• Casual

    ๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ“ท It’s been some time since I posted a photo. Throwback to Helsinki Pride w/ Elli and my happy shirt ๐Ÿถ

    โ†’ Sunday July 9, 2023
  • Technology

    ๐Ÿ’พ v1.1 of my SFF PC build is complete today. Swapped the PSU to a smaller one that allowed me to also put in a case fan. Not yet sure of the impact on temps, some work to do with fan curves. Next, I need a pair of these cute SFF WiFi antennas and a better couch keyboard + mouse combo.

    โ†’ Sunday July 9, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““Today is my Micro.blog, and microblogging in general, cake day ๐ŸŽ‚ One year ago, inspired by @manton’s book, I joined the community. It’s helped me reflect a lot during the past year and engage in a healthy way with a social network. Here’s to many more ๐Ÿฅ‚

    โ†’ Wednesday July 5, 2023
  • Gaming

    ๐ŸŽฎ ๐Ÿฟ Iโ€™ve been playing Cyberpunk 2077 recently and decided to give the Edgerunners anime a go. Super impressed, not only with the plot but how it represents the game world.

    โ†’ Thursday June 22, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““ Finally got my partner to watch The Last of Us. We saw the first 2 episodes. I didnโ€™t give her any warning. ๐Ÿ‘น

    โ†’ Wednesday May 31, 2023
  • Technology

    ๐Ÿ’พ There are (some) development experience and security posture improvements from cloud workstations. However, I feel a strong concern that the major driving forces to adoption have skewed incentives that have the capacity to endanger personal computing in the long run.

    HN discussion on Google Cloud Workstations GA

    โ†’ Tuesday May 30, 2023
  • In addition to a challenging health crisis, the pandemic doubled as a grand intellectual test, and most of us failed it. Not all, but most. If you want to be better prepared for the next test, and I guarantee you there’ll be plenty more, you better begin studying now.

    Start by asking yourself this question more often: But what if I’m wrong?

    But what if you’re wrong?

    Wait, this is exactly what made people and governments react with strict measures - they asked themselves “What if I’m wrong?” and didn’t accept the risk, had they chosen differently. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

    โ†’ Friday May 26, 2023
  • ๐Ÿ“š OMG, I didnโ€™t expect how bad The Hard Thing About Hard Things is. Unless you are into narcissistic writing for startup bros, steer clear. Reached Chapter 3 and just canโ€™t go on. Wasnโ€™t prepared for that.

    โ†’ Tuesday May 23, 2023
  • Gaming

    ๐ŸŽฎ Finally getting a grip of Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus on the iPad so that Necrons donโ€™t mop the floor with me on the easy missionsโ€ฆ But damn does it crash, 20 min lost just before clearing a tomb ๐Ÿ˜–

    โ†’ Tuesday May 23, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““๐ŸŽต Eurovision 2023 final tonight!

    ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿซฒ๐ŸŸข๐ŸŸข๐Ÿ˜Ž๐ŸŸข๐ŸŸข๐Ÿซฑ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

    โ†’ Saturday May 13, 2023
  • Technology

    ๐Ÿ’พ I had no idea this would stick with me butโ€ฆ You can use โ€œLumosโ€ and โ€œNoxโ€ with Siri to respectively turn on and off the torch. Works well on the apple watch as well! ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™‚๏ธ

    โ†’ Sunday April 30, 2023
  • Technology

    ๐Ÿ’พ @help would be great to have an UI element that indicates a thread has comments in the Micro.blog iOS beta app. Would save a bunch of swipes/taps. Gluon has this tiny but very handy feature.

    โ†’ Sunday April 30, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ“ท It was a tough week health- and work-wise. There were some bright rays of light to it, though. Like the visit at the re-opened Ateneum.

    In the photo Esko Tirronenโ€™s Sunrise, 1971

    โ†’ Sunday April 23, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““ Binge-watching the Mandalorian S3. This is the way. ๐Ÿ“บ

    โ†’ Saturday April 22, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ“ท Opening the 2023 cottage season ๐Ÿก

    โ†’ Saturday April 15, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““ Just realized that coming back to Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ during Easter means itโ€™s also mรคmmi season. I think itโ€™s a polarizing opinion at least among foreigners in Finland but I โค๏ธ mรคmmi ๐Ÿคค

    โ†’ Friday April 7, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““ Working on my weekly review template in Obsidian. Decided to have an optional photo from the week, I hope it becomes mandatory. Here 2023-W13โ€™s photo - Bernie escaping a wave ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿถ in Lerici ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น. Gelato๐Ÿฆwas also had that day.

    โ†’ Sunday April 2, 2023
  • Technology

    ๐Ÿ’พ Raindrop vs. Readwise? The use case I have is syncing highlights with Obsidian. I would have considered the Readwise + Reader subscription (as it comes with an official Obsidian plugin) if it could replace Feedbin. But, Reader makes my head explode vs the simplicitiy and control in Feedbin ๐Ÿคฏ

    โ†’ Tuesday March 28, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ“ท A love story in Florence ๐Ÿ˜‹ Throwback to our visit last week. Thankfully, Iโ€™m not the main photographer on this trip.

    โ†’ Sunday March 26, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ“ท Spent the weekend in Naples. I think I gained a couple of kilos. Itโ€™s too hectic and loud city for my taste, but itโ€™s quite a unique sight. The level of adoration for Napoli and Maradona is something Iโ€™ve never seen elsewhere. Napoli is on the way to winning Serie A after a 30+ break ๐Ÿคž

    โ†’ Sunday March 26, 2023
  • Technology

    ๐Ÿ’พ Pair a restrictive enterprise environment with Microsoftโ€™s suite on the Apple ecosystem and you get endless misery and despair for your average productivity geek. Like, you think you can sync Obsidian via OneDrive (no Obsidian Sync cause enterprise + M$) on mobileโ€ฆ

    Computer says NO!

    โ†’ Thursday March 23, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ“ท Visited San Gimignano today. Grey and slow Sunday. Now back at the house, headphones on ๐ŸŽง and an equally slow evening.

    โ†’ Sunday March 19, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““๐Ÿš„ Riding on a train at 300 km/h. Paint me impressed ๐ŸŽ๏ธ

    โ†’ Sunday March 12, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““๐Ÿ“ท On the way to Tuscany ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น for a month of remote working. Day 4 of our trip from Helsinki. We see the light at the end of the tunnel - Sunday breakfast in Milan. Doggos have been brilliant ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ™‡ Just one more train leg before we get a rental car and some 10 hours from our final destination.

    โ†’ Sunday March 12, 2023
  • Casual

    ๐Ÿ““ You know the feeling when you complete something worthwhile at work and feel like you need some extra prize for basically doing your job? That prize is called salary ๐Ÿ˜‚

    โ†’ Thursday March 9, 2023