A 40-minute video explaining how to edit videos from the folks behind MKBHD…? Yes, that’s something I’d like to watch:
I’m sure I’ll find a couple of useful nuggets in there at least.
So what’s the deal with Pixelmator Pro…?
Is it still updated regularly? Is it now something you buy through Apple? Stand alone? Does it mean that in X amount of months its features will be integrated into Apple Photos? Does anyone have an idea?
InvokeAI bought by Adobe
And as if I I needed one more reason to leave Adobe…
InvokeAI, who’s one of the leading and top-quality Stable Diffusion frontends, was aquired by Adobe.
Invoke comes in two flavors: the cloud-based subscription-based, competing with the likes of DALL-E, Gemini, Midjourney, etc, and the open-source community version. I’ve been using the open source version for a while.
There are the usual empty promises that the open-source version will live on, but with Adobe leading the core team, it means just a fraction of the original creators behind Invoke will stay, and the product will quickly fall far behind to rot in the dust. Unlike other frontends like Automatic1111 and ComfyUI, Invoke offered a polished UI with advanced drawing features, including a launcher that made installing and upgrading the product a breeze, and I’m sad to see it go.
For me, AI projects that utilize users' computers instead of corporations like Adobe are important. Instead of paying for companies that don’t respect their users' privacy and artists' work, it’s up to the individual user to decide what to use and how to use it. It offers a level of control that the likes of Google and Adobe would never allow. Unfortunately, most non-tech folks are not aware of this side of machine learning and never will.
I watched the first 3 episodes of Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Season 1 📺. Yeah… not great. I didn’t expect something amazing, but I guess I had hopes for this one. The story fills flat and a bit cliche, rushed. I’ll probably finish it since there are only 8 episodes.
I continue to enjoy this show. Yesterday, I saw Better Call Saul S5E2, 50% Off 🍿. I didn’t saw this show fully when it came out… good stuff.
More in depth consideration of leaving Adobe and Photoshop
About to make a decision to cancel my Adobe subscription. I reflect on a few options for photo editing tools that meet basic needs without the complexities and costs of Photoshop.
It’s a nice day to go to the farmers market.
Photos on the Mac does a decent job cleaning up blemishes and weird reflections. There seems to have been some recent improvements. I don’t have the fancy selection options and layers I have in Photoshop, but it still works for most things. Below, the retouched from yesterday 📷
What are some good photoshop replacements for photo editing on macos? @jack I know you mentioned one… I know you mentioned something
Coffees and teas. Always important to stop for. ☕️🫖
I’m revamping the micro.blog pages on my wiki. Revelation of this morning: I can use Co-pilot to translate org-mode syntax to wikitext (Tiddlywiki’s syntax)…! No more annoying ID tags in the HTML or image tags that need to be cleaned up. Finally, Co-pilot is useful for something.
My mom needs a new iPhone...
A new phone for my mom involves several annoying factors: size, software challenges, language barriers, and the complications of her current Verizon service make for a good grump post. You’re welcome.
Trying to help my mom getting used to Siri and a new iPhone she will get soon. The huge size and the lack of the physical button will throw her off for about a month…
Micro.blog added movies and shows as part of its media collection options. Up until now, I needed to RSS feeds from Letterboxd to review movies. I’m glad this is now going to change, because it caused issues in the past. This platform keeps getting better every day. Now, I just need to watch something…
HTML export to work with TiddlyWiki
For now, the solution I found to write for my wiki in Emacs is to use the org-mode dispatcher to convert to HTML. It gets the job done.
Been away for the last couple of days. A combination of a lot of work and a new tech rabbit hole to explore, with a bit of an eye infection (nothing serious, the eyelid thing, forget what it’s called). Nice to check in on everyone and see all the new features on Micro.blog to explore!
Fixed an issue with Syncthing after upgrading to macOS 26.
I keep thinking about how people go about their lives and just trust things like iCloud blindly, because that’s all they know. We need to make sure people have some minimal computer knowledge.
Another improvement I’m noticing in iOS 26 is for iPhone mirroring. I can copy SMS codes sent to my phone into my Mac’s browser, and other hotkeys work as well (Command + Enter to send a message in Teams, for example). Overall, it’s easier to log into the iPhone as well.
I didn’t realize how many things Apple touched in iOS 26 besides liquid glass. Notes on my watch with export to markdown! Maps now tracks where you go (if you let it) over time! Photos…! And all of these are good added features. I think it’s a must-have for Apple folks.