Mike Rockwell

Writer of @initialcharge, Product Liaison for @pocketcasts, and Happiness Engineer at @automattic.

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[Umbrel ☂️ @umbrel]

"Would I still recommend the Umbrel Home? Yes. It’s an excellent machine that’s only improved in the time I’ve used it." 🥹

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@dhh Reminds me of WordPress’ 5 minute install.

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I don’t use Twitter often, but occasionally find myself using it for search when trying to find more information about something as it happens — Twitter is still good for that, maybe even the best at it.

I’ve noticed notifications on my account the past… https://t.co/VHJwtkIsdn

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Me: “what’s your favorite animal?”

4 year old son: “A ghost!”

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I went back to Windows on my gaming PC because I was using Nobara and didn’t want to upgrade to the new version which switches desktop environments to KDE.

I also had all sorts of trouble trying to get Steam ROM Manager working and a functioning VNC ser… https://t.co/rrPN5aCh5D

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In case anyone wants to try the shortcut before I write about it:

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If you run it and enter /help into the prompt, it will display an explainer. Feel free to ask questions or offer suggestions.

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The removal of TV show and movies from the iTunes Store app on iOS has breaks iTunes links. If you try to open a link to a movie/show on an iOS device, it opens the iTunes Store app where you just see the notice telling you that it’s moved to the TV app.… https://t.co/rI74bQi46G

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I have the two fallbacks built and a couple of the /commands setup.

I have 17 more /commands that I’m going to investigate and see what ones are feasible.

Some of these are specifically for me, but I’ll likely release this in some form when and if it f… https://t.co/uUrislaX8p

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I’m trying to build an Alfred/Quicksilver/Spotlight-like text launcher in Shortcuts for use with the Action Button.

I have the structure of it hammered down and need to work on a couple of fallbacks before building out all of the trigger commands that I… https://t.co/YIa3t7UCQH

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Amazon S3 launched nearly 17 years ago.

You think they would have shipped S4 by now.

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I’m at that stage with reorganizing my home office where it feels about 10x messier than it did when I started.

Now if I could just make a decision about what to put in bins for storage and what I should put in drawers for easier access.

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Antony Blinken-182

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Finding a quote of mine on a software product page is unexpected and encouraging.

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Fannie Mae and Bernie Mac.

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Top Chef started going down hill when they started having all of the contestants present for judges’ table rather than just the people on the top and bottom.

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Why do radio station websites make it so difficult to find a simple map showing what areas are covered by what broadcast frequencies?

You have a station that broadcasts from 2-3 locations at different frequencies and there’s no information on the site a… https://t.co/07ZtxZyNvJ

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Way Away by Yellowcard

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#music

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I found my Snow Leopard install disc.

I really could have used that when I was toying around with my old iMac a year or two ago.

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HEY Calendar Rejected From the App Store

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