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We love it, on the second season now ☺️ It's a very Guy Ritchie feeling show (complementary) with a lot of fun dialogue, action, and mixing up British aristocracy and gang culture. Theo James's acting is top notch too :)

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 10h

Great ☺️ We might start it soon then! We're trying not to binge-watch any one show, so we're currently mixing it up each night between The Gentlemen, MobLand (Forced to be weekly only), Reacher etc. Neagley would be good to add.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 02/10/2026

Is it one we can jump in at any time, or best saved for after Reacher? Only up to episode 3 of the new Reacher season.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 02/10/2026

I sure hope so 🤞 I’ve started to be more agressive with the blocks and mutes but feels I have to keep doing it weekly.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 01/10/2026

Harsh, but fair. I’m easily in the triple digits again, possibly more 😞

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 01/10/2026

Great idea! Nice choice in Linux distro and font too ☺️

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 30/09/2026

for some reason wordpress decided not to make the chart the featured image, so here it is

A line chart showing sporadic peaks, but healthy sales with a sudden drop-off to an almost flat-line situation. The drop-off is labelled 2026

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Obsidian @obsidian.md · 29/09/2026

Obsidian 1.14.3 (early access) is now available. - New Group menu in Bases lets you control columns in Kanban. Also works with tables, lists, cards. - Added macOS Quick Look, so you can instantly preview Markdown files even when Obsidian is not open. And lots more!

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 29/09/2026

I’m liking it so far! Trying to give it a proper go this time. This ring binder approach feels much nicer for me than previous attempts using a notebook. I’m free to move things around, add pages, make mistakes ☺️

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 29/09/2026

*washi tape, damn autocorrect

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 29/09/2026

Can’t go wrong with some wasabi tape, that’s looking great! 😊

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 29/09/2026

Oh no 😧 How did you handle it? I came across a spicy pillow recently and went into bomb disposal mode, tentatively transporting it to a sand filled metal bucket we keep outside, away from anything important. The bucket now has a few of them... we should probably do something about it, one day.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 28/09/2026

Trying the analogue way. A few errors in my template I printed a few test sheets of (since fixed). I'm hopeful! but let's see how it is by the end of the week 😅✏️

An A5 ring binder open with a weekly planner sheet visible (tasks pixelated to obscure what they are) A smaller (smaller than A6) little pocket notebook is also visible with a pen.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 28/09/2026

🤣, I half expect that to happen here tbh - we have a wall full of geckos of various sizes 😅 I think it must be a bug buffet for them to hand around there each night.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 28/09/2026

I somehow ended up with an Arduino IoT kit I need to try one day, I think it included steps for smart garden project? It's got a soil moisture sensor I'd like to play with :) a desk buddy with LED screen sounds great!

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 28/09/2026

Always 🤮 Worst thing I've ever smelt tbh

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 27/09/2026

Awesome! Those are a lot of fun ☺️

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 27/09/2026

Here is the lil pal breathing 🤩

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 27/09/2026

Suddenly it was operation save the baby Moorish Gecko that got into the house 🦎

A very small, baby moorish gecko in a plastic container that we've used to help take it outside. The lizard has tubercules over its body, and its colour is a blend of brown, grey, and tan shades.

The underbelly of the same baby moorish gecko, seen through a plastic container. The skin here is thin and translucent so we can see inside its body slightly, and it had 5 little toes on each foot as it holds onto the container.

The same moorish gecko, now from a different angle and with my partners finger resting on the other side of the plastic container, against the spot where the lizards foot is resting - looks like holding hands.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 27/09/2026

Yay thanks ☺️ I'm happy I managed to capture _anything_, and so lucky it raised its crest feathers too. Just wish I had the right settings for it. I've already dialed in on some (4k, 120fps) and saved it to a memory recall on the camera, so next time I can just toggle it and go :)

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 27/09/2026

A lil Stonechat pondering what to do on a Sunday. 🪿 European Stonechat, ebird.org/species/ston... #Birds #Portugal #Photography

A small European Stonechat (Possible juvenile?) perched on top of a bird crap covered concrete pillar with some exposed rebar. The bird has its head tilted to the side, almost as though it's deep in thought. The bird has a small black beak and legs, with a coffee/orange body feathers and wings with a pattern of various shades of brown and black.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 26/09/2026

🪿 Common Hoopoe, ebird.org/species/hoopoe #Birds #Photography

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 26/09/2026

Hoopoe breakfast ☺️ I didn't plan to capture any video today, so I've only got super shaky footage as I wasn't using a tripod. I could have done with recording at a higher frame rate too, to create a better slow-mo... 😅 #Birds

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 25/09/2026

Yep, though most of mine are seem to be due to data breaches, or a threat that they'll be deleting my account due to inactivity 😅

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 25/09/2026

I know this is self inflicted and all, but damn, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to just have a nice time on social media. Doesn't matter the platform, nor if I've touched grass or had time away. I'll open these tabs, scroll a bit, and come away feeling just a bit more shit each time 🫩

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 25/09/2026

Pasta and seitan balls 🥳 and we've only two episodes of The Expanse left, so hopefully we'll be able to watch both and treat it like a final movie :) If not, I'm sure I'll catch up on some more Jet Lag! I'm on the Taiwan: Rail Rush series, and it's been a lot of fun. Have a great evening Craig!

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 25/09/2026

The two places running an ad blocker or custom app seems a bit more tricky 😅 PS5 and Apple TV. There’s VacuumTube I was going to run on a Linux HTPC setup which looks nice, github.com/shy1132/Vacu... , but our hardware for that project fully died. So back to the drawing board, and ads, for now.

github.com

GitHub - shy1132/VacuumTube: YouTube Leanback on the desktop, with enhancements

YouTube Leanback on the desktop, with enhancements - shy1132/VacuumTube

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 25/09/2026

Was just thinking about this, as I wait and skip through my 15+ ads on a single YouTube video. The ads are terrible (far too much gambling junk too) and none of them IIRC, have gained me as a customer. I think I’m going to explore alternate YouTube clients soon, that have a built-in ad blocker.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 25/09/2026

A tiny tiny bit! I misread this at first glance and just pushed on the top of my ear against my head, then it sounds like popcorn, only the right ear though 🤔

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 24/09/2026

😭🤣 yeah it's either that, ABBA, Volvo, or meatballs 😅

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 23/09/2026

ahaha it's no worries! I should start writing the country name and not just using flag emoji tbh ☺️ And it's nice to be mistaken for another country for a change, when I'm talking to people IRL, on more than one occasion they've confused Sweden with Switzerland 🤦

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 23/09/2026

Legends say I might even fail the task again tomorrow 👀

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 23/09/2026

I'm not sure as I'm not Ukrainian 😅 But I looked it up and it's равлик. They turned out to be very very tasty равликs :)

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 23/09/2026

They might not be the best looking kanelbullar, but damn these tasted so good ☺️

A cinnamon roll on a black plate. The roll has grown nicely in the oven, though had a bit of a lopsided shape. A swirl of cardamon dough and a layer of cinnamon sugar.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 23/09/2026

Making Kanelbullar (Cinnamon rolls 🇸🇪). Yeast not yeasting. 20+ different utensils used. Wrong sugar. Cinnamon everywhere.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 22/09/2026

I think that's the most stunning plant wall I've ever seen 🤩

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 22/09/2026

Oh no 😔 I think I'd done that before way way back - never a fun time 😅 My project ended up being a bust after all, something is seriously wrong with the laptop and I'm not even able to install any distro (again) without the display glitching, failing, and locking up the system.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 21/09/2026

Just wasted around two hours (slow ass internet) downloading a Linux distro for the wrong CPU architecture 🤦 Don't distro hop while tired I guess 😅

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Nathan Knowler @knowler.dev · 19/09/2026

nazi devs fuck off.

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 19/09/2026

ok, yep, Flex Launcher it is - I'm not even going to try another. It's so bare bones and quick. I tested it after install and it's _rapid_. The config file seems nice and easy to tinker with too, so now I can add some custom colours, background, icons 🥳

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 19/09/2026

I think I was too drawn into the "ooo shiny" with Plasma Bigscreen, and fear it might be unnecessarily heavy on this already dying laptop 😅 So might try Flex Launcher first complexlogic.github.io/flex-launcher/ Looks very simple, but with a bit of customization should be nice.

complexlogic.github.io

Flex Launcher

A customizable HTPC application launcher and front-end interface

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 19/09/2026

We’ve got broken antennas in the laptop though, so not sure how well WiFi or Bluetooth will work in that state and might need to get a dongle or something later on. Hopefully we can control it all ok with a controller 🤞

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 19/09/2026

I’m still in the middle of it so not got much yet I’m afraid; I’ve ended up going for Linux Mint xfce, and looking to try Plasma Bigscreen: plasma-bigscreen.org as our launcher for stuff like FreeTube, Steam, and maybe some older game console emulation ☺️

plasma-bigscreen.org

Plasma Bigscreen

A privacy-respecting, open source and secure TV ecosystem

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 19/09/2026

Also MobLand is how I discovered Fontaines D.C. with this track they used for the intro. Banger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHoc...

youtube.com

Fontaines D.C. - Starburster (Official Video)

YouTube video by Fontaines DC

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Christian Alder @hejchristian.com · 19/09/2026

We're on the last season of The Expanse now (loving it!) and already with plenty of good stuff ready for when we're done with that. Ted Lasso S4, MobLand S2, Slow Horses S6, Reacher S4, Neagley S1 🤩 I know it wont happen but still hoping they'd come back with a Altered Carbon S3 🥺

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