I’ve been dreading iOS 26 as I am very sensitive to readability and contrast issues. And this seems to be… fine?
And looks pretty nice, I can see leather stiching and brushed metal coming back in not-too-distant future 🥰
”I can ink my fountain pen with my good clothes on” says he smugly
Fifteen minutes later: ”what is that shadow on my face”
Oh no
Exploring Gender and Trans Identity in the Worlds of C.J. Cherryh - Reactor is a really nice write up on C.J.Cherryh. I was sadly unaware of her works before this, but added these directly to my to-read pile
Espoo is the second biggest municipality in Finland. It has a lot of places like this
Video alt-text: camera spins around in a wet forest of pine trees, moss and lichen
There is that band you absolutely despise but they have that one song you can’t resist. What is that song?
💡 I am going to start hustling in Linkedin soon.
🥺 Please don’t judge me.
🥲 It hurts me more than it hurts you.
🙏 Thank you for understanding
Humble Bundle has a Martha Wells (Murderbot diaries and more) campaign going on: www.humblebundle.com/books/mar…
Recommend me a romance book. Preferably fun and somewhat modern but any kind of recommendation is welcome
Trying to build up RSS reader habit (again) to avoid social media. First on my list is to add this ink review site to my “Pen Stuff” collection. What are your favourite pen, ink, stationery blogs?
Mountain of Ink
What is a simple lesson you never learnt after all those years in the industry?
I still, after 28 years in work force fail this: “whenever you get an account or access to a system, test it immediately, you can’t trust it to work when you need it if you don’t test it right now”
I find it fascinating that Ron Jeremy managed for long to maintain this kind of cool, benign personal brand despite his industry and that his downfall became as a surprise to many (including me)
I started thinking this while going through the backlog of You’re Wrong About podcast that references him
This all started with single Lamy Safari pen. Young men: stay safe and say no to stationery. Sure, journalling is safe they said. All of a sudden you are choosing water colours before breakfast
In your opinion, what are the best (2-3) lines of lyrics in a love song? Preferably a happy or a passionate one but can also be longing
I get Stendhal syndrome at great grocery stores. All this food so nicely laid out that I am getting overwhelmed by emotion
Finished reading: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells 📚
You have been kidnapped. You are put into a dark room and you don’t know where and how long you’ve been away.
Suddenly, you hear a sound, something that tells you those lazy kidnappers didn’t even bother to take you away from your home town.
What is that sounds that tells you are close to home?
Finished reading: Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells 📚
What can I say? This is my kind of sci-fi ❤️
After watching two episodes of Murderbot diaries, I must say that I am a tiny bit disappointed. It must be the difference of format.
The books make me viscerally feel how they/it feels social anxiety. I guess that kind of magic can’t be expressed on TV
Still, extremely good adaptatiob
Extremely local Finnish post. I’ve determined that my optimal pizza is:
- very thin crust
- minimal amount of toppings
(And needs to be vegan, obviously)
This summer I have had that kind of pizza in Mathildedal at kyläravintola Terho. Question is where in Helsinki I could get that kind of pizza?
Currently reading: Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells 📚
The worst thing about a book store: you buy new books like you didn’t have quite a few books at home waiting🥲
The best part of a book store: you get to buy new books 🥰
Currently reading: The Programmer’s Brain by Felienne Hermans 📚