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sophia_sol) wrote2025-01-30 07:48 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2025-01-30 07:48 pm
5 things: photobook making; good junco photo; mobile keyboard app; pterry quote; bedtime is hard
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sorting through my photos from the last two years with the intention of putting together a photobook to print for myself, and wow there are really some major transitions within 2023 and 2024 for me! some more visible within the photos than others, tbh. But the biggest change for this purpose is that I take SO many more photos than I used to…..genuinely not sure how I'm going to pare these down to a reasonable number, lol!
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Some bird photos are good because they are beautifully detailed shots that show you all the features of the bird. Some bird photos are good because they're fun.
This is absolutely the best photo of a dark-eyed junco I have ever taken.
[alt: Photo of a dark, nearly-black bird head peeking up from behind some snowy grass. The bird has a pink beak and a dark eye that's shining just a bit in the light.]
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I am trying out yet another weird mobile keyboard app, since the parent company of Typewise, the keyboard app I've been using for the last while, has become far too focused on ai for my comfort. The open source app store f-droid, though, has some interesting options on offer, and I am very compelled by Thumb-Key.
So far thumb-key is rather slow to learn, but I think its design will make it very fast to use in the long run. But the adjustment is hard in the meantime! I keep having to switch back to typewise in contexts where I need to be able to convey my thoughts efficiently, and then needing to remember to return to thumb-key when speed isn't as important so that I can continue practicing.
[alt: Screenshot of a document with a keyboard app open. The main keyboard consists of a 3x3 square of keys, each with a main central letter and a collection of smaller letters and symbols surrounding the main letter.]
On my first day of use, my thumb-key typing speed got to ~15 wpm, compared with 35-40 on typewise, and over 100 on a physical computer keyboard. Today, after a couple days of use, I am at ~20 wpm. So I am feeling very slow!
But when I used to use the standard gboard mobile keyboard, I was both slower and less accurate than typewise enables me to be, and already I can see how thumb-key will be even better than typewise once my muscle memory learns where the letters are.
I just hope I reach that day soon!
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tfw the automatic association you have with a particular concept is a terry pratchett quote. I'm an edwardian era gentleman casually tossing off a quote from one of the classic works that I know all gentlemen of my status are familiar with because we all studied the same texts in school, except instead of latin or something, it's Going Postal.
"that greatest of all treasures which is Hope"!!!
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Rereading old entries from previous years in my line a day diary and wow it is amazing how long it's been consistent that I regularly fail to go to bed at a reasonable time, become exhausted and miserable, and regret my choices. And then do it again.
I really wish bedtimes were easier for me!
Real nice though to see the way the overall tone of my entries perks up after I went on the right anti-anxiety med for me, midway through 2022.
sorting through my photos from the last two years with the intention of putting together a photobook to print for myself, and wow there are really some major transitions within 2023 and 2024 for me! some more visible within the photos than others, tbh. But the biggest change for this purpose is that I take SO many more photos than I used to…..genuinely not sure how I'm going to pare these down to a reasonable number, lol!
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Some bird photos are good because they are beautifully detailed shots that show you all the features of the bird. Some bird photos are good because they're fun.
This is absolutely the best photo of a dark-eyed junco I have ever taken.
[alt: Photo of a dark, nearly-black bird head peeking up from behind some snowy grass. The bird has a pink beak and a dark eye that's shining just a bit in the light.]
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I am trying out yet another weird mobile keyboard app, since the parent company of Typewise, the keyboard app I've been using for the last while, has become far too focused on ai for my comfort. The open source app store f-droid, though, has some interesting options on offer, and I am very compelled by Thumb-Key.
So far thumb-key is rather slow to learn, but I think its design will make it very fast to use in the long run. But the adjustment is hard in the meantime! I keep having to switch back to typewise in contexts where I need to be able to convey my thoughts efficiently, and then needing to remember to return to thumb-key when speed isn't as important so that I can continue practicing.
[alt: Screenshot of a document with a keyboard app open. The main keyboard consists of a 3x3 square of keys, each with a main central letter and a collection of smaller letters and symbols surrounding the main letter.]
On my first day of use, my thumb-key typing speed got to ~15 wpm, compared with 35-40 on typewise, and over 100 on a physical computer keyboard. Today, after a couple days of use, I am at ~20 wpm. So I am feeling very slow!
But when I used to use the standard gboard mobile keyboard, I was both slower and less accurate than typewise enables me to be, and already I can see how thumb-key will be even better than typewise once my muscle memory learns where the letters are.
I just hope I reach that day soon!
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tfw the automatic association you have with a particular concept is a terry pratchett quote. I'm an edwardian era gentleman casually tossing off a quote from one of the classic works that I know all gentlemen of my status are familiar with because we all studied the same texts in school, except instead of latin or something, it's Going Postal.
"that greatest of all treasures which is Hope"!!!
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Rereading old entries from previous years in my line a day diary and wow it is amazing how long it's been consistent that I regularly fail to go to bed at a reasonable time, become exhausted and miserable, and regret my choices. And then do it again.
I really wish bedtimes were easier for me!
Real nice though to see the way the overall tone of my entries perks up after I went on the right anti-anxiety med for me, midway through 2022.
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I'm an edwardian era gentleman casually tossing off a quote from one of the classic works that I know all gentlemen of my status are familiar with because we all studied the same texts in school, except instead of latin or something, it's Going Postal.
Heeee, absolutely!
Bedtimes are tough. ADHD meds have helped me but I still called in sick today because I'd only had 2 hours' sleep.
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