With the iPhone 17 Pro just days away, here’s my Lock Screen and Home Screen setup, with Carrot Weather, Things 3, Ulysses, Fantastical, Reeder, and a touch of orange.
September 17, 2025 at 9:00am
Since the twins were born, I’ve made peace with knowing there’s not enough time to finish any game, much less an entire backlog. My ambition is lowered, the lists are gone, and now gaming is simply existing in No Man’s Sky.
September 16, 2025 at 5:30am
Federico Viticci: Liquid Glass can simulate glass to blur and refract content behind it in real-time; it can reflect colors and light around it; it
September 15, 2025 at 10:30am
With the iPhone 17 Pro arriving Friday, here’s the variety of accessories I have waiting for it: Backbone One controller, TechWoven case, StudioNeat’s Glif with Manfrotto PIXI tripod, Sandisk 1TB SSD, and a MagSafe SSD mount.
September 14, 2025 at 11:50am
Things is the app for every thing you do. With it, you can organize every aspect of your life—from your daily routine to your long-term goals—and
September 13, 2025 at 9:30am
To keep my iPhone 17 tag current, here’s what was ordered today: iPhone 17 Pro (Cosmic Orange, 256GB, 6.3-inch display) and TechWoven case (Sienna
September 12, 2025 at 9:37am
On this year’s Pro models, there’s a raised bar that goes all the way across the back of the phone. It houses the camera lenses and most of the phone’s components, leaving the rest of the casing for screen and battery.
September 12, 2025 at 6:30am
Rename chats to a single word with an emoji in front so they stand out from random conversations. Chats without an emoji can be archived to keep the sidebar tidy.
September 11, 2025 at 5:00am
The iPhone 17 Pro was announced yesterday. Here’s all the things I’m looking forward to.
September 10, 2025 at 5:00am
Writing for this blog happens in three stages. Stage 1 is a Material sheet for ideas, titles, or links. Stage 2 is when a paragraph begins to form and often never leaves this stage. Stage 3 is a bigger idea with more weight, simply favorited.
September 9, 2025 at 5:00am
In the very front left row of the church sat me and Rose. We each had Field Notes notebooks in our hands. Hers was the orange Expedition one. Mine was the pitch black one.
September 8, 2025 at 6:00am
I said goodbye to my television yesterday. The one I bought for the PlayStation 5 back in 2021. A Samsung Q80T 55″ QLED. 4K, HDMI 2.1, 120 Hz. All
September 7, 2025 at 6:30am
None of this is easy. It’s not supposed to be. Being efficient with your time makes it easier. Plan ahead. Strategize on what makes sense now. What
September 6, 2025 at 8:00am
Part 1: I’ve been prepping my current phone so the transfer would be easy. Purging my phone and getting rid of anything that I don’t want carried
September 5, 2025 at 6:30am
The CAP2 is what travels with me to work each day. I’ve written about it before (worth reading for more details). This brilliant little pouch lays
September 4, 2025 at 10:00am
I spent some time yesterday working on the Archives page. After many iterations, this is what the page now offers: Tag cloud shows top 20 tags
September 3, 2025 at 6:10am
After years of emulation, I finally have an official retro handheld. I never owned a Game Boy growing up, so this feels special—a turning point in
September 2, 2025 at 6:00am
For a week straight, I’ve been doing a 16:8 fast. Early dinner, skip breakfast, and no snacks. FastBot makes it easy to do this. Just press Start
September 1, 2025 at 12:20pm
Let’s bring it home. I started the month by explaining The Laboratory: I decided to build a new website to tell stories again—a place where the
August 31, 2025 at 7:01am
is the information hub for the site, sitting just below the header and above the posts. It delivers three things at random: recent blog
August 30, 2025 at 12:25pm
The app sells itself: as soon as I opened it and saw the places I could visit today, it immediately clicked. The simplicity is in
August 29, 2025 at 11:00am
The iPhone 17 event is on September 9th, with the release date a few days later on the 19th. Silksong releases next week, finally after seven years.
August 29, 2025 at 5:45am
It started with a children’s book. “A Good Day For Twins” is the name of that book. Each page was just simple moments that kept happening throughout
August 28, 2025 at 4:30am
Happy Scale keeps it simple with monitoring your weight each day. Here’s a graph showing how my weight dropped from a year ago. All you need is the
August 27, 2025 at 6:30am
My website came alive yesterday, the result of an experiment spanning over 100 interactions with the machine. I created the code and backstory of a
August 26, 2025 at 6:30am
I built a simple button at the top right of my website. Best part about it, when I’m offline, nothing at all shows up there. Business as usual. But
August 25, 2025 at 5:00am
Spent some time yesterday setting up my new office for live-streaming (microphone, camera, capture card, Switch 2, OBS Studio, screen capture from
August 24, 2025 at 7:00am
Last night, after setting up my new office, I started recording music to test everything out. I could only record for about ten minutes before a
August 23, 2025 at 5:30am
I spent most of yesterday setting up a new office at home—pulling things from the attic, closets, and the back apartment, bringing a few items from
August 23, 2025 at 5:00am
My yearly Ulysses subscription renewed today, which gave me a moment to reflect on its value in my life. It’s probably the most important app I use
August 22, 2025 at 5:20am
I spent some time yesterday building out foundational features for the website. Things I’ve been preparing for months. There are now four links at
August 21, 2025 at 5:00am
