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A public list by dan.

Matthias Ott Valid

I‘m actually surprised that Anthropic didn’t fold. But not surprised at all that eager Sam is picking up the slack with OpenAI.

Good to see this trending on the orange site today: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7232927-how-do-i-cancel-my-chatgpt-subscription

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Big #sotb FOMO today. Also because I just realized that online tickets are sold out as well … (Great to see!)
Have a wonderful day, my friends! 💚 Will think of you while I improve the state of the garden. 🌱😁

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Already looking forward to macOS 29 – with completely round windows 😂

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…aaand a timely post just appeared in my timeline 😆https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116143107161050571

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Updated my workshop Mac mini to #Tahoe and wow. Either I’m getting old or this is really bad UI design. (…or both 😁) I’m not talking about the weird alignment of elements and rounded corners that are all over the place, although that’s surprising to see as well. More the hard to read text on semi-transparent, blurry elements that also lack contrast. This really trips me up as someone with regular migraines with auras. I constantly feel like a migraine is about to start … 😕

Dan’s Polaroids

26.02.2026

A little indoor baskeball basket and a ball about to fall
      in.
Indoor-Basketballing

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“Choice. The solution is choice.”*You should download Firefox 148 (released today!) and explicitly set the new "AI Controls" to your preferred choice.* https://www.firefox.com/Disclosure: I work for Mozilla, but this post, like all on this site, represents my personal thought...

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Happy Twin Peaks day to those who celebrate!In Agent Cooper’s first appearance in the show, he’s driving a car, right hand on the steering wheel, left hand holding a small black box (a microcassette recorder), that, if you don’t look too closely, could easily be mistaken for ...

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A promise you adjust when circumstances change isn’t exactly a promise, right? 🤔

Dan’s Polaroids

25.02.2026

The three men of Forkalyst playing a keyboard. All have hats
      on.
Wacky Wednesday

Dan’s Polaroids

24.02.2026

A sunset with clear skies, building silhouettes in the back and
      a river down at the front.
Sunset and high water.

Dan’s Polaroids

23.02.2026

A photo of my SX-70 camera in my hand.
Meet the camera: my SX-70.

Matthias Ott Valid

And some important additional context – thanks for the reminder, Heather 🙏 (and the pointer, @bastianallgeier): https://bsky.app/profile/heather-buchel.com/post/3mfoofq3w722y

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Holy …

https://blog.cloudflare.com/vinext/

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Pens, sleeves, and whiteboards

When I was in high school, I used to keep a pencil or pen up my sleeve. I don’t remember anyone else doing it, or why I started. But if I had a pen up my sleeve, I would at least know I had one nearby for when I’d need one. (I may be mis-remembering whether having a pen up my...

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James' Coffee Blog

Dopplr colours

Last year I was introduced to the idea of “Dopplr colours” in the IndieWeb community. This refers to an accent colour assigned to cities on the now-defunct travel website Dopplr. You can see examples by clicking through different Dopplr city pages in the Internet Archive and ...

James' Coffee Blog Supports Webmention
James' Coffee Blog

Pens, sleeves, and whiteboards

When I was in high school, I used to keep a pencil or pen up my sleeve. I don’t remember anyone else doing it, or why I started. But if I had a pen up my sleeve, I would at least know I had one nearby for when I’d need one. (I may be mis-remembering whether having a pen up my...

James' Coffee Blog Supports Webmention
James' Coffee Blog

Dopplr colours

Last year I was introduced to the idea of “Dopplr colours” in the IndieWeb community. This refers to an accent colour assigned to cities on the now-defunct travel website Dopplr. You can see examples by clicking through different Dopplr city pages in the Internet Archive and ...

Dan’s Polaroids

22.02.2026

A black & white photo of a Jazz bass, a bass cabinet and a
      pedalboard.
Bass gear

Matthias Ott Valid

“Our main story tonight concerns Twitter, or as it’s being called since Elon Misk purchased it a few years ago: Twitter.”

John Oliver is a treasure.

(And I hope you’re not active on that shit site anymore. 😉😉)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG_xWYLzI