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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-22 at 14:31

I like this quote, and wonder if the author is having just a wee dig:

“…the 'drop-T' logo originates from the drum kit used by Ringo Starr (of Thomas the Tank Engine narration fame)”

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-22 at 13:09

In 2009, Opera did an April Fools video about ‘Face Gestures’. I was particularly fond of my idea for ‘emptying the cache': https://www.flickr.com/photos/hicksdesign/3404326156/

https://mastodon.social/@verge/113871932646327210

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-22 at 08:41

Good morning! Here's your earworm for the day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSW6_vUfQpE

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-22 at 07:31

What Apple Music is doing to prevent music fraud (a problem in Spotify)

“… less than 1% of all streams are manipulated … about 0.3% of global streams. This isn’t by accident or coincidence. Stream manipulation on Apple Music is small because we’ve been actively focused on this issue for years”

https://musically.com/2025/01/21/apple-talks-music-fraud-on-apple-music-less-than-1-of-streams-are-manipulated/

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-20 at 09:07

It's just like the good old days of blogging! I was tagged in a post by @scottboms and I've fulfilled my meme-based blogging obligations 😉

https://hicks.design/journal/blog-questions-challenge

I've tagged @rachelandrew, @beep and @adactio (if they can be arsed, which I don't blame if they're not, but who else blogs anymore?)

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-19 at 13:44

I’m not particularly a Bob Dylan fan, but really enjoyed A Complete Unknown last night. Fascinating that Bobbles going from acoustic to electric was so controversial.

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-13 at 15:13

@scottboms I know what you mean in https://scottboms.com/documenting/blog-questions-challenge, but as I read it I was thinking “hey I’M interested about these nuts and bolts!".

Anyway, challenge accepted! (at some point in the future…)

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-11 at 19:18

Two and half weeks later I'm still chuckling to myself about the 'Anton Deck' joke in Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-10 at 10:02

I didn’t have "Starflyer 59 releasing an album of their songs recreated as lullabies" on my 2025 bingo card, but there we are!

https://album.link/gb/i/1785236687

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-08 at 18:45

Get Back: rewatch (Wednesday 8th January). The day where John bangs on about making everything out of plastics 😂

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-07 at 12:49

Having a Banana and Crunchy Peanut Butter sandwich, which is welcome change after 6+ weeks of Turkey/Brie & Cranberry ☺️

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-06 at 21:43

Just realised that this year’s calendar falls on the same days of the week as 1969, which means I can rewatch Get Back on the same days. If that makes any sense. #nerd

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2025-01-04 at 23:41

Looked out the front door, and finally a bit of Snow! Already more than we had the whole of last winter

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2024-12-27 at 12:21

Except, doesn't seem to be working 😐

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2024-12-27 at 12:17

Testing out this new fediverse:creator meta tag shizzy:

https://hicks.design/journal/hicks-design-s-music-of-2024

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2024-12-24 at 13:12

“Fitting”

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2024-12-24 at 10:15

Well that's #FestiveSandwichReviews over for another year. Those 6 weeks where I eat crappy pre-made sandwiches so you don't have to.

Here are all the reviews from this year, with the winner announced. Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄🥪

https://hicks.design/journal/festive-sandwich-reviews-2024

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2024-12-23 at 20:44

(This is using an adapter like PhoneSkope to connect a phone to the scope's eyepiece. These adapters cover up the wide and ultrawide lenses, and for some reason Apple doesn't let you use just the telephoto lens for photos - it will always show black. So you need an app like @halide to get around that limitation, and allow for manual focusing)

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2024-12-23 at 20:37

I'm getting there with a digiscoping process using @halide

1. Accept it's a weird setup that will never be as good as proper camera + long lens. Light, and distance are key factors, and keeping it all steady is harder. If I'm out with my scope, it’s convenient tho!

2. Turn off AF and enable 'Focus Peaking’ - use the scope’s focus ring to tweak until you see the green lines letting you know it's in focus.

4. Release the shutter with the Apple Watch App

Sometimes you get lucky!

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Written by Jon Hicks on 2024-12-21 at 23:31

This is one of the best Alcohol Free beers I’ve had yet

• none of that diluted taste.

https://www.clausthaler.de/en/products/dry-hopped/

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