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I really, genuinely, forget that Apple makes a headset these days. I’m occasionally reminded by podcasts or visiting their developer site 🤷‍♂️

Happy to report that the Micro.blog iOS Share Extension now works a treat! No more crashes every other time 🥳 Hopefully there will be an update out soon with the fix. It didn't require a full rewrite.

Whilst this is counter to what I’m thinking, I was looking at the Nothing Phone 2a and was excited. It is way cheaper than a new iPhone, so I could buy it for myself and hand down my 12 Mini.

Then I looked at the dimensions and weight. No thank you.

Thank you so incredibly much to everyone that believes in my work and signed up for a Lifetime Account on Scribbles. It really means so much to me ✌️❤️

The funds gave the project legs, and is sustainable for the immediate future!

One thing I greatly miss… is putting in that cartridge or CD into my game console, powering it on and just playing. No bullshit. Nothing online. No updates.

I don’t play much anymore, and I think that’s why. I feel like a big soul of gaming was lost.

What makes an iPhone? It’s the apps. It’s the developers that spent time building great stuff, day and night. It made Apple what it is today. There needs to be a reset or a new player. The new underdog that developers are attracted to — I believe that brought us to them in the first place.

Probably going to rewrite most of the share extension code for the Micro.blog iOS App. Have been banging my head about it all morning with no "easy" win. Sigh.

For the folks using it, it should solve the "every other time I open it, it crashes" issue.

I feel a weight on my shoulder and is hard to place. Feel like decluttering.

Something like Gluon but for only managing posts, pages and no timelines. Anyone?

Something like Scribbles but for newsletters... anyone interested?

Just sent out another 20 Scribbles invites ✌️❤️

I just enabled the Lifetime prices for Scribbles. Many of you have asked for more price points, so left you some options ✌️❤️

Now I just need some daring souls to give this a go 😋🫣

Our daughter wants a phone because all the kids in her class have one 😕

"I realise a lot of the tech podcasts I was listening to just sound the same and talk about the same thing and most importantly I’m finding it’s ok to have nothing going on. Instead of filling gaps with listening to others I’m just letting myself be bored and it’s just fine."

— I stopped listening to podcasts and this is what happened by Lee Peterson

I’ve seen the writing on the wall. One of my clients has gone dark.

Time to move on, concentrate on what matters the most. Let’s do this ✌️❤️

Worked on some internal changes to Micro.blog and I took the opportunity to try out CSS nesting. Gotta say it works an absolute treat! Going to use this more.

"...now you can back-up and export your blog when you so wish. Having access to your content when you want is paramount"

— Blog Exports on the Scribbles Update Blog

I tried a custom plan on Fitness+, and the exercises were great, some I wouldn’t do like lower body (I hate doing my legs), but thankful I did them. However, I prefer flexibility and it feels more like a chore. I’m only on week 2.

This year I gained nearly ~3kg of muscle. Thankful for that.

Escaping the city for the weekend, for another one. Not off to a great start, but will be fine once we arrive (when I can enjoy a beer 🍺).

Laptop in tow for some code relaxation, whilst the girls ignore me of course 😅

I took a little step back to think more about launching and what's important for Scribbles, especially on the feature set — I had many feature requests (some of which have been implemented).

— An update, launch date, plans and setting it straight on the Scribbles blog.

Being in the Apple ecosystem is like living in the ruins of a former magnificent metropolis.

— JMD on X.com

I’m biased, but I think Micro.blog hosting is one of the best values on the web. Nothing else comes close to the depth of features.

— Simplified pricing in Micro.blog on Manton’s Blog

Truth!

Oh well, back to using Nova instead of Zed. Also tried VSCode quickly again, but I can’t get past the way the fonts look 🤢

Trying to live without my email client on my phone. Deleted it.

Trying something new with my Homescreen.