: 🎮 With the recent news of Playstation discontinuing releases on physical media I have a stronger …

: 📓 That first bike ride in spring 😮‍💨 But super excited for all that is to come 🚴

: 📓 Last week tasted pu’er for the first time. And tbh I’m surprised I’m quite enjoying it. Today …

: 💾 Time to close this one up. Saying goodbye to my Ghost S1 build named pequeno. I think I’ll name …

: 💾 Audio books are not my thing. I do listen to podcasts though, so I figured I’d give non-fiction …

: 📓 I’ve been lagging behind with my yearly review of 2025 but just completed it. In the spirit of …

: 💾 Ouch, now was not the time for my RAM to start bugging out. 💸

: 💻 “Good engineering management” is a fad ⁠⁠The conclusion here is clear: the industry will want …

: 📓 Just watched Dune: Part 2. And even adaptation issues aside, I’m thoroughly disappointed with it. …

: 💾 People dream of multi-user support on iPad… I don’t think macOS has its shit together either. I …

: 📓 So proud of Finland’s team in the basketball europeans 🇫🇮🏀. A dramatic loss to Greece in the …

: 📓 Nice surprise on TV. Tell me what is your favorite movie and why is it Terminator 2? 🦾

: 📓 Happy with what’s become my staple weekend bike ride this summer. Perfect weather and just bliss …

: 🎮 Made the leap to SteamOS on the ROG Ally. The sleep functionality is simply amazing. This was my …

: 💾 Excited about Obsidian introducing Bases core plugin! I’m hopeful it will replace Dataview in my …

: 📓 After getting used to green tea as my daily driver, brewing anything at higher temp just feels …

: 🎮 Had an extra day off after Easter and put it into some Godot tinkering. I’m taking my first steps …

: 📓 An amazing spring day for a bike ride 🚴Weather is shifting between sunny and overcast, extremely …

: 🎮 During this Steam spring sale I finally got Elden Ring. I generally bounce off Soulslike games …

: 📓 I inhaled Running Point over the last 2 evenings. 📺 Helped me decompress after relatively hectic …

: 🎮 I thought I needed Parsec’s subscription as I had 2 annoying problems with the free version when …

: 📓 Engaging with your Personal Knowledge Management System At the beginning of the year I started working on improving my note taking setup in Obsidian. I dove …

: 📓 A few days ago I stopped drinking coffee for a while to give my sleep quality a boost. I’m bummed …

: 💻 Unexpected Anti-Patterns for Engineering Leaders — Lessons From Stripe, Uber & Carta People want …

: 📓 I’m the kind of person who’ll remember a couple-of-years-old Reddit thread and go post an update. …

: 📓 I’m trying to loosen up the rigidity I feel in my note organization in 💾 Obsidian. I have a misc …

: 💾 Analyzing my Obsidian journal with local LLMs TLDR; Wasted a day on trying out local LLMs as reflection assistants for my journal with …

: 🎮 Let’s kick off 2025 with a hot take. I don’t get the hype around the new Indiana Jones game. I’m …

: 📓 The moral superiority of stowing your hand luggage under the seat in front of you as well as …

: 📓 Came across a post in my LinkedIn feed advertising a role which requires “12+ years of …

: 🎮 The Lake House expansion grabbed me back immediately. I think I had left the difficulty on hard …

: 📓 I don’t think about the Roman Empire often. But what I’ve realized crosses my mind almost daily is …

: 📓 Just finished the 3 Body Problem season on Netflix 📺 I want to like it a lot more than I do. I …

: 📓 It’s OK to take your time with hobbies. Sure, some concrete goals could be helpful guides. But …

: 📓For about 2 years I’ve managed to keep brief journals almost daily, with a weekly review. It’s been …

: 📓 PSA. If you are enjoying a webcomic for free - give back. Buy the artist’s book, support them on …

: 💾 Year 2024: Outlook Calendar still doesn’t support “Cancel future occurrences”. The workaround is …

: 📓 Cleaning before the party, cleaning after the party, but it was worth it. Sending off our summer …

: 🎮 The latest DF Direct Weekly #174 is fire 🔥 Especially enjoyed the discussion about bespoke console …

: 📓 Long time no Pien bar 🍺

: 🎮 I got a Rog Ally (Z1E) a couple of months ago. And I’m loving it. Between a house move and cottage …

: 📓 Summer’s had a slow start for me. By now I’m afraid it willl accelerate exponentially and poof …

: 📓 As is tradition - my second Micro.blog cake day post 🎂 Just a random photo from Monday when we …

: 💻 I work for a big company, but today I heard a person “laugh in corporate” and this caught me off …

: 💾 Many exciting and deeply technical news from WWDC… But you know what simple usability improvement …

: 📓 Helsinki has nature even close to the heart of the city. As I’m enjoying one such oasis, what is …

: 📓Had to make several difficult decisions during the past week. Needed to lean more on my analitical …

: 💾 There is more to artificial general intelligence, and my own human intelligence, than putting the …

: 💾 Reminder to self: don't buy cheapo SD cards We needed an SD card urgently and just bought a cheap one from a basic department store. I should …

: 📓 Didn’t drink coffee ☕️ during the past week… until today 😵‍💫

: 🎮 💻 On Xbox closing down several studios This week’s decision by Xbox to close entire studios stunned me. The nightmare of widespread layoffs …

: 📓 Gotta love this era of quality TV based on video games. Fallout is just great. 👍 Had my doubts …

: 💾 Readwise Reader has a new feature of note. I’ve been looking forward to it so much, that I’m …

: 📓 Woo, excited for the new comics book from War and Peas creators: Once Upon a Workday! Eagerly …

: 💾 There is some friction for me entering text in my Obsidian notes across devices. I’m dialling back …

: 🎮 First day of the season at our (rural) cottage. Trying to figure out if Geforce Now will surprise …

: 🎮 Massive list of fixes with Starfield’s March update. Almost too long, makes me wonder why they …

: 📓 There’s correlation between my dogs barking in their sleep and them spotting a rabbit on our …

: 🎮 Giving Starfield another go and it’s been growing on me. There is something about letting me ease …

: 💾 While there is disappointment about platforms striking training data deals with AI vendors, I …

: 📓💬 A quote often attributed to Niels Bohr or Yogi Berra: It is difficult to make predictions, …

: 📓 For a while now, the cringy face thumbnails on Youtube ▶️ have the opposite effect on me to what …

: 📓 I value The Economist as a publication but their subscription cancellation process uses several …

: 💾 Conversed a bit with ChatGPT about GPU rendering pipelines. Now that I’m testing Pro, figured I’d …

: 🍿 Bullet Train 🚅 is the right kind of silly I needed today.

: 📓 When I ask for a shopping list from my partner, invariably there is 1 “impossible” ingredient. …

: 📱 I can’t believe it - I can’t close all my Activity rings because of 1 stand hour, multiple days in …

: 🎮 Finished Disco Elysium as a confused superstar cop 😎 and a true blue moralist 🤷🏻‍♂️ Happy to have …

: 📓 It’s been a week that feels like a month. Reviewing my daily journal helped me recollect a lot, …

: 📓This is quite an unshaped thought. Integrative garbage - the ugly outcome of combining too many, …

: 📓 Wikipedia: Petrichor Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrɪˌkɔːr/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on …

: 💾 I’m using Proton VPN and I’ve noticed a lot more often sites just don’t work. And it’s not …

: 🎮 When I left the Xbox behind in favor of PC, I also lost a couple of games (and saves). Just had …

: 💻 James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo, How Google Tests Software “If the feedback takes …

: 💾 Once upon a time, I was interested in writing reliable and efficient shell scripts. Using shell …

: 💾 Kudos to @mikehaynes for the excellent Outpost theme! Just the refresh I was looking for, and it …

: 💾 How I miss Things. It’s truly a usability masterpiece. Decided to drop it for 2 reasons - not …

: 📓📷 Together we are safe (from the vacuum cleaner)!

: 💾 Streaks is an amazing app. Every NY I return to it (for obvious reasons 😅). Its super power is …

: 📓 After a week of temperatures closer to -20C, walking the dogs at -5C feels like spring is coming. …

: 💻 Flow Metrics for Scrum Teams (PDF) The dirty little secret of MCS [Monte Carlo Simulation] is …

: 📓 Home-made chai latte, incense stick, headphones on - it’s going to be a particularly zen weekly …

: 🍿 The Boy and the Heron (2023) - ★★★★★ Oh wow, what an adventure! And so many layers to it.

: 💾 Micro.bloggers (Cc: @help), what is your workflow for testing Micro.blog theme changes with a test …

: 2023: an assorted list of personal takeaways 📓 Reviewed my weekly takeaways in 2023. Unsurprizingly to me, the themes that emerged are wellbeing, …

: 📓 Iterating over my annual retrospective. Work seems to have a too big effect on how I feel about …

: 💻 It’s hard to get company’s year-end messages right this year. Especially when many people lost …

: 🎮 I am on a trip for 10 days which means I left my PC behind. Figured I’d try GeForce Now on a …

: 📓 One of the nine hells is perpetual flight travel with connecting flights 🛫 And most importantly - …

: 💻 Esko Kilpi: Why Should I Work with You A creative organization thrives on the tension that arises …

: 💻 RTO vs WFH: my default recommendations for remote vs colocated teams Because this difference is …

: 🎮 Finished Alan Wake II last night 🔦 This is not a game, it’s a work of art. Last month my partner …

: 💾 Groundbreaking - customers not buying kills companies. “What this advertising boycott is going to …

: 🎮 Bought Hogwarts Legacy on sale. Only after that read reviews and remembered the controversy around …

: 💬 Discussed some of my feelings of anger at work with my mentor. Immediately felt at ease. She also …

: 💾 Sometimes I’d like to engage with online communities on specific topics. Discord feels too …

: 🎮 BG3 patch notes read like Federal Bureau of Control documents. You wouldn’t like to know that …

: 📓 Changed back to standard time today. The oven clock is right again and it’s dark by 17.

: 🎮 Good morning, 2023-10-27! Alan Wake II downloading…

: 💻 2023 Groupthink in Tech It may be early but somehow started thinking about 2023 in review already. So a bit tongue-in-cheek …

: 📓📷 This is the best sourdough loaf 🍞 I’ve baked so far! All this time I think I’ve been adding too …

: 🎮 The plot lines in Baldur’s Gate 3 are so good! I’m genuinely curious what is going to happen and …

: 🎮 I’ve been wondering if I could let go of my Xbox Series S in favor of my PC. It’s a tough call. …

: 📝 Finally created some evergreen notes à la Zettelkasten. Lesson learned - I should have just …

: 🎮 Remote downloading Baldur’s Gate 3 on my way home 🧝‍♀️

: 💾 Captain’s Log, Stardate 2023.8. I used a FAT-formatted USB stick as a last resort to make the …

: 💬 We Don’t Need a New Twitter | The New Yorker Forcing millions of people into the same shared …

: 💾 Lenovo Yoga 7 14ARB7 - Good riddance! TLDR; Lenovo Yoga 7 14ARB7 is hot garbage, buy a Mac I need to preface this “review” with something. …

: 📓🎮 Last day of summer vacation. The highlight that will stick with me is a visit to Tampere. Really …

: 📓🍿Started watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 absent-mindedly last night. Turned out to be a …

: 📓On vacation since last Wednesday. My sense of what day of the week it is, is already completely …

: 📓 It’s not often (yet) that I can declare complete success with baking bread. Today, however, I can …

: 🎮 The Best Games from GMTK Game Jam 2023 video is out! Mind-blown by the creativity of game devs …

: 🎮 Been playing TotK for about a week. Only now something in the back of my mind clicked. The …

: 📓📷 It’s been some time since I posted a photo. Throwback to Helsinki Pride w/ Elli and my happy …

: 💾 v1.1 of my SFF PC build is complete today. Swapped the PSU to a smaller one that allowed me to …

: 📓Today is my Micro.blog, and microblogging in general, cake day 🎂 One year ago, inspired by …

: 🎮 🍿 I’ve been playing Cyberpunk 2077 recently and decided to give the Edgerunners anime a go. Super …

: 📓 Finally got my partner to watch The Last of Us. We saw the first 2 episodes. I didn’t give her any …

: 💾 There are (some) development experience and security posture improvements from cloud workstations. …

: In addition to a challenging health crisis, the pandemic doubled as a grand intellectual test, and …

: 📚 OMG, I didn’t expect how bad The Hard Thing About Hard Things is. Unless you are into narcissistic …

: 🎮 Finally getting a grip of Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus on the iPad so that Necrons don’t mop the …

: 📓🎵 Eurovision 2023 final tonight! 🇫🇮🫲🟢🟢😎🟢🟢🫱🇫🇮

: 💾 I had no idea this would stick with me but… You can use “Lumos” and “Nox” with Siri to …

: 💾 @help would be great to have an UI element that indicates a thread has comments in the Micro.blog …

: 📓📷 It was a tough week health- and work-wise. There were some bright rays of light to it, though. …

: 📓 Binge-watching the Mandalorian S3. This is the way. 📺

: 📓📷 Opening the 2023 cottage season 🏡

: 📓 Just realized that coming back to Finland 🇫🇮 during Easter means it’s also mämmi season. I think …

: 📓 Working on my weekly review template in Obsidian. Decided to have an optional photo from the week, …

: 💾 Raindrop vs. Readwise? The use case I have is syncing highlights with Obsidian. I would have …

: 📓📷 A love story in Florence 😋 Throwback to our visit last week. Thankfully, I’m not the main …

: 📓📷 Spent the weekend in Naples. I think I gained a couple of kilos. It’s too hectic and loud city …

: 💾 Pair a restrictive enterprise environment with Microsoft’s suite on the Apple ecosystem and you …

: 📓📷 Visited San Gimignano today. Grey and slow Sunday. Now back at the house, headphones on 🎧 and an …

: 📓🚄 Riding on a train at 300 km/h. Paint me impressed 🏎️

: 📓📷 On the way to Tuscany 🇮🇹 for a month of remote working. Day 4 of our trip from Helsinki. We see …

: 📓 You know the feeling when you complete something worthwhile at work and feel like you need some …

: I uploaded a very short 21-second demo video to YouTube, showing the Mac app’s updated character …

: 📓 For nearly a year now I haven’t really felt the Sunday blues. I am sorry for bragging. It’s still …

: 📓 Best dough and rise so far since I started baking! It’s rewarding to see progress week after week. …

: 💾 Progressing with acquiring parts for an SFF PC build. One risk factor was that some older BIOS …

: 🎮 Battleheart Legacy (2014) Darn where did the last couple of hours vanish just now! Available on …

: 📓📷 Last weekend’s effort 🍞. Progress! Completely changed the flour blend and got a feeling of what …

: algorithm noun a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving …

: 📓📷 I developed a sourdough starter over last week. This culminated in a total failure to produce the …

: 🎮 Red Dead Redemption II (2018) Finally picked this one up on sale. Seems I prefer only occasional …

: 📺 The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself (2022) I’ve been watching this and enjoying it so far. Can’t …

: 💾 As part of my migration to Proton Mail, I’m already forwarding my Gmail inbox to it and …

: 📓🎵 Deceiver - DIIV Something gloomy and melancholic to kick off the week.

: 📓📺 The Rig (2023) - ★★★★☆ Not sure why this has received relatively low ratings on IMDB. Totally …

: 🎮 The Callisto Protocol - better than the reviews, but still… I had been eagerly waiting for the release of The Callisto Protocol in the end of 2022. From the …

: 💾 Contemplating a migration from Gmail to Proton Mail 📧 Searching email content is more of a hassle …

: 📓📺 Finally managed to finish the 3rd and last season of Dark. I just had to accept I can’t really …

: 📓📷 First public sauna 🧖🏻 for 2023 at Uusi Sauna. There’s been some changes since last time I …

: 📓📷 The most beautiful heart-attack-in-a-cup. The office coffee machine considers an Americano to be …

: 💾💬 A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook? “Everybody …

: 📓📷 Last sauna for 198… oh wait 📺

: 📓📷 Leaving Bulgaria 🇧🇬 after a Christmas family visit. Early morning flight, long transfer ahead, …

: 📓⚽️ Premier League is back! Skipped the Qatar World Cup, super hyped to watch some great games …

: 📓 There are 2 types of people in this world - those who tell a hairstylist they don’t like the cut, …

: 📓🍿 Black Adam is just what I needed to unwind after a long week. Enjoying the silly humour. My …

: 📓🚇 Metro etiquette in rush hour - you move from aisle to window seat when the latter frees up. ☝️

: 📓 One day I’ll decide that the stress of the week before vacation is not worth it… And never go on …

: 📓📷 Visited Porvoo today. It’s a pretty town. The photo is a little misleading - the old town was …

: 💾 Thanks, @Miraz, for this post from 2019. Finally fixed the lack of list markers on home page with …

: 📓📷 My partner made themselves an early Christmas present - a new camera. And it’s paying off already …

: 💾🔗 I’ve been slowly reconnecting with my inner tech nerd. If you are a recovering techie - move on 🫡 …

: 📓 Been sick over the last few days 🤧 It peaked on Sunday and today is the first day I feel my energy …

: 📓📷 Amazing gig yesterday by Finnish shoegaze band Ruissalo Amping! 🎵 Spotify/Apple Music

: 📓📷 On the way to public sauna 🧖 First day of snow ❄️

: 📓⚽️ In a first world fit of “my thoughts and prayers”, I’ve decided not to watch the football world …

: 💾 The accessibility settings in iOS / iPadOS have a lot of useful features. Recently added the …

: 💻💬 Scott Galloway: Hubris Every day, no matter how successful we become, we need to earn our …

: 🎮 Signalis - survival horror excellence (I didn't expect) Had someone asked me 10 minutes in, I wouldn’t have thought Signalis would have grasped me the way …

: 🎮 Woah, The Return to Monkey Island popped up on Game Pass! I hold the first two games so dear, and …

: 📓📷 Seen in Helsinki 🇺🇦

: 📓📷 A frosty Nordic morning on a doggie walk.

: 📓⚽️ Brighton - Chelsea vs. Liverpool - Leeds. A stark contrast in what a difference a goalie can …

: 📓 Visited the Finnish Glass Museum today.

: 📓📷 Sunday mood 🐶

: 📓📷 A Friday off of work I’ve been waiting for a while now to take a long weekend. Finally, there was the perfect opportunity …

: 💻💬 Do you challenge your beliefs often enough? Photo by Patrick Perkins. As professionals we often put ourselves in other people’s shoes. Be it …

: 📓📷 About this weekend, mid-October 2022… Visited the Billnäs Antique Days. Bought an old carpet and some trinkets. Nice atmosphere, but …

: 📓📺 Been watching the Outer Range series over this week and thoroughly enjoying it. Close to season …

: 📓 Cast my vote in the 🇧🇬 Bulgarian parliamentary elections. Now having a coffee and by the looks of …

: 📓📷 A beautiful foggy morning in the countryside. One of our last weekends at the cottage before we …

: 💻 Be more than a shield to your team It is a common notion that a manager’s most important job is protecting their team from …

: 📓📷 This is our doggie Bernie 🐶 He’s featuring here in order to test (and demonstrate) uploading a …

: 📓📷 Sunday evening sauna at Kulttuurisauna for the first time. This is the public sauna to go for a …

: 📓 You bet I am! Have a great weekend! 🏝️

: 🎮 The Ascent: only short of a masterpiece I’ve been playing The Ascent recently and I’ve been …

: 💾📝 My blog now uses the Atkinson Hyperlegible font. This micro.blog help forum discussion came in …

: 📓📷 A day trip to Rauma. It’s a pleasure to wander around the old town. We found an idyllic spot …

: 💻 What better way to spend Sunday evening… than to fiddle with cross-posting to LinkedIn. 🙃 In this …

: 📓 Finally decided to set up cross-posting for one of my categories to LinkedIn. As I’m eagerly …

: 💻🎙 Marshall Goldsmith: The Essentials Of Leadership [The Knowledge Project Ep. #142] Happened to …

: 📓🎵 IDLES - War Gets my heartbeat going, and head bobbing! What a song, what an album!

: 📓📷 Seeing this house yesterday reminded me to stay in the moment. Few precious moments to enjoy the …

: 📓 Relax for the same result | Derek Sivers Reminded me of “slow is smooth and smooth is fast”. Good …

: 💾 Stealing a meme - “When my brain goes on a little adventure instead of…” getting much needed …

: 💻 A burnout guide for managers incl. brief annotations I recently read an overall excellent guide on burnout for managers. Here’s a few of my key …

: 💾🎮 During the weekend I’ve been setting up a cloud gaming / game development rig. So far, so good, …

: 💾 iOS & iPadOS VPNs leak data, issue goes unfixed by Apple for over 2 years. Let’s see if the …

: 💾 Just got my hands on a Brydge 11.0 Pro keyboard for my iPad. Bought a returned unit on discount, …

: 📓 As a respectable member of a neighborhood with an open air public swimming pool 🏊‍♂️, I got the …

: 🎮 Cramming ‘Papers, Please’ Onto Phones What a joy to read this devlog 🙏 It’s a privilege to get a …

: 📓 The Billionaire’s Dilemma, The Atlantic Marc Andreessen says he’s all for more new housing, but …

: 📓Care-free afternoon in the yard. Next week back at work! It’s been a valuable and much needed …

: 💾 @help I noticed a minor bug with running category filters. It seems filters are applied to old …

: 💾 I’ve been reading Hacker News for years filtering for points over 100. Happy to have found a way …

: 💾 [Feedbin Feature Request] Direct link to Micro.blog conversation This post will be shortly sent to support@feedbin.com. Here goes as per Feedbin’s feature request …

: 📓💬 Sometimes it’s a good idea to be angry with yourself. But when? […] working towards replacing …

: 💾🎙 The Changelog Podcast #499: Long Live RSS! w/ Ben Ubois, maker of Feedbin and Airshow. On …

: 📓📷 Came to the cottage after a 2.5 weeks break. Picked bunches of black- and redcurrants, handful of …

: 🎮📷 Picked up Tunic today after a long break from it + a couple of weeks of no gaming. This time …

: Airshow: A Lightweight App for People Who Like Podcasts By the makers of Feedbin. Excited to try it …

: 📓📷 Polish 🇵🇱 craft beer in Genoa 🇮🇹. On a Sunday afternoon. Several venues combined forces on a …

: 📓🎙 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process [The Knowledge Project Ep. #136] Adversity is good …

: 💾 [Feedbin Feature Request] Show image thumbnails in Micro.blog list of entries This post will be shortly sent to support@feedbin.com. Not sure if this may be classified as an …

: 💾 Down the RSS reader rabbit hole I’ve been rebuilding my RSS reader setup over the last few days and I’m loving it. I was an avid …

: 💾 @help [Feature request] Would be useful to have a link to the corresponding conversations from …

: 💻💬 Scott Galloway, Enablers: The “idolatry of innovators,” leads to the misguided notion that …

: 💾❓🍔 Feedbin + ✴️ Micro.blog query. There is already pretty nice integration. Only thing lacking is …

: 📓 In the morning as I was dressing up, I saw a little snake 🐍 crawl into our suitcase 😱Released it …

: 🎮 Remember Indie Game: The Movie? It’s been 10 years. Dare I say it feels even longer. This …

: 📓📷 Lourmarin is beautiful, hot 🥵 and we’re moving slowly… for other reasons. 🐈

: 💾 Found another use for my iPad - a power bank. Don’t have my iPhone’s power brick on me, but the …

: 💾📝 Shoutout to @sod for the amazing 🏕 Conversation on Micro.blog and ✍️ Reply by email for …

: 💻 If you are interested in the topic of diversity quotas, check out this short Economist article …

: 📓📷🌱After a multi-day weeding sesh, there’s resemblance of pathways in our vegetable patch. Feels …

: 📓 Starting vacation on an overcast, shortly rainy, day with a satisfying Americano and a piece of …

: 💻 Commendable reform of parental allowances in Finland. The flexibility of transferrable days, …

: 💾📝 New to micro.blog. Can I cross-post only certain categories? E.g. I wouldn’t like to cross-post …

: 💻 Companies embrace hybrid and gather a lot of feedback. Yet there seems to be little new in design …