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Keychron V1 is out, pre-built knob version for $84
This is a nice looking keyboard. If I wasn’t typing this post from a GMMK Pro which is essentially the same board as the V1 but 3× the price, I’d probably just get one of these boards. Direct link to the keyboard: https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-v1-qmk-via-custom-mechanical-keyboard
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Keychron’s Q1 vs V1
So I was browsing the Keychron website today and I noticed that there’s yet another 75% keyboard called the V1. It’s launching soon and there’s no info on price yet. The marketing page says it will launch in July, 2022. It’s very similar to the Q1 but there are a few differences. Below are both…
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Defensive CSS and other tips
Today while browsing Hacker News, I found Defensive CSS which is a collection of helpful CSS tricks to make sure you’re not breaking your UI. The website contains some very common pitfalls and their antidotes. Below are some other helpful sites: Flex Item from Lokesh Dhakar, an interactive flexbox UI to help you figure out…
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Going back on the note-taking options
Awhile ago, I posted about how I was switching away from Notion which uses a proprietary file format to logseq and obsidian. In short, logseq for personal stuff and obsidian for work related things. Now about 2 months later, I’m back to report that logseq did not work out. It was oddly unusable for me…
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Some photos from my recent trip to Pakistan
In May of this year, I traveled to Pakistan to be with my family for my dad’s funeral. My dad passed away unexpectedly after suffering from a heart attack which was brought on after he fell off of a ladder. This happened on his first day in Pakistan so the shock and timing made it…
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10 years of Stuck
Today, more than 10 years ago, I was sitting at my desk working at BillFloat and it was past 6pm, almost everyone was gone from the office. I was sitting there and I heard a song coming from a coworker’s computer. I half got up and looked over and he saw me and apologized for…
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Challa 9 9 9
Oh Challa pa-ya ਹੋ ਛੱਲਾ ਨੌ ਨੌ ਤੇਵੇ, ਹੋ ਛੱਲਾ ਨੌ ਨੌ ਤੇਵੇ There’s a lot of covers of this song, especially the well known version by Gurdas Maan. The original really sits strongly as a soulful piece of art it is. Here’s the Gardas Maan version: The earliest version I could find on Spotify…
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A photo of Vital Signs from the 90s I found on twitter
I just want to save this photo of Vital Signs after they recorded their 2nd album in Kirachi, Pakistan.
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Coloring book was good
To my slow eyes and ears, Chance the Rapper came and went so quickly, I had a feeling music was about to get a different flavor of hip hop but it felt so short-lived. There was a short of bright music that came from him and now I’m looking around to find it but it…
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Centralized means you might lose access to your decentralized assets
I recently watched a TikTok in which an interviewer asks a person if they believe Bitcoin is a scam. The answer is a well articulated reply in which the interviewee mentions that the idea behind Bitcoin is great, it started out as a decentralized network that is/was a pioneer in proving an asset can be…
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