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Recipe to reduce your Outlook meeting spam messages: Outlook - Settings - add a new Rule - Accepted: Type: Event response: Subject includes: Accepted: Mark as read + Move to: Archive: For my German colleagues, also add 2 rules for Zugesagt: and Angenommen: und / oder französisch etc. On OS X 26 and iOS 26 Continue reading Reducing meeting noise
Short animated sequence from Persepolis (2007), showing Marjane punching towards the screen. (re-post from tumblr) IMDB: Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026).
If you re on one of the cheaper Anthropic plans like me, it s a pretty common scenario when you re deep into Claude coding an idea, to hit a daily or weekly quota limit. If you want to keep going, you can connect to a local open source model instead of Anthropic. To monitor your current quota, Continue reading Claude Code: connect to a local model when your quota runs out
If you want to experiment with Claude Code, below is an overview of the options I’ve tried, and when each one makes sense. 1. Run Claude Code from the terminal Refer to Claude Code docs for prerequisites on getting started, open your terminal program and enter:curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh bash Once installed, navigate to your new Continue reading Ways to Claude Code
Janelle Monae Cold War Dir. Wendy Morgan (2010) Radiohead No Surprises Dir. Grant Gee (1998) Watch for the small smile after he emerges from the water. Björk Hunter Dir. Paul White (1997) Björk transmogrifying into a cyber-elf-bear. I mean, don t we all feel like that when head-shake dancing? Just not as adorable Continue reading Ready for my close-up (single shot music video clip)
Covid-19 has impacted us all but so differently; imperceptible for some yet devastating for others. If you are unlucky enough to catch it, one common symptom is “anosmia†or smell blindness. Here are some recipes I enjoyed with a focus on texture: Stir-Fry Veggies and Smoked Tofu: throw together a bunch of roughly chopped onions, Continue reading Cooking with Covid-19
Make a Napolitano sauce base (onion, garlic, oregano, tomatoes) Cook pasta and potato: 3/4 Penne and 1/4 potatoes. (We used boiled potatoes left over from Rösti so added near the end of cooking the pasta) Add chopped thin Swiss or Italian cooked (not raw) pork sausage (we got ours from Metzgerei Zgraggen in Zürich “Schweinswurstchen“ Continue reading Penne alla Montanara Svizzera
f.lux is great software to reduce night time screen use affecting your sleep. Unfortunately it’s not possible to install on iOS unless you jail break your device. iOS now comes with a wonderful built-in alternative hidden in the Accessibility settings to let you dim the screen past the normal range of the brightness control. iOS 9: Settings Continue reading Sleep better by dimming your iPhone…
So I was going to add Ratchet.. and I saw it in Tom s list so it goes first and then descends from there 🙂 I would have added these if they were on Soundcloud to finish. This is the best video from last year: and some KPop because PSY:
I upgraded to a new Macbook, ran Migration Assistant, then started Photoshop to be greeted with this error. Tried de-activating on my old laptop etc. Adobe info. The Adobe Licensing Repair Tool doesn t work on OS X 10.7 Lion or OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Recommendation from forum post: Download and mount the utility. Open Terminal, cd Continue reading Adobe CS4: Fix! // Licensing for this product…