The previous release had the ability to see your list of collections. This new one adds the following features:

• Add photos to collections from the list of recent uploads. Tap and hold a single photo, or use the “…” menu on en entry that has a batch of photos to add them all.
• Delete a photo from a collection. When browsing a collection, tap and hold on a photo to see the option to delete.
• Create a collection. Just tap “+” on the collections list.

I’m finding this way of managing my collections to be great. Hope you like it too!

You can get Mimi Uploader for free from the App Store.

As discussed in a previous post, the Photo Collections feature is only available to Supporter. You can become a Supporter using the sliding scale in the app.

I enjoy podcasts but I got the feeling I was listening to a lot of tech. In 2024, I reduced the time to about 50%. In 2023 they were close to 65%.

Maybe I can get it down to 40% this year.

I’m listening to several at 1.5x speed now. I was very averse to that a few years ago.

Over the last week or so I designed and built freestanding storage shelves in our basement. Inspired by this video, and other similar ones, I decided that I would give it a go.

The basement had become a mess of stuff, about 70% of which was worth keeping. So we started by re-organizing what we wanted to keep and the rest we discarded/donated/gave-away.

On the 23rd I drew up the plan, and we went and bought the first set of materials from a neighborhood building material store, which has amazing people. Then came the holiday, so I didn’t start to build until the 26th.

The first set took a while to make as I was new to it and wanted to make sure I got the measurements right as we had already got the plywood cut at the store. On the 27th I put the first shelf together.

The design allows for expanding on either side, so right away I built an extension. This time it went really fast, even with a drive to the store to get more materials.

This second set had only two shelves that were half as deep so we didn’t block the window, and also Jenni could place her paddle board bag vertically to easily pick up or drop off. I noticed that the there was a sag on this shelf, so later I added a strip of wood for additional support.

On the 28th I built yet another extension. This time I didn’t have enough plywood for three levels, so for the time being it only has two, but hey, those box fans fit nicely in there.

Yesterday I completed another extension and that should be good for our current needs. From one end to another these shelves are 15 feet (~ 4.5m)

I will observe how it performs, and have ideas to add more structural support if needed.

I’m really happy with how these turned out, and with our efforts, the entire space looks and feels so much better already.

P.S. As I was building this I also organized my basement shop that I hadn’t used in a long time, including installing these wall-mounted shelves to hold lumber.

P.P.S The end posts are also 2x4s, but they look like 4x4s in the photo, likely due to distortion from the use of an ultra-wide lens.

Happy New Year! 🥳

I enjoy reading but realized that this activity had reduced in my life. So this year I made a concerted effort to read more, and it worked. I’ve found that the key to my enjoyment of reading is to read a variety. So I mix books that are short, long, fiction, non-fiction, old, new, most-often read genres and others.

On average I’m reading smaller books than before, but I’m reading a whole lot more of them, as seen in these charts.

Yes, these stats are silly, but perhaps you can think of other silly stats I could be tracking and charting? Let me know!

Oh, and if you’re wondering which books, well, head on over to the books page.

Here’s to more reading in 2025 😊

As discussed in the previous post, the feature is only available to subscribers to become a Supporter using the sliding scale in the app.

The initial release of this feature provides the ability to see the list of your collections, as well as each individual collection. More features are coming soon. Hope you like it!

You can get Mimi Uploader from the App Store.

Happy New Year!

From the department of things-I-should’ve-done-years-ago: Wall rack to hold lumber in the basement shop 🎉

And here’s how it was before:

Walk at Powell Butte Nature Park. Portland, Oregon. 24th December 2024.

In case you’re looking for a moody over-processed phone wallpaper for the holidays, here you go…

Merry Christmas!

For more details and to join the beta please follow the instructions in the previous post.

Please try it and let me know what you think 😊

(Link to the video embedded above).