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What you do when you’re Up North and it feels like -24 °F.

Four suits of cards fanned in sequence from Ace to Jack laid on a dark wood table with two players holding hands of cards. Hand of cards fanned out showing 8 of hearts, 7 of clubs, 6 of hearts, ace of spades, king of hearts, 10 of hearts, and 2 of hearts, with a card game in progress on a wooden table. Chess game in progress on a red and dark wood board, with dark and light wooden pieces mid-match, several captured pieces beside the board.
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Grand View Lodge on a very cold -7 °F (feels like -22 °F) night.

Two-story log lodge lit up at night in winter with string lights along balcony, flags flying, and a snow-covered brick path to the entrance. Stone-lined path lit by rows of glowing lanterns descending toward a frozen lake through snow-covered trees at dusk
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We had a great time solving Granny’s Recipe Rescue at Copper Cat Escape in 48m 18s! We had five “rookie” misses that we caused us to “face palm”. 🤦 We are coming back tomorrow to do another room! Room 60!

Three people smiling indoors, the middle person holding a printed score sheet from an escape room. Three people pose at Copper Cat Escape holding signs reading We Escaped Because of Me and Granny Would Be Proud
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I suspect the reason Apple Intelligence mail categories are only supported on the iPhone is at least in part because of the difficulty with synchronizing that state across multiple devices. Feels similar to People identification in Photos at first, but Apple can’t control the backend on email.

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I’ve used Sanebox for a decade to defer emails, but now I’m trying Fastmail and I’m realizing how nice it is to be able to individually specify a defer time per email instead of just having two or three options as folders. Downside is I can only defer in the Fastmail clients.

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After much debating I finally decided to get a new laptop and ordered a MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and configured nicely. This thing is going to be fast! Will be especially nice for photography. 😎

MacBook Pro in Space Black shown open from above, displaying a dark abstract wallpaper with the Swiss keyboard layout visible.
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I’ve been a Sanebox user for over a decade on all my mailboxes. I’m trying going without on my personal email and using Apple Intelligence features with Fastmail support for defering. Sanebox hasn’t been innovating for a long time and I want to see if I really need it.

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Vikings played so bad tonight. The last two games put a very sour ending on a season with fourteen wins. 😣🏈

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I’m a big fan of Jay Farrar and Son Volt so it didn’t take much debate to become a member of the Electro Melodier Society, aka The Official Son Volt Fan Club. I dig that they are creating a channel to distribute new and old music to members.

Man in sunglasses and dark jumpsuit playing electric guitar outdoors on grass, surrounded by piles of leaves, under a blue sky with text The Electro Melodier Society The Official Son Volt Fan Club
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Tammy made a batch of these Peppermint Bark Chocolate Chip Cookies and they are so good. 🤤

Freshly baked peppermint bark chocolate chip cookies topped with flaky salt on a gold baking sheet resting on a gas stove.