merecivilian

kev, 17 days ago to random

Unfortunately it’s a bit cloudy here in North Wales tonight, but I did manage to get a couple pics of the #aurora from our back garden.

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merecivilian, 1 month ago to random

Do you think my Boox Palma will mind if I had an affair with the Kobo Libra Color?

It just looks so slick and aesthetically pleasing ..

merecivilian, 1 month ago to blogging

● 📛 Why I don’t use my real name?

https://m.merecivilian.com/post/why-i-don-t-use-my-real-name

This blog post is inspired by a recent blog post by @kev

#blogging

maique, 2 days ago to random

🛹 Rolling

merecivilian, 25 days ago to apple

There was a time when I used to be so excited for an #apple #ipad event..Today, from an hardware perspective, my 2018 iPad Pro 12.9 is more than sufficient and I am feeling indifferent to the upcoming OLED iPads. What is the point of having a desktop class computing chip (m3) on an iPad when the iPadOS basically treats it like an #iphone

Strangely, I am looking forward to the #microsoft surface announcement.

Perhaps, I have lost my mojo

MishaalRahman, 17 days ago to random

About to head out to San Francisco so I can attend Google I/O in person next week! Looking forward to meeting some of y'all there!

This trip, I'll be bringing:

• The OnePlus Open (for media consumption)
• The OnePlus Watch 2
• The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (for camera/cellular)
• The Nothing Ear (for music)

Really looking forward to hearing about what the Android team has been working on!

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merecivilian, 1 month ago to random

Beeper is acquired by Automattic.

I have been using Beeper for over a year now and I feel much better now that Beeper has joined Automattic.

Other apps I use that are also owned by Automattic are:

• Day One
• Pocket Casts
• Simplenote (rarely)
• Longform

https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/

And, Beeper is finally open for all. NO WAITLIST YAY

merecivilian, 6 months ago to random

**Sayōnara Apple One **👋

Wallet is pretty happy... Pint on me.. 🍻

https://merecivilian.com/sayonara-apple-one/

merecivilian, 11 months ago to random

iPad users: the software is lagging behind the awesome hardware

Apple: ok stop whinging.. with iPadOS 17, we fixed what we half baked in iPadOS (stage manager) and give you multiple timers… now please let us focus on VisionOS

The media commentary is all about how stage manager is so good this year… all the other software ipad shortcomings still exist and Apple is still not prioritising those.

Cleverly, Apple changed the narrative…

merecivilian, 1 month ago to random

Its been over 3 months since I got the Boox Palma. I thought its a good time to look at its DNS queries because I am aware its made by a company registered in China.

According to my NextDNS stats, there is nothing to worry about.

I wrote about how I setup the Palma to preserve my privacy and also summarised analytics from NextDNS specifically for my Palma

https://m.merecivilian.com/post/does-the-boox-palma-frequently-contact-its-mothership

merecivilian, 1 month ago to random

Bitwarden has been killing it lately.. giving @1password a run for its money.

1PW only supports Fastmail

@bitwarden supports 6 email forwarding service providers:

@simplelogin
DuckDuckGo
@fastmail
AnonAddy
Forward Email
Firefox Relay

Bitwarden’s integration also appears more polish. One still cannot create a masked email address from the iOS 1password app.

https://bitwarden.com/blog/add-privacy-and-security-using-email-aliases-with-bitwarden/

Come on @dave … you have always come through for me 😃

merecivilian, 27 days ago to random

The iPhone 15 Pro Max battery life has been disappointing…..

merecivilian, 11 months ago to random

Like a superb Dyson vacuum, @protonmail quickly imported all my emails from my Google account.

Nicely and quickly done 👍

Also managed to get firstname@pm.me

Meanwhile, HEY Email decides for all their customers that they don't need their old emails.

merecivilian, 4 months ago to random

Sometimes, I really do not know why I do what I do.. for example, I am happy with my blogging platform (ghost) but I created an account on pika.page... For no reason what so ever.

So now I have a blog on mc.pika.page

I wouldnt count on my future self to do anything further, at least for now.

merecivilian, 3 months ago to random

Really digging HEY Calendar 📅

Today I am sick… so I renamed the day as Sick Day and moved everything on the day to later.

Just doing this makes me feel better.. it’s like I am telling myself that today I should focus on getting better… just resting…it’s these delightful little touches… I call them drops of joy 🤩

merecivilian, 27 days ago to iPhone

🤔 I can't stop thinking about the iPhone Mini

I am torn.

#iphone

https://m.merecivilian.com/post/i-can-t-stop-thinking-about-the-iphone-mini

merecivilian, 2 months ago to random

Just published a post on my scribbles blogging platform. It was quick and actually too easy....

for now, my Scribbles Blog is here:
https://m.merecivilian.com/

The plan is that the posts that are on m.merecivilian.com will not be posted and/or linked to anywhere else (some exceptions, because its my fucking blog, I do what I want, and that my friend is the beauty of personal blogging).

**MereCivilian Unfiltered **exclusively available on https://m.merecivilian.com/

and of course on RSS

merecivilian, 1 month ago to random

Really digging what Pocket Casts is doing these days…

By far the best podcast app on iOS and android

merecivilian, 23 days ago to books

I have used the Boox Palma almost everyday for more than 3 months and I have thoughts … lots of thoughts…

https://merecivilian.com/boox-palma/

#books #ereader #boox #review #boostme

merecivilian, 6 months ago to random

@kev

Hi there.

Recently discovered your blog... came up when I was looking at nextcloud reviews. I am curious if you are still using Synology drive for your file sync etc. I am looking to move away from Dropbox and iCloud Drive

Cheers

merecivilian, 2 months ago to random

Really excited about this one .. after many days of thinking about it, I have decided to be part of the scribbles blogging system by @vincentritter

Thanks again Vincent for creating Scribbles. My only gripe is why couldn’t you have created this in 2020 when I was looking for a blogging system 😂

Perhaps you can somehow import all my ghost blogposts 🙏

merecivilian, 1 month ago to random

For more than a year, I have been carrying two phones daily. Its about time, I document the reasons:

https://merecivilian.com/why-i-carry-two-phones/

merecivilian, 10 days ago to random

The @thunderbird website is pretty slick….

Very nice redesign.. kudos to the designer

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/