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Why a Purple Dot Appeared in My Mac’s Menu Bar During VLC Playback and How I Fixed It
While watching a full-screen video in VLC on my Mac, I noticed a small purple dot appear in the menu bar—something I’d never seen before. It was distracting, so I set out to disable it.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Only Came To Say Goodbye, by Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop
6 track album
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November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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What’s Inside a Buddha? More Than I Ever Imagined
Today I learned that Buddha statues—yes, even the giant ones—often have scriptures and sacred objects placed inside them.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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How to Install an ESP32 NAT Router Config on an M5NanoC6
A friend told me about a firmware called esp32_nat_router_extended, and it turns out you can turn an ESP32 into a cheap, low-power 2.4 GHz travel router pretty easily. Here’s how I got it running on my M5NanoC6 (ESP32-C6) from macOS.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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What I Learned from Asking ChatGPT About “Based” — Very Based of Me
I thought it might be fun to start a new series where I share random stuff I ask ChatGPT to explain — tagged accordingly. To kick things off, here’s an unedited “Today I Learned” entry: ChatGPT explaining what “based” means.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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I Got Ghosted by Mailgun (So I Built a Fix)
Ghost self-hosters can now send newsletters with Amazon SES! I added multi-provider bulk email support to Ghost, starting with Amazon SES, making it simpler and cheaper for writers to deliver newsletters using Ghost's existing newsletter features.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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How I Got Ctrl+K to Work in VS Code on Windows in the Claude Code REPL
If you're using Claude Code's REPL in VS Code on Windows and Ctrl+K isn't working to clear text from the cursor to the end of line (like it does in bash), here's the quick fix.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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GitHub Copilot’s “Free Plan Limit” Bug: A Year-Long Oversight?
If you use GitHub Copilot on the free plan, you’ve probably seen this message: “You’ve reached your free plan limit. Your limits will reset on [date].” GitHub, if you really intend to offer a free Copilot tier, please take a look at this bug.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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How I Fixed Pelotons "Some information may not load" Warning
Back in August, I began noticing that whenever I started a workout, I received a warning saying, “Some information may not load.” Embarrassingly, the cause turned out to be AdGuard Home. One of my blocklists was preventing the device from connecting properly.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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How I Got the Apogee Symphony MKI Working on macOS Tahoe 26.1
After updating to macOS Tahoe 26.1, my Apogee Symphony I/O MK I interface stopped working over USB Audio. Using a Thunderbridge with a Thunderbolt-to-USB-C adapter got it working again.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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How I Discovered What Was Eating My Mac’s Storage
I ran into this problem: my 2TB SSD kept filling up at an impossible rate. No matter how much I deleted, the free space would vanish again. After clearing out every obvious file and folder I could find, I finally decided it was time to dig deeper.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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How to Use Live Translation with Older AirPods (Yes, It Works!)
Apple recently added an impressive new feature to AirPods — Live Translation — letting you hear real-time translations of in-person conversations straight through your earbuds. Even better, it also works on older AirPods Pro models (2nd and 3rd generation).
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October 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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David Bowie | Live on Musikladen Extra | Complete Show | Bremen | 29 May 1978 | 2025 Restoration
On this day, 4th of August 1978, a live performance by David Bowie and his ‘78 tour band at the Radio Bremen TV Studio, was first broadcast on German TV, via...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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How to Restore Broken Geofence Automations in Apple Home
After updating iOS my geofence automations in the Home app stopped working. Here’s what I did to get my iPhone working again after Apple Home geofence automations stopped working.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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How I Restored NYTimes iOS Content Updates Blocked by AdGuard Home
I use AdGuard Home with several block lists. Recently, the NY Times iOS app stopped updating content. After checking the logs, I noticed that samizdat-graphql.nytimes.com was being blocked. Once I unblocked it, content updates in the iOS and iPadOS apps started working again.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
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September 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Eirik Brandal
Artist - electronic sound and light sculptures
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September 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Which countries are scaling solar and wind the fastest?
The leaderboard is quite different depending on what metric you look at.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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all text in nyc
Search engine that reveals text hidden in NYC's Street View images (2007-2024). Created by Yufeng Zhao, this tool lets you explore the city through shop signs, graffiti, and street text across all five boroughs.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM