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We’re expecting some extreme cold weather tomorrow but Apple’s Weather app is not showing the alerts that have been issued. It’s really weird and many people are going to get caught off-guard. Every other weather app is showing the alerts.

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RIP InSight

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That was the best game of football. Congratulations Argentina! 🎉

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Frosty dawn in the yard yesterday.

Frost on the top of rustic vertical boards with frosted grass in the background.

A frosty leaf of chard in garden bed with straw in the background.

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I’ve just returned from a three week trip to India which was full of spending time with family, events, some sightseeing. It was a whirlwind, but thankfully everything went smoothly 🥰. Been decompressing at home with jet lag, while catching up on work.

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Sunset Taj

Jenni and I in front of the Taj Mahal which is glowing in sunset yellow-orange color.

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Scenes around New Delhi

Sidewalk full of plants and a sign that reads “Nizam’s” with some orange sunlight coming through a sort-of tunnel made by foliage.

People at a street side bookstore with books piled eight feet high off the ground.

Golden hour sunlight through a hazy sky with trees silhouetted in the distance and cars in the foreground.

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It has been a while since I did one of these!

Photo of a map of the world showing the path of a plane from ORD to DEL.

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Todays sunrise. A minute before this it was all shades of pink.

A view of the sunrise with colors going from golden yellow on the horizon to bright orange to dark orange with the silhouette of a tree in the foreground.

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Just noticed that my Obsidian notes folder was missing a lot of files. I use iCloud to sync it. According to Time Machine, the data loss happened almost two months ago. Restored from there to separate folder. About to work through identifying changes with git and restoring. Ugh.

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All social activities happen in bubbles. Even IRL. As long as a platform allows me to manage that bubble, I’m fine with it.

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When President Biden visited Portland recently, his motorcade went down the road that’s two blocks from our place. We were away at that time. So now, Mr. Momo, our indoor cat, who never leaves home, has been in closer proximity to POTUS than either of us will likely ever be 😐

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My iPad was cold to the touch this morning. Then I started reading Viticci’s Stage Manager article, enabled it for the first time, and started to play with it. Five minutes later my iPad was nice and warm. I like this feature!

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Happy Diwali 🪔

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Yesterday I visited a couple of galleries after a long time.

I got this gorgeous 12" x 12" print by Alice Christine Walker at Blue Sky.

A colorful square photographic print enclosed in a clear plastic envelope.

There was an exhibition there of some amazing huge prints.

A gallery wall with three large photographic prints mounted on it.

I saw prints of the Gravestones project by my friend Isaac at Blue Sky. I had seen these online but prints are always so much better.

Two black and white matted prints enclosed in a clear plastic envelope.

I also went over to Blackfish Gallery where I saw these cyanotypes by my friend Kim. She is the featured artist this month.

A gallery window with several cyanotype prints mounted on a wall.

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Mr. Momo enjoying the first rains of the season through a new window.

A cat sits on a window stool looking out a half open window sash to a yard on a gray rainy day.

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Foggy morning in the neighborhood.

Foggy street view with the top of a chimney silhouetted by the rising Sun directly behind it and a warm orange sky.

Foggy street view with the sky lit by orange light of the rising Sun.

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Friendly Neighborhood Werewolf. 9:15 AM, October 14th 2022. Portland, Oregon.

A tall werewolf decoration in a yard that reaches to the roofline of the house behind it, with a mostly full moon in the morning sky behind.

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Mimi Uploader Now Supports Alt Text for Recent Uploads 🎉

Screenshots of the recent uploads screen showing the new layout and filters alongside the all new alt text editor screen.

You can now write alt text for any image in Recent Uploads. Tap on an image. Write the text. Hit Save. This is attached to the export snippet at the time of export.

  • Support for both export options, Markdown and HTML.
  • It can be filtered in the Recent Uploads with the filter button on the top right.
  • Not familiar with Alt Text? The editor includes a short summary with links to more information.
  • As part of this Recent Uploads has been redesigned to show every image in proper aspect ratio and with an indicator to show whether it has alt text attached.

Also in this release:

  • Fix for issue with image orientation being messed up when uploading in rare cases.
  • Small UI improvements related to the alt text feature.

Grateful to @maique, @pratik, @pcora, and others for help with testing and fixing issues in this release 🙏

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Birthday Cakes

Continuing my new-ish birthday tradition I had three cake slices over three days.

A triptych of slices of cake.

From left to right:

  • Malted Milkshake New York Cheesecake
  • Mt. Adams Cake
  • Triple Chocolate Cake

I’m not a big fan of cheesecakes but I took a chance on one this year. Although it was great, I’ll continue to choose regular cakes for this tradition.

Mt. Adams cake remains my favorite. It is described thusly,

Fluffy hazelnut-coconut cake, praline Viennese buttercream, wild huckleberry compote, and huckleberry Italian buttercream.

The cakes were sourced from Papa Haydn, which is about as old as me.

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