Notes from the Burrow

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Muhammad Usman

Samson and Rosie on Thanksgiving

This year, Rosie is the newcomer to the family but she is settling is well. Samson and her love going on walks so this is a photo (after many attempts) we were able to get of them. My photography skills have definitely deteriorated so I will try to capture more

Formatting messages in iMessages (in iOS 18)

With iOS 18 and other recent Apple OS releases, Apple announced animated and formatted messages. At first, on iOS this looks like this: But I wanted to share some more interesting shortcuts that I discovered on macOS by accident, you can actually format your messages using traditional text formatting shortcuts:

Showing photos to Heisenberg

I’m trying to notice the little moments in my daily life that are simple pleasures in grateful for. “Simple pleasures” comes from the Bobby Mcferrin album and I like it a lot. Yesterday, while I was heads down working, my cat Heisenberg came by and just sat in between

Who killed the squirrel?

Who killed the squirrel?

I just sat down to write this because I couldn't stop thinking about what I experienced earlier today. I was talking on the phone with my sister so I was in the midst of conversation when I walked outside to the trash bins to throw away a bag

The Big Summer Update

The Big Summer Update

I've been wanting to write this post for almost a month now. And as I waited, more and more things kept popping into my life. So, this weekend I wanted to sit down and write but yesterday I had an insane sinus headache that prevented me from doing

An alternative WezTerm icon

An alternative WezTerm icon

I recently read a post from Alex Plescan praising Wezterm, and it piqued my interest enough to try it. I followed most of Alex's guide on setting it up and then customizing it to look like my own a bit. Here's what my final setup looks

Iron Flame, book review

After a few months of slowly making progress through the audiobook, this weekend I finished the Iron Flame audiobook. I enjoyed the first book in the series, Fourth Wing, so this was an easy one to get started with. Rebecca Yarros is a great writer, I felt like I couldn’