on migrating away from NavigationViews in the WriteFreely app, and then I tried it on iPad.

    Yeah, I think it’s going to need a much deeper refactor than I initially thought.

    → 12:47 PM, Sep 22
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  • Okay, so, for my birthday earlier this month, I got a Stream Deck Mini. Give me your favourite suggestions for using it with my Mac!

    → 9:16 AM, Sep 21
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  • A couple of little tweaks coming to Per shortly.

    Better iOS 18 compatibility is the main attraction here, and I’m dropping support for anything earlier than iOS 17.6 — once I’m happy that everything is still working as expected.

    This screenshot shows an iPhone app interface, where a "New Update" notification is displayed, informing the user they are now on version 1.4.0, with a button to "See what's new."
    → 4:44 PM, Sep 17
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  • Working title for tomorrow’s newsletter.

    A publication titled "Issue 11 - You Can't Bumhole-Proof Your Home" is displayed, indicating content discussed in "The Angelo Report."
    → 2:25 PM, Sep 14
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  • Black text on a white background reading “memes rot your brain” in capital letters.
    → 8:14 AM, Sep 7
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  • Added a bit more detail (and styling) to the @cheqin landing page. Aiming for some actual design work to ship in a couple of weeks.

    → 10:00 AM, Aug 31
  • Sometimes I wonder what percentage of my life is spent as an unwittinging A/B test participant. And am I team A or team B

    → 9:46 AM, Aug 30
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  • “Sure, it’s not 2023 now, but who knows what the future might bring?”

    – Homer Simpson, probably

    A hand is holding a packaged 2023 daily planner labeled "Thought Folio" by General Supply Goods + Co.
    → 5:19 PM, Aug 29
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  • Remember mouse pads?

    → 1:52 PM, Aug 29
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  • As of iOS 18.1 beta 3, Apple Intelligence is now available in Canada — with the caveat that you’ll have to change your Siri language to “English (United States).”

    → 9:45 AM, Aug 29
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  • I’ve been to five grocery stores/supermarkets in Montreal over the past couple of days and I can’t find any tomatoes that don’t look like they’ve been beat to hell. What’s going on?

    → 8:28 AM, Aug 28
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  • It’s official, www.twocommoncents.club now redirects to the company newsletter archives. All posts should redirect there as expected, but drop me a line if you see any issues.

    → 12:59 PM, Aug 27
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  • Last week of August. Lots to get done and lots to get cracking on, especially if I want to hit that Q4 target for shipping the new app. The hardest part has been dedicating time for, well, pretty much anything outside of the usual day-to-day chores and errands (and even then, just barely).

    → 5:26 AM, Aug 26
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  • After trying out a logo-based profile picture for a couple of weeks, I’m back to using a (recent-ish) post-haircut selfie instead. It just feels better to connect with people rather than brands, you know?

    → 6:52 AM, Aug 25
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  • Quiet mornings with Merlin.

    He’s always extra cuddly while I’m having my first coffee of the day. This is, in fact, a trick; this sneaky little bugger just sets the purrbox to 11 and gives you kitten eyes until he gets his wet food around 6AM.

    Still, it’s nice.

    A tray rests on an ottoman in a dim living room. A man’s legs are up in the ottoman next to the tray, and a black and white tuxedo cat is curled up in the tray, its head using the man’s leg as a pillow. The mood is quiet and cozy.
    → 5:25 AM, Aug 23
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  • Toying with site logos for the reboot of Two Common Cents Club, which will (hopefully!) become a community related to @cheqin, the personal-finance-as-self-care app I’m working on.

    Thoughts?

    Two coin-shaped happy faces in a cartoonish style overlap slightly. The faces mimic the style used in the Cheqin app icon.
    → 4:26 PM, Aug 22
  • I’ve decided to shut down Two Common Cents Club — in its current form, at least. That content will move over to the business newsletter, and continue there.

    → 7:50 AM, Aug 19
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  • I really should get around to adding some more details and, you know, CSS to the Cheqin landing page. It’s literally still unstyled HTML right now. 😅

    → 2:59 PM, Aug 18
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  • Testing Micro.blog → Threads crossposting!

    → 12:56 PM, Aug 16
  • Created a new Micro.blog account for @cheqin, my upcoming personal finance app.

    I didn’t want to make this a different blog on the same account; one is personal, and one is business, and IME it’s always best to separate the two.

    (Now, if only the Micro.blog apps supported multiple accounts!)

    → 8:41 PM, Aug 14
  • Of course I sent out today’s newsletter without including a link for my second “Around The Web” entry. Fixed it in the web version.

    Follow me for more content creator tips.

    → 4:33 PM, Aug 11
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