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Tetris, 2023 - ★★★½

This movie surprised me for the better. I thought this was going to be a flashy movie about a classic video game - which it is - but there's more. Egerton (Henk Rogers) delivers a good act as the only un-crooked businessman around in this sophisticated spy story thriller. The art direction is excellent, with a few cherries on the top at well-orchestrated moments. A typical Hollywood movie with smarty-pants glasses, this delivered entertainment in abundance.

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The real kings of NYC parks 📷

A water fountain with water dripping down. On top, three pigeons are looking around
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I am now on Bluesky. Feels like old-school Twitter back when everything was cool and without ads. Just my stream and cat pics. Lots of cat pics.

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Is there some sort of a way to get into Bluesky that I’m missing? There seems to be a waiting list, but that’s it, yet I see a few folks here who seem to have access…?

It’s nothing major for me, I’m curious and after Threads I’m thinking, nothing can be that bad xD

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Today on my lunch walk there was so much yellow in front of me it made me dizzy just to take this photo… 📷

A thick layer of vibrant yellow flowers in the summer noon sun. A grey-brick building in the background.
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Today is my Emacs day - the day I created my first “for real now” journal entry in Emacs org-mode in 2018. Wow, 5 years I’ve been using this tool. It did - no exaggeration - change my life. I need to talk about it more. Talk about it… I can do podcasts now… hmmm 🤔

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Apple came out with a Classical music solution not too long ago, and most reviews amounted to “meh.”

I wanted to throw in my solution: IDAGIO. For one dollar less than Apple Music, you get a dedicated lossless (FLAC) Classical music solution.

I’m enjoying Vivaldi’s Flute this morning. ♬ ♪

A screenshot from IDAGO. The track title is Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo in G minor op. 10/2 RV 439 “La Notte”.
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Those of you who have cats 😺: have you found a way to get rid of the litter box smell?

I’d consider one, but this is the main issue. This is a small NYC apartment and the litter box will be in the kitchen / living room / dining room area (it’s all the same room basically).

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Going Micro.blog Premium

I decided to give Micro.blog premium a go. I’ve been on the regular tier for a while, enjoying what the platform and community has to offer. After playing around with a FOSS read-it-later app for Android and not getting what I wanted out of it, I figured (with the help of my partner, who saves me from my own complications on a daily basis) that it just makes sense.

Not only the premium version comes with a place to store and read articles, I can also integrate them into the post I’m going to write about these articles anyway. Meanwhile, I get the option to create newsletters and have a place for podcasts if I ever go that route (why not, I already tried my hand at recording videos). With the premium version, I can even upload short video clips, which will be perfect with the pictures I already take.

But the best indication that I’m doing the right thing is the positive feeling I get when I blog on MB. It always feels good to write here; it’s always nice to interact with the people in the community, and the “leadership” is making decisions I stand behind and support myself. A good product from good people.

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Heading back home. This wasn’t the magical vacation it was last time, but you can’t make magic, it happens on its own when you don’t have the expectations. Thoughts and (more) pics coming soon.