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David Johnson
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An Englishman abroad | Aspiring meditator and writer | HSP | he/him
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ð§ï¸ Rain stopped play. I was outside topping the hedge and this cloud out of nowhere and dropped a quick but heavy shower. That stopped almost as soon as it started, but not for long. The rain is falling and I can see no blue sky in sight. So I've come inside now and am just seeing what is happening o... www.crossingthethreshold.net
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@pratik I haven't tried the new Reeder yet, but I thought that Tapestry can allow a toot to be opened in a chosen Mastodon app? At least I have set to do that. This is not to defend the workflow, just saying that I believe it can be done.

I have not tried the same for other platforms.

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I’m not sure that I totally understand this, but I like it 🦖

A sign on a square piece of wood on a shelf. The sign says DINOSAURS NEVER HAD COFFEE. Then a drawing of a cup of coffee, followed by, AND WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT TURNED OUT.

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@maique Languages are fascinating…even if I can’t speak them 😉

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@cygnoir Oh well done with them. They look great.

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@maique I look forward to that.

I keep meaning to ask. Is the language spoken there Portuguese?

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@maique That sounds like my sort of size for a city!

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@humdrum Thank you. From what I am hearing it sounds similar to the idea behind Tapestry - a feed of RSS feeds and social media?

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Sitting here listening to The Lark Ascending by Vaughn Williams and I am transported back to an English summer day. I’m sitting on a hill top looking out onto a view of rolling fields stretching into the distance. Blue sky and sun above, scattered clouds, a light breeze. The lazy hours of early afternoon as the heat of the day lulls the insects and birds into a quietness. An occasional tweet, the scratching of grasshopper legs, the popping of a seed head. And then there is the song of the Lark rising above the landscape. I did not realize that Vaughn Williams took as his inspiration for the piece, ... www.crossingthethreshold.net
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@otaviocc I do not. I live in Maui and the nearest Apple Store is in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. Having said that, there is a Mac certified service store on Maui, so maybe I should give them a visit if crashing persists? I had not thought of that. Thank you.

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@Miraz I'll try then....but expect to have to zoom in to a pixelated object 😵‍💫

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@humdrum Do you have any idea when the new Reeder will be out of beta?

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@Miraz Very nice. Seeing these makes me think that I should try and catch a photo of the Pacific Golden Plover one day. I fear though that my iPhone Mini’s camera won’t allow me to get close enough.

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ð Last weekend we got through a hurricane, tropical storm and tropical depression with no power outages. From my experience here, that is not what I would have expected. Today has been a beautiful day and it ends with the power going out an hour before sunset. An hour and a half in and still there is ... www.crossingthethreshold.net
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And then there is this evening’s rainbow, two if you look close. Two minutes later it started raining and the rainbow was gone 🌈

A rainbow arcs across the sky, a second one just visible above it. Below is a lawn with trees and bushes. At the right end of the rainbow the eaves of a white house are just visible above some bushes.

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A rainbow from yesterday evening 🌈

A complete arc of a rainbow over a green hedge with scattered clouds behind a tree in the foreground in the light of a setting sun.

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@DaveyCraney Thank you for the suggestion David. No, I have not tried a clean install. I’ll see how things go over the next week, and hold it as a consideration.

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@heyloura Good for you! I have a subscription to Practice Portuguese which expires this month. I struggled with their format…or maybe my heart just wasn’t in it? Reading your message has made me reset my progress there and I will give it another go.

Thank you for the nudge 🙂, and good luck with your learning.

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My 2020 13-inch MacBook Air running MacOS 14.6.1 is definitely crashing more than any Mac I have owned for a good number of years - I would almost say ever, going back to the 1990s. Maybe it is because I am running an OS that is pushing the Air to its limits, but I think not. I never install a new OS unles... www.crossingthethreshold.net
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@otaviocc @maique I have a European Portuguese language app on my phone, and so I’m cross checking words/pronunciation. Basically I need/want something to kick me into gear and try and start speaking the language.

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@alexink Of course 🤦🏼‍♂️

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@maique I’m not sure that you’ll notice where my accent is from at all! 🤣

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@val Oh, Beautiful!

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I might live to regret posting this commitment ð« , but today I started using Duolingo to learn Portuguese. I realize that Duolingoâs Portuguese is Brazilian and those in the know tell me that there are differences, but I would like to use Duolingo to get me going. As a backup, I have another app that h... www.crossingthethreshold.net
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@achimhaug Welcome to this wonderful community.

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A video for the Pacific Wave Appreciate Society. This one was taken on Maui’s north west coast. 🌊

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@cleverdevil Oh what wonderful and happy news. I am so happy for your wife, you and your whole family.

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@maique Which one do you use?

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😮‍💨 I’m exhausted. Today was a long day.

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A new thing to look forward to on Fridays - @iconfactory’s latest build of Tapestry.

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Iâm feeling that post exercise glow right now. Iâm not long back from the next run in the Watch To 5K program that Iâm following - or at least trying to; I came to an abrupt halt earlier this year when I attempted to make it to 5K. We have a Tropical Depression, essentially a Tropical Storm that is ... www.crossingthethreshold.net
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@peroty Quick Launch, in some of its uses makes use of Shortcuts, and so it can seem like a Shortcut dance at times, but it is over quickly, is unobtrusive in my opinion and does get the job done.

I need to tidy up the Shortcut. Once I have done that, I’ll share it.

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@peroty I created a Shortcut that allows the user to type in text that gets published straight to Micro.blog. Ideal for short posts. It needs to be tidied up a bit, has some superfluous leftovers from another Shortcut, but works.

As it is useful for a quick thought that I want to post, I thought that it would be great if I could access it from the Lock Screen. Enter Quick Launch which amongst other things, allows you to run a Shortcut as a Lock Screen widget.

So now I can press the icon for the Shortcut on the Lock Screen, am taken to a screen to enter text and from there to publishing it to Micro.blog.

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So I now have a Shortcut accessible from my iPhone Lock Screen. When I press on icon to launch it, I am presented with a window to type some text. When I am finished typing I press Done. I’m asked if the text has a category on my blog, and from there it is published. Like this one 🥳

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From my phone’s Lock Screen to typing to posted blog - let’s see if this works.

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“I hope that something good happens to you today.”

Auto generated description: A Nissan car has a sticker on its rear window that reads, “I hope something good happens to you today.

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🥵 It’s humid today. Muggy, like walking through a think cloud of invisible warm water. I think a prelude to Tropical Depression Gilma arriving here this weekend. Gilma is waning which is a blessing. Last week it was a hurricane midway between the US west coast and Hawaii.

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Iâm slowly making my way back through the Watch To 5K program. I have just completed the second run of week 2. At the moment I feel that I am pacing myself better than last time. Not racing against myself, but rather trying to set a steady pace to work my way through the program. Iâm enjoying the new ... www.crossingthethreshold.net
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After a hot day and strong trade winds, yesterday evening the world seemed to settle down at dusk and take a breather. As the sun set and the sky darkened, we sat outside and chatted. I feel blessed to call this view home.

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Watching and listening to an aircraft fly into the distance against a star filled, inky black sky tonight makes me think of scenes from the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I remember being taken to see the film by my grandmother when I was in my early teens. I remember the scenes where we looked ... www.crossingthethreshold.net
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A sticker encrusted sign at the local gas station.

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🌞 Yeh! The sun is out. The first time for 48 hours. Hopefully it will remain so until the next storm arrives at the end of the week.

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🏄‍♂️ Meanwhile my stepdaughter’s partner and their son are off to find the good (big) surf thrown up by the storm. Island life.

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Wet mornings.

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🌧️ Now it’s coming in. Sideways and every other way that it can manage. Wind assisted.

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Wind and rain this morning. Not as bad as the Big Island which is taking the brunt of the weather, but Tropical Storm, now Category 1 Hurricane, Hone has arrived in the islands.

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