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There's a exterior design sample on show starting May 31 in Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo at their #grspace stores... I will continue using my beloved #grⅲx for now. I do want a 28mm GR in the future but idk if the GR4 will be the one for me. Are you excited for the new upgrade? #streetphotography 2/2

New press release from #RICOH about the #ricohgr4! I'm not really a fan of the switch to micro SD, but if it means a bigger battery 🤷🏻‍♀️. The rocker switch is prone to accidental presses IMO where my thumb lies. And I quite like the spinning wheel, so losing that is 😔. #grsnaps #ricohgr #ricohgriv 1/2

If you're comfortable with #commandline, I highly recommend installing it: `brew install imagemagick`. With a simple command: `composit -dissolve 45% -gravity South logo.png input.webp output.webp`, you can easily overlay a semi-transparent #watermark. Quick and effective! 2/2 #homebrew #imageedit

I've always disliked the limited #watermarking features in #LightroomClassic. I now use #Darktable, which offers a better watermark tool and supports #webp exports—both important features to me. However, for watermarking screenshots or diagrams for my blog, I turn to the #CLI tool #ImageMagick. 1/2

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If you can only choose one specific subject or object to photograph in a city; what would you choose? I'm thinking maybe bus stops? There's always someone interesting waiting for the bus it seems! I also like the idea of capturing interesting shop fronts. #streetphotography #streetphotographer

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#nikcollection8 is here! I've been wanting to test out the next version (especially #silverefex) as v7 was a bit slow for me when I tested it out last year on my #m1macmini. #dxo #photoediting #monochrome #b&wphotography

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I've seen that app being recommended before! I don't think it's open-source though (which is what I prefer)... I'm considering options other than just cross-posting/mirroring content as that can be done with something like fed.brid.gy. I really appreciate your feedback though! 🙏

For those of you who are on the #fediverse, how do you balance using Bluesky with #Mastodon? Mirrored posts or split niches? I want to use both but not sure how to go about it.

A life size teddy bear plushie display inside a department store in Hong Kong, with a stained glass ceiling background.

I watched 2 videos recently of husbands surprising their Mrs with plushies by #jellycat. Never heard of them... But they have a popup in Hong Kong, Times Square so I went to have a look. I didn't buy anything but there were quite a lot of customers! Genuinely curious; what makes them so popular? #hk

Yeah, I've settled for digikam for DAM and raw editing on darktable.

3 bottles of coffee product cleaners by Urnex.

Major cleaning day on my coffee bar before 2025! Urnex cleaning products are always reliable! Have only used biocaf before but now with the Morning Dream milk steamer, I needed to add Rinza and Liquid Dezcal to my cleaners. #specialtycoffee #homebarista #homecoffee #homebrewer #brewathome #coffeesky

Been doing quite a bit of software testing (again) to find a viable alternative to #Lightroomclassic. Have till Jan 15 2025 to make the final decision before #adobe changes its pricing... helpx.adobe.com/creative-clo... #Lightroom #photoediting #photographers

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I personally hate installing #apps on my #android. All the permissions required is almost a joke. I either find #FOSS alts (on #fdroid or #github) and support indie devs. Or use #PWA aka #webapps. I've been using them a lot more and I feel they're not promoted enough. Here's a guide. #fediverse

Feeling emotional for it is the last #F1 race of the 2024 season. Big changes to the driver lineup next year... Looking forward to it. #formula1

Planning on capturing the #streetart by #kurtperschke; his #redballproject is in Hong Kong currently for ten days at ten different locations. It started yesterday! #HongKong #HK #photography

Cup of latte with some messy latte art next to a milk steamer with a milk jug and coffee grinder in the background.

Finally got the Morning Dream Milk Steamer from #Kickstarter. Still need way more practice on my part but it's so nice to finally have a way to get proper microfoam in my manual espresso setup with the Cafelat Robot. #coffeenerd #coffeesky #espresso #homebarista #specialtycoffee

Japanese Planner Review: MARK'S EDiT Planner Semi-A5 Weekly My planner journey from Hobonichi, Nolty and finally MARK’s EDiT. Explore layout differences and Japanese planner features enhancing my journaling experience.

Wow, it's more than a year since my last post. Seems like Bluesky finally picked up traction lately! It will be 2025 very soon and I have started easing into my new journal of choice - the Mark's Edit Weekly Layout + Notes. So long 👋 #Hobonichi! #techo #planner #journaling Review on my blog!

Between Mastodon and Bluesky, I like the former. Seems like there's more interaction and interesting people and communities there...

Try the in-between that is cloth filter / Nel drip!

Mac utility app OnyX on the dock.

Find it so strange the blue bird is gone and the X looks just like OnyX... https://titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html

bleak sorrows, by Macroblank from the album SOLSTICE

Really digging the first track on Macroblank's SOLSTICE album; bleak sorrows. https://macroblank.bandcamp.com/track/bleak-sorrows

Gosh.... I do I miss having a good falafel sandwich! That looks so good!

Definitely first on my list! :)

#EmbraceYourGeeknessDay! Today I discovered a new "holiday". Hope you learn something new or spend some time geeking over your favourite topic!

I just know of Pihole, Plex, Cloudflare Tunnel, Portainer from your list! Thanks for the recommendations Gav. I'll check them out!

Been really itching to learn how to self-host services; like Radicale, Squeezebox, Bitwarden etc. Hoping to get a RPi 4B 8GB soon at a retail price (if rumors are right on having everything back in stock by the end of Q3 2023). Looking at VPS options in the meantime... What do you like to self-host?

Time to try out another micro-blogging platform! I am mostly on Mastodon these days, having decided to leave Twitter behind (https://fosstodon.org/@eclecticpassions), but I'm interested in trying Bluesky as well. It's nice I can use my own domain as my handle on Bsky.