Today I learned that Apple Podcasts is now available on the web. More details can be found in this article.
This news follows Apple’s announcement on July 24th, 2024, that
Apple Maps on the web launched in beta.
Tobias Meinhart at Jazzbar Vogler
Despite having lived in Munich for so long, today was my first visit to Jazzbar Vogler. We went there to experience the Tobias Meinhart Quartet live, featuring Tobias Meinhart on saxophon, Julian Hesse on trumpet, Peter Cudek on bass and Jesse Simpson on drums.
We had an absolutely amazing time.
I had previously seen Tobias Meinhart perform on July 20th, 2019, at the 38th Bavarian Jazzweekend in Regensburg. On that occasion, he played with the ensemble Fourscore, alongside Alex Jung on guitar, Heiko Jung on bass guitar and Sebastian Lanser on drums.
The Hot Stuff Jazzband with Nina Michelle
Today I went to a jazz concert that took place in the courtyard of the Blutenburg Palace in Munich. The ensemble that played was Munich based The Hot Stuff Jazzband consisting of Heinz Dauhrer on trumpet and flugelhorn, Butch Keller on trombone, John Brunton on guitar, Gary Todd on bass and Hermann Roth on drums. Special guest was Canadian jazz vocalist Nina Michelle.
Many thanks to the Verein der Freunde Schloss Blutenburg e.V. for organising this great evening that was unfortunately ended by a thunderstorm.
Advent and Holiday Calendars 2023
Here are some advent and holiday calendars for 2023:
- Web Performance Calendar – The speed geek’s favorite time of the year
- Advent of Code 2023
- Perl Advent Calendar 2023
- Lean UXmas 2023 – The top articles from 2022’s Agile & Lean UX News
- It's a Shape Christmas | Digital Advent Calendar
There is one in French:
- 24 jours de web : Le calendrier de l'avent des gens qui font le web d'après
If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.
Advent and Holiday Calendars 2022
Here are some advent and holiday calendars for 2022:
- Web Performance Calendar – The speed geek’s favorite time of the year
- Advent of Code 2022
- Perl Advent Calendar 2022
- Lean UXmas 2022 – The top articles from 2022’s Agile & Lean UX News
- 24 Days in December – Thoughts of the PHPamily
- It's a Shape Christmas | Digital Advent Calendar
There is one in French:
- 24 jours de web : Le calendrier de l'avent des gens qui font le web d'après
If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.
Insert emojis in Windows
Since Macintosh computers have a dedicated keyboard key to view the Character Viewer with emojis I was wondering, if Windows computers have something similar. Turns out there is. You just have to press the Windows logo key and period (.).
This tip and more keybaord tricks can be found in this Microsoft Support article.
This macOS User Guide article explains how to use emoji and symbols on Mac.
Advent and Holiday Calendars 2020
Here are some advent and holiday calendars for 2020:
- Web Performance Calendar – The speed geek’s favorite time of the year
- Advent of Code 2020
- Perl Advent Calendar 2020
- Lean UXmas 2020 – The top articles from 2020’s Agile & Lean UX News
- 24 Days in December – Thoughts of the PHPamily
There is one in French:
- 24 jours de web : Le calendrier de l'avent des gens qui font le web d'après
If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.
Advent and Holiday Calendars 2019
These are the advent and holiday calendars I follow this year:
- 24 ways to impress your friends
- 24 Accessibility – 24 days of digital accessibility gifts during the season of giving and sharing
- Performance Calendar – The speed geek’s favorite time of the year
- Advent of Code 2019
- Perl Advent Calendar 2019
If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.
How to get rid of Dropbox’s green check-mark icons in macOS Finder
Today in the morning I realized that the Dropbox folder on my MacBook Pro had a green check mark icon attached to it. When I opened that folder, all the files that are synced with Dropbox had the same green check mark icon attached to it.
I remember that some years ago I found a way to remove them, but could not remember how I did it. I know that these sync icons show the status of that file or folder, but for me they are just annoying and distracting. That’s why I googled to find out, how to get rid of them. I found several posts in the Dropbox Community, but all without any solution.
A CNET article describes a quick tweak to rid myself of the green check marks. With “Show Package Contents” of the Dropbox programme and navigating to a certain folder I found the overlay file for the unwanted icon. I renamed it and relaunched the finder. But without success. Also deleting the file and restarting the Finder did not change anything.
I looked at other results of the Google search. In another thread in the Dropbox Community one user had the solution.
I had to open System Preferences and choose Extensions. There I had to uncheck the Finder Extensions for Dropbox. Finally I could see no green check-marks anymore.
I wrote this blog post as a reference to myself, but maybe others find it helpful too.
Advent and Holiday Calendars 2018
These are the advent and holiday calendars I follow this year:
- 24 ways to impress your friends – Web design and development articles and tutorials for advent
- 24 Accessibility – 24 days of digital accessibility gifts during the season of giving and sharing
- 24 Pull Requests – Giving back little gifts of code for Christmas
- UXmas – An advent calendar for UX folk
- Perl Advent Calendar 2018
- Advent of Code 2018
- Performance Calendar – The speed geek’s favorite time of the year
If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.