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    When the concert is on Halloween…

    A person is wearing a jacket over a T-shirt featuring artwork from "The Nightmare Before Christmas."

    Just saw Google Calendar in dark mode, slowly they’ll get to Gmail… Probably even before I eventually de-Google myself completely…

    Genuine question regarding Omnivore app being bought and phased down: the app is open-source, how feasible is it for the community to fork it?

    Disclaimer: I’m not a user, at most I considered using it at some point.

    Há qualquer coisa de eucaristia nos concertos de Nick Cave, um pouco por haver este piscar o olho a uma vibe gospel, mas sobretudo pela energia e pose de pastor de seita que ele tem.

    Mas o problema é que não sei quando vai ser o próximo dia do culto.

    A performer on a large screen engages a crowd at a concert, surrounded by dramatic lighting.A performer on stage leans towards an enthusiastic crowd, with musicians playing in the background and a backdrop of waving hands.A performer onstage in a dark suit sings to an enthusiastic crowd under blue lighting.

    (…) where workers may have a better work-life balance but aren’t as ambitious.

    Having a good work-life balance is the biggest ambition of all.

    ‘Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition’

    Mobile snaps from yesterday’s performance of Tiamat at Under The Doom festival, including a special feature of Moonspell’s Fernando Ribeiro (forth, yellow lights photo), and what a trip it was! It’s not the first time I see them live, not even the first time I have the pleasure of having them share stage with Fernando, but being able to be on the first row in a setlist so focused on the iconic Clouds and Wildhoney albums was that special!

    A silhouette of a performer stands on stage in front of a bright logo projected in the background, creating a dramatic atmosphere with dim lighting.A silhouette of a performer stands on stage in front of a bright logo projected in the background, creating a dramatic atmosphere with dim lighting.A band is performing on stage under red and orange lights with a visible logo in the background.A silhouetted performer holds a microphone aloft on a stage illuminated by dramatic yellow and orange lights, with a bat symbol in the background.A performer on stage makes a heart shape with their hands under vibrant colored lights.

    Did a test run on Vivaldi Browser (because Arc Browser stopped working and there are few where I can use columns) and the fact that they have Shein, Temu and Aliexpress on their Speed Dial bookmarks doesn’t make me very comfortable…

    Eu percebo que quem está num call center a fazer telemarketing está a fazer o seu papel, que é ingrato, mas acho sempre engraçado o quanto eu tenho de justificar porque não quero o que me estão a vender.

    For many reasons (TLDR: lack of time…) I haven’t properly listened GY!BE’s new album. Only today I found time to hit play, a day where it’s dark and rain outside. This can’t be a coincidence.

    “PALE SPECTATOR TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS - YouTube”

    Today I had to update my account password and, as expected, was logged of most apps. It’s amazing how in Windows I only had issues logging back with Microsoft Accounts in Microsoft apps… Nothing that reconfigure all from scratch doesn’t fix.

    A Microsoft error message reads "Something went wrong. [1200]" with a blue "Close" button.

    Estava a apanhar tomates e ouvi um estrondo!

    CMtv nunca desilude 😂

    This explanation of Instagram on why I’m seeing a post is a perfect example that, with algorithms, the end-user isn’t that important…

    You’re reminded that you don’t own your data in a Google account every time you try to take it out. Like with Maps. Despite the excellent Google Takeout, the list of locations you saved over the years is exported in a format that consists in name and link to Maps. Which is almost useless…

    Weekend at last, will I finally start reading this?

    Holding book "Forty photographers, on process and practice"

    It’s not a “real” album, but has been a shitty week and I’ll take that gladly!

    Ulver has just released an album

    Ontem na festa de aldeia onde estive a banda abriu o baile com o “The Show Must Go On”. Ainda há tempos estive num casamento onde foi a música de cortar o bolo. Caríssimos, eu percebo que há ali um lado inspirador, mas não deixa de ser das coisas mais tristes da história do rock. De certeza que não encontram algo melhor?

    Foi inédito. Hoje ligou um senhor indiano do blockhain. Essa parte não é inédita, inédito foi o senhor aos berros comigo para falar inglês, enquanto eu dizia “bom dia” e perguntava quem fala. Cheira-me que era o primeiro dia dele.

    A RTP levou um especialista de linguagem corporal para analisar o debate de ontem do Trump e Kamala. Não esquecer que isto está longe de ser uma ciência exacta, que na verdade é pseudociencia…

    The things a daddy does for his little boy.

    “Aston Martin officially announces Adrian Newey’s signing”

    Despite being compelling, really well produced and visually appealing, I feel less and less curious about Apple launch events. All that self praising and laudations feels over the top to me. That and the fact the last product I bought from them was an iPod Classic.

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