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    Just getting into this whole chess dot com thing. Play me?

    A sneak peak at (some) of the settings that will be available in Tiny Theme 3. I am still looking for additional beta testers if you’re interested.

    A user interface displays customizable settings for a website, including options for site language, date format, avatar link, and more.

    My son has recently gotten into keeping score (the old fashioned way) at baseball games. We found a few scorecards we liked, but none were perfect. So I made our own. We’re going to use it for a couple weeks then make any changes as we see fit.

    You need to create a quick screencast. What software do you use? Loom? ScreenPal? Cleanshot X? Why?

    Big News: Tiny Theme 3.0 is almost ready for beta testing. If you’re a Tiny Theme user and would like to help test the new version, let me know.

    I’m sure there’s some app/service for this. I want a communication app where two people can have multiple conversations active at once. Like Slack for couples. In a perfect world, Messages would allow it, but it doesn’t. Collaboration in Notes can kind of fill that gap, but not exactly. Suggestions?

    A few more details here, but Godspeed (to do list app) is ridiculously good. I’ve tried everything from Things to Todoist to Omnifocus to Asana to Reminders and beyond. The developer did provide me with a discount code you can use as well. Trust me, it’s worth it.

    My Gear for Sale page has been updated with a new M4 iPad Pro and a Magic Keyboard. Other items have price drops as well.

    A plant and herb festival might just be @kalena’s heaven on earth.

    A person wearing a blue cap is smiling while surrounded by potted plants.

    With just a little css (and a drop-in Javascript snippet), you can style your own replies on Micro.blog. Here’s an example with a different border and a “Post Author” badge. This example was done using Tiny Theme.

    A series of social media comments discussing keeping a quote for inspiration, sharing Star Wars references, and personal preferences on notification settings.

    Tiny Theme 2.9.2 just released with a minor update for how titles are styled (they now use text-wrap: balance;).

    Some people know me well.

    Matt and Kalena and Dr Pepper

    New Gear for Sale on my site, including a Hamilton Automatic watch and a GoRuck Rucker backpack. Price drops on the audio interface and pouch as well.

    I’m going to be adding a few things to my Gear For Sale later: Hamilton Khaki Field Auto 42mm (Captain America’s Watch) and GoRuck Rucker 20L Black/Orange. If you want an early jump on those, let me know.

    My dad, who just found out he needs triple bypass open heart surgery, called me to offer condolences and prayers for my man cold. If there’s any doubt about how serious the man cold really is, that should settle it.

    For a long time, I did the whole widget-heavy semi-minimal iOS Home Screen thing. Maybe it’s because I’m getting old, but I just went back to a grid of apps and somehow it feels simpler. Fewer taps to do the things I want to do in most cases.

    You don’t know crawfish unless you’ve had it in a very specific region of Louisiana. That does not include New Orleans.

    A smiling man and child are enjoying a meal of crawfish at a rustic restaurant.

    If you use non-Apple branded monitors with your Mac, I highly suggest the free utility MonitorControl. It simply allows you to use the native keyboard buttons to control sound and brightness for external displays (even if you have more than 2).

    I couldn’t resist.

    A man dressed casually with various accessories is displayed in a toy-style package under the name "Matt Langford."

    What apps do you have in your Mac menu bar? Here are mine: PopClip, TailScale, CleanShot X, SwitchGlass, Color Picker, Boring Old Menu Bar, Google Drive, ChatGPT, and Hidden Bar.

    My Mac menu bar

    Is anyone running an LLM or text-to-image model locally on a Mac? If so, let me know the details of your setup.

    Let me know your favorite obscure Mac apps/utilities. Some suggestions from me: Front and Center, Bike Outliner, Framous, PopClip, Acorn/Retrobatch, and StopTheMadness Pro.

    My son is currently on a coach-pitch baseball team. Last night, he turned an unassisted double play off of a line drive to save a couple runs. Got a big ovation from fans of both teams. He was beaming. Being a dad is fun.

    I’ve added a few more things to my Gear for Sale page. There’s now a 15" M2 MacBook Air, a Garage Built Gear Mighty Pouch, and a Focusrite Scarlett Solo. More coming later this month as well.

    I’m sure I’m late to this, but I just found out you can add weather to your Mac menu bar natively.

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