DesignBoom : modular fairphone gen 6 has changeable backplates with card holder, lanyard, loop and more https://www.designboom.com/technology/modular-fairphone-gen-6-changeable-backplates-card-holder-lanyard-loop-06-28-2025/ #personaltechnology #smartphonedesign #modulardesign #technology
DesignBoom : headfirst’s self-adjusting bike helmet has brake light that glows when the rider slows down https://www.designboom.com/technology/headfirst-self-adjusting-bike-helmet-brake-light-glows-rider-slows-down-06-18-2025/ #personaltechnology #wearabletechnology #technology #recycling #helmets
Audio and Self-hosting Updates:
It’s been a busy few weeks as I reorient myself from the warm-weather version of me that spends almost zero time on personal technology projects to the cold-weather version of me that spend most of my time on personal technology projects:
https://www.jimwillis.org/2024/11/02/audio-self-hosting-updates/
I was looking for a quick way to add reminders to Apple Reminders on my Mac similar to Things hotkey quick entry. There are several out there that I found through Google but ultimately landed on this one for its simplicity and natural language processing: https://github.com/surrealroad/alfred-reminders... read more: https://www.jimwillis.org/2024/10/09/reminders-quick-entry/
I wish that it were possible to leverage WordPress’ post formats (status, aside, etc.) to trigger crossposting. In the absence of that functionality I’m working with Jan’s excellent WordPress to Mastodon plugin, making a couple of minor mods: Here’s the code I’m using: I’m going to sit with this for a while. I think the [... read more: https://www.jimwillis.org/2024/01/13/posse-wp-mastodon/]