In macOS 15.2 you now can add the weather status to the menu bar of your Mac without installing a dedicated app.
A user guide describes how to enable weather in the menu bar: In System Settings click Control Center in the sidebar, scroll down and in the Menu Bar Only section next to Weather choose Show in Menu Bar.
If you want you can move the weather status in the menu bar by pressing the command key, grabbing it with the cursor and dragging.
Here are some advent and holiday calendars for 2024:
There is one in German:
There is one in French:
If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.
As in recent years, I start the Advent season by listening to A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
On this day in 1938 Orson Welles’s adaptation of H. G. Wells‘s novel The War of the Worlds was broadcasted on the radio.
When the programme was aired on October 30th, 1938, many listeners reportedly mistook the fictional broadcast for a genuine news report.
You can listen to a new version of the realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth in the ARD Audiothek starting (at 3:52) after a short introduction in German.
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.
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.
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.
Here are some advent and holiday calendars for 2023:
There is one in French:
If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.
Here are some advent and holiday calendars for 2022:
There is one in French:
If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.
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.