Also, installing the f-droid apps store on my phone is literally changing my life. Having access to a curated ecosystem of open source androids apps is heavenly. That glorious feeling when software puts the user first.

#fdroid #android #lifehack

I went to pottery class today and opened by asking several of my classmates if they knew how to use the slab roller upstairs. Nobody did but everyone wanted to, so when the teacher got in I’m like “hey teach, do you know how to use the slab roller upstairs” and she’s like “no” (she’s a visiting artist who only got here a couple months ago so this is not very surprising) “but I’ve used a lot of different ones and I bet we can figure it out.” Me: “do you want to go on a Journey of Discovery?” Everyone: yes. YES. *cue sickos faces* so we all thunder up the stairs periodically shouting JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY and our teacher snags another person who uses the slab roller A Lot and this person gives us a very thorough lesson and demonstration and every so often someone else wanders through and asks what’s happening and we all go JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY at them and now everyone knows how to use the slab roller and honestly I cannot recommend this approach enough as a way to make learning new skills and life generally more exciting.

#LifeHack

Also, installing the f-droid apps store on my phone is literally changing my life. Having access to a curated ecosystem of open source androids apps is heavenly. That glorious feeling when software puts the user first.

#fdroid #android #lifehack

I went to pottery class today and opened by asking several of my classmates if they knew how to use the slab roller upstairs. Nobody did but everyone wanted to, so when the teacher got in I’m like “hey teach, do you know how to use the slab roller upstairs” and she’s like “no” (she’s a visiting artist who only got here a couple months ago so this is not very surprising) “but I’ve used a lot of different ones and I bet we can figure it out.” Me: “do you want to go on a Journey of Discovery?” Everyone: yes. YES. *cue sickos faces* so we all thunder up the stairs periodically shouting JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY and our teacher snags another person who uses the slab roller A Lot and this person gives us a very thorough lesson and demonstration and every so often someone else wanders through and asks what’s happening and we all go JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY at them and now everyone knows how to use the slab roller and honestly I cannot recommend this approach enough as a way to make learning new skills and life generally more exciting.

#LifeHack

@stefano @Tionisla @mkj Painting windows, to some extent, might help. Deep black paint has my preference. #lifehack. 😂

#lifehack
Je crois me souvenir que quelqu'un sur Masto avait publié une recette miracle pour ravoir les dessous de poêles noircis.
Vous sauriez retrouver ça ?

got a #travelling #lifehack for you: if you are on a flight with a screaming baby or child, put in headphones and listen to Nine Inch Nails' Quake soundtrack; their screams will add a new layer of complexity to the instrumentation

got a #travelling #lifehack for you: if you are on a flight with a screaming baby or child, put in headphones and listen to Nine Inch Nails' Quake soundtrack; their screams will add a new layer of complexity to the instrumentation

Words to live by #LifeHack

speed up your haiku writing by always making the last line 'hippopotamus'

#lifehack

speed up your haiku writing by always making the last line 'hippopotamus'

#lifehack

Utilisez le retardateur. 😮

Parce qu’en fait, on n’y pense pas, mais une bonne partie du flou de ce genre de photos vient du léger mouvement (ou de la légère vibration) inévitable du smartphone provoqué par l’appui sur le bouton déclencheur (ou sur l’écran) pour prendre la photo. Du coup, si la photo est prise immédiatement, elle est prise pendant que le smartphone vibre encore, et donc forcément moins nette ! Alors que s’il y a un retardateur et que la photo arrive plusieurs secondes après l’appui sur le bouton/sur l’écran, ben l’appareil aura le temps d’être à nouveau stable au moment où la photo sera prise évidemment. 😮

Astuce bonus : sur la plupart des smartphones, c’est possible de configurer la fonction retardateur sur les touches de volume (par exemple). Donc vous aurez même pas à refaire le réglage du retardateur à chaque photo : selon que vous voulez prendre une photo le plus rapidement possible, ou la plus nette possible, il vous suffira de la prendre soit avec le bouton affiché sur l’écran, soit avec le bouton de volume. 😌

Voilà, de rien. N’oubliez pas d’écouter mes podcasts pour des tas d’autres astuces du même genre. 😐

#LifeHack

Rebooting a machine often solves weird issues. I was fighting with wget on one of my machines. It wouldn't correctly build a TLS connection. I debugged for around 10 minutes and was annoyed. So. Reboot. And sure, after that things JustWork™. Rebooting frequently also helps making sure that the changes you made are persisted 😉 The longer the uptime, the higher the chance you forget about those little changes you made ... #LifeHack

My first step when getting any new or used device: look up how to do a factory reset. And do just that. Start with a clean slate. Work from there. I have been bitten too often by weird problems that simply disappeared after a factory reset. #LifeHack

My first step when getting any new or used device: look up how to do a factory reset. And do just that. Start with a clean slate. Work from there. I have been bitten too often by weird problems that simply disappeared after a factory reset. #LifeHack