Wary IcecubeYou should be donating blood regularly
Buckle up, this will be a preachy one. If you aren't already, you should regularly donate blood. There are some reasons where that isn't possible or allowed, but the majority of worldwide adults are able to donate blood. I'm ashamed to say, the first time I did this was as recent as in November 2022. Since then I've done it eight times (every 84 days). A friend from my high school years went through a very dramatic medical situation over the last couple of years, where she literally would hav
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - Fundraiser for St. June
Donate to St. Jude now! I’ve been a listener to various shows from the podcast network Relay for many years now, and even longer to Accidental Tech Podcast. This Relay community is awesome for many reasons, but this takes it to the next level. In September every year, all the shows and the people in the network come together do a massive drive to raise money to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - but it is also a month where this community drop
Trying out Apple Intelligence's "Clean Up" feature
Yesterday Apple released iOS 18.1 Developer Beta 3, and with it came the previously announced “Clean Up” feature in the Photos app. You simply hit the edit button, choose the new Clean Up tool, and the photo will in a second analyze and show areas it would do a good job removing automatically. If you click one of the highlighted areas, it gets instantly removed and replaced with a generated background. It works incredibly well. Below a video of it in action on my own photo.
Apps that everybody should have on their iPhone
The title is a bit click-bait-y, because in reality this list will be more like "if you are interested in this kind of thing, you should have this app". I.e. I will be recommending workout apps, but I don't actually think "everybody" should have those workout apps if that isn't something you are interested in. Anyways. Here we go! Travel * ABRP - if you have an EV, essential app. Means "A Better Route Planner" and that is exactly what it is. Pick what car you drive and where you are going a
Shot on iPhone - stock app, no gimbals, extra lenses, or filters
This is definitely the most impressive "Shot on iPhone" video to date, due to its "vanilla nature". Faruk Korkmaz, creator of the video over on his YouTube channel: Shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max. No gimbal, extra lens or filter is used. I shot all the footage using the stock camera app to an external drive in ProRes format. Edited in Final Cut Pro X. I put this video together from over 1000 video clips I shot between September 2023 and August 2024. The 3 minute video is well worth your time, if no
Auto-response available for "AI image editing is just Photoshop!" shouters
The Verge has a fantastic article that is meant to be sent as a default response on social media and elsewhere to people who say that AI image editing is just Photoshop and not a concern. It successfully deals with the below arguments and even if you already agree with the premise of the article, I suggest you read it and put it in your bookmarks for quick linking in the future: * “You can already manipulate images like this in Photoshop” * “People will adapt to this becoming the new normal”
Excited for "Glowtime"
Apple this evening (Swedish time) announced that it will hold its annual iPhone event on September 9 (I very much expected September 10), so in exactly two weeks' time. I am very much looking forward to it. I expect I'll be having an iPhone 16 Pro Max and an Apple Watch Ultra 3 on pre-order by Friday September 13. Rumor-wise, I am most excited about: * Capture button * 48-megapixel Ultra Wide lens * A potential new Apple TV * Any new health features for the Watch I am seeing some terrible
I have a coach now.
Yep! I have a coach now. “A life coach!?” You ask? Ah, no. It’s a training coach! I’ve been a longtime reader and follower of everything by Stronger by Science (purchased one of their training programs back in 2016) and I’ve eyed a coach subscription in the past but ended up not going for it mostly for financial reasons. But becoming a parent has put a strain on my workout regime to say the least. During parental leave but especially after returning to a busy work life and then balancing that
The Onion membership
This week I became a member/subscriber to The Onion who has recently gone through a major revamp. It started as I listened this week's The Decoder episode where Nilay interviews The Onion new CEO and CFO which was first of all just a great, entertaining, insightful and funny interview. Strongly recommend a listen. It also pushed me to became a member! Because I've always enjoyed what The Onion does (who doesn't) and now there is a clear way to support a comedy institution. And it's "pay what yo
Jag ska bli sjukvårdare i Hemvärnet
💡Detta mail och inlägg går ENDAST ut till närmsta familj och vänner. Det går endast att se i inloggat läge på sajten, om man är inloggad som en sådan person. Så använder bara samma plattform för enkel kommunikation samt trivs i att skriva här. Tanken är att använda för andra personliga uppdateringar över tiden, varvat med alla vanliga publika inlägg då. Det är definitivt med ganska stor bävan jag skriver och berättar om det här, eftersom jag föreställer mig en del mindre positiva reaktioner el
Heading to Cupertino and WWDC
Due to highly fortunate circumstances, I am for (non-Apple-related) work reasons travelling to San Francisco in the very week of WWDC, arriving Sunday evening before the Monday keynote. Currently waiting at the Stockholm Arlanda airport for the first leg to Copenhagen where I'll board the long flight to SF. It's my first flight since I bought Apple Vision Pro so I will admit I am very excited for that long flight as I've loaded it with movies and tv to watch. I hope to not have seat partners th
Voted.
For the 5th time in my life, I am very happy to have cast my vote in the European elections 2024. I voted for the party I feel best aligns with real plans for climate action and who stand firmly against the right-wing bullshit - and that bullshit includes all the parties currently in government in Sweden. I definitely have the sense that the EU election is even more important than our national one, and I don't have any issues with that. I love the EU. It's a great thing in principle, it just ne
