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name: "Anna's Archive"
|
||||
subtitle: "Offshore shadow library with 95 million scholarly articles"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://annas-archive.org/
|
||||
source: "Cool Tools"
|
||||
topics: [general-delight, tools]
|
||||
tags: [books, research, library]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
When Sci-Hub and other shadow libraries get taken down, Anna's Archive is what stays up. Holds digital copies of effectively every book ever published plus a 95-million-article scholarly archive, hosted offshore. Kevin Kelly recommends it as the best way to digitize a personal library you've already paid for — re-download in searchable form what you bought in print decades ago.
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||||
name: "Apple Frames 4"
|
||||
subtitle: "Wraps screenshots in real device bezels, now with frame colors and a CLI"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/06c4fa36fe6f498eb783f948754861c0
|
||||
linkText: "Install shortcut"
|
||||
source: "MacStories"
|
||||
topics: [apple-tips, macos-apps]
|
||||
tags: [shortcuts, ios, screenshots, free]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Federico Viticci's free Shortcut adds the official Apple device bezel — iPhone, iPad, Watch, Mac, Studio Display — to any screenshot, in seconds, without Photoshop. Version 4 adds matching frame colors per device, proportional scaling when you merge screenshots from different sizes, and a separate CLI on GitHub for batch use in build pipelines. The kind of polished community utility that feels first-party.
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|
||||
name: "Hannah Arendt — Men in Dark Times"
|
||||
subtitle: "On the strange humanity available to outsiders"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/05/03/hannah-arendt-men-in-dark-times/
|
||||
source: "The Marginalian"
|
||||
topics: [quotes]
|
||||
tags: [philosophy, arendt, books]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Arendt argues that those who are excluded develop a particular kind of fellowship — not despite the exclusion but through it. "This kind of humanity is the great privilege of pariah peoples; it is the advantage that the pariahs of this world always and in all circumstances can have over others." Read in 2026, the line lands differently than it did in 1968.
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name: "Atacama Desert Superblooms"
|
||||
subtitle: "Penguins, blooming desert, and 'sun wine' in the less-traveled half of Chile's Atacama"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.afar.com/magazine/how-to-get-off-the-beaten-path-in-chiles-atacama-desert
|
||||
source: "AFAR"
|
||||
topics: [travel]
|
||||
tags: [chile, desert, nature, wine]
|
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|
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The famous Atacama is San Pedro and the salt flats — AFAR points to the southern coastal stretch instead, where every few years the desert blooms with millions of pink añañuca flowers, Humboldt penguins nest on the offshore islands, and small wineries bottle "sun wine" using sun-only fermentation. Visit in the right month and the desert genuinely changes color.
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name: "Azuma Farm Koiwai"
|
||||
subtitle: "A 24-room slow-living retreat on a working Japanese farm"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/hotels/azuma-farm-koiwai-japan-opening
|
||||
source: "Wallpaper* Travel"
|
||||
topics: [travel]
|
||||
tags: [hotel, japan, slow-travel, agritourism]
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|
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|
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A small architectural retreat embedded inside Iwate Prefecture's Koiwai Farm — a 130-year-old working dairy. The trade is real: you stay on the property, eat what the farm produces, and the design (low timber, deep eaves, big glass to the pasture) refuses the resort default. Twenty-four rooms total, which is the right size for a place built around silence.
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name: "BetterAudio"
|
||||
subtitle: "Free menu bar audio manager with per-app volume and EQ"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1t1xiq1/betteraudio_i_built_a_free_menu_bar_audio_manager/
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linkText: "View on r/macapps"
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source: "r/macapps"
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topics: [macos-apps]
|
||||
tags: [macos, audio, menu-bar]
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|
||||
|
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Solves the things macOS audio refuses to: different volumes for Spotify and a Zoom call, EQ per app, one-click switching between AirPods and speakers, and pinning a specific app to a specific output device. Free, with an iPhone remote so you can mute the meeting from your phone without alt-tabbing. Smart routing means your music auto-pauses to your AirPods when a call comes in.
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name: "Blue Whale of Catoosa"
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||||
subtitle: "55-foot concrete whale on Route 66, Oklahoma"
|
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date: 2026-05-03
|
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link: https://www.roadtrippers.com/places/catoosa-ok/attractions/the-blue-whale-of-catoosa
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source: "Roadtrippers Magazine"
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topics: [travel, general-delight]
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tags: [route-66, roadside, oklahoma]
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Hugh Davis built it in the early 1970s as a 34th-anniversary gift to his wife, who collected whale figurines. It became the swimming hole for the local town and is now one of the most visited stops on Route 66 east of Tulsa. Free to walk through; the right kind of monument because it was made for one specific person and accidentally became a destination.
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name: "Calendar Inbox for Detected Events"
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subtitle: "iOS and macOS now collect Siri-suggested events in one inbox"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://osxdaily.com/2026/05/01/calendar-inbox-on-iphone-mac-adds-detected-events-from-messages-and-mail/
|
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source: "OSXDaily"
|
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topics: [apple-tips]
|
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tags: [ios, macos, calendar]
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---
|
||||
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||||
Siri has been quietly detecting flight numbers and appointment times in Mail and Messages for years — but they used to vanish into the calendar grid where you couldn't see what was provisional. The new Calendar Inbox surfaces every detected event in one list so you can confirm or dismiss in batch. Exactly the right place for that information.
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name: "Capella Kyoto"
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subtitle: "Kengo Kuma-designed hotel that feels like an old townhouse, not a chain"
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date: 2026-05-03
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link: https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/hotels/capella-kyoto-review
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source: "Wallpaper* Travel"
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topics: [travel]
|
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tags: [hotel, japan, kyoto, architecture]
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Kengo Kuma's design language — slatted timber, soft layered walls, the building absorbing rather than imposing — translates surprisingly well to a 52-room hotel in central Kyoto. The architecture refuses the high-luxe glassy thing in favor of something that reads as a continuation of the surrounding *machiya* townhouses. The kind of stay that earns the city it sits in.
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name: "Casa Nano 2.0"
|
||||
subtitle: "Japanese micro-house where every cubic inch does something"
|
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date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.boutique-homes.com/property/casa-nano-20
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source: "Boutique Homes"
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||||
topics: [travel]
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tags: [tokyo, architecture, rental, japan]
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||||
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||||
A Tokyo rental whose entire footprint fits in the kind of plot most cities call a parking space. The architecture turns the constraint into the show — a staircase that doubles as bookshelves, ceiling-to-floor glass to borrow daylight, hidden storage in every plane. Stay for a long weekend and your spatial intuition adjusts; everything else feels wasteful.
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name: "Circle to Search"
|
||||
subtitle: "Trace a finger around anything on screen to search it — image, text, product"
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date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/14508957
|
||||
source: "Cool Tools"
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topics: [tools, general-delight]
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tags: [android, search, google]
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|
||||
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||||
Android-only feature that lets you literally circle anything on screen — a sweater in a photo, a sentence in an article, a phone number — and Google searches that exact selection without screenshots or copy-paste. Works inside any app. iPhone has nothing equivalent yet; if your spouse uses Android and you don't, this is the moment of envy.
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name: "Curflow"
|
||||
subtitle: "System-wide mouse gestures so your hand never leaves the mouse"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
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link: https://curflow.app
|
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source: "r/macapps"
|
||||
topics: [macos-apps]
|
||||
tags: [macos, productivity, mouse]
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||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Draw a gesture with your mouse and the action fires — close tab, switch app, copy — without reaching for the keyboard. Unlike browser-only gesture extensions (Gesturefy, CrxMouse) it works in Finder, VS Code, Slack, every app on the Mac. Native SwiftUI with per-app mappings, so a downward swipe in Chrome can do something different than the same swipe in Figma.
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||||
name: "Diamond Fork (Fifth Water) Hot Springs"
|
||||
subtitle: "Cascading turquoise hot pools with waterfalls between them"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.theoutbound.com/utah/hiking/hike-to-diamond-fork-fifth-water-hot-springs
|
||||
source: "The Outbound Collective"
|
||||
topics: [travel]
|
||||
tags: [utah, hiking, hot-springs]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Five-mile out-and-back into the Spanish Fork Canyon east of Provo, ending at a chain of geothermal pools with waterfalls cascading between them — the water is genuinely turquoise from the minerals, not Photoshopped. Best in shoulder seasons; in winter the snow contrast is almost cinematic. Free, no permits, but pack out everything.
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||||
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|
||||
name: "DIY Wearable Hydraulic Cyborg Hand"
|
||||
subtitle: "Build-your-own articulated hand powered by water"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.uncommongoods.com/product/diy-wearable-hydraulic-cyborg-hand
|
||||
source: "Uncommon Goods"
|
||||
topics: [gifts]
|
||||
tags: [stem, build-kit, kids]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Cardstock and tubing kit that builds into a wearable hand whose fingers actually move via syringe-driven hydraulics — push water into one cylinder and the index finger curls. Right age range starts around 9. $45; one of those rare STEM gifts where the working object survives the explanation of how it works.
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||||
source: "Tools and Toys"
|
||||
topics: [tools, gifts]
|
||||
tags: [coffee, kitchen, stainless-steel]
|
||||
promotedTo: espro-p7-french-press
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
A vacuum-insulated stainless French press whose filter is two stacked layers of woven micro-mesh — fine enough that the cup pours clean, with none of the silt that makes most French press coffee feel like sand at the bottom. The double wall keeps the brew warm for the second and third cups, which is when the standard glass press has already gone tepid.
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||||
name: "Finalist"
|
||||
subtitle: "Daily planner app modeled on a paper notebook"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://finalist.works
|
||||
source: "Daring Fireball — Linked List"
|
||||
topics: [macos-apps]
|
||||
tags: [ios, macos, planning, productivity]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Designed around the rules of a paper-based daily planning method: a finite list per day, you carry forward what didn't get done, you do not infinitely add. The constraint is the feature — Finalist won't let you build the impossible to-do list. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
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||||
name: "Finder Tags as Categories"
|
||||
subtitle: "Use Finder's seven colors as exactly seven categories — no more"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/01/use-finder-tags-for-categories/
|
||||
source: "The Eclectic Light Company"
|
||||
topics: [apple-tips]
|
||||
tags: [macos, finder, organization]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Howard Oakley's small but useful insight: macOS only gives you seven Finder tag colors, so don't try to build a multi-dimensional ontology. Pair each color one-to-one with a label ("travel", "social", "tax"), and treat that as your fixed taxonomy. Anything beyond seven becomes confusion fast — the constraint is the feature.
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||||
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||||
name: "gum"
|
||||
subtitle: "Polished shell-script UI components — choose, input, spinner, confirm"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum
|
||||
source: "One Thing Well"
|
||||
topics: [tools]
|
||||
tags: [shell, terminal, scripting, open-source]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
A toolkit from Charm that lets bash and zsh scripts call out to pre-built TUI components — fuzzy choosers, password inputs, spinners, multi-line confirmations — so a fifty-line script can have a feel closer to a polished CLI tool than a wall of text. Drop-in replacement for `read` and `select` when you want script ergonomics without rewriting it in Go. The components compose: pipe `gum choose` into `gum confirm` into `gum spin`.
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||||
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|
||||
name: "Handblown Glass Bird Suncatcher"
|
||||
subtitle: "Casts bird-shaped shadows when the sun hits"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.uncommongoods.com/product/handblown-glass-bird-suncatcher
|
||||
source: "Uncommon Goods"
|
||||
topics: [gifts]
|
||||
tags: [home, glass, decor]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Hangs in a window; sun catches the colored glass and throws bird-shaped silhouettes around the room as the day moves. The right gift for someone with a south-facing window who keeps wanting to "do something" with it. $36, hand-blown so each piece has the imperfections that make light scatter unpredictably.
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|
||||
name: "Heatwave"
|
||||
subtitle: "Visual heat map of your git commit activity"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://github.com/james-stoup/heatwave
|
||||
source: "One Thing Well"
|
||||
topics: [tools]
|
||||
tags: [git, terminal, visualization, open-source]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Generates a calendar-style heat map of your commits the way GitHub's profile page does — except it works on any local repo, including private and self-hosted ones, and you run it from a terminal. Useful for seeing patterns across your own work that the GitHub page can't show, especially if you split work across employer and personal repos. Single Python file, MIT licensed.
|
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||||
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|
||||
name: "Joseph Heller — \"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed\""
|
||||
subtitle: "*Catch-22*'s definition of an enemy, served as today's word"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://wordsmith.org/words/square_the_circle.html
|
||||
source: "A.Word.A.Day"
|
||||
topics: [quotes]
|
||||
tags: [heller, catch-22, war]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Anu Garg's "Thought for Today" delivered with the word "square the circle": Joseph Heller's clarifying definition from *Catch-22* — "The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on." A line that scales from the trenches to office politics. Full credit Heller (1923–1999), no embellishment.
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||||
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|
||||
name: "HideMyData"
|
||||
subtitle: "Free, open-source, on-device redaction of personal data"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1t1i119/os_hidemydata_automated_redaction_of_personal/
|
||||
linkText: "View on r/macapps"
|
||||
source: "r/macapps"
|
||||
topics: [macos-apps]
|
||||
tags: [macos, privacy, redaction, open-source]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Uses a 1.5B-parameter local privacy-filter model from Hugging Face to detect and redact PII from documents and screenshots — names, addresses, IDs — with context awareness rather than naive regex. Fully local, no paywall, no B2B tier, no cloud component; the dev built it as their first macOS app explicitly for people who handle other people's data on a laptop. Not a chatbot — it just classifies, and it's fast.
|
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||||
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|
||||
name: "The Honu Villa, Joshua Tree"
|
||||
subtitle: "Desert modernist house with a terrazzo-floored courtyard"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.boutique-homes.com/property/the-honu-villa
|
||||
source: "Boutique Homes"
|
||||
topics: [travel]
|
||||
tags: [california, architecture, rental, desert]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Concrete lines, soft wood detailing, and a terrazzo courtyard with a pool that catches the desert sun the way it's supposed to. Joshua Tree has dozens of "modern" rentals; the Honu's specifically the one where the materials feel cool to the touch even at 105°F. Photogenic without being only photogenic.
|
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||||
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|
||||
name: "Hôtel Villa Colette, Cap Ferret"
|
||||
subtitle: "Philippe Starck designs a coastal villa that's almost cartoonish on purpose"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/hotels/hotel-villa-colette-cap-ferret-philippe-starck
|
||||
source: "Wallpaper* Travel"
|
||||
topics: [travel]
|
||||
tags: [hotel, france, architecture, starck]
|
||||
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|
||||
|
||||
Starck has been doing oversized, slightly absurd whimsy for decades — Villa Colette is what happens when he's let loose on a Cap Ferret seaside property. Think out-of-scale ceramics, mismatched antique furniture, rooms that play visual tricks. Either you'll love staying there or you'll find a different hotel. Both reactions are correct.
|
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||||
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|
||||
name: "Hour by Hour"
|
||||
subtitle: "Reverse-engineer your schedule from the events you can't move"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://selkie.design/hour-by-hour/
|
||||
source: "MacStories"
|
||||
topics: [macos-apps]
|
||||
tags: [ios, productivity, scheduling]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Instead of forward-planning a day from breakfast onward, you tell the app the fixed events — the 3 PM flight, the 7 PM dinner — and it works backward to surface when you actually need to start packing, leave the house, or stop work. The interface uses natural language and relative times ("two hours before the flight") rather than the calendar's full date-and-time fields, which is the right shape for the actual mental task. Genuinely novel approach to a problem most calendars ignore.
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||||
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|
||||
name: "The Beaver and the Tree"
|
||||
subtitle: "It's been nice gnawing you"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://icanhazdadjoke.com/j/5h399pWLmyd
|
||||
source: "icanhazdadjoke"
|
||||
topics: [dad-jokes]
|
||||
tags: [pun, animals]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
> What did the beaver say to the tree?
|
||||
>
|
||||
> "It's been nice gnawing you."
|
||||
|
||||
Polite, terminal, devastating.
|
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|
||||
name: "The Self-Anesthesia Joke"
|
||||
subtitle: "Knock yourself out"
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date: 2026-05-03
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link: https://www.reddit.com/r/dadjokes/comments/1t0h1rh/i_asked_the_surgeon_if_i_could_administer_my_own/
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source: "r/dadjokes"
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topics: [dad-jokes]
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tags: [doctor, pun]
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---
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> I asked the surgeon if I could administer my own anesthesia.
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>
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> He said, "Sure — knock yourself out."
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Single-line, lands instantly, doesn't overstay.
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---
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name: "The Paranormal Jeans Joke"
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subtitle: "What kind of pants does a ghost hunter wear?"
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date: 2026-05-03
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link: https://www.reddit.com/r/dadjokes/comments/1t1h4uc/what_kind_of_pants_does_a_ghost_hunter_wear/
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source: "r/dadjokes"
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topics: [dad-jokes]
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tags: [pun, ghost]
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---
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> What kind of pants does a ghost hunter wear?
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>
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> Just a paranormal jeans.
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Two-word punchline that would have lasted longer if the audience didn't groan first.
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---
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name: "The Pi Arthritis Joke"
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subtitle: "On a 1-to-10 pain scale: pi"
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date: 2026-05-03
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link: https://www.reddit.com/r/dadjokes/comments/1sz8ib4/the_doctor_asked_me_on_scale_of_110_what_my/
|
||||
source: "r/dadjokes"
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topics: [dad-jokes]
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tags: [math, doctor, pun]
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---
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> The doctor asked me, on a scale of 1–10, what my arthritic pain level was. I told him, "Pi."
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>
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> He asked, "Pi?"
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>
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> "Yes — a little greater than 3, continuously shifting slightly, but never ending."
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Allegedly a true story — the doctor laughed.
|
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|
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---
|
||||
name: "The Step Ladder Joke"
|
||||
subtitle: "I never knew my real ladder"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://icanhazdadjoke.com/j/aaUKeahqWvc
|
||||
source: "icanhazdadjoke"
|
||||
topics: [dad-jokes]
|
||||
tags: [pun, family]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
> This is my step ladder. I never knew my real ladder.
|
||||
|
||||
Twelve words. The structure does all the work.
|
||||
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|
||||
---
|
||||
name: "The Velcro Rip-Off Joke"
|
||||
subtitle: "I wouldn't buy anything with velcro"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://icanhazdadjoke.com/j/oOR7hFdx5Ed
|
||||
source: "icanhazdadjoke"
|
||||
topics: [dad-jokes]
|
||||
tags: [pun]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
> I wouldn't buy anything with velcro. It's a total rip-off.
|
||||
|
||||
The classic two-meaning pivot. Strict economy.
|
||||
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|
||||
---
|
||||
name: "Kaweco Classic Sport Fountain Pen"
|
||||
subtitle: "Pocket-sized fountain pen that costs less than a nice dinner"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.kaweco-pen.com/en/kaweco-classic-sport-fountain-pen
|
||||
source: "Cool Material"
|
||||
topics: [gifts, tools]
|
||||
tags: [pens, fountain-pen, edc]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Octagonal black plastic body, four inches long capped — when you post the cap on the end, it grows to a full-length pen in the hand. The right entry-level fountain pen because at $34 you can take it on a flight without panicking, and the nib is nicer than the price suggests. Ships with one ink cartridge.
|
||||
|
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|
||||
---
|
||||
name: "Keyboard Maestro File Launchers"
|
||||
subtitle: "Bypass Spotlight by mapping a hotkey directly to a file"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://leancrew.com/all-this/2026/04/keyboard-maestro-launchers/
|
||||
source: "Dr. Drang — leancrew.com"
|
||||
topics: [apple-tips]
|
||||
tags: [macos, keyboard-maestro, automation]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Dr. Drang's trick: instead of training Spotlight to find your most-opened files, build single-step Keyboard Maestro macros using the "Open a File, Folder or Application" action and bind each to a hotkey. The result is reliable in a way Spotlight isn't — Spotlight ranking shifts with use, but a hotkey bound to a path always opens the same thing. The setup takes thirty seconds per file.
|
||||
|
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|
||||
---
|
||||
name: "Crab Multi-Tool"
|
||||
subtitle: "Pocketable multi-tool shaped like an actual crab"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.kikkerland.com/products/crab-multi-tool
|
||||
source: "Kikkerland"
|
||||
topics: [gifts, tools]
|
||||
tags: [edc, multi-tool, novelty]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Stainless-steel crab silhouette that hides a bottle opener, screwdriver, and ruler in its body, with the claws functioning as wrenches. Genuinely useful for opening boxes and bottles, but it's also the kind of thing that lives on a key ring and gets noticed every time someone opens a beer. Roughly $10.
|
||||
|
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|
||||
---
|
||||
name: "Hedgehog Nail Brush"
|
||||
subtitle: "A nail brush you actually want to keep on the sink"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.kikkerland.com/products/hedgehog-nail-brush
|
||||
source: "Kikkerland"
|
||||
topics: [gifts]
|
||||
tags: [bath, novelty]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
A nail brush whose bristles form a credible hedgehog from above. The thing about a nail brush is that it sits on the sink in plain view all day — Kikkerland's argument is that it might as well be a small animal. Roughly $5; gardener / mechanic / new-baby gift.
|
||||
|
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: "Pill Pod"
|
||||
subtitle: "Daily pill case shaped like a pea pod"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.kikkerland.com/products/peapod-pill-case
|
||||
source: "Kikkerland"
|
||||
topics: [gifts]
|
||||
tags: [travel, organization, novelty]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Seven-day pill organizer redesigned as a velvety green pea pod — each "pea" pops off as a separately sealed dose. Solves the "ugly plastic pillbox in the bathroom" problem that keeps people from using one at all. Makes the kind of gift that gets unwrapped, recognized, and immediately deployed.
|
||||
|
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|
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: "LAMY Studio Rollerball"
|
||||
subtitle: "German engineering with a propeller-shaped clip"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.lamy.com/en/lamy-studio-rollerball-pen-imperial-blue/
|
||||
source: "Cool Material"
|
||||
topics: [gifts, tools]
|
||||
tags: [pens, edc, design]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
The famous propeller-shaped clip is the reason you remember it — it's machined steel with a quarter twist, and it sits in a jacket pocket without the rolling-out problem most pen clips have. The rollerball ink lays down the way a fountain pen wishes it could. $89; sits between budget and Montblanc-tier.
|
||||
|
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@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: "Lapser Studio"
|
||||
subtitle: "Timelapse screen recordings without a 30 GB raw file or a video editor"
|
||||
date: 2026-05-03
|
||||
link: https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1syu40s/lapser_studio_create_beautiful_timelapse_screen/
|
||||
linkText: "View on r/macapps"
|
||||
source: "r/macapps"
|
||||
topics: [macos-apps]
|
||||
tags: [macos, screen-recording, video]
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Hit record, work, and Lapser hands you a timelapse instead of a multi-gigabyte raw recording you'd have to drop into Final Cut. After you stop, an in-app editor lets you adjust the background, camera position, and foreground size — none of it requires a real video tool. Aimed at devs and designers who want a presentable build-in-public clip without the production pipeline.
|
||||
|
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