Off to Toronto for a work event. My train is delayed by about 15-20 minutes, but it’s still so much better than flying.
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Hacking Subaru: tracking and controlling cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel
/me wraps his Impreza in tinfoil
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Having recently learned the term “techo kaigi” —a retrospective on the planners one uses— I wrote a bit about my own Life Management System, and what it looks like for 2025:
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(This is a test.)
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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.
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So, who’s installed the iOS 18.2 beta? How’s the stability?
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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.
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What decade had the best music, and why was it the 1990s?
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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.
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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!
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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.
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Working title for tomorrow’s newsletter.
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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.
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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
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“Sure, it’s not 2023 now, but who knows what the future might bring?”
– Homer Simpson, probably
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Remember mouse pads?
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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).”
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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?
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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.
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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).
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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.