Apple Introduces HomeView, Updates Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini with Siri AI
Apple Newsroom, during Tuesday’s “Welcome Home” press briefing in New York: Apple today introduced Apple HomeView, designed to be central to the home and personal to everyone in it. With a stunning…
Tech-Tinkering and other Projects
I have been busy with a few new toys, here is my update on them.
All of my 300+ browser tabs are beautiful
I am a habitual tab hoarder so I created a Firefox addon to help me manage every one of my very special browser tabs. Sort tabs by oldest, unload them, find duplicates, and consolidate tabs to a…
I made a macOS Setup
Unlike Linux users, Mac users don’t rice their systems and share these customizations. Recently I’ve seen posts where people wanted to try Linux on a Mac just for trying out a customized…
Reviewing your Shipaton apps
Rating and reviewing your Shipaton app in App Store and Play Store.
Logitech G515 TKL and G502 lighting on Linux
I love hardware, and I love peripherals most of all. I care more about my keyboard and mouse than about the computer itself, because they are what I interact with all day. I enjoy the feel of a good…
The Operating System Preference Is Dead
Maybe it’s a good thing that the OS will just fade into the background for most people.
What I wish I’d known before installing LineageOS
Moving to LineageOS was hopefully the last step before finally deleting my Google account. But the process involved much more than just installing an operating system. This article outlines these…
Cadenza
A native DWG and DXF viewer for the Mac, iPhone and iPad, written from the file format's specification, that lately also edits.
Stenographer
A menu bar app that writes down your meetings in Greek or English, on your Mac, without a bot in the call.
PNSQC 2026: Inside Tesla: The Birth of the Software-Defined Vehicle and Quality in the Age of Autonomy
Well now... that was quick! We are already at the end of the 2-day conference. Quite a whirlwind experience, and it's neat to see that the last keynote was the first of the PNSQChronicles we did this…
Apple's View on Life in Homes is Expensive
TLDR; I'm too cheap to buy Apple stuff anymore.
3D Media Player Rendepth Revamped
Rendepth just got a massive update, basically revamping the whole app. This is my 3D media player for viewing of both native stereo 3D media content, or really any standard 2D photo or video…
5K iMac 2019: CachyOS Install Notes
Disclaimer: This is not an exhaustive guide, but my notes on how I setup CachyOS on my 2019 5K iMac. Image 1: Lazy thumbnail, I normally throw out boxes, but transporting the 27" iMac is such a…
Manuel was annoyed
Now that I already wrote about Backblaze for another reason, I’ll also finally take a moment for a different rant related to their software. This screenshot is almost a year old, because I couldn’t…
Satellite passes on ePaper. SkyEink calculates what you’ll actually see tonight
An ePaper display for your shelf that calculates each day which satellites you’ll actually see at night, along with hourly cloud cover and planets. Flash the firmware from your browser.📖 Read full…
Switching To More Efficient Keyboard Layouts
For some years now, Google's default keyboard has not been very good at swipe input. It's way too often that I have to fix words that it guesses. Coupling that with concerns for privacy, it led me to…
Apple Introduces HomeView, Updates Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini
Apple introduced a few new things this morning centered around home use. Updated products are mostly predictable updates with slight price hikes after the existing ones over the summer. The star of…
Discrobble v1.5.0 — Collection folders on the album page
Discrobble now shows which Discogs folder each album is in, and you can move it to another folder from the album page. This release also collects everything…
Fedora & CentOS at LinuxDays 2026
LinuxDays 2026, the largest open-source event in Czechia, took place on the first weekend of October, and we had a Fedora & CentOS booth there again. This time, we got a smaller table and our…
Steam Machine set up
A couple of days ago, thanks to some free time on a Sunday afternoon, I got round to setting up my newly acquired Steam Machine . While I don't have a lot to say about it, I thought I'd note here…
Firefox Enterprise is here
Mozilla has launched Firefox Enterprise, a browser and self-hosted Admin Console for organizations. I've been working on it as a product manager since 2025.
Best SEO Backlinks 2027
Best SEO Backlinks 2027: The Top 6 Services for Dominating Search Rankings In the ever-evolving world of search engine optimization, backlinks remain one of the most powerful ranking factors Google…
How to modify the M365 Copilot Brand Kit?
This article explains how to modify the Microsoft 365 Copilot Brand Kit. Because apparently, YES, you DO in fact need an article explaining how to do it! Especially so since Microsoft is retiring…
Optimized Tagging Experience For Google Tag Manager
With a recent update, the Google Tag Manager and Google Tag technologies are finally merging. In my many posts about Google Tag, I’ve often lamented the fact that while any given Google Tag is…
are you getting it?
Not an iPhone Pro Not an iPad Not a breakthrough internet device iPhone Duo Are you getting it? John Ternus’s first keynote as Apple's CEO aped the heights of Steve Jobs’ best keynotes including An…
Commented on “CMF’s first wireless speakers look like musical milk cartons”
On 13 October 2026, Andrew Liszewski at The Verge posted: CMF’s first wireless speakers look like musical milk cartons While the company doesn’t directly cite a grocery store’s dairy aisle as the…
Instagram for one
Curating, commenting and remembering, for an audience of one.
wtf is deeptech anyways?
i think the definition of what deeptech is, is shifting. the term itself is super oblivious to me as it feels much like a term to define “we are doing real tech” instead of “we are…
How to Prevent Dark Mode Notepad++ from Printing Faint Text
So you’ve turned on dark mode in Notepad++ and are enjoying the experience of working in the dark, without your eyes being casually assaulted by white screens. But then… when you print,…
Notes on Japanese input on Linux with mozc
Notes on Japanese input on Linux with mozc Arjun Satarkar | 2026-10-12 If you decide you want to type in Japanese on your Linux system and look up how to accomplish that, you might find out that you…
How to Enable Dark Mode in Notepad++
If you’re like me – a passionate dark mode user – you’re always looking to make every app follow your system default. After all, when you’re fully immersed in a world of…
Leave it to know if you should stay
Leave it to know if you should stay I've left whatsapp and google behind recently, and the experience has been insightful. When leaving whatsapp, I tried to make a backup of my conversations, but…
Wipr 2.42
Since this new version is slightly beefier than usual, I’m putting another too-big-for-social-media changelog on this blog!
Introducing Stencilbar
Stencilbar is a macOS menu bar app I built to store reusable AI prompts and copy them fast.
Choosing Linux Distributions
Family of Gentoo penguinsBefore starting my Linux1 journey I would have never thought to encounter so many shitty articles recommending the wrong Linux distribution to newcomers. I would have really…
Reinforcing the Alignment Cam Tabs
TL;DR - After not having issues for years, I've been having trouble with my alignment for a while now. To resolve it, I installed some cam tab gussets that I probably should have installed a long…
xTool X1 – The Ultimate Consumer Laser
xTool X1 – The Ultimate Consumer Laser I don’t think most people realize that the consumer level laser engraver has only been around a handful of years. xTool was one of the first to…
X is Bad, Though
Lex Friedman for his relatively new and excellent Lex on Tech: That all may be true. But it’s not the point. It is true that X has, by some definition, “won.” Elon bought it, quickly ruined it,…
Re-Xing?
The “should we go back to X/Twitter” conversation springing up in the tech social media sphere is interesting – but I have a pragmatic reason for not doing so. I’m time poor, and…
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