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2021-10-21: Today I will try to move {micro maique} to the new domain: maique.eu. @canion did it, others have …
2021-10-21: [ space ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 21 : (@dfj)
2021-10-20: Camera Testing I have no intention of buying this one, but Nuno was kind enough to bring it over. SO …
2021-10-20: Tried the Canon R3. Lovely camera. The price? Not so nice 😔
2021-10-20: tilde.club day. There’s a lot to unpack there!! It’ll take a few days to get my head …
2021-10-20: [ sports ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 20 : (@ greghiggins)
2021-10-19: Inspired by a feature on @pimoore’s crazy good Tufte theme, one that my meagre skills would …
2021-10-19: Trying to pick a photo for tomorrow’s October Photoblogging Challenge. Stuck with two at the …
2021-10-19: Came across rumbo.world, a very cool, and free, tool to turn your GPX (and FIT) files into nice …
2021-10-19: Succession is on, but I wish we could binge it! This one-episode-a-week thing is… GRRRR!
2021-10-19: Speaking about Townscaper reminded me of this one… Back in Macau, looking up. 🇲🇴🏢
2021-10-19: One day until Townscaper shows up on the iOS App Store. Pre-ordered, just waiting…
2021-10-19: Good morning, people! Hope you have a great Tuesday.
2021-10-19: [ mirror ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 19 : (@amit)
2021-10-18: Testing…. Thanks, @manton.
2021-10-18: Another Apple Day, and I don’t even want to know about it! Getting off social media until this …
2021-10-18: It’s been a while since I posted a bSide, so here goes… While waiting for the time to …
2021-10-18: What a busy, and scary, morning! As soon as I got home, back from dropping tinyMovieStar at …
2021-10-18: Is this the week invoices will be sent? Do I want that money? Do I need that money? Stay tuned!
2021-10-18: [ finished ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 18 : (@ericmwalk)
2021-10-17: movieStar went to bed at 9.30. It’s now 10.30 and I’m struggling to keep my eyes open. …
2021-10-17: We kinda planned a day trip out of town for today, but the weather is not on our side. We now have a …
2021-10-17: It’s late, again. The weekends are killing us. We now consider everyone who works at the …
2021-10-17: [ compass ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 17 : (@canion)
2021-10-16: Wishing you all a great weekend. Bom fim-de-semana!
2021-10-16: thingsThisWeek #4 🎈There are still a few (a lot) of people in the family that tinyMovieStar hasn’t met. The size …
2021-10-16: Almost one and a half years old, and tinyMovieStar still LOVES Jack Johnson. Can’t say I blame …
2021-10-16: [ rotation ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 16 : (@jdm)
2021-10-15: It’s on! Time for another @omgdotlol Giveaway! 🎉 Thanks to a very generous offer from the …
2021-10-15: I see another OMG.LOL Giveaway in the near future! Get your comments ready…
2021-10-15: A trip to Lidl.
2021-10-15: October be like… 28°C.
2021-10-15: [ ethereal ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 15 : (@jafish)
2021-10-15: The randomness has spoken! @r@social.up.edu.ph is the lucky winner of the OMG.LOL Giveaway. Hope you …
2021-10-14: And, just in case you’re wondering, those invoices are still waiting…
2021-10-14: [ wheels ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 14 : (@dejus)
2021-10-13: Those invoices still have to be sent. I guess today is still not the day for that…
2021-10-13: OMG.LOL Giveaway Inspired by their own giveaway, I’m doing the same: I’m offering one year of OMG.LOL to …
2021-10-13: Ledger, the Nano S I’ve had a curiosity about crypto ever since I first heard about Bitcoin, back in the day. At …
2021-10-13: [ animals ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 13 : (@agilelisa)
2021-10-12: It’s here. More on the Ledger Nano S later.
2021-10-12: Have a few invoices to send, but can’t even find the right mindset for that. Not even to get …
2021-10-12: The Ledger is in town! Waiting for the “Out for Delivery” notification…
2021-10-12: Walking Back The Teacher The Church-Keeper
2021-10-12: Damn busy days, so much to do, so little time! How far is the weekend??
2021-10-12: [ legend ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 12 : (@TheDimPause)
2021-10-11: Monday! Let’s get this show on the road!
2021-10-11: [ hygge ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 11 : (@Odd)
2021-10-10: Memory Lane
2021-10-10: The Team
2021-10-10: Long Time Not a usual sight these days, wearing a helmet. Father-in-law’s Harley needed to go …
2021-10-10: [ bridges ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 10 : (@crossingthethreshold)
2021-10-09: Whole day surrounded by kids (four of them), cousins, brothers in law, their brides, in-laws, and a …
2021-10-09: thingsThisWeek #3 💻 My short lived experiment with a newsletter ended even before it started. I saw the integration of …
2021-10-09: It’s Saturday! Relax.
2021-10-09: [ safe ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 09 : (@maique)
2021-10-08: Beach Day Glorious day at the beach today, working. Over 8km walking back and forth, with cameras, …
2021-10-08: [ twilight ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 08 : (@rom)
2021-10-08: People are FILTHY! 🤮
2021-10-08: Today’s Office It’s Beach Cleanup Day! 🏖 🗑
2021-10-07: I’ve seen the Ledger Nano X, and now I want one too! Problem #1: Again, I don’t need it. …
2021-10-07: Back from kindergarten, off to a gallery, today it’s “Shoot an Installation Day”.
2021-10-07: [ spicy ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 07 : (@ronguest)
2021-10-06: I was asked to pick a photo from the President who passed away a couple of weeks ago, for a book. I …
2021-10-06: Taco Wednesday It had to happen, it did today. Lunch with movieStar, just before picking the tiny …
2021-10-06: Editing. Editing. Editing. Editing… Need more coffee! ☕️
2021-10-06: Well past midnight, and the relentless alarm clock doesn’t give a damn about how tired we …
2021-10-06: [ street ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 06 : (@ohBananaJoe)
2021-10-05: What a miserable day.
2021-10-05: 4AM. tinyMovieStar up from 1.30AM up to now. Lots of crying, some yelling, not hungry, too sleepy, …
2021-10-05: [ toy ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 05 : (@Gaby)
2021-10-04: It was great while it lasted.
2021-10-04: Back home and back at the computer. Editing. tinyMovieStar has also been picked up. All together …
2021-10-04: Kindergarten drop & photoshoot morning. Hope you’re having a great Monday as well.
2021-10-04: [ sharp ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 04 : (@rnv)
2021-10-03: TIL Kids birthday parties are MUCH nicer when the parents of the toddler are owners of the beer …
2021-10-03: I’m under the impression that we’ve watched 35765 versions of “The wheels of the …
2021-10-03: The movieStars are now awake, after a nice nap. Getting ready to go out, it’s birthday party …
2021-10-03: 11AM update. Laundry: Done! 👖👚
2021-10-03: 9.30AM, Sunday. A cake has been baked already. Where did our lazy weekends go?? 🧁
2021-10-03: [ majority ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 03 : (@jemostrom)
2021-10-02: thingsThisWeek #2 🤵🏻Right after I posted last week’s report we went for our regular Saturday lunch with …
2021-10-02: [ dark ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 02 : (@pratik)
2021-10-01: In Portugal, every indicator of pandemic severity is quickly trending downward. The death rate is …
2021-10-01: Headache + body pain + stuffy nose. I seem to have caught these from tinyMovieStar. She manages to …
2021-10-01: Sublime Ads: Check! I’ve been afraid of tweaking the templates for the site for a long time, scared I might break …
2021-10-01: [ touch ] October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 01 : (@Warner)
2021-09-30: It’s October 2021 Photoblogging Challenge time! Here are the prompts for the first …
2021-09-30: Managed to get SublimeAds working on a test page. Doesn’t sound like a huge accomplishment, …
2021-09-30: Wedding day yesterday, and I just found this lying on the ground when coming home from kindergarten!
2021-09-29: Hey There, Yubi! The key is here, and so are my first impressions. Mind you, I have no idea what I’m talking …
2021-09-29: YubiDay The Yubikey finally made it home! First one to set up: it had to be GitHub. Working.
2021-09-29: Little brother just got married! 🎉
2021-09-29: Are there any literal.club invites available? @merecivilian is looking for one, and mine ran out 😔 …
2021-09-28: Fastmail and 1Password have teamed up to make it easy for you to create and manage unique email …
2021-09-28: tinyMovieStar is up since 5AM. Guess who can’t go back to sleep now that she’s nodding …
2021-09-27: Three more literal.club invites to give away. If anyone is still looking for those, feel free to …
2021-09-27: Almost no sleep last night + tinyMovieStar having a small fever = harder day
2021-09-27: Yesterday in one photo. It was a miserable night.
2021-09-26: Ready to leave. Election night, here we go!
2021-09-26: 🗳 ✅
2021-09-26: Vamos lá, dia de ir votar.
2021-09-25: thingsThisWeek #1 🍺 Disappointment coming from the least expected place, our usual beer place was closed again on …
2021-09-25: 12 days now, and the package DHL is handling is still stateside. By now I assume the Yubikey will be …
2021-09-24: 50€ worth of gas! F$¥K YOU!
2021-09-23: Why didn’t I start watching this one sooner… Fauda Entertaining.
2021-09-23: I have always been a fan of pied-de-poule. I’m not the only one!
2021-09-22: If I had serious money riding the Crypto markets I’m sure I would have had a stroke by now.
2021-09-22: Using the free time I now have on my hands and trying to finish our honeymoon report. It’s …
2021-09-22: Way Back On the way back from kindergarten, an old friend. Today it was looking particularly …
2021-09-22: Oh…. Hey there, Fall! 🍁🍂
2021-09-21: Ordered something from the US. Tracking it. Seven days have gone by and DHL shows the item still …
2021-09-21: Seems like I might have an assignment for a newspaper next Sunday. It’s been YEARS since that …
2021-09-21: The iPhone X still feels like a pretty decent machine. I edit photos every day, video as well, play …
2021-09-21: tinyMovieStar’s All Stars Earlier today, on our way to kindergarten. Happy times.
2021-09-21: Monkey Business We could not go into the hell that is IKEA and come back without something for the …
2021-09-21: You can now build your own octocat! Here’s mine:
2021-09-21: Today is the day: we’re going back to IKEA. If you don’t hear from me in a few hours, …
2021-09-20: Another year, another iOS version, another full review. Will I make it to the end of this one? iOS …
2021-09-20: Beta profile removed, iOS 15 official release downloading.
2021-09-20: Finally got Mullvad and NextDNS playing nice with each other, both on iOS and macOS! Hint: WireGuard …
2021-09-20: Trying to get my spirit up, wearing my bamboo shirt for tinyMovieStar’s kindergarten. Maybe …
2021-09-20: Monday again, that means a few more tears for all of us when we drop tinyMovieStar at kindergarten. …
2021-09-19: Animal Morning Today we saw: A hungry horse. A cool looking chicken. An odd, and very still, cow. …
2021-09-18: Habana Had lunch with Mom&Dad, now we’re at movieStar’s Mom&Dad. According to …
2021-09-18: Saturday is Grandma & Grandpa Extravaganza Day! We’re doing the rounds today, and …
2021-09-18: Quick question: now can Miss Rabbit have a dozen full time jobs on Peppa Pig?? I have no time left, …
2021-09-17: Back from Chile. What comes next is no surprise: editing!
2021-09-17: Waiting outside the Chilean embassy. Now that’s something I don’t get to say often! Or …
2021-09-17: Later today: one of those random assignments. Not exciting, but quick and painless.
2021-09-15: My oldest domain was about to expire, and I just couldn’t let it. Renewed for another year. …
2021-09-15: Movie With Lunch Play date for the movieStars, burger, beer, and The Imitation Game for me. Enjoying …
2021-09-15: New Tires Finally the tires arrived at the shop. The sun was burning. On the way back: heavy rain. …
2021-09-15: If I could, this is all I’d be doing for the rest of my life: travel notes for places I love. …
2021-09-14: Today I remembered GitHub Pages, and the one I had there, abandoned. Must do something with it.
2021-09-14: Yesterday @ohBananaJoe was kind enough to invite me to literal.club. Today is my turn. I have 3 …
2021-09-14: Regarding today’s Apple event, I think I’ll skip it. Still using my trusty iPhone X, and …
2021-09-14: Rainy Day Old photo, didn’t go out yet. Hope you’re all having a good one.
2021-09-13: Not Everything is Beautiful
2021-09-12: Mandatory mask wearing outdoors end today. Tomorrow you’re free to go maskless outside.
2021-09-12: Thinking about a Yubikey… Nothing I feel I really need, but it would certainly be a cool …
2021-09-12: movieStars at another play date. Hello, Asahi!
2021-09-12: Special Delivery Rain is coming. It’s going to be a wet week. Have to get a budget proposal …
2021-09-11: Gifts We Enjoy Oregano. Yummy.
2021-09-11: tinyMovieStar had a play date, movieStar with the girls in the playground swing. I had a Sapporo …
2021-09-11: RIP Long time since I’ve had a photo in the paper. Sadly it’s because my favorite …
2021-09-11: Slept in the Land of Oz, now back in the city for lunch with Mom&Dad. It rained this morning.
2021-09-10: Oz After the photos were edited, and I use the word lightly here, but they were in such a rush (!), …
2021-09-10: Red Carpet I believe I’ve done red carpet once before this, in all the years I’ve been …
2021-09-10: Another day, another editing session. Hope everyone is having a great Friday, the weekend is just …
2021-09-09: Went to bed at 7PM. Just a quick nap, as the photos are still waiting to be edited. Woke up at 11PM! …
2021-09-09: Let’s do This! After a long day at work there’s usually another couple of long days at …
2021-09-09: One week since kindergarten started for tinyMovieStar and she has a cold already. She was never sick …
2021-09-09: 4:15AM. Finally home. That was a LOOOOONG day. Waking up at 8AM. See you in a bit and, guess what? …
2021-09-09: Still at the studio. Close to 15 hours straight, and still far from over. I’ll consider myself …
2021-09-08: Glamour The Red Carpet life… 🤣
2021-09-08: Top Secret, as usual. Morning well underway.
2021-09-08: Arrived Ready for my 14-hour shift. One full day away from the movieStars 😔
2021-09-08: Here we go, back to the studio. Coming home tomorrow.
2021-09-08: Great news, 1Password: There’s a new bad guy in town, ProtonMail! You’re off the hook …
2021-09-07: One thing I’ll need to get sorted: my M.b favicon. It’s been months since {micro maique} …
2021-09-07: Working tomorrow. Probably shouldn’t be a cause for celebration when I get to work, but there …
2021-09-07: Tick Tack… Tick Tack… Tick Tack… Tick Tack… When can we pick her up from …
2021-09-07: Yup, Two! Would go back in a heartbeat, even though it’s not first in line, or second. But had …
2021-09-07: Macau Memories With time on our hands until tinyMovieStar has to be picked up, I’m back …
2021-09-07: Oh, raining today. I guess we’re really done with summer.
2021-09-06: Lunch at school: done. Afternoon nap: done. Next up: Afternoon stroll. Afternoon beer with friends …
2021-09-06: OMG New profile page at maique.OMG.LOL. What’s that all about? Yesterday I was complaining about …
2021-09-06: Week 2 Second week dropping off tinyMovieStar at school, and I just didn’t want the weekend to …
2021-09-05: Sunday We can’t seem to watch a full episode of anything, no matter how small the episodes …
2021-09-05: Her First Yoga Book Also my first one! Mom is the Yoga fan in the house… 🧘🏻♀️
2021-09-05: In the old days I used to try and install numerous things, and apps, I didn’t need, just to …
2021-09-05: Windy Bend, don’t break 🌲
2021-09-04: BreakTime NoBreakTime
2021-09-04: Lunch with Mom&Dad (little brother still down in the Algarve), then a bDay party for a …
2021-09-03: We made it through the first week, or half a week to be more precise. tinyMovieStar seems to be …
2021-09-03: Get vaccinated. Fuck. 🔗 Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks - …
2021-09-02: Walking around the block with a friend… Not a great day for photos, but one I kinda liked.
2021-09-02: Also… the many joys of potty training.
2021-09-02: 1Password offers free team subscription if you’re working on an open source project. GitHub - …
2021-09-02: 👶🏻:😭 🧔🏻:😭😭😭
2021-09-02: Tomorrow (well, actually in a little while) it’s my turn to drop off tinyMovieStar at school. …
2021-09-01: The End How did today end? With Inês and Pedro joining the three of us for a beer. We deserved it! …
2021-09-01: Can I say I’m enjoying the URL/search bar at the bottom on iOS 15’s Safari update?
2021-09-01: Sticker Time The cutest envelope and sticker came in the mail today! 🥰 Feeling a bit like an …
2021-09-01: First Day movieStar left the house with the little one, dropped her off at her school. I will do the same …
2021-09-01: Vacation report published with no photos. It was getting too long, too late, and the editing is …
2021-09-01: Vacation: Done Maybe I should start this one by saying that “vacation” doesn’t really apply when …
2021-09-01: And off she goes. tinyMovieStar’s first school day.
2021-09-01: Also, shitty weather today. Coincidence? I think not.
2021-09-01: The day begins. As expected, I didn’t get much sleep. Woke up at 5AM. Then at 6AM. Again at …
2021-08-31: School starts tomorrow and I feel like one of those parents on American movies when their kids go …
2021-08-29: Hello again, iMovie. You are not the best of them, but you’re all I have at the moment. …
2021-08-28: 94000 photos already restored and back on the phone. 17000 to go!
2021-08-28: Early Selfie Before the beard, before digital, when we could smoke in tiny cramped spaces. A clown …
2021-08-28: Getting close to 2AM. Phone updated, after a forced reboot, and now it will spend the next hours …
2021-08-28: Why do I ALWAYS pick 11PM to start an iPhone update?? These things take FOREVER! 😡
2021-08-27: Here We Go At last. Let’s see how it turns out.
2021-08-27: Getting 400 photos out of Photos.app into the Finder is a whole day affair with my old Air. Not sure …
2021-08-27: tinyMovieStar starts school next week. She has always slept for as long as she wants, that is about …
2021-08-26: Vacation post almost ready. Text is nearly done, but picking the photos will take a little longer.
2021-08-25: Time to go. We had the most wonderful time. Looking back and writing about it will be great. Many …
2021-08-23: Another thing: if I’m away from the Internet most of the day, I don’t really feel like …
2021-08-22: Too busy to write about the fun we’re having, and how much hard work goes into it. It’s …
2021-08-21: Back in the Algarve We made it. Hours after we left the city we made it down to the Algarve. I can’t remember the …
2021-08-20: Added 2FA to over 20 sites. It’s so easy to do with 1Password I wonder why I hadn’t done …
2021-08-19: Darn! Someone just called me for an assignment, with two days notice! I would love to go, but two …
2021-08-19: Happy World Photography Day Two shots from the place where this particular photographer is happiest. …
2021-08-18: Ok, we’re not done with beach time. Going back to the Algarve for a few more days, same place, …
2021-08-18: 2AM, exporting… Quicker than expected. Bed time is getting deliciously close.
2021-08-17: Picking some music for the final stretch… Day Two is done, Day Three is the one still …
2021-08-17: Half a day later: exporting the second day of the shoot. By the looks of it I won’t be going …
2021-08-17: Exporting DayOne. Time for a quick shower. Heck! With this old computer & Lightroom, I have time …
2021-08-17: Editing… Editing… Editing… Photos have to be delivered today, and it’s …
2021-08-17: Editing photos, and setting up 2FA on a bunch of sites. Could be worse.
2021-08-17: Already missing the village life. Thankfully these two are two thirds of the gang in Lisbon, it was …
2021-08-16: Back home. Damn, we’re tired! Still the usual ton of photos to go through, both work-related …
2021-08-15: Packing for the final leg of our month on the road. Today we make our way home, with only a small …
2021-08-14: A little sad that I’m missing Micro Camp, there will be a lot of video to go through when …
2021-08-14: Still Going Didn’t make it back to the city, still at our friend’s place, and another …
2021-08-12: Ciudad Rodrigo Always lovely, even though today it felt like hell! Impossible to be out.
2021-08-12: Waking up at the village feels amazing and SO peaceful! Time for coffee and then it’s off to …
2021-08-11: River Beach We made it. All the way to the Spanish border, again. All the places on our list this …
2021-08-11: No cell network coverage. It’s Wi-Fi or nothing! Yay 😊
2021-08-11: Good Morning Time for breakfast, then pack and move on. A couple more hours on the road and …
2021-08-10: Almost at the top Up there 📍 Torre, Manteigas
2021-08-10: Amazing with what you find in the middle of the mountain. Casas da Lapa
2021-08-10: movieStar is the best hotel finder in the world. Amazing place she found for us today.
2021-08-09: You find a really nice hotel, and you’re even thinking about extending your stay, but the guy …
2021-08-09: Packing. Again. The hotel room is a mess from these days. Also using it as office and baby room, so …
2021-08-08: Family It’s been a great, amazing, sweet, exciting, and busy, week. We’ve been spending these …
2021-08-05: We made it! Six hours on the road. It was EXHAUSTING! Then we remembered my parents did this, back …
2021-08-04: I should have stuck with my decades old rule of packing everything the day before I have to leave.
2021-08-03: Busy bees: Baby, Beach and Beer. Tomorrow we’re back on the road, after movieStar gets her …
2021-08-02: Where can you get a 16th century fort as backdrop for your beach photos? 📍 Fort of São Julião da …
2021-08-02: Beach Morning Not the greatest beach day ever, very far from it, and I’m not the biggest beach bum anyway, …
2021-08-02: Beach morning today with cousins. Alarm set for earlier than our usual wake up hour, but of course …
2021-08-01: This is called marketing. A little romance with your sales pitch. 🔗 Scripting News: An EZ-Pass for …
2021-08-01: A couple of days left, then it’s off to the festival. Live music will be a (very) welcome …
2021-07-31: Oops! Missing photo @mpmilestogo!
2021-07-31: VaccineDay Another couple of shots for tinyMovieStar, another rough day afterwards. She was very …
2021-07-30: Anyone? In other news, I now have a pair of slightly used monocles to give away, if anyone is …
2021-07-30: Just noticed my iPhone now unlocks when I’m wearing a mask. Don’t think it did it …
2021-07-30: tinyMovieStar has another vaccine shot scheduled for today. I’m sure it will be followed by a …
2021-07-29: Tonight tinyMovieStar wouldn’t fall asleep in her room, and kept hinting she wanted to sleep …
2021-07-29: Somehow I misplaced Pedro’s photos of our wedding, and he kindly sent them again today. My …
2021-07-29: Every time tinyMovieStar hears “Japan” she says “Xapao”… I wonder who …
2021-07-27: In other news, my Castro subscription is about to end. I still have months left on Pocket Casts …
2021-07-27: Out and About On our way to tinyMovieStar’s school, for her first visit. We had lunch at the …
2021-07-27: Back from school. tinyMovieStar seems to like it, was immediately at ease with the kids who were …
2021-07-27: Also, we’re on our way to tinyMovieStar’s school, we’re meeting her new, and …
2021-07-27: Every time I have to update iOS it seems half a day goes by without my phone. Why do these take SO …
2021-07-26: We’re getting back to our strolls around the block, for a week, before we head up north again …
2021-07-26: Salad Beach We did get less than ideal water once. The first couple of meters were like walking on …
2021-07-25: The Algarve I have mixed feelings about this part of the country. Always have. On one hand it’s beautiful, …
2021-07-25: Still working on the post (my brain is not working properly yet) but I can safely say tinyMovieStar …
2021-07-25: 24 hours after we’re back, still feels like we just ran a couple of marathons back to back.
2021-07-24: Packed car. Ready for the trip up, or a nap. Guess which one I’m getting?
2021-07-23: I need a vacation! These days at the beach are draining us.
2021-07-21: where privacy is afforded, it is afforded by the grace of inefficiency. 🔗 Why Were Daniel Hale’s …
2021-07-21: Spain, Again Another quick trip to Spain, after a morning spent at the beach and pool. Gas is SO …
2021-07-21: One of the unexpected perks of this holiday: guaranteed parking place at the beach. Very handy, …
2021-07-20: Top Shelf When you want peppers, but your legs are as long as leeks.
2021-07-20: Low Tide Beach Wait for the low tide to cross, or pay the men with the boats. That’s how you …
2021-07-20: Another One Post will also come later, but we had an amazing day with friends.
2021-07-19: 14 days have passed since vaccine shot #2. I can definitely feel the power! 💪🏼
2021-07-18: Over twenty years ago I saw something that looked so odd it stayed with me: a Russian family …
2021-07-18: What Next? The little one woke up at 7AM… We all went outside, she ate, and went back to …
2021-07-17: Day Three Awesome day with another couple of friends visiting, lunch at amazing local restaurant, …
2021-07-17: The View Cows and, if you look close enough, you can spot the flamingos in the back.. That’s …
2021-07-17: There’s a one year gap on my Day One. I just stopped using it, during the most important, and …
2021-07-16: Castro Marim, Day Two Yesterday we had a long night. Turns out the core group of friends all decided to come down to the …
2021-07-16: We did it: on day two we went abroad! Had lunch in Spain, bought some beach toys for tinyMovieStar, …
2021-07-16: Side effects of the shellfish extravaganza last night: 11:37, still far from leaving home. Late LATE …
2021-07-15: We made it. It’s perfect. tinyMovieStar had her first pool swim, she couldn’t get …
2021-07-15: Last purchases made, and a walk as well. We have board shorts! Time for a quick bite and then …
2021-07-15: “Socks? Where we’re going we don’t need socks!” Packing for ten days, no …
2021-07-14: One of our closest couples are having a baby! Yay!!!
2021-07-14: Time for a beer with friends before we leave 🍺🥰
2021-07-14: We both slept like logs, and the little one as usual. We were away from home four days, feels like a …
2021-07-13: Going home today, for a day. Then it’s time to hit the road again.
2021-07-12: Porto Preview Big fan of the city, and sorry we can’t stay longer. Time for a quick walk …
2021-07-11: Chaves Life Busy days at Chaves. Time to meet old friends again, shoot some photos, eat a TON of amazing food, …
2021-07-09: Apologies in advance if I take a while to reply, or somehow miss a comment. Also if I fail to …
2021-07-09: First Stop: Coimbra I’ve been to this one a few times, but not recently. I came here a lot on assignment, but I can …
2021-07-09: Ready to Go Bags are packed, we’re almost ready to leave. Deep breath…
2021-07-09: Added to the list of things I never thought would feel odd: packing.
2021-07-09: Waking up. Still a lot to pack, and then we’re off to theTinyTour! Coimbra - Chaves - Porto!
2021-07-08: Achievement Unlocked tinyMovieStar watching a video on the phone, says “papa” and looks …
2021-07-08: I believe we all knew it would come to this…
2021-07-08: Prepping for the trip up north today. Getting my father’s car, and leaving ours home. His is …
2021-07-08: Lucky 8 movieStar found this just now. It’s her fortune from Doi Suthep, and how right it is. …
2021-07-08: Barber Time Today I thought about barbers, and barbershops, and how I love to get a haircut whenever …
2021-07-07: Ok, enough crying, time to go to bed… Lewis Takes Sir Frank Williams for a Silverstone Hot …
2021-07-07: Barber booked for Saturday, in the town we’re going to. Another one of my favorite things to …
2021-07-07: Hump Day Almost fully recovered, today was movieStar’s turn, her first shot. She got a ticket to Pfizer …
2021-07-07: I miss all the photos and long walks with tinyMovieStar. The stroller is a necessity right now, but …
2021-07-07: Update: not 100%, but feeling a LOT better 😊 Thank you all for the support yesterday. Specially …
2021-07-06: Some happier news: I have my EU Vaccination Certificate already, less than 24 hours after the shot …
2021-07-06: Approaching the 24 hour mark, feeling increasingly miserable. Still manageable, but legs and back …
2021-07-06: So far same side-effects as I had on the first shot: sore arm, joints in pain, and EXTREME fatigue. …
2021-07-05: Fun thing at the vaccination center: gave my first and last name, appointment time. She located the …
2021-07-05: Done We waited, and then some more. They’re ramping up the effort, and getting all these …
2021-07-05: Waiting HUGE line at the vaccine spot today!
2021-07-05: We decided to skip the more traditional method of marking tinyMovieStar’s height on the wall, …
2021-07-05: Oh! Yesterday we also booked a room using a booking platform! Something we used to do so often and …
2021-07-04: Sunday Woes Locked outside in the morning, help came over and opened the door in under 5 seconds. That was …
2021-07-04: Happy 4th of July To all of you across the proverbial pond 🇺🇸
2021-07-04: We have locked ourselves out of the house. How’s your Sunday going?
2021-07-04: Also, this was the weekend when tinyMovieStar found out about flies!
2021-07-04: Our host for the stay down south sent us a video of the place, and we extended our stay. We were …
2021-07-04: Eco-consumerism may expiate your guilt. But it’s only mass movements that have the power to alter …
2021-07-03: Going Yesterday at the park. We somehow forgot one shoe, so tinyMovieStar couldn’t leave the …
2021-07-03: Week Ahead Second Moderna shot on Monday. movieStar gets first one on Wednesday. Small assignment on …
2021-07-02: I know bookmarklets are an old-school web nerd thing, but I have a few I use frequently 🔗 Daring …
2021-07-02: Going up to Chaves in a week! movieStars are coming too! Yay!
2021-07-01: Lonng, but nice day. Morning with the movieStars, back home for lunch. Afternoon spent at home, then …
2021-07-01: 22 Year old Hat Veeeeeery long story (probably) coming later, if I find the time to write it down.
2021-06-29: 2020/2021, the years when I got two superpowers: I can eat an entire meal in seconds, and I can …
2021-06-29: Ice Cold A huge THANK YOU to the lovely movieStar, who made it possible for me to enjoy a relaxing …
2021-06-29: Stroller View The tourists are coming, the kiosks are open, the sky is blue. There’s a 4th …
2021-06-29: Take me Back. Or Forward! Tuesday is just starting, and I wish it was still Sunday, or next …
2021-06-28: Testing @burk’s new Siri Shortcut 📍 Príncipe Real, Lisboa
2021-06-28: Photos sent, others still left to edit, and yesterday’s beach adventure left me with a running …
2021-06-28: Beebo Russell loved Jesus, craft beer, and cargo shorts. He was not the kind of man you’d peg for …
2021-06-27: Great Sunday What started as a day with a few hours of sleep missing, turned out to be pretty great in the end. …
2021-06-27: Before When there were only two of us, and we were free to go. 🇸🇬 🖼
2021-06-27: Long night. We woke up at 2AM, tinyMovieStar was walking around. Back to sleep at 4AM. Today I will …
2021-06-26: Done editing another assignment, happy I’ll be able to send it on Monday. Not great working on …
2021-06-26: Pink World, Take Two I want to shoot this every time I go by. Yesterday I did it again.
2021-06-26: Another Saturday, another lunch with Mom&Dad, and another wait in the parked car. tinyMovieStar …
2021-06-26: Saturday morning, and guess what? After coffee comes…. EDITING! ☕️😖
2021-06-25: Done with 3 seasons of Startup. Hurry up with the 4th, will you? 📺
2021-06-25: Miss carrying tinyMovieStar on the sling. This stroller thing is not the same…
2021-06-24: Still editing. Damn busy days.
2021-06-24: Reading VI National Biodiversity Report and Understanding the Remarkable Biodiversity of Príncipe …
2021-06-23: Wanna talk about rabbit holes? Obsidian! This will keep me entertained for years, considering what …
2021-06-23: Meeting for a very cool new project, movieStar also had a meeting, both juggling the little one. …
2021-06-23: Editing. Editing. Editing.
2021-06-23: Back from the park. Met an Instagram acquaintance for the first time. An OBGYN that gave us a ton of …
2021-06-23: Time to sleep. One last thing about today: movieStar finally got her vaccine appointment scheduled. …
2021-06-22: KDE Linux powered batteries?
2021-06-22: We Made It We both survived without movieStar. A teenager joined us at home, we expected her to …
2021-06-22: Would love to try Obsidian for real, but the iPhone is my main computer these days, and the …
2021-06-22: movieStar is having dinner with some friends, I’m taking care of tinyMovieStar at her brothers …
2021-06-22: Love the clients that have yet to pay and ask for the photos again, over a month later. They have …
2021-06-22: Some days I just feel older. On this particular one I woke up feeling old.
2021-06-21: Today’s Spot As far as cool locations in town go, this one is hard to beat.
2021-06-21: movieStar out and about with tinyMovieStar, while I get ready for an assignment. This particular one …
2021-06-21: Currently reading: Out: A Thriller by Natsuo Kirino 📚 New one. So far, good…
2021-06-20: Old Habits Tea time. I just couldn’t let this one go without a photo.
2021-06-20: Finished reading: Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka 📚 Long time since I’ve read one that I …
2021-06-20: Strawberry cake for breakfast: done.
2021-06-20: Back, Again Follow up to Back in Time, last one for today. Sleep tight.
2021-06-19: Fun fact: while waiting in the garage we found the place where we’ll spend the time we …
2021-06-19: Waiting Sitting in the car, inside the garage, looking out. Waiting for tinyMovieStar’s sleep to end …
2021-06-19: Sunset Sailing A few more days and we’ll be sailing again.
2021-06-19: In the old times these cloudy and darker days would be perfect for snuggling and watching a couple …
2021-06-18: Another day away from the internet. Went out with the movieStars, met a few friends at the square, …
2021-06-17: Busy afternoon. tinyMovieStar meeting her future babysitter (they got along just fine after a tense …
2021-06-17: Sleepwalking Zombie tinyMovieStar is now officially cuteZombie, after getting up from bed last night …
2021-06-16: BeachWear When you need something to use in a beach, live in a country known for its beaches, and …
2021-06-16: Kindle Time I wonder what he was reading?
2021-06-16: Greece trip postponed. Making tinyMovieStar go through the PCR tests, and six flights in two weeks, …
2021-06-16: 20/20 Our walks have turned into rides, we’re now using the stroller every day. Less photos, as the hands …
2021-06-15: Pretty soon my Raindrop Unsorted folder will look like my old GoodLinks list, or the Pocket list …
2021-06-15: I literally hold my breath when shampooing my hair, and laundry is a terrible experience. Even …
2021-06-15: consuming four or five eight-ounce cups of coffee (or about 400 milligrams of caffeine) a day has …
2021-06-15: Grateful that we have so many parks around here. Plenty of places where tinyMovieStar can have a …
2021-06-14: Beer Garden Our little square is alive again. Tourists are still a rare sight here, but this was …
2021-06-14: 50 years old, a new hobby: fishing things out of yucky places.
2021-06-14: USA! American Day at the square. (The beer was European…)
2021-06-14: Sent almost all the paperwork (a LOT) to the school tinyMovieStar is going in September. Only thing …
2021-06-13: All praise the lord RAW!
2021-06-13: they became known as the Slave Islands where West Africans were gathered in their thousands and …
2021-06-13: We’re living in a world of snot.
2021-06-13: The Tree That Keeps on Giving Still time for one more of the lovely jacarandas. They seem to have a …
2021-06-13: A few more hours of editing, and then a little relaxing time: editing photos of the movieStars.
2021-06-13: Sunday editing, and somehow @ohBananaJoe showed up on some of the photos…
2021-06-12: Ajisai Reply This was meant as a reply to @jamesvandyne, but it might as well live its own life as a …
2021-06-12: One thing I’ve been doing a lot more these past few days, whenever I have a few minutes …
2021-06-12: Back in Time Saturday lunch at Mom&Dad, and back home for the afternoon nap. tinyMovieStar has a …
2021-06-11: Trying to edit the boat photos, I have to finish this one soon. Editing was never my favorite part …
2021-06-11: Thank you SO much, @odd. You’ve made today’s editing session so much easier! Bitori! 🎶 …
2021-06-10: Now that we have the remote back (and wrapped in plastic) we can get back to our nightly Netflix …
2021-06-10: What do lots of people want from their phone? A cool look, simplicity, longer battery life, low …
2021-06-10: The Quest is Over (Warning: Graphic Content) Using my Sherlock-like skills I knew deep down there …
2021-06-10: Remote Update: none. Still missing. RIP.
2021-06-10: Jun 10, Dia de Portugal
2021-06-09: There’s a new game we like to play: Where did tinyMovieStar Hide the Remote? It’s …
2021-06-09: missQ Today I took missQ for a spin, shooting some photos with a proper camera. Strangely I was …
2021-06-08: Things I Love About Lisbon Turning a corner and not getting a single word of what’s being said.
2021-06-08: Ok, now my ankles are hurting. Hard to tell if it’s another odd side effect from the lovely …
2021-06-08: About Yesterday Not a lot of photos when I’m shooting, but yesterday a few friends came along for …
2021-06-08: Vaccine Day I had my appointment scheduled for 09:51AM and, sticking to my habits, arrived at the designated …
2021-06-08: movieStar out walking with tinyMovieStar, I’m back in bed. Feeling useless.
2021-06-08: Woke up a few times during the night, sore arm and shoulder. I can take it, if it doesn’t get …
2021-06-08: Past midnight. Busy afternoon, working long hours, tinyMovieStar with tummy issues (💩💩💩), no time to …
2021-06-07: All Aboard Getting ready to board. That’s a nice boat house, right? Ticket counters on both …
2021-06-07: Odd news of the day: a rather large razor company wants me to do an Instagram campaign with them. …
2021-06-07: Gave up on the last one, and started this right after the vaccine shot. Bullet Train by Kotaro …
2021-06-07: Done. 30 minute wait, and then I’m free to go.
2021-06-07: Still waiting in line, but already know I’m getting a Moderna shot.
2021-06-07: Here We Go A bit messy, but it’s moving. More later, if I survive… 😊
2021-06-07: Slept for ten and a half hours. I could keep going, but have to get ready for my vaccine.
2021-06-06: Afternoon We went to the square, again, met a friend who has a boy a month younger than …
2021-06-06: WWDC21 and vaccine in the same day. Guess which one I’m excited about?
2021-06-06: Essentials Picking up some essentials from IKEA. Unrelated to yesterday’s Poo Extravaganza…
2021-06-05: Can’t Wait Can’t wait to be somewhere different with movieStar in one hand, and the phone on the …
2021-06-05: There is no worldview so dangerous as the worldview of those who have not viewed the world. 🔗 Can …
2021-06-05: 10.30PM and just found out Peppa Pig is also a member of our community! There’s an episode …
2021-06-05: movieStar found an amazingly small and full featured baby stroller that is airline cabin compatible. …
2021-06-05: Memory Moments Today’s throwback takes us to the lagoon at Bacalar, Mexico. Lovely place. 🇲🇽 🏊♀️
2021-06-05: It’s been 0 days since I’ve had baby poo on my clothes. We made it 13 months,much longer …
2021-06-04: Planning a 10 day trip with a baby, to a single location, is WAY harder than planning a 4 month trip …
2021-06-04: Great chefs burn their hands while cooking too… Great chefs burn their hands while cooking …
2021-06-04: If you are in search of a no-cost photo editing app for your iPhone, Android, or tablet — this is …
2021-06-04: Morning spent with the movieStars at the park, arm still aching, but lovely nevertheless. We had …
2021-06-04: Yesterday Went to Carcavelos, the weekly market as an excuse to get out for a bit. We met some …
2021-06-04: Fun shoot on Monday, after the vaccine: a cool boat doing tours on the river. Also, I get to take …
2021-06-04: Neck and arm still hurting. Maybe because the Tiger balm has expired? Still smells wonderful …
2021-06-03: Counting down to vaccine day. Was afraid I might get a sore arm because of the shot, and ended up …
2021-06-03: Blue
2021-06-02: Almost ready to book our hotel for the week, watched a few videos on YouTube, and we’re …
2021-06-02: Combo The one that was still missing: jacaranda + beer I can now end the jacaranda series! 🍺 🌸
2021-06-02: Life Goes On Finding a lot more tourists around, everywhere. Can hear English more than before, …
2021-06-02: While I Can They’ll soon be gone, so I’m getting as many photos as I can while it lasts. The iPhone …
2021-06-02: Finally able to hide like counts on Instagram, and love it. One thing though: I can hide …
2021-06-02: Happy Place I’ll keep this on my mind today. It might help… 🇸🇹🌴
2021-06-02: I’m up. But not entirely. Rough day ahead.
2021-06-01: I guess no one is sleeping at this house today. That’s what tinyMovieStar told us.
2021-06-01: Ongoing Still on Jacaranda duty, they do look amazing. The street is, by now, covered with flowers.
2021-06-01: My wrist is screaming Carpal Tunnel Syndrome at me! Why do I have to shoot this much, when I know …
2021-06-01: change their names, ate thousands of dollars’ worth of sushi, and then changed their names back. 🔗 …
2021-05-31: Picking photos with Dark Minimal Techno Trip Live Radio 24/7 Dark Monkey Music station blasting on …
2021-05-31: Hello again, Lightroom. Can’t really say it’s a pleasure to see you again…
2021-05-31: The View Nice view from yesterday, even with the poorly parked car getting in the way.
2021-05-30: The Pink Chair In-laws went to the countryside last week and got tinyMovieStar the most amazing …
2021-05-30: Vaccine appointment confirmed, getting it on the 7th. Yay! 💉🦠
2021-05-30: Status Report Reading the Micro.blog timeline, lying down.
2021-05-30: Old School Long time since I’ve seen one of these.
2021-05-30: Plan for today: going out of town. Not far, not for too long, but going.
2021-05-30: As long as the pandemic persists, we will all need to be flexible and solicitous of those around us, …
2021-05-29: Trying to watch an episode of Bourdain’s Parts Unknown series, and it’s impossible to …
2021-05-29: Morning Light Restauradores Square looks great in the morning.
2021-05-29: Testing something at theLab. Not sure what to do with it at the moment, but think Raindrop embeds …
2021-05-29: That is one more reason why Belarus’s devilish gambit should lead to stiff punishment: The law is …
2021-05-28: The weather is great. The kind where you …
2021-05-28: It’s rare to go one day without a mass shooting in America. 🔗 Every mass shooting in the US – a …
2021-05-28: Here we go again… Big Mail - Upgrade your inbox 🤣😂
2021-05-28: Reading Session I don’t think she was really into the books yesterday, just enjoying her sofa. We …
2021-05-28: xTime Despite all the craziness of the past two days I did manage to add two photos to one of the …
2021-05-27: Cherry on today’s cake: vaccine appointments for my age group are now open online, booked for …
2021-05-27: Back home, after another grueling day at the office. tinyMovieStar is WAY past her bedtime, extra …
2021-05-27: Learned my lesson yesterday. Today I had two HUGE doughnuts as dessert! Ready for a full afternoon …
2021-05-26: 9.30PM, in bed. That’s life as a tired, old, person. Let’s see how long it takes until …
2021-05-26: Who else updates apps 24 hours after a feature was talked about? NO ONE, that’s who! @Vincent …
2021-05-26: Day One balance: over 128GB! I’m dead! Picked up an e-motorcycle to get back home, it had a …
2021-05-26: Stress level today is a little over the usual amount. movieStar stuck at home taking care of the …
2021-05-26: It’s Beautiful Outside I’ll be spending most of the day stuck inside a concert hall, one where I …
2021-05-26: 30 minutes to wake-up time for me, it’s time to quit trying to go back to sleep and just deal …
2021-05-26: 05.30AM. Temperature almost normal, but she woke up crying. She HATES having her temperature taken …
2021-05-25: Away from the internet for most of the day, and the next two days will probably be the same. Work is …
2021-05-25: tinyMovieStar added three (3!) vaccine shots to her growing collection. I had never seen her cry …
2021-05-25: Love finding friends while walking about with tinyMovieStar. My social skills need refreshing, but …
2021-05-25: all of them hark back to an era when millions of people sat, at set times, to watch specific …
2021-05-25: Up (way too) early, editing photos. Didn’t even have coffee yet! ☕️
2021-05-25: people with a low profile and just a few followers often become targets for abuse after tweeting …
2021-05-24: TIL Some podcasts are probably meant to be listened to on a dark road in the middle of the night. …
2021-05-24: Country road, take me home to work…
2021-05-24: Getting ready for a early-night assignment about an hour away from the city. Glad work is (very …
2021-05-24: Nothing is Forbidden 🌸 ⛔️
2021-05-24: Would go Back for Lunch Happily. Probably the cheapest place we found in Copenhagen, the food was …
2021-05-24: It's been a crazy year Covid has been with us for such a long time it’s almost hard to remember how life was before …
2021-05-24: Micro.blog anniversary, here’s to another year! 🎉 You’re all great, and it’s been …
2021-05-24: tinyMovieStar has moved into her own bedroom, right next door. It had to happen, but she’s …
2021-05-23: 183 countries and territories — out of 195 — will have fertility rates below replacement level by …
2021-05-23: That’s an understatement. Airfares from the U.S. to Lisbon are down a staggering 48% compared to …
2021-05-23: Eurovision is on, and what do we do? Watch a couple of Ugly Delicious episodes instead! Love the …
2021-05-22: Smoker First pick for movieStar before the big trip: Singapore. We both loved it, it was our first …
2021-05-22: Epistemologically, this is where we are as a country: when content gets expurgated because of …
2021-05-21: Yesterday @Gaby was feeling jealous, today is my turn! Why don’t they make these in my size?
2021-05-21: Furniture assembled. Unlike IKEA, and their infernal instruction booklets, for these you have to …
2021-05-21: movieStar is browsing hotels in Greece, and sending the links over. Something that was so common …
2021-05-21: Save from GoodLinks directly to Raindrop.io, with tags and collection set? ✅ Custom actions on …
2021-05-21: Music Needed to visit a couple of shops, off to Chiado we went. Lucky us we came upon Estrela Gomes, …
2021-05-21: Manokaran’s team began thinking about why people love Lego during lockdown, and realised that a big …
2021-05-21: Yesterday I rode a friend’s e-bike for a little while, we all went out for beer, tinyMovieStar …
2021-05-20: Halston We just finished Halston on Netflix. Loved it. Everything, but Ewan McGregor is just …
2021-05-20: Tiny changes, but here you go. How’s yours, @Gaby? Anything new?
2021-05-20: Happy Place No photos for a few posts, so here goes one. Back to a place with so many happy …
2021-05-20: Managed to send the photos, ahead of schedule no less, and am now already thinking about assembling …
2021-05-20: The Portuguese Navy is 704 years old today. 704! Talant de bien faire
2021-05-20: a waterfall of colour with 11 brand new minifigures striding purposefully towards an imagined …
2021-05-20: There are three main reasons: money, money and money. 🔗 Opinion | A Sports Event Shouldn’t Be a …
2021-05-19: It had to happen, back in Lightroom. Grrrrrr!!! (Before that I half assembled a bed with no proper …
2021-05-19: Testing Brid.gy, please disregard 💥
2021-05-19: those trucks were involved in more than 50 serious crashes over the last three years 🔗 The Deadly …
2021-05-19: Finally managed to get through this one. Great episode, as usual. The Pirate Bay – Darknet Diaries 🎙
2021-05-19: There, and Back Car loaded with a huge mattress and a stroller, drove off to drop them an hour …
2021-05-19: Page 1, here we go. Currently reading: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 📚
2021-05-18: 11PM, there will be no sleep today, or so tinyMovieStar has informed us.
2021-05-18: The Abandoned Square A few bars and restaurants, right by the Rossio train station. I walk by often, …
2021-05-18: Slooooooowly starting the process. First step, getting the photos out of the card: done. Next up: …
2021-05-18: If you have a few minutes to spare and enjoy the (very specific) thrill of high-speed Brazilian …
2021-05-18: Watch Update: the new G-Shock has survived its first bout with tinyMovieStar’s teeth. Yay!
2021-05-18: Can’t postpone editing a lot longer, I’ll have to start looking at those photos pretty …
2021-05-18: To the River, Again Another couple of hours outside, some of it spent by the river. Always a hit …
2021-05-17: Chinese state employees physically manage the computers. Apple abandoned the encryption technology …
2021-05-17: Our Sakura Jacarandá.
2021-05-17: IDAHOT Today, and everyday! 🏳️🌈
2021-05-17: Sunny Again The sun is back, so are the tourists (thousands of British arriving today!), and our …
2021-05-16: Extremely slow Sunday, it was. We hadn’t seen one of these in a long while. Still a couple of …
2021-05-16: And… done! Reeder list is empty. Bring it on!
2021-05-16: Sunday (extended) nap. Doesn’t get much better than that.
2021-05-16: Which major platform has a news feed, disappearing posts, private messaging, and a live broadcasting …
2021-05-16: Anybody who gets a text from me knows I mean it. 🔗 Why Can’t I Quit My Flip Phone? - The Atlantic
2021-05-16: When Apple fails to protect survivors, the consequences can be fatal. Apple leadership needs to give …
2021-05-16: Preparing ourselves for another night with little sleep. movieStar is trying to get the little one …
2021-05-15: Tchiloli One of the most unique things I’ve ever seen. São Tomé and Príncipe, an archipelago on the Equator, …
2021-05-15: Existencial Street Art
2021-05-15: WhatsApp Will Turn Your Account Into a Useless Zombie If You Don’t Accept Its New Privacy …
2021-05-15: Today won’t be an easy day. Must. Sleep.
2021-05-15: Adding a background color to quotes, seeing as I’m the one who won’t be able to sleep. …
2021-05-15: Teething is ongoing. This time with some fever, and with the usual pain. Enough to wake …
2021-05-14: Light Them Up Time to go. See you tomorrow. 🇲🇴
2021-05-14: Following another tip from @Burk, I installed FMail. The web interface used by Fastmail is …
2021-05-14: About to Start Got here an hour earlier. Usually I’ll go for 30 minutes but no harm done. A little …
2021-05-14: Old-Timey Blogging Very early version of Drafts in the wild (drum roll, please!). Nuno Saraiva is …
2021-05-14: The World is Healing Warning: this is not how we get around these days 🤣
2021-05-14: BabyTV for breakfast. With coffee for the grownups ☕️
2021-05-13: Today Out In Tomorrow we shoot.
2021-05-13: I hear @Burk’s 1000 Words project is still accepting submissions! Go, upload, upload…
2021-05-13: One thing I love about my work is that I’m mostly the only one involved. When others are …
2021-05-13: Lost Lisbon Love
2021-05-13: Time to Sleep 00:00. Perfect time to sleep. The gang is already waiting for tinyMovieStar. …
2021-05-12: you can keep what you share private and make sure your stuff doesn’t stay online forever. 🔗 …
2021-05-12: All day locked at home, the furniture didn’t arrive. Dang. Tomorrow.
2021-05-12: Unfortunate side-effect of my brothers nasty cut in the hand: he’s now sending voice messages …
2021-05-12: It’s possible to remain anonymous with a single data point. However, as soon as a series of …
2021-05-12: Waiting for some furniture for the baby’s room to be delivered. Hope it gets here soon, plenty …
2021-05-12: Currently reading: On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey by Paul Theroux 📚
2021-05-12: Quick PitStop We had to briefly stop yesterday on our way back home, trying to escape traffic and …
2021-05-11: For those of you not in town: there’s a central square where local teams celebrate when they …
2021-05-11: Running Around Yesterday we had an appointment with a doctor, setting up a minor procedure for movieStar. Something …
2021-05-11: We are learning to live with the jeopardy that even when we are physically together, we can be …
2021-05-11: Wavy & Reddish
2021-05-11: Amount of time spent on Twitter looking for stuff to show movieStar has grown. A LOT. I’m …
2021-05-10: As well-intentioned as a Tip Jar may be, Twitter’s users shouldn’t be the ones making those catches. …
2021-05-10: Ten Minutes Apart Crazy weather today!
2021-05-10: Unrelated, I’m missing this. Khao Soi. We had it for lunch and dinner a few days in a row. I could …
2021-05-10: Today’s plans include a trip to Cascais for a doctors visit. We’re leaving the city …
2021-05-09: Among the world’s wealthy countries, the United States is, by many measures, the worst place for …
2021-05-09: one of those discoveries was not even in the film: it was staring right at us all this and we never …
2021-05-09: A couple more ready for @Burk’s 1000 Words project. Both handwritten and, in a way, related.
2021-05-09: With Portugal announced as the only major destination on the green list on Friday, our tipsters …
2021-05-09: Wanted to share a photo of an EU flag for Europe Day, but somehow I never photographed one. Or I …
2021-05-09: In the end the city woke up without a Chinese rocket stuck somewhere… on the other hand …
2021-05-08: companies ask them to drive a few hours or a couple stops, while minding their speed and braking, so …
2021-05-08: One of the apps where I spend a lot of my time, Gluon, is getting new icons. Cool names, right? 😉🥰 …
2021-05-08: When Life Gives You One Lemon… You make lemonade, and a lemon pie, and lemon curd, some lemon …
2021-05-08: Uffffff!! Back from the birthday party. Dead tired. It wasn’t even that long, or crowded, but all …
2021-05-08: 11:28, time for coffee number 3. ☕️
2021-05-08: People dropping off kids for a birthday party across the street are being sent off, after leaving …
2021-05-08: One of the photos I dug up for @Burk’s 1000 Words project. In the end I picked a different …
2021-05-08: Long day ahead.
2021-05-08: An alcohol wholesaler is now stuck with about 800 kegs of beer produced from early March to …
2021-05-08: Nowadays I always get nice photos too! After sooooo many years without photos with me on them (a …
2021-05-07: Blessed with one of the most dramatic geological landscapes on earth, flying into Principe is a …
2021-05-07: Afternoon We managed to get away for a little while, after the work part of the day was done. Perks …
2021-05-07: Single Shot Busy walk, with plenty (too many) phone calls, and a single shot for the helloYellow …
2021-05-07: The weather is perfect…
2021-05-06: Back to Macau, this time without an umbrella. I’m not done yet, just taking a break 😊 The …
2021-05-06: Celebrating the new beta release with custom icons, I moved @Gluon to where it should have been for …
2021-05-06: Tip Jar supports a variety of payment options and links: Bandcamp, Cash App, Patreon, Paypal, and …
2021-05-06: Showcase your collection to entire web with new public page and embeds support! 🔗 New Public Page …
2021-05-06: I guess we have a fan of Korean movies…
2021-05-06: The key to this workflow is using contacts and contact groups to filter incoming mail into various …
2021-05-06: Random Smaller walk, nothing to report. Just these random shots.
2021-05-05: It would be hard to find a phone that shoots as well as the Pixel 4a does for the price. 🔗 The Best …
2021-05-05: A simple bookmarklet to post links to Micro.blog based on the current page in your desktop browser. …
2021-05-05: The Pouch There was a time when every single photographer in town, and pretty much everywhere I met them, had …
2021-05-05: Welcome to Texas, … Italy?!? 🇺🇸 🍕 🇮🇹
2021-05-05: They’re Back Too! These, and the gentlemen selling sunglasses. They outnumber the tourists, 100 to …
2021-05-05: To the River and Back One of tinyMovieStar’s favorite stops, and mine as well. So glad this is …
2021-05-04: Just Like the Old Days Mansinho, Nuno, and me, having a beer at Cerveteca, when the sun is going …
2021-05-04: Kangaroo Style Again Feeling a little better, enough to go Kangaroo again for two hours. The …
2021-05-03: No Photos Day Feeling a bit under the weather, and today we took the stroller, so no photos. Having both hands …
2021-05-03: Still configuring Fastmail to act a little more like that other email service. Adding filters, …
2021-05-03: Yesterday at Guincho It doesn’t matter how many times we drive through here, we always feel blessed …
2021-05-02: Mother’s Day (Outdoors Edition) Trip to Cascais, lunch with grandparents. Happy at the golf course.
2021-05-02: One thing that always get a tear (or two) out of me: the screaming crowd at “10,000 people, …
2021-05-02: Mother’s Day Blessed to have them in my life. To have them be my life.
2021-05-01: Back to the Square After a Saturday morning equal to all the other Saturday mornings, we had lunch at my parents, as we …
2021-04-30: Sad Wow the list of Basecamp people leaving the company. Head of Design, Head of Marketing, Head of …
2021-04-30: Back to vanilla IMAP accounts, using Mail.app, creating filters and folders in Fastmail, like an …
2021-04-30: It’s Here A little past one, the package arrived. Another present from movieStar, and a gorgeous one …
2021-04-30: You can definitely tell both girls are out of the house, right? I’ll stop with the memories …
2021-04-30: From when she was really tiny, hungry, and had amazing eye-hand coordination already! Also the day …
2021-04-30: Promo Shooting That one time we were doing a photo shoot to advertise the activities at the hotels, …
2021-04-30: Stuck at home waiting for a package. movieStar is doing the heavy lifting, out running errands with …
2021-04-29: We Made It The little one is in bed. We will be soon. The madness began early in the morning, and it’s about …
2021-04-29: Slow & Steady Keeping an eye on the package. Slowly, but it’s moving in the right …
2021-04-29: Odd Day Morning walk shorter than our usual one, we had to move the longer one to the afternoon, cancelled a …
2021-04-28: In other news, my glasses are gone. Kept them in my jacket pocket, stupidly the same one where …
2021-04-28: City Hall We walk by the City Hall often, but somehow I don’t think I ever shot it. Today was the …
2021-04-27: Parking Spots Maybe I should do something with parking spots photos, now that we’re getting out a …
2021-04-27: New Circuit Pretty boring walk today, with a restless tinyMovieStar. We found a new neighborhood to walk in, but …
2021-04-26: 14.5, still no way to have Maps display in Light Mode when the iPhone is set to Dark. How hard would …
2021-04-26: No Covid related deaths in the country yesterday. First time in… well, forever! 🎉
2021-04-26: Here We Go Again It’s Monday, so I guess another week is just beginning, yet it’s all the same for us. …
2021-04-25: Expecting rain and thunder, according to the apps, but instead we got this… Not bad, …
2021-04-25: AirTag price in the country, converted to USD. Single: $42,34 Pack of 4: $143,96 Not something I …
2021-04-25: 25 de Abril Parade starts at 3PM, but it’s probably packed, so we went down the avenue at an earlier …
2021-04-24: The End It’s time to close the sticker spotter project. It was never destined for permanence, more …
2021-04-24: Local News Tomorrow we’re celebrating the Carnation Revolution, the bookshop dressed accordingly. …
2021-04-24: Long, Rainy, Sunny, Rainy, Sunny... A very long Saturday, with plenty of dark skies, and a lot of sunshine. Stuffy heat, and then wind. …
2021-04-24: Work done, beer finished, domain transferred. 1:38AM, I guess it’s time to sleep.
2021-04-24: Propagate, propagate The exciting world of DNS propagation… (That ✅ in China is still the old …
2021-04-24: Yesterday I was offered a beer to bring home, and decided to start drinking it while editing the …
2021-04-23: Lunch Break 📱 📱 📱
2021-04-23: 1130AM Situation Report: sitting on top of the laundry machine, trying to soften the crazy vibration …
2021-04-23: Domains have been rolled out on HEY, and it’s not great. You either get on HEY for Domains, …
2021-04-23: Long, loooooooong, day. Happy as hell, but I’m thankful birthdays only happen once a year! 🥵
2021-04-22: Adding insult to injury, I was surprised just now by the bigger movieStar: seems like we’re …
2021-04-22: Mega Ooops! With everything that’s going on I just remembered something: I have no present for …
2021-04-21: Nepalese for dinner, and Lightroom for dessert… Life has great moments, then they’re …
2021-04-21: Just remembered I have photos to edit. I was aware of it an hour ago, but somehow I managed to …
2021-04-21: The classic tram-in-the-back shot. Some work it a bit harder than others…
2021-04-21: It's here!! “The plane! The plane!” I got the notification that the package was out for delivery a …
2021-04-21: Final day with 0 years for tinyMovieStar. We’re clearly more excited about tomorrow than she …
2021-04-21: All I wanted from today’s Apple event. Last frame of the event, before the Apple logo! Shared …
2021-04-20: The Long Walk We had to stay out a little longer today, movieStar had back to back Zoom calls. It started with …
2021-04-20: Kung Fu Ramen If I didn’t have a new avatar that I’m quite fond of, I would surely steal this one …
2021-04-20: .pt A year ago I took advantage of an offer and registered maique.pt. It was free, and I do miss dearly …
2021-04-19: Open Up! Some of the lockdown restrictions were lifted today, and shops are now open for business. Not yet as …
2021-04-19: Whenever I want to send something from the iPhone to the Air, or back, I just send it to a private …
2021-04-19: Tea Time Quick visit to Companhia Portugueza do Chá (Portuguese Tea Company) to get some delicious …
2021-04-19: Clara’s 1st bDay party is coming up in 3 days!! Damn, that was fast! We’re so happy with …
2021-04-18: Also, where did the weekend go?? Is it done already?
2021-04-18: I do miss these people 😢
2021-04-18: I Just Want to go Back It’s not the first on the list, because Príncipe will always be on the top, …
2021-04-18: Lunch Time Not here, at home 😊
2021-04-18: Six days in and I’ve just gone over 100,000 queries. The 300,000 monthly limit wouldn’t …
2021-04-17: Update on the senhor rito hot sauces: they are AMAZING! I wouldn’t rate “Butt …
2021-04-17: Favorite relaxing activity: look for links about sustainable tourism, and São Tomé and Príncipe, to …
2021-04-17: Spicy Walk Breakfast taken care of, time to walk to the market. Down the street until you get to the …
2021-04-16: A door in Campo de Ourique, on our way to get a single ‘1’ candle for tinyMovieStar’s upcoming …
2021-04-16: Can’t wait for tomorrow: meeting the crazy guys from senhor rito, and bring home some serious …
2021-04-16: Close to Perfect Walk (and Day!) We were about to have breakfast when the phone rang. Delivery incoming. We have some very dear …
2021-04-15: The already cheerful morning turned into a lovely afternoon…
2021-04-15: Why would anyone need a gym?
2021-04-15: Walked by the Opera House again today, trying to get a photo of the whole thing with the fake …
2021-04-15: Still on the barbershop visit from yesterday (and I really should get some decent photos next time!) …
2021-04-14: Free Covid testing is now being offered to everyone living in the city. Great move, if you ask me.
2021-04-14: Back from the barbershop 💈
2021-04-14: Fun Ones Having a bit of fun today, regardless of the gloomy weather…
2021-04-14: GreenDay Wet walking, glad we got a color boost on the way. And also on two wheels.
2021-04-13: Having fun with NextDNS, I can easily see myself subscribing. The free tier would be enough for the …
2021-04-13: Can I get a reply, please? Uninstalled the Micro.blog app, and installed again. Strangely I was not …
2021-04-13: Cutlery Ever since I can remember, from the days when I was a little boy, every home had these. …
2021-04-13: Where To?
2021-04-13: Oops! I see what you did there!
2021-04-13: It’s Big Jacket Day again, need to keep tinyMovieStar dry on today’s walk. The weather …
2021-04-12: Nice surprise, the books for tinyMovieStar arrived three hours later! That was fast! The destination …
2021-04-12: 50/50
2021-04-12: A week later my father got his first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. Both parents are now missing one …
2021-04-12: Escalator & Books Cold and grayish day, we had to find something to do to brighten the mood. FNAC is open again, we …
2021-04-12: Everyone Needs Therapy One of today’s stickers at sticker spotter… Thought I’d …
2021-04-11: Weekend about done, time to get ready for the week ahead. What surprises will this one bring? …
2021-04-11: All Aboard A short, bumpy, ride from Bali, the cooler Nusa Penida awaits. Another one of the places …
2021-04-11: One Day One day we’ll be back. ALL of us. 🇩🇰 🗿
2021-04-11: Sunday Still taking it slow, we did a tour of the neighborhood and then back home, trying to get …
2021-04-11: Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
2021-04-10: I don’t think it’s always fair to compare things but… How can every single …
2021-04-10: Slightly Different Saturday Taking advantage of the newfound freedom, our Saturday had a twist. After the usual walk to the …
2021-04-10: Found Him! The elusive Unicycle Man!
2021-04-10: Daydreaming Rainy days in other places. When we were happy to be out in wet weather. 🇩🇰 🌧
2021-04-10: Marketing tip: I don’t think I’ve ever seen “Bringing up babies” on a …
2021-04-10: Rain, wind, thunderstorms. That’s what’s expected for today. And we had amazing sleep …
2021-04-09: Told ya! Told you they were back a couple of days ago. Here they are… The Tourists!
2021-04-09: We just got our utilities (power and natural gas) bill for the past two months. Holy FFFFFFF Christ! …
2021-04-09: Quick One After the night we had, with the crying baby, we needed to take it slower today. All of us. We …
2021-04-09: New Friend Say “Hello” to Daniela, last name PingoDoce. Named after the fastest, and nicest, counter …
2021-04-09: This will not be an easy day, but however hard it is for us, it will be harder for tinyMovieStar. We …
2021-04-09: 4AM-5.30AM 👶🏻😭👶🏻😭👶🏻😭👶🏻😭
2021-04-08: Campus
2021-04-08: Parked & Waiting As usual, a little early for the assignment. Parking situation solved, cards …
2021-04-08: One day I’ll successfully talk movieStar into using a password manager…
2021-04-08: Long Live the Queen
2021-04-08: 2 + 2 Renovation. More of it. And another one… Transportation. And the lost Jaguar…
2021-04-08: Plans for today: walk, eat, shoot, walk, eat, sleep.
2021-04-07: We haven’t talked about the new pink in town, @Gaby. Pretty pretty nice… 😊
2021-04-07: Delivery Incoming! Here comes your food!
2021-04-07: Out of the blue comes a quick assignment for tomorrow. Time to dust off the camera and find the …
2021-04-07: The Loop Trying not to upset the little one too much, I didn’t think too much about different places, …
2021-04-07: Ready to leave for another walk, after a night with teething issues. tinyMovieStar tries to be …
2021-04-07: 100 Just finished the 100th episode of @monday. A great one. @jean does it again, this time with …
2021-04-07: Some Things Never Change I’ve looked at these buildings, from this spot, for close to 35 years. A …
2021-04-06: … And We’re Back! A whole day, nothing but on the road photos. Still arrived on time to meet …
2021-04-06: Where Are We Going? Yes, it’s Dentist Day again! Crosstown, now with added traffic, and over the …
2021-04-06: Tricky It was not an easy morning walk. The little one is still going through some personal issues, …
2021-04-06: São Jorge Still from yesterday, the cool São Jorge movie theater, on Avenida da Liberdade. Long time …
2021-04-05: Done for the day. Another couple of hours of walking. movieStar buried in Teams calls, and then she …
2021-04-05: My life now… 🤷🏻♂️🐷
2021-04-05: Chaos In Town As expected, the city is a mess again. Restrictions are being lifted, starting today, and everyone …
2021-04-05: movieStar thinks I’m so sad the restrictions are being lifted that I will personally travel to …
2021-04-05: Getting ready for our first walk in the new partially unlocked city. Traffic is back, stores are …
2021-04-04: Pessimism Still from today’s walk…
2021-04-04: Testing from iPad. Disregard.
2021-04-04: Easter Afternoon Back to the garden after lunch, for another practice walking session and meet with …
2021-04-04: All the walking and teething takes a toll. tinyMovieStar decided to skip lunch and has been sleeping …
2021-04-04: Easter Walk 🐰 Quick stroll through the neighborhood, with a stop at the garden for a little …
2021-04-04: The River Rider My mind keeps going back to this suffering people. When will it all end? 🇲🇲 ✊🏼
2021-04-04: Happy Birthday A kid in the building turned 10, someone wrote this on the pavement. He must have …
2021-04-03: YES! 🍓🤤
2021-04-03: Saturday, Part I: The Farmers Market Check. Kale was purchased. tinyMovieStar walked around a bit, …
2021-04-03: Come Monday we’re having lighter restrictions, and will be able to sit outside at cafes! …
2021-04-03: Pedro is the greatest! Out for a stroll, on our way back home. Both movieStars and that guy.
2021-04-02: Garden, walking, Inês and Pedro visit (complete with a rather delicious West Coast IPA), dinner, …
2021-04-02: I’ve been writing my quick first impressions on HEY, after a month using it. It’s taking …
2021-04-02: Guess Who? Our regular breakfast company!
2021-04-02: We know, we Know We’re all just sooooo tired.
2021-04-02: Bank holiday today, so we’re all walking this morning, movieStar included!! Let’s just …
2021-04-01: Don't Watching a video about a photographer’s daily life, when that photographer works for the US …
2021-04-01: The Movie Poster We’d seen the poster all over the place, at Bairro Alto. movieStar loved it. The Woman Who …
2021-04-01: Amazing new project by @gregmoore, Sticker Doodle is going straight to my feed reader. Announcement …
2021-04-01: Status Report
2021-04-01: While hunting for stickers, this one came up. Thought about you, @helgeg.
2021-04-01: Holy Pizza Have a slice! 🍕
2021-04-01: The Rain is Back After a nice couple of weeks with fair weather and lighter clothing, it’s rainy time again. It …
2021-04-01: Sound is not measured in decibels any longer. We now have a scale we like to call “Will she …
2021-03-31: New things being built behind closed doors. At least there’s a nice construction site door.
2021-03-31: Almost time for the afternoon walk! Boot up, and get ready! There may, or may not, be a beer waiting …
2021-03-31: In these two streets at Cais do Sodré, there’s Tokyo, Jamaica, Oslo, and Texas! I’m sure …
2021-03-31: Happy birthday, Mr @Gaby! 🥳🎁🎉
2021-03-31: Crosswalks I can’t even tell you how many times we have to wait for drivers to stop when we’re …
2021-03-31: Word that has absolutely no meaning in this country: crosswalks.
2021-03-31: We’ve found ourselves at this dark place again: there’s no coffee in the house! NO …
2021-03-30: The Old Lady Leftover from today’s morning walk.
2021-03-30: It’s another Friday around here 😓
2021-03-30: The River The Tejo (or Tagus) is an incredible river. It’s impossible to imagine the city without it. …
2021-03-30: One Time Only The only time I rode a motorcycle with three wheels. It was fun, but really slow 🤣 …
2021-03-30: Seems like the sun decided to go somewhere else today. Back to gray and windy walks… 😢
2021-03-29: Why Would You Do That? I’d seen it drive by, but always too noisy and speeding, so I couldn’t get a …
2021-03-29: tinyMovieStar having yoghurt with chopped strawberries. Next up: daddy has a beer at the garden!
2021-03-29: Change of pace today. Off comes the Apple Watch, back on the G-Shock train. I missed this …
2021-03-29: Happy Days Long walk this morning, down to Rossio and on to the river, along it for a while until we reached …
2021-03-29: Walkable Photo-wise it was a slow day. Lots of photos from both movieStars, a handful of stickers added to …
2021-03-29: Classic Old School Hong Kong 🇭🇰💡
2021-03-28: Yesterday I remembered I could be uploading the small video clips with tinyMovieStar to Flickr, just …
2021-03-28: We all went to the park, there were a lot of us there, someone was playing music, others working on …
2021-03-28: 420 It’s Sunday, DST just kicked in, so we’re having a small 420 Special at sticker …
2021-03-28: Me: “Wow, what an amazing night, I’m so relaxed…” Reality: “No, silly …
2021-03-27: Warm night. The window open kind.
2021-03-27: I bet tinyMovieStar will be surprised when she talks with other kids about the sweet chirping of all …
2021-03-27: Just got the notification that my card was charged by blot.im. I guess you’re all stuck with …
2021-03-27: Lazy Saturday The Cola Bike from this morning. Shorter walk, it’s Saturday and a visit to my parents …
2021-03-27: D for Dad We have found ourselves buying books for tinyMovieStar lately. Actual books, physical ones. Ours are …
2021-03-27: One day I’ll get to the bottom of this one! Why is my Air randomly waking up from Sleep ? Does …
2021-03-26: Giving Pocket Casts another go. I might have been noticing some sluggishness on Castro…
2021-03-26: #GardenLife Another Zoom call for mum, a handful of steps for tinyMovieStar and dad. Those were the afternoon …
2021-03-26: Construction Site & Carris The whole city looks like a construction site. It’s incredible the amount of work that’s …
2021-03-25: Word! Today @burk wrote a post about a project he thought of, one that is a brilliant idea. See for …
2021-03-25: Before the Walk Good thing I was already a Nijntje fan before tinyMovieStar came along…
2021-03-25: tinyMovieStar woke up an hour earlier, and that makes a world of difference. She also seems to know …
2021-03-25: Memory Lane We changed the route again, and walked the wide streets of the business area around Marquês do …
2021-03-25: 200 | One Month Getting close to 200 stickers, and a month old. I wonder if I should retire sticker …
2021-03-24: Quick One The day flew by! Picked up the car from the mechanic, back home just in time to catch the movieStars …
2021-03-24: The jacket that led us into a quest, trying to find a hat with their logo on it. We couldn’t. Sold …
2021-03-24: Waiting One day tinyMovieStar will have her own Blunnies.
2021-03-23: New use for Mailbrew: setting up a brew with links for MovieStar. Twitter searches and users that …
2021-03-23: One More Time for another, smaller, walk. Time to meet the others, the ones also walking with babies, or …
2021-03-23: The Other Side We took off this morning and decided we would climb the hill on the other side of Av da Liberdade, …
2021-03-23: Ulysses goes to Japan Trying new things, a little like visiting new places. Sometimes you love them, …
2021-03-22: Current zen activity: find photos and logos to add to contacts on HEY. Very zen.
2021-03-22: Afternoon The afternoon part of the walking detail is usually shorter or, at least, slower. I’m not getting …
2021-03-22: Trying Ulysses, again. Thanks to Macstories I have a three-month trial. If you’re interested …
2021-03-22: Repeat Another warm day in the city. Perfect for a long walk.
2021-03-21: Spring & Trees & Blue Skies Spring is finally here. International Day of Forests too and, since tinyMovieStar is already a big …
2021-03-20: Managed to edit email settings on a TON of sites that were using an old email I want to retire. …
2021-03-20: Suica I’ll keep updating this one, even though I have no idea when I’ll be able to use …
2021-03-20: Late Afternoon Bairro Alto, close to sunset. Sometimes everything works out.
2021-03-19: My mom just texted me “Message sending failed”. Not sure what to make of it.
2021-03-19: Today was not an easy day.
2021-03-19: Father’s Day We’re celebrating Father’s Day today, my first as… well… a father. It started with …
2021-03-19: UMM A Portuguese classic, the UMM Alter. My uncle, and godfather, got one of these years ago. I still …
2021-03-19: Back from the morning promenade, a ton of sticker photos, architecture, cars, the whole thing! …
2021-03-18: Not a Soul Still from this morning, as the afternoon walk was not very productive. Hoping tomorrow …
2021-03-18: Also got a new pen today, one I’m not sure I needed, but wanted. Not expensive, so no big …
2021-03-18: Earthquake Day We went out again this morning. tinyMovieStar woke up an hour before the usual time, so she was …
2021-03-18: Worst than having peacocks screaming at this time in the morning ? Kids screaming at them. …
2021-03-17: Color | Black & White
2021-03-17: Took the car, again, to have a new battery installed. It’s been stopped for months, so it was …
2021-03-17: Today The happiest day in my life. March 17th. The day I was not expecting to have, the day when my life …
2021-03-16: We had to get into the car and cross the river. What is usually a very pleasant drive turned into a …
2021-03-16: 3PM. Exhausted. Could sleep.
2021-03-16: City View Another sticker hunting walk, missed the regular photos again. Old, older and newish. That’s what I …
2021-03-15: Balance A couple of weeks in and I’m thrilled with the way blot.im enables the sticker spotter …
2021-03-15: Lucky Us Yesterday I was joined by my friend, godfather, and official family photographer, Pedro on our walk. …
2021-03-15: Another fun project from the good people at HEY. Giiggle | H.E.R.L.
2021-03-15: Class dismissed. Time to uninstall Teams.
2021-03-15: You can hear a collective sigh of relief, around the whole country! We can have coffee outside …
2021-03-14: The Leftovers Our selfie by the subway station. This looks awful, it’s as ugly as it gets in the area. The …
2021-03-14: The Afternoon After a little rest we headed out again, this time movieStar at home, the two of us walking the …
2021-03-14: Over 130 stickers already! I also discovered a lot of them have a very short lifespan, they’re …
2021-03-14: Sunday! That means movieStar is walking with us! Yay!
2021-03-13: The day has arrived, I finally had to install Microsoft Teams… Hopeful that it’s for a …
2021-03-13: Just came across this one on the bird network. A URL that will present you with a random post from …
2021-03-13: Walking Material I’m starting to think that our walks need to a little longer. Yes, longer. And I’m …
2021-03-13: Oh! Also yesterday, a couple of close friends (actually my only close friends) came by with beer and …
2021-03-13: March 13th. That means a year has gone by. For us the lockdown started a year ago today. We’ve …
2021-03-12: Yellowing Around… Today’s contribution to the HelloYellow series. Maybe not surprisingly I’ve …
2021-03-12: Turned noise canceling today on my way to the supermarket, impossible to do when I’m with …
2021-03-12: Having a special promotion at sticker spotter today: Faces!
2021-03-12: Time to turn in for the day. Past midnight, and my eyes are begging for some rest.
2021-03-11: S02E01 Morning Walk with dark grey skies. No raign. Long, no photos, it was a mild one. After lunch we …
2021-03-11: Photo-heavy post coming up… Wonderful light in town today.
2021-03-11: Ghost Town People were complaining about the excessive number of tourists in town before the …
2021-03-11: Pack Your Bags Not so long ago, when we could go places and meet people. It’s taking too long. 💛 🇰🇭
2021-03-11: So… it feels pretty much the same. No special insights to share. Back to the regular …
2021-03-10: Proud Father (and Husband) One of movieStar’s sweetest traits is sticking her head inside the ramen bowl, slurping every …
2021-03-10: Half a century: check!
2021-03-10: From the world, to the World After some serious consideration (maybe not so much) I think I’ll use my HEY World as a linklog. I …
2021-03-09: To the Dentist, and Back Dentist days are equivalent to party days. Whenever we have an appointment, we’re giddy with …
2021-03-09: parnuWall Yellow has been with me everywhere. Sadly it’s not my favorite color but, even so, …
2021-03-09: All aboard, the train to the dentist is leaving soon. Here we go, crossing the river in a while.
2021-03-09: The Bus We used to do a fair amount of photowalking in town. That stopped as well. 💛 🚌
2021-03-08: busyBee Almost ten years ago, but could be one taken yesterday. This city changes very slowly. VERY …
2021-03-08: depressedSunshine Many moons ago, the one I first thought about for a series, helloYellow. I might …
2021-03-08: I seriously hope movieStar has already ordered the cocoon I wanted for my birthday. One that’s …
2021-03-08: I missed Micro.blog and the microbloggians more than I thought I would during these past couple of …
2021-03-08: Another one of those days. Finally back home, ready to relax a little. Only decision left for today: …
2021-03-08: Those Were The Days On the Things I’d Love to Have At Home series, these finds on our walk this …
2021-03-08: Women I’m thankful for the women in my life. Everyday. These two and my mom made me into what I am.
2021-03-08: Yes, Still… You didn’t think we were done with the umbrellas, did you ? Totoro lovers, unite! …
2021-03-07: HEY there, newsletters! New place for newsletter reading, first try. You got the inaugural read, …
2021-03-07: Sunday Chores First thing this morning I drove to one of the local DIY stores, looking for a piece of wood, a …
2021-03-07: Good morning, everyone. Hope your Sunday is/was/will be a great one.
2021-03-06: HEY I know, I know, I’ve said I wouldn’t subscribe, I’ve said I don’t need it, …
2021-03-06: HEY there. Done. After everything I said, I’m enjoying it a lot. More on this later.
2021-03-06: ZAP didn’t make it to the timeline… Reposting. And wishing all the issues afflicting …
2021-03-06: We check on Mom&Dad every day, but Saturday we do it in person. I like Saturdays.
2021-03-05: ZAP Another one flew by! A walk in the morning, the menace of rain always looming, and back home for a …
2021-03-04: Toy Face Day It’s here! After I saw the amazing Toy Face @chrispederick had picked for his avatar, I knew I …
2021-03-04: Having fun with sticker spotter. Always nice having another purpose for our walks…
2021-03-04: Romanesco Found these cute Romanesco cauliflower on our morning walk. Always thrilling.
2021-03-04: SmugMug trial ends today, and I’m sticking with Flickr for now. Couldn’t get myself to …
2021-03-04: Yesterday saw someone yelling “TAXI”, trying to flag down a cab. Felt very strange, like …
2021-03-03: The Bell Issue While walking today. Ten minutes later… “Attention, Bells Not Working”
2021-03-03: The Live Highlight of the day: trying to help one person get on an Instagram Live with another one. Trial run …
2021-03-03: There’s a week left on my first Half-Century! Not sure how I feel about being a …
2021-03-03: Must. Have. Coffee.
2021-03-03: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 31 | defiance What ?? More Info
2021-03-03: Finally got my Instagram account with no likes count. Feels great.
2021-03-02: One of Those Gone in a flash. That’s almost all of it. The walk, the cooking, the taking care …
2021-03-02: TIL Peacocks wake up way too early, or have really loud nightmares.
2021-03-02: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 30 | privacy Keeping a secret. More Info
2021-03-01: Waiting for an email. One that is taking too long to get here.
2021-03-01: Another one added to the pile of Markdown editors: Taio.
2021-03-01: It’s headache day! Two pills already, and still waiting for it to get better.
2021-03-01: Back from the morning walk. A few more sticker photos, and a handbag full of new books for …
2021-03-01: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 29 | light Lucky with light. More Info
2021-03-01: 1:30AM, moved to IFTTT from Zapier for the Twitter syndication on sticker spotter, and tweaked the …
2021-02-28: Sunday, Again Just like that, another week is about to start. I expect it to be a lot like the one that’s ending …
2021-02-28: Tool Talk It’s done: there’s a blog with photos of Sticker Art being published on the Internet! Not the only …
2021-02-28: Follow up to today’s Challenge word, the plane I miss the most. It’s been a while since we boarded …
2021-02-28: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 28 | up Like most, by now I miss being up there. More Info
2021-02-28: Yesterday We visited the parents, making sure everything is ok with them. We check on them daily via …
2021-02-27: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 27 | pompasetting Every once in a while movieStar will get …
2021-02-27: Photo-Grid, Help Wanted Taking advantage of the collective knowledge of the community, here I am again, thinking out loud, …
2021-02-27: The “Official” Day Even though we had our church wedding a couple of weeks later, today marks the day when we got …
2021-02-26: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 26 | favorite My favorite. Everything. More Info
2021-02-26: Hey hey Testing Ulysses Beta, please disregard.
2021-02-26: Fancy Local stray cats have the fanciest water bowls in the land.
2021-02-25: Odd, and Long Or should I just say “regular” ? All days seem longer, yet somehow shorter, and the normal is now …
2021-02-25: Bruised, but Home She’s back. Nuno is the best! As soon as she had a new battery, she promptly …
2021-02-25: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 25 | code Not exactly a photo of coding, but I can easily …
2021-02-25: Maybe your _plan_ isn't great Halfway through the SmugMug trial, barely used it. Get an email alerting me to the fact that I only …
2021-02-24: Tomorrow, even with the rain we’re expecting, will be the day when we try to get the …
2021-02-24: Slow Day for Photos Walked as usual, but no real photos to rave about. Some items I had to find …
2021-02-24: Finally managed to uninstall Dropbox. Cleared my hard earned 17GB, and what’s left is now …
2021-02-24: Wild Guess I’m guessing this was not made locally.
2021-02-24: Morning walk: check! Next up: food run. Later on: afternoon walk. And we’re done for the day.
2021-02-24: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 24 | baby Predictably, tinyMovieStar. The word baby got a …
2021-02-23: Some days seem WAY longer than others. Today was one of those days.
2021-02-23: The River New destination today: the river! tinyMovieStar loved it when she went to the beach, so today I …
2021-02-23: Not close to the end of the trial, but I’m finding it hard to justify Mailmate. A tweak here, …
2021-02-23: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 23 | banana I found more banana photos on my archive than …
2021-02-22: Challenge still not over, but had a few minutes of downtime, and got to work on the mbfeb page. …
2021-02-22: I’m getting ready for your day, @ohBananaJoe 🥳🍌 I’m sure a few are still missing, but …
2021-02-22: Back to it Since it’s Monday, we’re back walking for a decent amount of time. Today it was tinyMovieStar’s 10th …
2021-02-22: Thank you, @vincent. First time I’m mentioned on the developer notes! Just installed, …
2021-02-22: Ten Ten months of walks in Lisbon for tinyMovieStar! Yay!
2021-02-22: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 22 | spell As soon as the camera arrived I went out …
2021-02-21: LonelyAnts In my quest to use Flickr a little more, there’s a new album, or set, or gallery. I plan to …
2021-02-21: Sunday Report Rainy morning, so no walk. After lunch we started watching BlacKkKlansman, but had to give up …
2021-02-21: Me. Today. energyLevel = -35 Thankfully we’re not allowed to go out and sit at restaurants, or this …
2021-02-21: Woke up feeling my night was cut short, by about 25 hours!
2021-02-21: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 21 | colors Some countries are more colorful than others. …
2021-02-20: New Services In the past few days I began testing a couple of services: Plausible, SmugMug and Mailbrew. Three …
2021-02-20: On the “Crazy Places I’ve Found Myself In” series… Guesses ?
2021-02-20: Too windy and rainy for our walk today. We’re stuck.
2021-02-20: Note to self: remember to check often what settings have changed on the Apple Watch by tinyMovieStar …
2021-02-20: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 20 | weather Felt like the sky had exploded, and clouds …
2021-02-19: One More The endless collection. Scrolling down my Lightroom library, I remembered I had this one …
2021-02-19: Martim Moniz A part of the city that could be the coolest of them all, with all the immigrants and …
2021-02-19: Have to find the time to get back to the 100daysToOffload, even though I’m not doing it as …
2021-02-19: Rise and shine. Or just rise, and deal with shining after you’ve had a double espresso.
2021-02-19: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 19 | alive The most alive person I know, and she makes …
2021-02-19: Flickr Vs. SmugMug Just thinking out loud over here, and very premature as well, but today I was thinking about Flickr, …
2021-02-18: Not getting a lot of use these days. A lot of ordering stuff going on, but too big to fit those in …
2021-02-18: The Day Before Came across this one yesterday, while looking for the challenge photo. Plastic maique …
2021-02-18: People kept asking us how loud were our peacock neighbors, and we kept telling them they were pretty …
2021-02-18: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 18 | at home We’re lucky, we feel at home anywhere, …
2021-02-17: I know what I want for my birthday this year: 24 hours in a quiet pod, no sound at all, nothing. …
2021-02-17: Ugly There are plenty of ugly looking buildings too. A lot, in fact. Today we saw a few, but plenty more …
2021-02-17: 180 We started our morning walk today facing the opposite direction. Look where that took us, Mr …
2021-02-17: Got a message, looking for a deal: I’d get a printer, on loan, in exchange for some photos on …
2021-02-17: Challenge Leftover Another one I considered for today’s challenge. You find the most amazing people …
2021-02-17: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 17 | still It doesn’t happen too often, it’s actually the …
2021-02-16: Thai for dinner. So happy we did!
2021-02-16: One week without watching the news for us. Feels great.
2021-02-16: Down One Hill, Up Another One It’s always Up&Down around here. Some days I’m feeling too tired, and try to plan …
2021-02-16: Memories Back in the day we’d skip classes in high school and spend our afternoons in here. Fun …
2021-02-16: The Kitchen Window Visit Keeping tinyMovieStar company while she’s having breakfast.
2021-02-16: Príncipe, the Video Edition I keep talking about the island, because I keep thinking about the island, and how much we miss it …
2021-02-16: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 16 | erudite My father, the encyclopedia. The reference. I …
2021-02-15: Walking Been rather quiet, because not a lot has been going on. movieStar is back at work, we’re …
2021-02-15: Six months ago I wondered why I was still updating the travel apps on the phone. Still doing it. Are …
2021-02-15: For months I needed the AirPods, so I could listen to podcasts while tinyMovieStar slept on our …
2021-02-15: They keep showing up, these Clubhouse invites. Four to give away, if you haven’t been able to …
2021-02-15: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 15 | reflection Sometimes it’s hard to say “No” to a …
2021-02-14: Cousins joined us for our walk, one of them had an iPhone 12 Extra Super Fancy. Camera seems nice, …
2021-02-14: Well, it’s sunny outside, it’s Sunday, today the whole gang is going out for The Walk …
2021-02-14: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 14 | compassion Have a heart. Compassion & Valentine’s …
2021-02-13: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 13 | make I don’t make things. I wish I could. I do use …
2021-02-12: Morning walk accomplished. Close to 10000 steps. It’s getting harder by the day, this …
2021-02-12: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 12 | sporg Jackfruit is the main ingredient in Sporg, a …
2021-02-11: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 11 | machine Struggled with this one. Vending machines, …
2021-02-10: Far From Home How did it get here ? Thing you find walking in the rain.
2021-02-10: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 10 | energy That one day when they decided to teach me how …
2021-02-09: I’ve had a post about our weeding in writing mode for months now. While it’s not …
2021-02-09: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 09 | muddy Took me a while to figure this one out, but …
2021-02-08: First steps, on her own! Not holding on to anything, three steps. tinyMovieStar is on the move!
2021-02-08: Damn you, @Gaby, spent I don’t know how long looking for a mud-themed photo for the challenge! I’ve …
2021-02-08: Three more invites for Clubhouse available. If anyone is still looking for one, let me know.
2021-02-08: Back from the morning walk, just in time to cook lunch, and go out again. Managed to listen to …
2021-02-08: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 08 | hope There’s a fine line separating hope from doubt. …
2021-02-07: Weekends are slow Tomorrow we get back to it.
2021-02-07: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 07 | craving This is a time for cravings. We’re missing …
2021-02-06: What a day! Cold, but feeling way colder, windy as hell, and rainy! Hopefully we’ll find something …
2021-02-06: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 06 | sport Never enjoyed shooting sports, although I’ve …
2021-02-05: Number 1 Back at it, with a couple more from the umbrella season. Busy days, with tinyMovieStar. 🇲🇴☂
2021-02-05: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 05 | pets It’s been a while since I’ve had a pet. I’m a …
2021-02-04: AirPods Day Morning walk took us to Chiado, and to the Apple “Store”. We don’t have a proper one, …
2021-02-04: Sound On! Christmas came late. In February. After all the praise I read over here, they had to come …
2021-02-04: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 04 | layers So many interpretations for the word layers, …
2021-02-03: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 03 | comfort If I had to pick a place where I’ve felt as …
2021-02-03: Tuesday Could be any other day of the week, really, they still feel like the same one all over. If I …
2021-02-02: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 02 | morning beverage Wherever we find ourselves, there’s …
2021-02-02: Walking Along Today my brother, who lives close by and hadn’t left his house for a few weeks, joined …
2021-02-02: My legs kept telling me something was up. I guess they were right.
2021-02-01: While I wasn’t able to sleep I managed to be invited to Clubhouse. I wanted to see what it was …
2021-02-01: Fittingly, today I’m the one that needs to hear that whole night Vs. day talk. Almost 3AM and …
2021-02-01: February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge Day 01 | close up Starting with an old one, since I haven’t …
2021-01-31: Coffee Time This is what I was talking about, @mpmilestogo. I would be sooooo happy if I could have …
2021-01-31: New cable for the charger, and another cleaning, and it seems to be charging. Ufff…
2021-01-31: tinyMovieStar slept too early yesterday, so she thought it was a great idea to wake us all up at …
2021-01-31: Yay! February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge is coming! It’s coming tomorrow!
2021-01-30: Out and About Visit to check on my parents (everything is ok) and then… … another walk …
2021-01-30: F*&K The iPhone won’t charge! Tried several cables, cleaning the port, nothing! 1:30AM, …
2021-01-29: 17598 steps, 13.4km Yes, it was one of those days! Slow walking, but walking a lot. Other than that, …
2021-01-29: Pick One, Only One Not much else to do but going to bed. I don’t think I’ll manage to …
2021-01-29: Quiet Another quiet day has gone by. We did get a visit from tinyMovieStar’s godmother, who’s going …
2021-01-28: Panic Alert! No more coffee in the house. Can’t get coffee from the cafes anymore because of …
2021-01-28: Moving Over A while back I tried to do the 100DaysToOffload challenge, and failed miserably. I got to Day030 and …
2021-01-28: Not over with the umbrellas Still a few more in the bag. I warned you there were plenty of …
2021-01-26: Same old, same old Morning walk. Lunch. Wait for groceries delivery. Netflix. That’s about it. …
2021-01-26: Closed We still walk, but we’re finding less people around. Now that you have trouble finding a …
2021-01-26: Before I go 3AM, will try to sleep now. Just one more for the road. I’ll be right back. 🇲🇴☂
2021-01-25: Update: Well, Mondays always have a nice extra treat: Micro @monday! Today it was a pleasure to hear …
2021-01-25: Ok then… Days are just coming and going, they’re all exactly the same. No real news to share, …
2021-01-25: Snow! (Not!) I wanted to see snow in town so much, but we’re not that lucky here. This is as close …
2021-01-24: On the other hand tinyMovieStar now stands up on her own two feet. Still not walking, but keeping …
2021-01-24: Election night. Time spent on Twitter goes up a bit.
2021-01-24: Election Day, the venue My old high school. This is where we vote. Always nice to be back.
2021-01-24: Election Day Today is Presidential Election Day. We’re voting in a while. I don’t want …
2021-01-23: Also Lisbon Check on parents ? Done. All is good. Now back home with the movieStar ensemble, and …
2021-01-23: It’s been raining since we woke up. The kind of rain/cold mix that makes our walks harder. …
2021-01-23: Rainbow Power Lockdown in place, dreaming of the time when we could stroll our lives away. 🇲🇴☂️
2021-01-22: Calming Down ? During our little outing today it felt like there were fewer people out and about, …
2021-01-21: Back There The hunt for the umbrellas was on, and they were everywhere! All I could see by now. 🇲🇴☂
2021-01-21: On and on Stricter measures, maybe this time they’ll work. Finding the same number of people out on …
2021-01-20: Congratulations 🇺🇸
2021-01-19: Stupidity Update: Yesterday people were walking imaginary dogs, today there’s a report that …
2021-01-19: All Packed This one felt appropriate for today. All photos have been edited, packed and WeTransfered …
2021-01-18: LockedDay03 Monday. Guess what ? Everybody out on the street! Party Time! Never mind this is the …
2021-01-18: Back to Work Today movieStar got back to work. She’s been on maternity leave since March and that ended …
2021-01-18: The Beginning and The End Sometimes things fall into place, unexpectedly. You’re going for a …
2021-01-17: I miss the days when I didn’t have to open the laptop, and could leisurely go down the …
2021-01-17: Exporting Day09! One to go! Maybe we can finish watching Princess Mononoke today after all!
2021-01-17: Getting falafel for lunch from the Lebanese next door. We’re set.
2021-01-17: One and a half days to go… Down to the last couple of days, I believe I’ll be done by …
2021-01-17: The Umbrella Issue The umbrellas quickly became one of the things that started showing up on the …
2021-01-16: LockedDay02 We got invited for a get together, but only after 2PM because they had a padel class …
2021-01-16: Walking, always walking We spent most of our time in the old part of town, the casinos were not part …
2021-01-16: Worst Beach Ever It was probably the worst beach I’ve ever been to. But I never thought …
2021-01-15: LockedDay01 Late afternoon we went out again, this time we had a pediatrician appointment. Still …
2021-01-15: Oops. Seems like my pick might be Castro after all. The public broadcasters who own Pocket Casts …
2021-01-15: Locked Down But not too much! There’s a ton of people roaming the streets. This is more like a …
2021-01-15: Final day of relative freedom was spent walking, having lunch with my parents, editing photos, …
2021-01-14: Taxi Line Dancer As soon as I left the Hong Kong - Macau ferry, while waiting for my brother to show …
2021-01-14: Seven down, three to go. Exporting and sending should take another hour, so I’ll be in bed by …
2021-01-14: RIP Natália An actress I had the huge pleasure of shooting a couple of years ago, while doing set …
2021-01-13: Spooky… I had to go back and double check, and it’s a different one! Someone has a collection …
2021-01-12: Lockdown Coming Up Starting this week (Thursday? Friday?) we’ll be in complete lockdown until the end of the …
2021-01-12: Pretend it’s a City. So glad we decided to check this one. We’re laughing out loud the …
2021-01-12: 3.30AM. Enough of this. Tomorrow Today is another day.
2021-01-12: Usually I actually enjoy the editing process. But these assignments, while super fun to shoot, are …
2021-01-11: Another great episode of Micro Monday, this time with @portufraise as guest. A pleasure to get to …
2021-01-11: Back In Time We walked by the place where we used to have breakfast when movieStar was pregnant and …
2021-01-11: Tattoo Day We were working on a joint exhibition. My brother would show his drawings, and I was …
2021-01-10: Day05: Done. Exporting. Yes, Sunday.
2021-01-10: Another Sunday, another partial lockdown day. Plans for today: Walk with tinyMovieStar Edit a few …
2021-01-10: Macau That one time I flew to Macau to meet my brother. The city had been on my radar for decades …
2021-01-09: Talk about slow days! Left the house for an hour, it’s too cold to be out. Back in, finished …
2021-01-08: Yellow The library up the road is now having a yellow phase. We did manage a freezing walk in the …
2021-01-08: A post by @patrickrhone earlier on prompted me to create our channel on Signal. Some people would …
2021-01-08: App Tip: a cool little app for macOS. I use it all the time, in a bunch of apps, and it’s so …
2021-01-08: Day04 (of 10) is done, wayyyyy behind schedule. Exporting and preparing to transfer this batch …
2021-01-06: I can tell not a lot of editing is getting done tonight. Too much going on to be able to focus.
2021-01-06: Closed Doors closed for now.
2021-01-06: Trying something new. Clear Spaces to the rescue. Apps on screen might still change.
2021-01-06: 02:49AM, WeTransfer is on the way. I’m living the life… 😳
2021-01-06: Exporting Day 03 of the Finnish job. It’s taking me two days, and not one, to edit each day. …
2021-01-06: Making An Entrance We took a different route today, one I’d never done before. movieStar had walked …
2021-01-05: Seeing Faces. Again. We walked. It’s cold. Very cold. Now back to editing a few more photos…
2021-01-05: We’re spoiled here. Spending time on Micro.blog makes me have less patience for other …
2021-01-04: Food For Thought Today we walked in an area known for a few theatres and restaurants. These restaurants catered …
2021-01-03: Hadn’t seen it in a while, and somehow movieStar missed that one, so today we watched Snatch …
2021-01-03: Sidenote: Maybe I should do this waking up at 6AM more often! Loads of work done, enough time to …
2021-01-03: …the point of fake news isn’t just to make it so that no one can tell what’s true, it’s to …
2021-01-03: Sleep at 3AM (thank you, Finnish people), up at 5AM (thank you, tinyMovieStar), editing by 6:30AM. …
2021-01-03: S/MIME woes! Arghhhhhhh!!!! Why did I try to get to the bottom of S/MIME certificates?!?! The process should be …
2021-01-02: Day02 Still under mandatory curfew from 1PM onwards, we’re getting up and taking care of business …
2021-01-01: On the always exciting work front, I’m now looking at the 25000 photos from the nice Finnish …
2021-01-01: PGP ? GPG ? It's Encrypted! Not that I’ve ever needed to sign, or encrypt, an email. But I wanted to figure out how to go about …
2021-01-01: First One Heavy rain for a couple of minutes, right before we were about to leave for our January …
2021-01-01: What Else ? On that other network, the usual Top Nine of the year. Predictable, and delightful. See …
2020-12-31: Not sure how much time I’ll be able to spend here from now on, but wishing you ALL a Happy New …
2020-12-31: Heating is working. Beer is cold. Vietnamese down the street has take out and is open. movieStars …
2020-12-30: Done with the Italians. A total of 2162 edited shots. On to the Finnish ones!
2020-12-30: Home Situation Report That’s about it. The whole place looks like this. Our new challenge is walking …
2020-12-30: Question: Anyone has any experience with Canary Mail on iOS ? Thoughts ? Somehow I find myself on a …
2020-12-29: Non-stop at the computer. My eyes are starting to hurt a bit, but need to take advantage of the fact …
2020-12-29: Up the street and back Today, narrowly escaping the rain, we went to Amoreiras, a local mall, trying …
2020-12-28: Ufff… Walked. Washed. Edited. Cooked. Ate. Washed. Edited. Walked. Edited. Cooked. Washed. …
2020-12-27: 2020. It really was an amazingly odd year, I don’t even know where to start. I’ll leave …
2020-12-27: Little House On The Prairie
2020-12-27: No Pressure, Really I’m not feeling the Italians breathing down my neck, no. But… Whenever I …
2020-12-26: It’s past 5.30PM and we just realized it’s Saturday! We wanted to get some quick …
2020-12-26: A favorite for a few years now, whenever I need to get work done editing photos, and not think about …
2020-12-26: I didn’t need any more distractions from the endless photos still waiting to be looked at, but …
2020-12-26: Christmas is now behind us, and that means one thing: Ciao, ragazzi! Ciao, Lightroom! 😭
2020-12-25: It’s not all rosy and shiny! We had to endure Jumanji!
2020-12-24: A year ago I was far from imagining what 2020 would bring. I knew for sure tinyMovieStar was coming, …
2020-12-24: Merry Christmas From last year. 🇬🇧🎄
2020-12-24: Merry Christmas and thank you for making this a great year 🎄🎁
2020-12-24: Not editing today and tomorrow. I bet they also have Christmas in Italy!
2020-12-24: Also, given the circumstances, I’m very happy that we made it to the end of the year with the …
2020-12-24: tinyMovieStar’s godmother visited today, back from London. For the first time the little one …
2020-12-24: First minutes of Christmas Eve, and I’m exporting another day of work, getting ready to …
2020-12-23: Italians for breakfast, lunch and dinner. That’s all I see, all day long: Italians.
2020-12-22: Honesty, or Anti-Marketing “Best Cake in Town”* *(probably)
2020-12-22: The Evening Walk After the Italian Job editing was partly done, before the long night, we still had …
2020-12-22: Nothing beats watching tinyMovieStar asleep.
2020-12-22: 1.30AM. Done for today, can’t keep editing and trust I won’t have to do it all over …
2020-12-22: Almost midnight, and still stuck with editing (day 02 of 16, so there’s a lot ahead). Read …
2020-12-21: While taking our morning walk we met the President of the island we call home. After a year relying …
2020-12-21: Cleaning Up Going through my older mail accounts, trying to reclaim storage space, a few photos from …
2020-12-20: Sunday Night, 22:22 On to Day02 of the show, today with Edward Snowden as company while going …
2020-12-20: Took me four times the usual time to edit a day of shooting. In the end I have twice the photos I …
2020-12-20: There’s an inordinate amount of ambulances that drive by close to the new place. The old one …
2020-12-19: I have to find a better system to deal with all these photos. Don’t want to miss the whole day …
2020-12-19: We used Maps.me a LOT during our travels. A no-nonsense app, that provided offline maps and …
2020-12-19: The cat’s out of the bag This particular parking lot seems like a favorite spot for Porsche owners …
2020-12-18: Lightroom + (Castro + Darknet Diaries + Headphones) + ((movieStar + tinyMovieStar) Sleeping) = …
2020-12-17: Yes, it’s that interesting… Decided to have a beer, one of those 9% triple IPAs, and …
2020-12-17: Unexpected issue of the day: water coming in from the apartment above, through the bathroom ceiling. …
2020-12-17: Up! Not working. I should be taking advantage of the fact that the girls are already in bed to get …
2020-12-16: A beer was arranged with Pedro, who told Nuno, who called Miguel. Inês arrived with Pedro. I walked …
2020-12-16: Hadn’t thought about trying new email clients in a while, but reading a post on Micro.blog …
2020-12-16: Editing: GO! After three weeks on set I’m now looking at another three of editing. I’ve quickly …
2020-12-15: Back Home Woke up at 7AM (thanks, tinyMovieStar), but we all fell asleep again until 1130AM! It felt …
2020-12-14: The Italian Job is now behind me, at least the shooting part. Not thinking about editing today, I …
2020-12-14: Best thing I did today: listening to @helgeg on @monday on my way back from work. Another great …
2020-12-14: Final day at work. As soon as I arrive on set I get the notification: @helgeg is on Micro Monday! I …
2020-12-12: Italian Job status report: four down, two to go. Today was not an easy one, but it’s done. A …
2020-12-11: Damn! I need some rest… please, please, please… Maybe today is the day I have TWO …
2020-12-10: Back home, and back to getting photos out of the cards. It might be me, but I feel my card reader is …
2020-12-10: I had used AirDrop twice, up to a couple of weeks ago. In the past weeks I use it every single day, …
2020-12-09: FIrst day with Italians: check. Time for a beer, get the photos out of the cards. Batteries need …
2020-12-09: xMas Spirit Taking part in a Christmas Photo Sale. Proceeds will go to an association that helps …
2020-12-08: HelloYellow Morning walk, ride out of town for Italian Job meeting (it’s going to be odd), and back …
2020-12-08: 645GB. That’s how many GB of photos I have to go through from the Finnish show. Darn.
2020-12-08: Another clear sign I’m getting old(er). Went to the pharmacy (actually five of them) looking …
2020-12-08: Following a cue from @macgenie I would recommend her, and @vincent for Micro Monday. Every single …
2020-12-08: Tomorrow I’m going back into work mode. Not full time, just a meeting with new members of the …
2020-12-07: First Visit Feels like a lifetime ago. 🛵🇸🇹
2020-12-06: Watching The Undoing and I have to give it to Nicole Kidman: she probably saves the wardrobe …
2020-12-05: At Work Keeping me company throughout the day, these two have been great. Joana. And António. First …
2020-12-05: Tiny panic moment today when I woke up from a nap and realized there was light outside. First …
2020-12-05: Happy to be back home with both movieStars, even if it’s just for a couple of days. Missed …
2020-12-05: Dora Yesterday Storm Dora caused a bit of a mess, today she gifted us a wonderful sunrise. Let’s see …
2020-12-04: Small setback made the last day become the one before last, so tomorrow morning is still a …
2020-12-04: CrewShots A couple more from today.
2020-12-03: Felt the first stages of a cold, and it’s not a nice time to have one. Doctor on set gave a …
2020-12-03: Final covid test for the Finnish show today, tomorrow first me for the Italian one. This. Will. …
2020-12-02: Two days left on this one, can’t wait for the weekend and some time with tinyMovieStar. Today …
2020-12-02: While We Wait In between takes there’s time for a bit of fun. Why not get some portraits from fellow …
2020-12-01: The Commute Too early in the morning, after falling asleep in the couch late yesterday. Slept …
2020-11-30: The one thing I dislike about these assignments is the embargo rules. I totally get them, it would …
2020-11-30: Back home from another day at the studio. TIL the thermometer they use to check us first thing every …
2020-11-30: Morning Routine Coffee and cigarettes a mask.
2020-11-30: Have a great week Here we go!
2020-11-30: Just what I needed to start the week… 🤬
2020-11-30: This challenge was great to reinforce my belief that words don’t come that easy to me. Done it, but …
2020-11-29: Today I became a pedestrian again, after a week of driving. Usually we get around by foot, but …
2020-11-29: Day Off A lot of errands to run, but still time for a long walk, and all that before the 1PM curfew. …
2020-11-28: Back home for the day. Tomorrow we have the day off, and Monday we’re back, early in the …
2020-11-28: I believe the word generator is fixed! Mask? Mask?? Are we supposed to believe this is a …
2020-11-27: Day Four? Five? Another one finished, we’re almost at the halfway point. Today António returned the …
2020-11-27: To write, or not to write. That is the dilemma. ✏️ #mbnov
2020-11-27: Done Finished for today. Three days in and my nose is bruised from wearing the darn mask all day …
2020-11-26: This week I had to adjust. Can’t see tinyMovieStar awake, so I spend whatever free time I have going …
2020-11-26: That Morning Mood Breakfast is such a happy moment at the studio…
2020-11-25: Wrapping up before going to bed, for the absolute minimum amount of time that manages to keep me …
2020-11-25: Another day, another couple of thousand photos in the bag. Everytime I get home and see how many of …
2020-11-25: Hirigo!
2020-11-25: I’m too close to the end to call this one off. But it’s not easy trying, and failing, to come up …
2020-11-25: MIss the times when I didn’t have to charge batteries for two cameras, and the powerbanks, and …
2020-11-25: Pitkä Päivä Almost 15 hours later, back home. Sorting cards, charging batteries, getting things …
2020-11-24: Day One: 14 hours and counting.
2020-11-24: I have to start working today, must begin getting provisions for next year, make it a little …
2020-11-24: Ouch! Cold, foggy, rainy, and too early in the morning. Hmmmmm… I know someone who’s …
2020-11-23: Afternoon Mix Last walk for a while, and a few errands.
2020-11-23: Today it hit me: this is the first time I’ll be working on a show where I won’t …
2020-11-23: Went to studio for a meeting and got tested for Covid Went to the shop to purchase a microwave oven …
2020-11-23: Depressed City Just so you don’t think it’s all pastel buildings and sunny days… Smaller …
2020-11-23: TIL a broken bottle of Teriyaki sauce makes a greater mess than I expected.
2020-11-23: Morning Drive Drove out of town to the studio, enjoying the morning traffic and the view. A new …
2020-11-23: Capture. That’s what I do, that’s what I’ve done for decades. Capture feelings, capture emotions, …
2020-11-22: Remake On the way to the old place today we did a remake of what is one of my favorite movieStar …
2020-11-22: First test came out negative, as hoped and expected, and tomorrow I have the next one. Assignment …
2020-11-22: Final Pieces Trying to finish the Endless Move, made another trip to the old home, and loaded the …
2020-11-22: Again a word that covid made almost irrelevant in our lives, when it was was so common before. …
2020-11-21: After seeing it mentioned here on Micro.blog, WindowSwap is a site I visit in the evening, when my …
2020-11-21: After a few weeks being bombarded with Apple news, and not watching a single event, I can say that I …
2020-11-21: Curfew Weekend 02 We’re stuck at home, again, from 1PM today until 5AM tomorrow, and the same the …
2020-11-21: I love the weather around here, but wish we had a proper winter, complete with snow and all the …
2020-11-21: Test result already in my Inbox, but it’s a password protected pdf. Now waiting for the SMS …
2020-11-20: Good Morning Ouch!
2020-11-20: Whenever the stick is inserted I slowly fade away… ✏️ #mbnov
2020-11-19: On the Underrated List on my iPhone, PhotoSync. The app I use to upload photos to Flickr, my de …
2020-11-19: Lucky Got lucky today. Cool light in the living room, and tinyMovieStar owning her nickname.
2020-11-19: Let the madness begin! Tomorrow I’m being tested again, in what I expect to be the first of …
2020-11-19: All posts, or most posts, for Microblogvember so far are variations on the same theme: this year, …
2020-11-19: 1AM, my eyes are burning, just finished setting up a new page on the site with a couple hundred …
2020-11-18: Picking photos can be hard on a good day. Picking them from thousands, at night, brain wanting to …
2020-11-18: And feeling a little sad that there are so many post I’d like to reply, so much more to say, …
2020-11-18: I wouldn’t call it a dependence, not just yet, but I do feel an urge to visit Mb first thing every …
2020-11-17: Another 10K day, with close to no photos, and a guacamole at the end. That’s was about it.
2020-11-17: Paris Match Love the photo. Nice cover.
2020-11-17: Lucky Nice side effect of the move: my Mullvad stickers showed up! They were long lost, and I’m …
2020-11-17: When I was much much younger I would train a lot, twice daily, on the swimming team. A few years …
2020-11-16: Slow evening. Walked a bit, had a beer, talked a little, and came back home.
2020-11-16: While I’m picking photos I’m listening to The Missing Cryptoqueen, now that I’ve …
2020-11-16: Girls in bed, I’m setting up another gallery for a new client. The end of the year is getting …
2020-11-16: All shows have been paused. The Crown is back. 📺
2020-11-16: Amoreiras & Street Art There’s a huge wall filled with Street Art in an area called Amoreiras, …
2020-11-16: Auto-Palace, coolest garage in town.
2020-11-16: Everything that happened before April is a distant memory. ✏️ #mbnov
2020-11-15: Rossio Leftovers from the morning walk.
2020-11-15: Getting closer No one expects to have a normal Christmas by now, but the decorations are still being …
2020-11-15: Curfew Day Two starts with a nice surprise from the neighbors across the street. Not a great photo, …
2020-11-15: I miss the times when we would go far. Feel blessed that we managed to do that for so long, and …
2020-11-14: True, there was a baby, and we moved to a new apartment. Other than that, moving to Micro.blog was …
2020-11-14: Curfew = Re-subscribed to Apple TV+. Long Way Up, here we go again.
2020-11-14: I should have used a sharper one… 🤣😂😇 @helgeg @jemostrom @ohBananaJoe
2020-11-14: Curfew Can’t leave the house from 1PM to 5 AM tomorrow. That’s how our weekends are now. Thanks, …
2020-11-14: It’s been almost a month since I managed to write something on babble. No ideas come up, and …
2020-11-14: 👻! Spooky! ✏️ #mbnov
2020-11-13: tinyMovieStar is not a huge soup fan. She does like broccoli (a LOT) and a few other items: mango, …
2020-11-13: Friday, 13th It was a pretty normal day, everything considered. Final day before the curfew, so we …
2020-11-13: I guess I really screwed up on that last post! Sorry. TIL Must edit better before publishing. ✏️ …
2020-11-12: During our walk this afternoon, tinyMovieStar strapped to my chest, phone in my hand trying to get a …
2020-11-12: Another phishing attempt. One thing I’ve noticed so far is that basic knowledge of the …
2020-11-12: Another day flew by. I have no idea where it went. Feels like not a lot was accomplished, yet here …
2020-11-12: Nice one, @gluon @vincent 👏🏼
2020-11-12: Managed to bring most of my clothes to the new place. Can already tell a LOT of them are not getting …
2020-11-12: My brain is feeling the effects of wear and tear. I’ll probably add a new one to my Christmas …
2020-11-11: Done We walked, had lunch at our favorite pizza place, drank a bit, in-laws visited the new place, …
2020-11-11: Mojitos (yes, plural) for lunch. What could go wrong ?
2020-11-11: “Yeah, I’m teething. Is that a problem ??”
2020-11-11: Biggest life-changing feature of the new place: parking space! In a city like this, in this …
2020-11-11: Her Day Today is movieStar’s day. In reality every day is her day! She is the most amazing woman on …
2020-11-11: Hardest challenge so far on Micro.blog. I never know what to say. ✏️ #mbnov
2020-11-10: In a couple of weeks, fingers crossed, I’ll be working for a few days. Pro: money coming in. …
2020-11-10: It was another one of those endless days… A mountain of boxes moved over from the old place. …
2020-11-10: I did get some fog in the end…
2020-11-10: No foggy photos today, just a foggy brain. Here, have some coffee! ☕️
2020-11-10: The elderly. A theme that I’ve been thinking about often. Mom and dad, myself, my friends.. …
2020-11-10: In a couple of hours I’ll have to drive out of town and get a mattress from storage. We got …
2020-11-09: This year has been so atypical that I have to force myself to do things that would come easy some …
2020-11-09: Misty Morning It didn’t last long, but it was nice while it did.
2020-11-08: tinyMovieStar pondering the upcoming curfew… 🦠
2020-11-08: Best. Story. Ever. To clarify, President Trump’s press conference will NOT be held at Four Seasons …
2020-11-08: Can’t stop One thing that can’t be left undone: walking with tinyMovieStar. It’s tiresome but, at …
2020-11-08: In a bind. Too much to do, too tired to do it. ✏️ #mbnov
2020-11-07: Still going through crazy full days, hoping thing will settle down a bit. Also have a couple of …
2020-11-07: Time to let go… Tot has been great to keep this stock reply to everything the Orange Man …
2020-11-07: 🇺🇸 Biden! ✊🏼
2020-11-07: Found it, @vincent @gluon ! 👋🏼
2020-11-07: Managed a small walk, early in the morning, before picking up a few bags and carrying them to the …
2020-11-07: One of my favorites from the area: the Institute for Vineyards and Wine.
2020-11-07: How far will covid case numbers have to inflate before people realize some meetings can no longer …
2020-11-06: Downtown Lisbon, not the English countryside. This city has it all!
2020-11-06: Having a Corona with movieStar. She asks “Is this beer alcohol free ?” That’s what …
2020-11-06: The new view. Miss the old one already.
2020-11-06: Today there’s a lot less furniture carrying and moving, but we keep coming across things that are …
2020-11-06: The Boss One of the first things that comes to mind when I reminisce about Japan is the coffee from …
2020-11-06: I find it puzzling that I’m not sleeping by now. ✏️ #mbnov
2020-11-05: Should be sleeping, but it’s one of those nights. Too tired, after a long, full day, too much …
2020-11-05: No photos to show, but it was a hard one. We’re spending the night at the new place. Ordered …
2020-11-05: Bizarro Day First part: done. Loaded truck with furniture. That was the easy part. Loading the rest …
2020-11-05: Decided to skip a couple of steps and already updated Home location on the navigation apps!
2020-11-05: 07:30(ish), getting ready for another drive out of town, I’m meeting the moving company guys, …
2020-11-05: A word I never use, but could, and should ? Stoop! I do it all day long. With tinyMovieStar …
2020-11-05: Moving, DayOne Looooooooong day. Another one coming tomorrow. Cleaning the whole apartment …
2020-11-04: Away from Micro.blog all day, now trying to post a couple of photos and getting endless timeout …
2020-11-04: Please. Please. Please.
2020-11-04: It’s 5AM. Too early to be up, and made the mistake of checking The Guardian for news of the …
2020-11-04: Still ongoing, the moving process. The place is near, yet feels so far. ✏️ #mbnov
2020-11-03: It’s been a while without an abroad photo, but today we watched Somebody Feed Phil ‘s Singapore …
2020-11-03: On the news here: “Several US cities get ready for violence.” Reading this day after day …
2020-11-03: Tomorrow morning I’m turning the internet off in the old house, take the router to the new …
2020-11-03: Updated, now with Christmas decorations on the tree. Getting closer, and we’ll probably be on …
2020-11-03: The new neighborhood, even though it’s very close to the old one, is not as interesting for …
2020-11-03: Will stop trying fiction as a genre for Microblogvember, as the result always fails to astonish me. …
2020-11-02: Utilities: Check. We’ll have electricity, water and natural gas, as well as internet. Done, …
2020-11-02: No matter how much he tried, and he did, I can confirm it, he simply couldn’t concentrate. He …
2020-11-01: Full moon, or teething. It has to be one of the two, she’s too young to be possessed.
2020-11-01: Walking and Listening Listening to Swindled while walking with tinyMovieStar. Only possible when …
2020-11-01: IPA in one hand, podcasts in one ear, ready for walking duty.
2020-11-01: Here we go…
2020-11-01: We’re picking the last set of keys to the new place today. The agency is close, 15 min walk …
2020-11-01: He had it in droves: personality, fashion sense, taste in music, food preferences, car choice, even …
2020-10-31: Again feeling lucky that so many of our friends are photographers! This one by the very talented …
2020-10-31: About a year ago, we were having a great time in London It was our first trip with tinyMovieStar, …
2020-10-30: Done! We got the apartment, after a few days of back and forth with the owner’s lawyers, and we’ll …
2020-10-30: What Do Foreign Correspondents Think of the U.S.? | The New Yorker Documentary
2020-10-30: Happy McKid. 👾🇵🇹
2020-10-30: Habemus key.
2020-10-30: 5AM, awake for a hour already. Get. Back. To. Sleep. Now. Please.
2020-10-29: Wish for tomorrow: sign the lease contract. We are moving, supposedly, next week, and still no …
2020-10-29: Restaurant menu on paper towel, taped to the outside wall. Can’t get any more typical than this.
2020-10-29: Lawyer: “Please pick A or B” Me: “B” Lawyer: “So glad you picked …
2020-10-29: Did the Earn thing on Coinbase, for a few of the crypto currencies. Took less than half an hour, I …
2020-10-29: Assignment: done! Back home after the quick assignment, rode back listening to the same song. The …
2020-10-29: Today’s motorcycle ride music, Moonshine Got Me, by Daniel Norgen. Long enough to get to the …
2020-10-28: Another quick assignment tomorrow morning, it’s back to the hospital for some portraits. Home …
2020-10-28: A 2-year-old is like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it. Jerry Seinfeld Seems …
2020-10-28: On our way to get some ice cream. Still have to get used to the new hours. Seems like it’s getting …
2020-10-28: Another month, another bag of money rolling in… Thanks, EyeEm!
2020-10-28: Wear a goddamn mask! Almost 4000 new cases in the country today. While you’re at it, use it to …
2020-10-28: New Umbrella I needed a new, transparent, umbrella. I need to see where I’m going on our walks. We …
2020-10-28: Fun times with tinyMovieStar. She now crawls up to things, quite fast, and holds on to them to get …
2020-10-27: Mum’s Day & More Morning spent waiting for the package, and also trying to get a present for mom. Surprisingly some …
2020-10-27: Freitag + Secrid It’s here, finally made it home. Front and center, the card I never use, but …
2020-10-27: Another long day away from Micro.blog. A lot of catching up to do.
2020-10-27: At home all morning, of course the delivery attempt was 10 minutes after we left. Damn you, delivery …
2020-10-27: Still very dark outside, so I’m posting another one from yesterday…
2020-10-27: Last two packages coming in were turned away by the Custom Services because there were no import …
2020-10-26: Street Art Car I know, I know, too many car photos from someone who’s not a car person, but how can …
2020-10-26: The Masked Days We walked for two hours today, pretty tired by the end of it. No matter how much I …
2020-10-26: Update: I might need some sort of explanation about the whole DST myself. I don’t remember …
2020-10-25: tinyMovieStar news from today: Someone should explain DST in 6 month old language. And we thought …
2020-10-25: ABC 🍺 🇸🇪
2020-10-25: My new favorite time of day ? Whenever tinyMovieStar is taking a nap! 🤣
2020-10-25: 97.
2020-10-25: CMYK Van.
2020-10-25: The Trash Can Remake. NotLondon. London.
2020-10-25: Almost 12 hours later, I’m awake. I must be a little more tired than I wanted to believe.
2020-10-24: Morning walk, farmers market, lunch with parents, out of town afternoon with in-laws, back to the …
2020-10-24: Today we’ll have to drive to a nearby town, where movieStar is originally from. Temporary …
2020-10-23: Regarding the new place, we got the contract for the lease, with a couple mistakes. Now waiting for …
2020-10-23: Boots meant for walking. Finally movieStar has a pair of the same boots that have been on my feet …
2020-10-23: When everything was possible. ☀️ 🇹🇭
2020-10-22: One, Two, Three MAAT, the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, is an iconic piece of …
2020-10-22: Fog! At least the view was nice, when I arrived at today’s office. Soon I’ll be back home with the …
2020-10-22: Camera bag is ready. All I have to do is get up, take a shower, get dressed, and be on my way. Seems …
2020-10-21: On a lighter note, I finally picked the Freitag wallet. Yellow and blue, @ajennische will probably …
2020-10-21: 35.6c. Is negative fever a thing ?
2020-10-21: You Are The Sunshine Of My Life The rain stopped, it seems, so we took off for another round of our …
2020-10-21: As slow as days get… After the rainy walk tinyMovieStar fell asleep for hours. Podcasts are …
2020-10-21: The End is Near. This was it, for about ten minutes. Now the sun is shining, but it rained a LOT!
2020-10-20: That one time… A friend was trying to get me a different kind of job today, on the other side …
2020-10-20: Here I am again, a lifelong soup hater, making another yummy one for tinyMovieStar. Today: pumpkin, …
2020-10-20: A bit of rain won’t stop us from walking! Trying to enjoy the outdoor life in all weather.
2020-10-20: Just saw a Jaguar doing the Uber thing.
2020-10-19: Thanks to recommendations from Micro.blog members, I’m now juggling two books: Attack Surface …
2020-10-19: Best. Beef Jerky. Ever. Chef @helgeg is a beef genius!
2020-10-19: Nice shade.
2020-10-19: tinyMovieStar graduated from comando style crawling to Komodo dragon moves. She’s growing up …
2020-10-19: Spend a couple of days looking at wallets on Freitag’s site. None is exactly what I wanted. …
2020-10-19: Wait for it… Quick walk before the storm hits the city.
2020-10-19: One day we’ll go back. Not the two of us, now three. 自由な気分 🚲🇯🇵
2020-10-18: I’ll blame @Gabz for losing his wallet and getting me thinking about wallets, and @helgeg for …
2020-10-18: Don’t text, email, call…. Write Him a letter 😊
2020-10-18: The ShowRoom, Part II.
2020-10-18: The ShowRoom.
2020-10-17: Saturday coming to an end. We visited the farmers market, had lunch with my parents and brother, a …
2020-10-17: Finally, my own private angel! Someone thinks I’m a reliable foreigner and my business (?) …
2020-10-17: Shower time.
2020-10-17: Reading All the talk about reading books vs using the phone/Kindle to read… We visited out …
2020-10-17: Coolest app around, plugging it again. Everyone should have it on their phones. Today it took 10 …
2020-10-17: I was very happy with Reeder 4. But you had to mention Reeder 5, right ?
2020-10-17: Shall we go in ?
2020-10-17: Today’s wake up time ended up being earlier than expected. The tiny one still has to master …
2020-10-16: Radar. My radio love, day 030.
2020-10-16: Whole day away from Micro.blog, the beach visit didn’t happen, but had a cool lunch and lazy …
2020-10-16: IKEA task: check. We now have a Jättelik living with us. 🦕
2020-10-16: Plans for the day include lunch with the in-laws, taking tinyMovieStar to the beach for a look at …
2020-10-16: 100 Days, Day 030 Radio I mostly listen to the same music. I have a handful of playlists, with a few hundred songs, …
2020-10-15: And yet another one for the street art on giant recycle bin collection.
2020-10-15: Finished the Attenborough show. The floor is wet.
2020-10-15: By now I think I have a pretty good collection of the cleaning staff on set of several shows. Can’t …
2020-10-15: We managed to watch a little of David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet on Netflix, enough to be …
2020-10-15: Skipping Work Longer walk today, totally unrelated to the fact that I should be editing …
2020-10-15: I can already tell I’ll have a lot of fun playing around with @vincent ’s Sublime Ads. …
2020-10-15: Here we are… No way to postpone any longer. Yay for photo editing! 🤷🏻♂️
2020-10-15: Need to edit both assignments, but that will take so long I’m trying to forget I have to do it. Been …
2020-10-15: These past couple of days I’ve gone on one of the daily tinyMovieStar walks without mom and, …
2020-10-14: Compassion Water fountain for animals. “Show compassion towards the poor animals that help you …
2020-10-14: tinyMovieStar is not teething yet, but she surely acts like it’s time to!
2020-10-14: Challenge Day We got off to an early start, trying to find something to shoot for the challenge. In …
2020-10-14: 24-Hour Photo Challenge Location: Lisbon, Portugal Local Time: 09:35AM Still a bit depressed with …
2020-10-13: Back home after a long afternoon without the girls. Got home at exactly 6PM, so this one does not …
2020-10-13: Spending the afternoon at the newest hospital in town. All is good, it’s just work.
2020-10-13: Oops. In the end it seems four days of work turned into one, the other thing got cancelled. A little …
2020-10-13: So this is where they’re keeping them!! If you’re looking for Canned Portuguese, I finally know …
2020-10-12: Micro Monday Time I had the pleasure of speaking to @macgenie for the latest episode of Micro Monday. I was quite …
2020-10-12: Sweet Tooth Perks of having an airline captain in the family… 🤤
2020-10-12: Lapa We turned right where we usually turn left, and ended up in Lapa today. Posh part of town. Was …
2020-10-12: Just waking up, already booked for Tuesday through Friday! Darn, these early morning calls are …
2020-10-11: I hate moving. Day 029.
2020-10-11: While his mother tended to the vegetable garden, the sweet baby waited patiently. I often wonder how …
2020-10-11: The Demonstrator
2020-10-11: Cliché, but true. Felt like being in a movie. Or several movies, all of them crazy. Las Vegas. 🌴 🇺🇸
2020-10-11: Early morning vintage walk Took off early today, and found a couple of clues of what the city looked …
2020-10-10: Long day away from home and my girls. Hard. But saw a few friends that only meet when working. …
2020-10-10: 12 hours later, back home. Ufff…
2020-10-10: Feel good moment of the day so far: an old friend I haven’t seen in over 30 years walked by …
2020-10-10: Back in the studio. First time for this show: The Voice. Obviously, since I’m already missing …
2020-10-10: Predictably I couldn’t sleep much. Work has become an anxiety inducing experience, until I get …
2020-10-09: Ended up on the usual beer place, with a lot of friends, with tinyMovieStar enjoying the party. …
2020-10-09: Why ? WHY ?? 🚽🎯 ??
2020-10-09: Seems like I’ll be working tomorrow. Work has been so scarce that now it feels like an annoying …
2020-10-09: I stopped biting my nails decades ago. This would be a good moment to get back into that. I …
2020-10-09: Done a few trips on roads, but this was the one that could have been THE road trip. It only lasted …
2020-10-09: Not ready for another day, but the sun is rising, so I guess that’s it. I needed around 23 …
2020-10-08: Too tired to use my thumb and scroll.
2020-10-08: Meanwhile we crossed the 1000/day new cases line on the Covid front.
2020-10-08: Around one hour on our walk, enough for 4K (we’re not running here, for sure), and still had to stop …
2020-10-08: The King. Party day at the island. 🎉🇸🇹
2020-10-08: Woke up feeling oddly tired, and it’s still very dark outside. Quick watch check tells me …
2020-10-07: Soi Walked a fair bit today, ended up having lunch at SOI, an Asian Street Food place. Last time …
2020-10-07: Two of these on today’s walk. New city… Old city… New city… Old city…
2020-10-07: Yesterday I picked up a catalog from IKEA for us, along with a bag full of baby’s toys. Guess …
2020-10-07: This could work for me. But I hate the extra step of having Shortcuts launch before the actual app …
2020-10-07: Last year, KLM unveiled an initiative that sounded like a plea for less business. “Do you always …
2020-10-06: Just in case, already making a list on Things. And it’s a big one. Hopefully all the must …
2020-10-06: So.. we, probably, almost for sure, have a new home; I only forgot one item from the IKEA run; …
2020-10-06: Five photographers walk into a brew pub… Guess what happens next…
2020-10-06: Got to IKEA a couple of minutes before opening time, thinking I was being super clever. Didn’t …
2020-10-06: Things are looking good. Fluffy elephant (Jättestor) is getting a new friend and, almost sure, a new …
2020-10-05: Another one for the street art collection… 👾 🇻🇳
2020-10-05: We had a possible tenant today at our place, and he was lovely. Now all we need is the ok from the …
2020-10-05: National Holiday Nationals have the day off today, so most people walking in the morning are …
2020-10-05: I might need cash today. It’s been ages since that happened! It so odd to find a bill that …
2020-10-04: Another thing these last few months have shown us, personally, is who can we count on. We’ve …
2020-10-04: Sunday mood Went to a new place for brunch with a couple of friends and their daughter. Nice place, …
2020-10-04: Sometimes the city looks like a war zone.
2020-10-04: Leftover from the Valladolid story, the usual visit to the barber. I try go get a haircut whenever …
2020-10-04: Rougher night, tinyMovieStar has some tummy pain.
2020-10-03: Valladolid Prompted by Michael, on Mastodon, I’m reminiscing about that special boozy day in Valladolid. We’d …
2020-10-03: Tried downgrading my ProtonMail account, but it was impossible. No matter how much I tried, after …
2020-10-03: tinyMovieStar was invited to her first birthday party. It was a first for us as well. Luckily the …
2020-10-03: Back from Mom&Dad’s. Trying to get some sleep. Not easy.
2020-10-03: First time using Micro.blog on the desktop for months. Gotta say the update looks great, and …
2020-10-03: movieStar is clearing some space on her phone by deleting photos, and she’s finding a lot of …
2020-10-02: I could fill a bucket with tears I cried watching today’s episode of Ted Lasso! Sad this was …
2020-10-02: It’s not even 9PM and I’m lying in bed, waiting/wanting to fall asleep! The little one …
2020-10-02: Testing Sunlit… Racer edition.
2020-10-02: This just showed up on my Mastodon timeline. I don’t usually share these, but somehow it felt right …
2020-10-02: Guess where we ended up for lunch, again,… 🐼 🍜
2020-10-02: Ohm…. 🇯🇵✌🏼
2020-10-02: Still looking at houses to rent. We now have this routine well oiled: movieStar as good cop, myself …
2020-10-02: 10AM and I already know I’m done with Twitter for today. Enough of the crazy stuff, it’s …
2020-10-02: I LOVE Carrot.
2020-10-02: Raining again. On the other hand: Ted Lasso & Long Way Up.
2020-10-02: tinyMovieStar and her first a-b-c lesson…
2020-10-01: The usual vehicle themed post… Today with “Spot the original Italian Vespa and the Indian …
2020-10-01: Lazy Afternoon Today’s schedule was dictated by the delivery companies, as we can’t leave the house when something …
2020-10-01: On a brighter note, now reading Ivan Ramen, thanks to a great recommendation from @helgeg. 📚 🍜
2020-10-01: Package Situation Update: Electric bike ride to pick up the parcel, expecting to get the same one on …
2020-10-01: I miss Tokyo’s alleys and being surrounded by Japanese coolness. ✌🏼🇯🇵
2020-10-01: Yesterday’s out of town day made us miss a package delivery, so now I’ll have to go get …
2020-10-01: 100 Days, Day 029 Moving I don’t like moving. I love moving around, but the place I call home has been the same for 20 …
2020-09-30: Long Day Today was a long day. A very long, yet happy, day. tinyMovieStar woke up too early and, strangely, …
2020-09-30: Long day ahead. We’re going to Cascais and visit the in-laws at their new place (no pool!). …
2020-09-29: I blame a gas station in Arizona (not pictured) for my love of beef jerky. One, and only, time in …
2020-09-29: Guacamole for dinner (I’m getting quite good at this), and got White Chocolate M&M and …
2020-09-29: Micro.blog 2.0 is live on the web! Can’t wait for the new app…
2020-09-29: I wish package deliveries had tracking systems like the food apps. I know for sure the Uber fellow …
2020-09-28: Got an email about a job in Dubai, an ad campaign to raise awareness to the importance of hand …
2020-09-28: AAAA Pirate Van.
2020-09-28: Comment editing can’t come soon enough.
2020-09-28: Kitchenware ?
2020-09-28: Just before tinyMovieStar grabbed a handful of yummy ramen! 🐼 🍜✌🏼
2020-09-28: I’ll probably skip the midlife crisis part of life. I have no time for that with the baby! …
2020-09-27: You were so right, @Gabz! tinyMovieStar is slightly more mobile now, and we can’t let her out …
2020-09-27: Brunch So… brunch at the beer place is manageable. Not too easy, but definitely doable. TIL: …
2020-09-27: Not sure if brunch at the beer pub is such a great idea, but I’m willing to give it a try.
2020-09-27: Forgot to post these yesterday, from the afternoon walk. Nothing fancy, but I’ve always love the art …
2020-09-27: Soup Report: not a huge success, but something we can work with. The soup was yummy. I guess …
2020-09-26: First soup coming up in a little while. Hope she likes it! 🥔 🥕 🧅 🔪
2020-09-26: Yesterday was a good day.
2020-09-26: Just spotted this on Twitter! Imagine how awesome all Ted Talks would be if they were just all …
2020-09-26: It’s 5AM, little one! I know you have no idea what that means, but I’m telling you …
2020-09-25: I wish Ted Lasso was like a tele-novela, 250 episodes long.
2020-09-25: Pollux I’m not one to enjoy shopping. I don’t shop for clothes until my shirts are quitting on me. I always …
2020-09-25: Getting ready to introduce soup to tinyMovieStar. Not today, but it’s coming soon.
2020-09-25: Depressing Portuguese Composite ™
2020-09-25: There and Back We walked to Pollux. Took a slightly different way to get there, a more scenic one, …
2020-09-25: Nice side effect of the VPN: I don’t have that many ads shown to me but, when I do, …
2020-09-25: Not the biggest waterfall, not by a long shot, but it feels great after the hike to get there. …
2020-09-25: We need filters for the Brita and bags for the trash can. There’s only a place one can go to …
2020-09-24: Today’s “Almost Copyright Infringement” goes to… Fast And Serious! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
2020-09-24: iOS 14.0.1 is out. BRB.
2020-09-24: Another great idea! I will happily take part on the A Day In The Life of Our Online Community: A …
2020-09-24: Steamy! That’s how today feels. Like a sauna. We did manage a 4.5K walk, a nice one with Italian ice …
2020-09-24: The rain messes up our routine, and the little one gets a little anxious when she can’t walk …
2020-09-24: Still rainy around here, still dreaming of sunshine and beach… 🇰🇭☀️
2020-09-23: I just died a little! Both movieStars were in the bathroom, having a bath. I was in the living room. Suddenly movieStar …
2020-09-23: Always a thrill to cross Vasco da Gama Bridge, and we did it again today. Perks of going to the …
2020-09-23: ID Cards: Check! We now have brand new cards, all three of us, and it only took us around 5 months …
2020-09-22: Fed up with widgets on homescreen and the constant mess it was turning into every time I tried to …
2020-09-22: 10K today, again. We’re getting fit thanks to tinyMovieStar.
2020-09-22: Not the nicest looking part of town, but it’s the view from the pediatrician’s office. And we just …
2020-09-22: Showed Ted Lasso to movieStar and she loved it! We watched all of it. That’s the second time …
2020-09-22: So far, so good… Managed our walk in the morning, met a friend by chance and talked for a …
2020-09-22: The Raven, our city’s bird. Portrait mode screwed it up a bit, but…
2020-09-21: Really nice way to end the day. We didn’t get our afternoon walk, but did meet @helgeg, so …
2020-09-21: Thank you, tinyMovieStar, you’re very thoughtful. We appreciate that.
2020-09-21: Vroom Vroom… Who’s there ?
2020-09-21: Three is the magic number… 🇩🇰 3️⃣
2020-09-20: Done with the weekend and looking forward to this week. It’s a busy one: tinyMovieStar’s …
2020-09-20: There’s an IPA festival happening today at the local brewpub. Not sure we’ll be able to …
2020-09-20: Sunday morning Rain stopped for a while, it seems, so we went out and walked again. São Pedro …
2020-09-20: And we’re seeing a rise in infections in the country. Not good.
2020-09-20: 5.18K Managed our walk, no rain so far. A little over 5K, but some hard climbs en route. Photos in a …
2020-09-19: Today we found out tinyMovieStar doesn’t like entertaining at home. Very social outdoors, but don’t …
2020-09-19: I forgot I was supposed to attend a workshop this weekend and made other arrangements! That’s …
2020-09-18: That one time a teacher made me cry so hard I tried hiding the tears with a camera, and couldn’t. 🇹🇱 …
2020-09-18: tinyMovieStar is almost crawling. She’s doing the commando-style, arm-powered on her belly …
2020-09-18: Set up one of the smaller square widgets on the homepage and the other apps kept getting moved …
2020-09-18: Afternoon walk cut short by a malfunctioning umbrella and a bit more rain than expected. A warm bath …
2020-09-18: 🐼 Panda Cantina There’s a new Panda Cantina, and it’s sooo close to home. Yummy ramen whenever we …
2020-09-18: Waiting for the downpour to pause, we need our walk and there’s a new ramen place down the …
2020-09-18: Raining outside, what are we gonna do ?
2020-09-18: Not looking good… Except maybe for you @helgeg.
2020-09-17: movieStar’s side, and mine 🍺
2020-09-17: Shazam with Picture in Picture! Now there’s a game changer for me! And Things widgets. So many …
2020-09-17: Today’s car sighting, a Volvo. Not a car connoisseur, but the Volvos always look good to me.
2020-09-17: Rain stopped pretty quick, so we did manage the morning walk. Sorry about that, @helgeg. Maybe more …
2020-09-17: Orange Power! @odd Chef Ants Uustalu, from Ööbiku Gastronoomiatalu in Estonia.
2020-09-17: Close to five months old and seeing rain for the first time. What kind of sorcery is this ? Water …
2020-09-16: New routine for tinyMovieStar: every day she gets extra sleepy, and yet refuses to fall asleep …
2020-09-16: No rain Rain still hasn’t shown up, so we went to a new grocery, and walked a bit around the block. …
2020-09-16: Calçada Replacing the old (super slippery) pavement with newer one, with less slippery blocks thrown …
2020-09-16: Rain will probably keep us from walking today. So we’re reminiscing… 🇯🇵📱
2020-09-15: Time spent on Instagram today: 0 minutes.
2020-09-15: Busy Day With the house visit and the back and forth to get the borrowed car, drive to the dentist, …
2020-09-15: Leftover from Burgau, that bus stop… 👾 🚌
2020-09-15: Afternoon plans: visit another house, as we’re still planning on moving to a bigger one, and …
2020-09-15: Managed to survive 30 years as a photographer with no back problems, yet not five months with a baby …
2020-09-15: Yesterday I had a small pain in my back. Today I woke up and some movements are much harder, almost …
2020-09-14: On the other networks, it’s hard to justify the cost of hosting my own Mastodon instance. For …
2020-09-14: I’ve been using Instagram a lot less these days, but now it’s a challenge! movieStar, a …
2020-09-14: Friend’s covid update: the person that spent time with my friend got his test back, negative. …
2020-09-14: movieStar, quietness expert.
2020-09-14: While waiting for new episodes of Ted Lasso, tried finding something else to watch on Apple TV+, and …
2020-09-14: Feels good to be back home and resuming our neighborhood walks.
2020-09-14: Iconic And iconic.
2020-09-13: Maps We live on the first floor, on an area with a few tourists, we got used to the sound of Google …
2020-09-13: Estrela Went up to Estrela Garden to meet another couple with a baby daughter, long time friends of …
2020-09-13: Last night I started watching The Social Dilemma, but after a few minutes I was nodding off. Will …
2020-09-12: Slow afternoon Lunch with mom&dad, afternoon nap and walk after that. Slowly, still recovering …
2020-09-12: There’s a new screech in tinyMovieStar’s repertoire. Can’t say it’s my …
2020-09-12: Mom. I would say somewhere in Germany, sometime in the late 70s. As cool as it gets.
2020-09-12: I blame my parents. It’s Day 028.
2020-09-12: Thank you, thank you each and every one of you who said something nice about Ted Lasso. Episodes 1 …
2020-09-12: 100 Days, Day 028 I blame my parents. movieStar thought it would be a good idea to get the show on the road, and …
2020-09-11: Everyone praised Ted Lasso so much, I decided to check the free episode. Next up: paying the …
2020-09-11: Back Home. We’re back in town and I’m already missing these past few days. It was amazing. Tiresome, …
2020-09-11: Side note: obviously, since I’ve only had one assignment since March, while we went away (for …
2020-09-11: It was really fun, but it’s time to go back home. Very short vacation, but felt so great after all …
2020-09-11: One thing I’ll never get: noisy people banging doors in hotels. Especially in the middle of …
2020-09-10: A friend of a friend of a friend tested positive for covid, so we’re going back home tomorrow …
2020-09-10: Another sweet day at the beach… 🥰🌴
2020-09-10: Street Art also available in Lagos… 👾 ☀️
2020-09-10: Yeah, I know how you feel…
2020-09-10: Breakfast and it’s off to the beach. Today we’re trying the earlier shift, hoping …
2020-09-09: I’m carrying not one, but two cameras on this small trip. They’re still stuck on the …
2020-09-09: Lagos, Day Two Lots of driving around, but ended up at the same place as yesterday: Meia Praia. Went …
2020-09-09: Slower day today. Zavial for lunch.
2020-09-09: New word I learnt today: pulchritudinous. I already know I won’t remember it this afternoon.
2020-09-09: What getting tinyMovieStar to sleep looks like… There’s a fair amount of back and forth …
2020-09-09: Dona Ana. The one I went to 40 years ago. Looks a little crowded, but still manageable.
2020-09-08: Lagos, Day One We made it. Took us a bit longer than it would with no baby but, on the other hand, …
2020-09-08: Lagos, CR7. Couldn’t help it, @ajennische, the first photo from Lagos…
2020-09-08: Up. Next on the list: coffee. After that, grab an electric motorcycle, ride to the other side of …
2020-09-07: Tomorrow we have a long drive ahead of us, if any drive in this country can be considered long. Even …
2020-09-07: Added the Booking confirmation to Apple Wallet. It’s been months since I’ve had the …
2020-09-07: Packing is almost done. Took us most of the day.
2020-09-07: Morning Took off with tinyMovieStar for a 6K walk, while movieStar was busy finishing the packing …
2020-09-07: Packing for a few days out of town with tinyMovieStar. It will be her first trip. Packing is VERY …
2020-09-07: The Wedding Day One of the stops we made during our extended honeymoon was Bali. I had been only once, for a single …
2020-09-06: Apollo for Reddit is still on my homescreen, but I haven’t used it in months. Many months.
2020-09-06: Back home after a very full day, with a lot of people. Still find it mildly uncomfortable to be …
2020-09-06: Already at the in-laws. Stopped along the way at an aunts house, one tinyMovieStar hadn’t met …
2020-09-06: Celebrating this day with a photo from the coolest wedding I’ve been to, besides my own. Invited for …
2020-09-06: Today is my in-laws 40th anniversary, so we have to get going in a while anyway. Might as well start …
2020-09-06: Woke up with the noise from the laptop’s fan going full speed! Why is the darn thing waking up …
2020-09-05: Same Same Today’s report is: regular day. Nothing fancy. We went out in the morning, through the …
2020-09-05: I could have nothing but this warm French bread and butter from the Azores for lunch! Amazing combo.
2020-09-05: For International Beard Day…. Bearded maique on the island.. 🧔🏻🌴
2020-09-05: Morning meetings were like…
2020-09-04: After weeks of peaceful nighttime routine, today we’re having some difficulty getting …
2020-09-04: Coffee run We ran out of coffee, so the destination of today’s morning walk was decided: Chiado. A …
2020-09-04: Back at it. Hope to be done with this today. Still three days of shooting to go through…. …
2020-09-04: Too hot to sleep.
2020-09-03: Throwback to many years ago. Talking about longer hair got me thinking of other times… …
2020-09-03: Not a lot to show for today, spent most of the day locked at home editing photos. Two walks as …
2020-09-03: A pause from editing for our afternoon walk, and we stopped at the ice cream shop down the street …
2020-09-03: When all this editing is done, we’ll probably take a trip down south, to the Algarve. Usually …
2020-09-03: Afternoon editing session is ongoing… Listening to Goree - Nuru Kane.
2020-09-03: Another day of shooting edited, so only four left to go! Time for our morning walk…
2020-09-03: Now playing: Singing Saw - Kevin Morby. I LOVE music and haven’t been getting enough of it.
2020-09-03: Good thing about editing: music is on all day long.
2020-09-02: Editing Day (first one) Lunch with parents and brother, after editing a ton of photos, then back …
2020-09-02: Photos edited today: a ton! Also, renewed WeTransfer for a month, I could already tell the 2GB …
2020-09-02: Screeching and editing do not go hand in hand. I can tell you that already.
2020-09-02: Back from lunch at Mom&Dad’s. Editing. Editing. Editing. Damn.
2020-09-02: Baby news update: tinyMovieStar now squeals from time to time, but not much, and is able to quickly …
2020-09-01: You are correct, sir!
2020-09-01: Photos edited today: 0.
2020-09-01: Short afternoon outing. After the longer morning/lunch walk, tinyMovieStar had to sleep a bit …
2020-09-01: We’re walking, again. After a week when the girls had to walk alone, here we are, back at it …
2020-09-01: mbaug It was a great month! I had a great time going through the archive, looking for photos that would …
2020-09-01: Some parts of it were fun, though. Like going up on the tall crane to get a drone shot!
2020-09-01: Every time I go on one assignment that takes days to finish I come home with thousands of photos …
2020-08-31: First batch of photos edited, a very small batch, it’s now time to go for our walk with …
2020-08-31: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 31 Today’s theme: love Love. 📷 #mbaug
2020-08-31: Still not done, but I’m feeling happy already! 9h27!
2020-08-30: It’s a wrap!!
2020-08-30: Test results this week: ❌ ❌ ❌ Still safe.
2020-08-30: Last day on set, someone finally remembered they could (should) use the studio’s sound system …
2020-08-30: Ready to go. The new normal.
2020-08-30: There it is, the sun coming up over the river. We’re on our way, it’s the last day!
2020-08-30: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 30 Today’s theme: discovery We’re thrilled, …
2020-08-29: It was not an easy day. A LOT of work, but grateful that most of the crew is really in sync and …
2020-08-29: You know what trucks should be electric and manned by a non-yelling crew ? Garbage trucks that …
2020-08-29: Back home. Sunset already behind us, but dusk still here. Tomorrow is the last day. Happy.
2020-08-29: Where doors go to die.
2020-08-29: Hoping today I make it home on time to catch tinyMovieStar’s bath time! She seems to love it …
2020-08-29: Yep. Another one.
2020-08-29: Here we go… Two more!
2020-08-29: Picked up way too early, we stopped at the first available gas station for coffee and now enjoying …
2020-08-29: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 29 Today’s theme: flake Can I get away with a photo of …
2020-08-29: Here you go, @gregmoore, the most recent one I could find. Along with a Fuji, quite new, from a …
2020-08-29: 0530AM. Up. Damn. I’m not getting younger. THAT I can tell you.
2020-08-28: Done for today. It’s a little over 9PM. I’m getting picked up at 6:20AM tomorrow. …
2020-08-28: Keeping my eye on the proverbial prize. Two more days. Two more days and I’m back with my …
2020-08-28: Upgraded to the 95 series. Feels a bit nicer, but still a pain to have one on the whole day.
2020-08-28: Would you mind turning that one on ? No, no, the other one!
2020-08-28: Sun rising in a bit, we’re on the road already. Managed to have a coffee, so it could be …
2020-08-27: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 28 Today’s theme: emotions Not mine, but I’m in …
2020-08-27: Tomorrow’s rendezvous time? 0650AM. Very short night today.
2020-08-27: This is so awesome! My package walked from NYC to Miami! How cool is that ?? 🤣 Not your lovely one, …
2020-08-27: Done. Ugh.
2020-08-27: Three days since I’ve been tested, so today I’m having that awful thing shoved up my …
2020-08-27: Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.
2020-08-27: Today’s meeting point is a little closer to home, but a bit earlier. So same amount of sleep. …
2020-08-27: Leaving for Day 03. Let’s see how this one plays out.
2020-08-27: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 27 Today’s theme: overcome Thinking about the millions …
2020-08-26: Hopefully this one won’t break the NDA! 10 hours stuck inside, and this is it.
2020-08-26: Sooooo unproductive I had time for a Nyan Cat! That’s what happens when I can’t share photos from …
2020-08-26: Back home after a very unproductive day. Nothing I can do about it, my work this time is part of a …
2020-08-26: Fun and games.
2020-08-26: Adding insult to injury, today’s meeting point is in the middle of nowhere! And I need coffee!
2020-08-26: Here we go again. Day 02, and I almost cried leaving so early in the morning. Just wanted to stay …
2020-08-25: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 26 Today’s theme: relentless They fought relentlessly …
2020-08-25: Also missed Micro.blog more than I expected. This week will definitely feel a lot longer. No wife, …
2020-08-25: Long day coming to an end. My body aches in places I haven’t felt pain in many many months. …
2020-08-25: Hot. As. Hell. And a beSeated for the collection.
2020-08-25: 32C and mask on all day = unhappy maique.
2020-08-25: Waiting for the driver, but I have no idea what he looks like, or what’s he’s driving. …
2020-08-25: Feels very odd to be out and about this early in the morning, in the business part of town. A TON of …
2020-08-25: Good morning. Here we go.
2020-08-24: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 25 Today’s theme: hope There is always hope. 📷 #mbaug
2020-08-24: Ok, no turning back now. We’re on, starting tomorrow early in the morning. Still have a …
2020-08-24: Oh, the Fuji X100T! 🥰
2020-08-24: Another Day, Another Walk As soon as I got home from the test it was time to go for our walk. It’s probably the last one I can …
2020-08-24: Tested. Day 027.
2020-08-24: Waiting to be tested. Can’t wait to get back home with the girls…
2020-08-24: At the COVID testing site. Arrived a little early, still not open for business.
2020-08-24: Also, I’m blaming those fried cheese and jalapeño thingies for the sleepless night!
2020-08-24: Maybe that alarm wasn’t needed. Woke up at 3AM, now I can’t go back to sleep. Hard day …
2020-08-24: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 24 Today’s theme: frosty The ice-cream man of …
2020-08-24: 100 Days, Day 027 Tested An empty parking lot, a huge one, and two tents, like the ones you’ll find at a wedding …
2020-08-23: Setting up an alarm on the phone. It’s been six months since I’ve done that.
2020-08-23: Slow and Steady As we missed the morning ride, we grabbed a beer and walked one of the (by now) usual routes, but at …
2020-08-23: Back to Work, and it’s Day 026.
2020-08-23: It’s Fashion Sunday over here. Dad not in picture, but looking rather dandy 🤣
2020-08-23: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 23 Today’s theme: graceful I could have picked any of …
2020-08-23: 100 Days, Day 026 Back to Work Happy and not happy. Or not happy, but has to be done. Getting back to work was taking …
2020-08-22: I’ll sloooooooowly make it there…. 🐴 🇲🇽
2020-08-22: Actually sad that I’ll have to work next week and only get to see tinyMovieStar in the …
2020-08-22: Ok! New assignment, starting Tuesday. You know what that means, right ? COVID test on Monday. Should …
2020-08-22: Here you go, @gregmoore, not sure if this is good enough, it’s the other one. Different shades of …
2020-08-22: Quick run to the market, got there too early, some stalls still being set up. We ended up going for …
2020-08-22: Also, on these four months, I’ve only been congratulated twice for my granddaughter! Both …
2020-08-22: Four months of this. We must be doing something right 🥰 👶🏻
2020-08-22: Saturday is back. Farmers market and lunch with parents. Love Saturdays.
2020-08-21: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 22 Today’s theme: home According to the lyrics, Home …
2020-08-21: Afternoon Walk We made it in the afternoon, grabbing the mandatory beer at Cerveteca and making our …
2020-08-21: Usually tinyMovieStar falls asleep during our walks, when she’s overdosing on visual input. As …
2020-08-21: I forgot I had purchased Pillow Pro years ago. Such a nice surprise when I decided to check if …
2020-08-21: Today’s walk was cut short, both our brains are working really slow, we forgot we had …
2020-08-21: We found the place where they test the colors!
2020-08-21: Guarding the heart. 💖 🇩🇰
2020-08-21: Mostly quiet, albeit short, night. No coffee yet. That’s it.
2020-08-20: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 21 Today’s theme: crunch I miss the sound of that sand …
2020-08-20: Chiado We managed to go to Chiado and get four new books for tinyMovieStar, she was tired of the …
2020-08-20: TV series shooting an episode on the next street. It’s one of those shows where they seem to …
2020-08-20: Rainy day at home, what is one supposed to do ? Reminisce. It rains a lot in Príncipe as well, but …
2020-08-20: One rainy day in town, and we’re already missing… well… yesterday! If things don’t …
2020-08-20: On the positive side, I finally got Pillow to work. Sleep tracking is so much harder when you have …
2020-08-20: Too early to be up anyway, let’s try to go back to sleep.
2020-08-20: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 20 Today’s theme: change Easiest pick so far. …
2020-08-19: The yellow place 💛 🇩🇰
2020-08-19: Back. Day 025.
2020-08-19: What have you done, @helgeg ?? We were supposed to have one TOGETHER! Not like this 😂🤣 Thank you so …
2020-08-19: Made it to the barber, feels great to see old friends again and get a decent haircut with a beer, …
2020-08-19: Way to go USPS! Denver on the 11th, San Francisco on the 15th, NY on the 19th. I should get my …
2020-08-19: A few laps around the house in my arms and tinyMovieStar slept for an hour. Two deliveries already …
2020-08-19: Little one up most of the night with tummy aches, gassy. Mom is exhausted. Also supposed to go away …
2020-08-19: 100 Days, Day 025 Back to old places. “O bom filho a casa torna.” Today I went back to my old barber. Years ago I used …
2020-08-18: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 19 Today’s theme: ribbon After the ribbon has been …
2020-08-18: Actually excited about tomorrow’s haircut appointment. It’s been too long since …
2020-08-18: One of the podcasts I enjoy listening to is Darknet Diaries. Always an incredible story, superbly …
2020-08-18: What else did I do today Setting up a page for my photo contributions to the August Photoblogging Challenge. I’m …
2020-08-18: Back from the afternoon walk. It was a rather normal one. Not a lot more to add. We’ll try to …
2020-08-18: Torel Shorter walk, but harder one, the hills are alive! We walked by my barbershop, appointment made for …
2020-08-18: Rise and shine. We might see some rain on the next days, so time to go for another walk while we …
2020-08-17: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 18 Today’s theme: grid Nowadays I’m walking …
2020-08-17: Still using Telegram to debrief everyday with movieStar, after the little one is asleep. Still …
2020-08-17: Still thinking about the VPS. Still no time to do anything about it.
2020-08-17: Have a seat. And drink a CMYK.
2020-08-17: Afternoon walk in a minute. We had our fun with a story about fruit friendship, and another one …
2020-08-17: 10 minutes, that’s how long my afternoon nap lasted. Better than 9 minutes, sure, but we need …
2020-08-17: The River We finally made it to the river! It’s not far, but we’ve been stretching the walks a bit every day, …
2020-08-17: People tell me it’s Monday, so it’s time for a Micro Monday suggestion… Living in …
2020-08-17: Starting the week with another set of memories, a year ago, visiting friends up north. First visit …
2020-08-17: On other news, a few packages are on the way home, but none seems to be moving for days now. …
2020-08-17: Today we woke up thinking about the river. tinyMovieStar hasn’t seen the river yet, so …
2020-08-17: 4AM. Insomnia. Girls sleeping, why am I not ? Tomorrow (later today) is not going to be fun 😳
2020-08-16: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 17 Today’s theme: cuddly As cuddly as they come. 📷 …
2020-08-16: Another day has gone by in our little corner of the world. A visit to the botanical garden, a short …
2020-08-16: Back in the day I used to carry a heavy camera bag. This is what I’m carrying now… 🤣
2020-08-16: Afternoon walk. Dropped by Cerveteca, picked up a can of Porn in the IPA, a rather nice Triple IPA, …
2020-08-16: Trying to keep her entertained is getting harder by the day. And she’s not even thinking about …
2020-08-16: And down the street, back home. Hoping for a quiet afternoon. Maybe a nap.
2020-08-16: Botanical Garden The Botanical Garden is just up the street, so it was picked as today’s walk destination. We …
2020-08-16: Open one eye, feels rather early, no sound whatsoever coming from the street. 06:15AM. Damn! I …
2020-08-15: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 16 Today’s theme: stationary Sometimes you just have …
2020-08-15: Nothing. Or everything ? Day 024.
2020-08-15: Finally turned on the tv. Modern Family is on. Ok.
2020-08-15: I had read about Castro’s queing system, and didn’t quite get it until I tried it. I …
2020-08-15: Back home for a couple of hours now, tinyMovieStar asleep all that time.
2020-08-15: Lunch with my parents. Crying fit. She’s always in her best behavior when at home 🤪
2020-08-15: Saturday Morning Waking up a bit earlier than expected, again, so why not go to the market and get a little produce ? …
2020-08-15: We’re officially renaming tinyMovieStar. Henceforth she’ll be known as Kim Jong-Clara. …
2020-08-15: On a wall far far away… 👾 🇲🇾
2020-08-15: Managed to get one (quick) coffee while the little one woke up for some milk. Hopefully she’ll …
2020-08-15: 100 Days, Day 024 Nothing. I feel I’ve been doing nothing lately. Nothing besides taking care of movieStar and …
2020-08-14: Girls asleep. Core Int playing on Castro, headphones on. Need to sleep, badly, but would love to …
2020-08-14: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 15 Today’s theme: silhouette A part of town I …
2020-08-14: Ice cream: check!
2020-08-14: There’s a liter of ice cream (coconut and cinnamon) on the freezer. We’d LOVE to have …
2020-08-14: Ordering out today. We have no energy left to cook. Both exhausted.
2020-08-14: Good news: Hello Kitty is back, ready to fight the virus! 😻
2020-08-14: Total: 10.5KM with tinyMovieStar. I’m as good as dead.
2020-08-14: That Car Life
2020-08-14: movieStar is getting a haircut, so I’m walking tinyMovieStar back and forth, shooting the …
2020-08-14: Estrela & Wurst Going on the opposite direction of the way we usually take, up the other hill (there’s always …
2020-08-14: This is so cool… Poolside FM
2020-08-14: Killing time before our daily walk by testing the new Kodachrome presets. Something a bit more …
2020-08-14: Plan today is to go up (and it’s a really steep climb!) to Jardim da Estrela. Let’s see …
2020-08-14: Out fishing… 🐟🇸🇹
2020-08-14: Must have coffee, but afraid the machine might wake the girls up. Might need a bigger house.
2020-08-13: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 14 Today’s theme: among Friends. 📷 #mbaug
2020-08-13: That looks comfy… 👰🏻 🇻🇳
2020-08-13: Also, I’m without notifications half a day, because tinyMovieStar keeps touching my watch and …
2020-08-13: That feeling when I start to enjoy a new filter on Lightroom and I start wondering “How would …
2020-08-13: It was a lovely afternoon. Pedro’s father also joined the fun, and we talked about life and …
2020-08-13: Back from our afternoon square meeting. A couple of beers, again, with friends and we even got our …
2020-08-13: Follow up to the umbrella post, here’s another in in use during actual rain. Nature being cool and …
2020-08-13: Girl with umbrella. ☔️🇸🇹
2020-08-13: Yay! 🥰 @vincent @gluon Done! Thank you soooo much 😊
2020-08-13: Oh, no, you didn’t!! 💖 Thank you, @vincent and @gluon!!!
2020-08-13: Another day, another walk We needed coffee, so we decided to walk down to Chiado and get a few packs from Starbucks. A bit, …
2020-08-13: 5:30AM, up for an hour. I have to go back to sleep, otherwise today will be HARD!
2020-08-13: Next up: Unnatural selection by Mara Hvistendahl 📚
2020-08-12: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 13 Today’s theme: filter Filtered light. 📷 #mbaug
2020-08-12: VSCO now has a Kodachrome inspired filter, KC25. Free for a while, then part of the X subscription. …
2020-08-12: Here it is, the National COVID tracing app.
2020-08-12: That’s how we do it. A couple of chairs and a couple of beers 🍺
2020-08-12: The airport in Príncipe is the smallest one I’ve been to. A daily flight from STP, weather …
2020-08-12: bSides not forgotten, one more for the bridalBliss series… 👰🏻 🇻🇳
2020-08-12: Busier afternoon, with laundry, dishwashing and a restless tinyMovieStar who won’t sleep, even …
2020-08-12: Using Too Good To Go for the first time. It’s a great idea and I’m happy it was shown to …
2020-08-12: Santos & Madragoa Not a lot of wider shots, today I was drawn to the details. But we did our usual 5K walk, around …
2020-08-12: The house right behind us has a pool. The pool is abandoned. Don’t ask me why, it’s …
2020-08-12: Here we go! Another day is starting… ☕️
2020-08-11: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 12 Today’s theme: sound Still keeping it very literal, …
2020-08-11: Another unexpected side effect from the pandemic: I’m now, kinda, following along a Brazilian …
2020-08-11: I want to learn how to cook properly for a long time, and I’m doing some light cooking at the …
2020-08-11: In Beirut, 160 were killed in part due to government negligence and the whole government resigned. …
2020-08-11: Old school Lisbon. New school Lisbon.
2020-08-11: The paint job Going through the Bairro Alto you can’t help notice that almost all the buildings have a different …
2020-08-11: Chiado and back. A big circle today, to Chiado, Camões, grabbing some pastéis de nata at …
2020-08-11: Best coffee ever Talking with @helgeg I was reminded of the best cup of coffee I’ve had in my life. And also …
2020-08-11: tinyMovieStar is talking most of the time she’s awake now. Love the sounds and her face looks …
2020-08-10: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 11 Today’s theme: transportation “Needs a little …
2020-08-10: Still trying to figure out the whole VPS thing, but I already reached one conclusion: I’d have …
2020-08-10: One, long, walk in the morning. One smaller one to the square in the afternoon. A couple of beers …
2020-08-10: Day 023, it’s about walking.
2020-08-10: Today we went a bit further, and into the neighborhoods next door. It was the Yellow Walk. Went down …
2020-08-10: Just have to remember to always keep smiling… 😃🇸🇹
2020-08-10: Waking up to another day. This one starts out cloudy, but soon we’ll have our lovely sunshine …
2020-08-10: 100 Days, Day 023 Walking. I have always walked a lot. I’d walk alone, for hours, taking photos along the way, lazily …
2020-08-09: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 10 Today’s theme: windows After many years waiting for …
2020-08-09: Really want to try the VPS thing, install a couple of apps and try this yunohost I hear about, but, …
2020-08-09: Quietness is what I miss the most. That’s it. I’m pretty much ok with everything else. …
2020-08-09: Back home, and already ordered Ramen from our favorite place in town. In a while we’ll be in …
2020-08-09: Afternoon view… Kids all over, but nice IPA on the fridge. Play Date for them and for us as …
2020-08-09: We missed the panda. We did. 🐼🎋
2020-08-09: I had forgotten how much cooler the weather is up here. tinyMovieStar slept without complaining for …
2020-08-09: Getting ready for bed after a very long day. Still keeping our moods up, but our home really is our …
2020-08-08: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 09 Today’s theme: black-and-white Doing the whole …
2020-08-08: Back at the in-laws for the night. Tomorrow we’re having a play date (yes, now I’m that …
2020-08-08: Saturday is farmer’s market day in the park, and some arts & crafts as well. We got some …
2020-08-08: Missing the open road. 🚗 🇸🇹
2020-08-08: It now takes two espressos just to get things started. One is not enough anymore. My brain is …
2020-08-08: We’re spending the night at my in-laws today, going back for the first time since we left. …
2020-08-08: So so right, on so many things… Very much worth a read. How Covid-19 Signals the End of the …
2020-08-08: I have a VERY nosy upstairs neighbor, always perched on her window, trying to figure out who’s …
2020-08-08: Punk’s not dead. 🎨 ☠️
2020-08-07: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 08 Today’s theme: view Woke up to this view on my …
2020-08-07: Another fun note: around 20% of the voices we hear, clearly, belong to Portuguese people. The rest, …
2020-08-07: You can tell it’s Friday night from the amount of perfume coming in from the street through …
2020-08-07: There she is, asleep. Where ? It doesn’t look like her bed, right ? 👶🏻🤣
2020-08-07: Getting the baby to sleep is getting harder and harder by the day. Both at night and when sun is …
2020-08-07: Today’s walk around the block. Still showing the neighborhood to tinyMovieStar… A restaurant …
2020-08-07: Read @manton’s 5 years later post before leaving for our morning walk, and found this on the …
2020-08-07: Looks like I’m not getting any more sleep today. Sad, but there you go… ☕️
2020-08-07: Still on the fence about going somewhere out of town next week. The heat might ruin the whole plan, …
2020-08-06: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 07 Today’s theme: daytripping Around the island by …
2020-08-06: Incoming from Boise! Thanks @Gabz, very very much appreciated 🙏🏼 You shouldn’t have, and I’m …
2020-08-06: Mission: Getting tinyMovieStar back to her bed for the night, and out of ours. Day 01. So far, so …
2020-08-06: At the moment I can only play games that don’t take to long, and can be interrupted at all …
2020-08-06: Back from the pediatrician. Felt like going to the moon and back.
2020-08-06: Two hours before we have to leave for the appointment, and already I want to stay inside and skip …
2020-08-06: The cool couple. 🤙🏼 👰🏻
2020-08-06: Trying to keep the house as cool as possible, fan has been going for hours! Outside the tarmac seems …
2020-08-06: Making of yesterday’s photo. Our guests for the day loved the tour, and sent us a few …
2020-08-06: Checking the weather all day long now… Activities outside are now Carrot-dependent.
2020-08-06: I guess I can keep pretending I live in Tokyo after all… The average floor area per home in …
2020-08-06: Still a lot of them around town, a favorite with the tourists and pickpocketing professionals.
2020-08-06: Up again, ready for another day of wonder and amusement. Oh, and a visit to the pediatrician!
2020-08-05: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 06 Today’s theme: bisect Splitting the desert, moon …
2020-08-05: The tour took around three and a half hours, with stops for beer, margaritas, pizza and ice cream. …
2020-08-05: Today’s walk finished at the usual place, with the usual people. Friends, gotta love ‘em.
2020-08-05: Another one of the When Friends Come to Visit… This is my favorite beach in the world. They …
2020-08-05: Long story short, my father was supposed to drop by, we ended up going to my parents for lunch. Like …
2020-08-05: Second coffee, a shave and a shower. Starting to feel alive again.
2020-08-05: The shy couple… 👰🏻 🇹🇭
2020-08-05: Update: we’re all alive. 10:30AM, both girls still in bed sleeping. Must. Have. Coffee.
2020-08-05: Sometimes, when she’s extra fussy, she gets to sleep in our bed. She might be addicted to it …
2020-08-05: Teething can not be harder than this. I’m ok with normal crying, but the wailing is just too …
2020-08-05: Street cleaning day, men are outside with their huge hoses, washing the street. 1AM, it’s …
2020-08-04: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 05 Today’s theme: flow Buddhist monks during a walking …
2020-08-04: Tomorrow we’re doing another tour of the neighborhood, but we’ll have company. A cousin …
2020-08-04: The dream house. 🏡 🇸🇹
2020-08-04: Day 022, the non-post. Thanks, @ajennische 🙏🏼
2020-08-04: It’s been days since I’ve had time and the right mindset to write one of the …
2020-08-04: Finally made it to the end of the AXIOS. I’m exhausted. What. A. Moron.
2020-08-04: The Príncipe Real part of the walk. There’s a huge garden too, but no photos of that, sorry. Feeling …
2020-08-04: Today’s walk took us to Príncipe Real, again, and a bit of Bairro Alto. This is where I’d spend my …
2020-08-04: A lot more tourists than I expected, but almost everyone is wearing a mask, even outside. Inside …
2020-08-04: My favorite electric motorcycle share-a-ride app is shutting down. I still have so many credits on …
2020-08-04: Trump on AXIOS. It must be so hard to interview a person so so very dumb! “The United States …
2020-08-04: 100 Days, Day 022 Still here. I actually have some ideas on my mind, but have no time to sit down and write them. …
2020-08-04: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 04 Today’s theme: peace I never felt at peace until I …
2020-08-03: A walk around the house and some singing to tinyMovieStar, and she eventually fell asleep in my …
2020-08-03: On the baby front, same episode as last night: quiet during the day, crazy as soon as the sunset …
2020-08-03: Micro monday, so putting @gabz and @helgeg on the line. Everyone on the community is worth a follow …
2020-08-03: I’m thinking today is Uber Eats day. Then again, I always feel the same way when I’m …
2020-08-03: Uncle Pedro came to visit. Time for a beer in the square, and back home for bath time and dinner. …
2020-08-03: The smaller apartment is challenging at times, coming from a big house. No garden, no pool, no three …
2020-08-03: Lunch is now behind us, with delicious ice cream for desert. Fingers crossed for an afternoon nap..
2020-08-03: Everyone is up. Time for some coffee and just noticed we need diapers! Only five left, so I guess I …
2020-08-03: The bride and the bridesmaids, just before movieStar and I were married. Best time of my life. 💖 🇸🇹
2020-08-03: We made it through another night in the end. Took a while, but tinyMovieStar eventually fell asleep …
2020-08-02: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 03 Today’s theme: bug That’s as close as …
2020-08-02: Today is the day when she’s not sleeping. Not interested at all! It’s going to be a fun …
2020-08-02: Another quick walk around the block before dinner. tinyMovieStar has to leave the house from time to …
2020-08-02: My investment in ETH has tripled in value. Sadly the investment was 10€.
2020-08-02: Three months in and we’re still trying to find the balance that will allow us to watch a movie …
2020-08-02: Also today, a new kind of mailbox. Seems safe enough.
2020-08-02: Spotted on my way to the supermarket. “The future belongs to code”. New school opening in town. Free …
2020-08-02: Walking around the neighborhood. tinyMovieStar enjoys getting to know the area. This is where she’ll …
2020-08-02: The area where we live is mostly quiet, but can get a litlle busy on weekends, as there are a few …
2020-08-02: I was about ready to sleep, tired and wanting to lie down and nod off, but decided to wait until …
2020-08-02: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 02 Today’s theme: floating Always very literal, I am. …
2020-08-01: Done. Beer (beers, schhhhhh) have been had, now back home thinking about dinner. In the end it …
2020-08-01: A cozy corner of the island, there are dozens of these… 🌴 🇸🇹
2020-08-01: Back home, waiting for the temperature to go down a bit and then we’ll go down to the square …
2020-08-01: I believe teething might be starting. That, or tinyMovieStar has developed a temper 😝
2020-08-01: Small stroll in the square for coffee before heading out to grandma and grandpa for lunch. …
2020-08-01: August 2020 Photoblogging Challenge Day 01 Today’s theme: up First one for the challenge, and …
2020-07-31: Tomorrow is family time again, and in the afternoon we will share a beer and say thank you in person …
2020-07-31: 4PM to 8PM, zZzZ… All of us. Felt great.
2020-07-31: The lonely fisherman. 🐠 🇸🇹
2020-07-31: Still pondering if we’re going somewhere in August. Traveling abroad is obviously out of the …
2020-07-31: The neighborhood vibe… old school all the way.
2020-07-31: Today tinyMovieStar is having her second go at vaccination. Five minute walk to the place where …
2020-07-31: Yes, that’s the sunrise over there, 06:30AM, up since 01:30AM. I’m going to blame the …
2020-07-31: Another friend from the island, and one of the most amazing experiences I’ve had in my life. 🐢🇸🇹
2020-07-30: Back in business! Uncle Mansinho came to Pracinha, artisanal beer, Roman pizza and oysters! This is …
2020-07-30: Found out about BabyTV on cable. We’re not letting her watch TV, but were curious about …
2020-07-30: The backyard view. Jockey’s Cap in the distance. 🌴 🇸🇹
2020-07-30: When friends come to visit us at the island… 💖 🇸🇹
2020-07-30: Very long story short, this is where movieStar and I met, where I proposed, where we got married and …
2020-07-30: Today I’m missing the island a bit more. I wouldn’t be surprised if some photos start …
2020-07-30: ID cards are ready. Next available date to pick them up ? Sep 23! Sometimes this is a very sad …
2020-07-30: Another night has gone by, and we’re still alive. Heat has gone down a bit, and tinyMovieStar …
2020-07-30: 100 Days, Day 021 No time. We moved back to our own place and I have close to no free time. We’re now graduated …
2020-07-30: No time left. Day 021.
2020-07-29: Standing there, naturally… 👰🏻 🇻🇳
2020-07-29: Extra sleep in the afternoon = fussy tinyMovieStar in the evening.
2020-07-29: Currently reading: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 📚 Testing the new book search. Great work, @manton, …
2020-07-29: Came back from the appointment, went to the grocery and mini market. movieStar fell asleep, and so …
2020-07-29: Social distancing at the hospital is being enforced with flowers. Sweet idea.
2020-07-29: Coming back to this apartment feels like we moved into a flat in central Tokyo. It’s TINY!
2020-07-29: movieStar has an appointment at the doctor’s in a little while, so things are underway for …
2020-07-29: Things you notice when using a laptop: Posts made with Sunlit display photos in a bigger size. Nice.
2020-07-29: I wish there was a decent Micro.blog Linux client. Maybe even an official one…
2020-07-29: Today I would love to be here. Not the fanciest place, but felt good when we were there… ☕️ …
2020-07-29: We need everything. We have no supplies at our place, a food run is very much in order. …
2020-07-28: Here it is, first one at the regular place, where we hadn’t been since March. A pint of Porn in the …
2020-07-28: Getting ready to spend the first night with tinyMovieStar in our home. Getting used to the city …
2020-07-28: Where’s Waldina ? We have a lot of unpacking to do, but we’re leaving most of it for tomorrow. …
2020-07-28: Back home also means back to the computer, so it’s Manjaro time. A ton of updates….
2020-07-28: Drove home with help, two cars, and unloaded everything in our flat. tinyMovieStar seems to be …
2020-07-28: Back home. City life…
2020-07-28: Getting ready to go. Car is loaded. Teddy is coming along, with a view.
2020-07-28: Moving in this heat is not fun.
2020-07-28: My bags are packed. Turns out my bags are about 10% of the whole thing. Half of those 10% are …
2020-07-28: One more tick on the ToDo list: email to the neighbors, letting them know they should expect some …
2020-07-28: Moving… 🛵 🇲🇲
2020-07-28: The day is here. As soon as the girls are awake the packing will resume, we’ll load the cars and …
2020-07-27: Last night at the Quarantine House. We had a lot of fun, good times, amazing support from the …
2020-07-27: Remembered I had the old Netatmo station and managed to turn the main module and and get it working. …
2020-07-27: Back home after a thorough fridge cleaning and a wonderful ride on the seaside road that connects …
2020-07-27: Only thing that will get done before the move actually happens: fridge will be turned on. Getting on …
2020-07-27: Social Media usage, for Day 020.
2020-07-27: We could be waking up here instead. Not worrying about the move at all… 🏡 🇮🇩
2020-07-27: Up again, still a bit sleepy, but that’s the new normal. Tomorrow is the set date for The Move …
2020-07-27: Next time I’ll follow Brian’s advice and switch from coffee to one of whatever this is… 👾 🇹🇭
2020-07-27: 1AM. I’m thinking that 5PM coffee was not a good idea. Not even a so so idea.
2020-07-27: 100 Days, Day 020 Social media. Five months, going on six, and social media usage has changed a fair bit for me. Using …
2020-07-27: “Happy” Days 👰🏻 🇻🇳
2020-07-26: Day is coming to it’s end, and the whole moving thing was postponed. Did nothing of the sort today, …
2020-07-26: I’m this close to changing my bio to Diaper Changer. It is, after all, my main occupation.
2020-07-26: Visits at this place are almost done, today was probably the final one: cousin who lives in Finland, …
2020-07-26: We’ve been living next to the beach since March but haven’t been to the actual beach until today. …
2020-07-26: Sunday spot. A couple of beers and back home.
2020-07-26: I believe today we’ll start out own moving process. Loading the car in a bit and drive the …
2020-07-26: Ready, set, go…! 🏁 🇹🇭
2020-07-26: As the years go by I find it harder and harder to endure noisy environments. I don’t remember …
2020-07-26: Months have gone by, and I’m still amazed movieStar gets up in the middle on the night, picks …
2020-07-25: Snowden is on but, again, not sure if I’ll be able to make it to the end. Too tired, and …
2020-07-25: We had the pleasure of another visit. A mother and son combo, one of our dearest friends, and a …
2020-07-25: Hello, yellow. 👰🏻 🇲🇲
2020-07-25: The moving process is ongoing, house getting emptier by the day. Down to one tv on the living room. …
2020-07-25: Everywhere you look, there’s another couple… 👰🏻 🇬🇧
2020-07-25: The amount of silliness we’ve seen in this house over the quarantine… It’s like …
2020-07-25: As usual when a new chapter is about to begin, I start wishing we were there already, and not having …
2020-07-25: New life ahead. 👰🏻 🇻🇳
2020-07-25: Not a perfect night. Kept waking up, had to move downstairs because somehow I got a stuffy nose and …
2020-07-24: Felt good to ride a bike again, even if only for a couple of hours. The ride back, with a friend, …
2020-07-24: No matter where you are… 👰🏻 🇯🇵
2020-07-24: Went to town, picked up the parcel, teamed up with a friend and we both rode back, met another one …
2020-07-24: Way way back, right next door. 👰🏻 🇪🇸
2020-07-24: Another $1.20 from sales on EyeEm! Soon I’ll be able to retire! Yay!
2020-07-24: While going through the albums, another series presented itself. While we were honeymooning we came …
2020-07-24: Hypothetical highlight of the day: I might, or might not, get on my father-in-law’s Harley and …
2020-07-24: Friday is upon us. Grabbing a coffee, girls back to bed trying to get an extra hour of sleep. A …
2020-07-24: 1AM, back playing “Why can’t I sleep?”. This game is getting old, I would rather …
2020-07-23: Her best friend so far1 🎨 📱 Not including her dear parents! [return]
2020-07-23: The closer we get to the date, the sadder I am. Not crying sad, but a little sad. This really was …
2020-07-23: Battery life SO much better on beta 3, but homescreen shortcuts no longer work, and Telegram …
2020-07-23: Went the the market, last minute thing. A bit stressful, but I guess most things are these days. …
2020-07-23: “How is it ? Good enough for Instagram ??” 👸🏻 🇻🇳
2020-07-23: Good morning, good morning. Two days before the weekend, we’re doing fine. Today I’ll …
2020-07-23: A quiet evening, and we’re now in night territory. All is fine for now, hoping we’ll …
2020-07-22: Enjoying the last days at the house with the lovely pool. Soon we’ll be back in town, small tub in …
2020-07-22: Getting ready for today’s salad making. Yesterday was such a hit that MovieStar requested the …
2020-07-22: Picked up groceries for today’s salad. tinyMovieStar is ON FIRE today, cranky and nagging all …
2020-07-22: Three months of this 👶🏻🥰
2020-07-22: One love. 👾 🇹🇭
2020-07-22: My humming skills have also grown in the past months. Considerably.
2020-07-22: I don’t know why I still bother to install updates to all the travel apps on the phone.
2020-07-22: Light sleeper no more. Day 019.
2020-07-22: 100 Days, Day 019 On sleep. Before the baby came along, I was a light sleeper. I would wake up with every little …
2020-07-21: Contact tracing app is being launched in the country in a few days. Beta testing is about to start. …
2020-07-21: And, if I may say so myself, I’m becoming quite the expert at salad making.
2020-07-21: Went to pick up a rocking chair for tinyMovieStar from a friend’s place today. Cicada noise …
2020-07-21: Three Madeira generations in a sweet photo from movieStar. Can’t tell which of us is happiest 👶🏻
2020-07-21: Since we’ll be pool-less in a week, we’re enjoying it as much as possible! Afternoon …
2020-07-21: Back home, and it’s this kind of day… 🐈
2020-07-21: One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the amount of help you get from other moms & dads. We …
2020-07-21: Almost time to start getting ready for today’s outing. We’re doing three stops today. …
2020-07-21: Anyway, here’s to the little ones, wherever they may be… 👾 🇲🇽
2020-07-21: Having my first coffee of the day, still thinking about the thunderstorm last night. Amazing how the …
2020-07-21: Lifestyle. 🛵 🇲🇽
2020-07-21: The thunderstorm is right on top of us! Huge blasts! My wife woke up startled, with a jump. …
2020-07-21: Ok, now there’s a thunderstorm. I love thunderstorms, but they make me sleepy and I have a ton …
2020-07-20: That one time, at band camp… Day 018
2020-07-20: It feels a bit weird knowing this is the last week we’re spending at this house, and that …
2020-07-20: Pretty standard afternoon, with some moving preparations, a quick run to the supermarket, family …
2020-07-20: We’re getting ready to move back to our own place. In-laws about to move out of this house. …
2020-07-20: As we’re even having a bit of rain around these parts today, we’re in total London mood… 🚗 🇬🇧
2020-07-20: Mother-in-law away for the week, helping out another family member, we’re home alone with …
2020-07-20: Finally found manga I’m REALLY enjoying! Yakuza turned house husband ? Yes, please! Gokushufudou: …
2020-07-20: Monday! There’s a whole new week ahead. Let’s all try to make something out of it…. 🚧 🇬🇧
2020-07-20: 100 Days, Day 018 I’m sure I’ll manage… Reading a post from Gabz reminded me of one thing that …
2020-07-19: One thing I’m not going to miss when we move back home, is the dozens of dogs barking all …
2020-07-19: Girls up in the room trying to sleep, I’m down in the living room trying Castro to figure out …
2020-07-19: As soon as the heat goes away, she’s back to her old self. Happy as can be. This is the sweetest …
2020-07-19: Sometimes it’s just easier to not get into Netflix search mode, and deal with whatever TV is …
2020-07-19: No shoes for Day 017.
2020-07-19: Father-in-law went out and got a newspaper. A real, printed, newspaper. I’ve worked for over …
2020-07-19: Great weather for a bike ride.. 👾 🇸🇬
2020-07-19: Woke up to a cold(ish), foggy, day. After weeks of scorching sun beaming down on us, it feels great. …
2020-07-19: Also, wear a mask! 😷 ❌ 🦠 🎨 📱
2020-07-19: But for a brief period there, Twitter was ruled by the followers, not the followed. Twitter Is at …
2020-07-19: 100 Days, Day 017 Barefoot. Short one today, but I had a flashback. Back in the day I worked at a laidback place, and …
2020-07-19: … I didn’t make it to the end. Maybe it’s just too late, but found it a bit …
2020-07-19: Girls trying to sleep upstairs. I found Invictus on TV. Not sure if I’ll be able to make it to …
2020-07-18: We need to find something new to watch, just in case we have some tv time1. We have all the Ghibli …
2020-07-18: Late night. 👾 🇲🇽
2020-07-18: Cross-posting to my own instance on Mastondon. Old mothership account still enabled, but I’ll …
2020-07-18: Update: no nap this afternoon. tinyMovieStar decided to skip sleep today, and has this great …
2020-07-18: Happy days… 👶🏻
2020-07-18: Grilled fish for lunch, by the pool. Damn flies make me mad, other than that it’s a perfect …
2020-07-18: This all comes down to crisis management. That’s what I’ve been learning these past few …
2020-07-18: Vibrant urban scene. Or not. No gas powered vehicles on the island, so the taxis also look extra …
2020-07-18: Looks like it’s a lot cooler today. On the other hand no one slept properly last night. Mixed …
2020-07-18: With movieStar helping out with the modeling, last one of this series in Georgetown. 👾 🇲🇾
2020-07-17: The garage was not big enough. Ages ago, when Bogas was a young car.
2020-07-17: Day 016. I do love my car.
2020-07-17: No matter how bad your day is going, someone is having a harder one.
2020-07-17: Boy, do I love this car! Longer post later, when I get back home. One of the 100 days will be about …
2020-07-17: Dentist day again. Today I’m taking my own, old, car. Battery has been fully charged, …
2020-07-17: On a sadder note, unexpected effect of the pandemic: my in-laws are renting this great place from a …
2020-07-17: Making-of of yesterday’s shot with Enric. He was not in the mood for a dip, and I had just …
2020-07-17: 2:40AM | 26C | 78.8F Will we ever manage to sleep around here ?
2020-07-17: Kinda worried. 🎨 📱
2020-07-17: 100 Days, Day 016 I love driving. Cars, not so much. Except my own. Over two decades ago I got new job, a nice one, …
2020-07-17: Lucky to have such great friends, and extra lucky because most of them are also amazing …
2020-07-16: We’re rowing, and rowing… 👾 🇲🇾
2020-07-16: Footnotes look amazing on the blog, less so on the timeline, and really bad when crossposted to …
2020-07-16: Long day, all things considered. Great surprise visit from Enric1, but tinyMovieStar refused to …
2020-07-16: Busy afternoon, the good busy kind, so not the usual time to browse the timeline as normal these …
2020-07-16: The hardest one to get a hold of, the elusive Catalan, Mr. Enric, decided to show up today. A good …
2020-07-16: Pool maintenance job this afternoon: trying to unscrew a couple of screws and remove the cover of …
2020-07-16: Here you go, @gabz, the bicycle one… 👾 🇲🇾
2020-07-16: I could also go for a ride, but have no clue how the bike is doing. Haven’t seen her in months. 👾 🇲🇾
2020-07-16: Back from the food run. It’s not fun doing this alone, I can tell you that much. Managed a …
2020-07-16: Fresh new day. We’re getting low on food supplies, a food run has to be organized. Sadly my …
2020-07-16: If this heat is here to stay, we could at least be somewhere else… 🌴 🇰🇭
2020-07-16: 2AM, 24C1, no wind whatsoever. Guess who’s not getting any sleep tonight ?? No, not …
2020-07-16: Footnotes and stuff I Love footnotes!1 I’m really happy2 that I can finally start using plug-ins on my site! First …
2020-07-15: The fisherman. 👾 🇲🇽
2020-07-15: Another day is ending. Not a lot to add to what these past months have shown us. Less sleep, a lot …
2020-07-15: Sunset at the pool, tinyMovieStar is getting used to this.
2020-07-15: Please disregard this one. Test. Just testing 1 footnotes, maybe this is the one plugin that will …
2020-07-15: After lunch, still digging through the street art. The Fan Lady. 👾 🇸🇬
2020-07-15: Day 015 is about helping someone.
2020-07-15: Girls still asleep, me lying on the couch, spamming everyone with street art. Sorry about …
2020-07-15: I used this one as a wallpaper for the iPhone for a while. Still love it. 👾 🇯🇵
2020-07-15: Half my timeline on Twitter is already muted and still it’s hard to find the posts I want to …
2020-07-15: Starting this one with a little Neko love 😻 👾 🇲🇾
2020-07-15: Wind has stopped, baby has slept, I have coffee. A new day is about to start. Yay for that.
2020-07-15: 100 Days, Day 015 Be My Eyes. Taking a couple of minutes out of your life to help someone is always a great idea, and …
2020-07-15: It’s On! 👾 🇭🇰
2020-07-14: Windy as hell. movieStar hates wind, can’t sleep and goes a little crazy. I LOVE wind. A lot. …
2020-07-14: tinyMovieStar 🥰
2020-07-14: It’s Street Art Day over here, so I did Day 014 about it.
2020-07-14: It’s been a week since I opened the laptop. Miss it for some things, but I hardly got any time …
2020-07-14: I can smell pancakes for tea.
2020-07-14: Love it when Discover and the Photos timelines get updated. Always find someone I wasn’t yet …
2020-07-14: Hopefully you won’t mind, time for yet another elephant. This time, a cutie! 👾 🇹🇭
2020-07-14: Fell asleep listening to a podcast, and woke up just in time for a diaper change. Some days are just …
2020-07-14: Still on the elephant trail… 👾 🇹🇭
2020-07-14: Family lunch at home today, more crowded than usual. Feeling extra tired too, even though I slept …
2020-07-14: Elephant love is strong. 👾 🇹🇭
2020-07-14: All together now… 👾 🇲🇾
2020-07-14: Ready for another hot day with nothing else to do but worry if tinyMovieStar is too uncomfortable. …
2020-07-14: A quick one, testing the filter. London was one of the places where we found amazing art… 👾 …
2020-07-14: HK street art. I think I’ll get a few of these and put them together on a separate page… I’ve …
2020-07-14: Today I had a dream: tinyMovieStar spoke her first words. She did not say Dada or Mama, instead she …
2020-07-14: Not one to get all “I told you so” on myself, but it’s 1:30AM and here we are, …
2020-07-14: 100 Days, Day 014 Street Art. I love street art. Ever since I can remember I liked graffiti, and loved how it has …
2020-07-14: Basically, the message is that you should find the truth through vomiting and — so sorry — maybe …
2020-07-13: The (extra) eager salesperson… 🎨 📱
2020-07-13: Sweet dreams are (not) made of these… 👾 🇬🇧
2020-07-13: Time to start thinking about turning in for the night. I’ll probably be around for a couple of …
2020-07-13: High five! Almost 9PM, still warm. Today was a hot mess, but we made it. Went to town, took care of …
2020-07-13: For this Micro Monday two Japanese related suggestions: @davidrmunson, living there and great …
2020-07-13: And spotted this rarity. Not a car you see everyday in town. Note: I know nothing about cars. …
2020-07-13: Back home. tinyMovieStar has a new ID card, and so do her parents. Both of us got a new name! Also …
2020-07-13: Favorite color. 💖 🇲🇽
2020-07-13: I was a punctual person. Now it’s harder. Day 013, a few left to go…
2020-07-13: The virus can ravage many of the body’s major organ systems, including the brain and central nervous …
2020-07-13: 01:30AM, girls asleep, me wide awake. This happens so often these days I have to stop posting it.
2020-07-13: 100 Days, Day 013 Being on time. Since I can remember I’ve always been a bit of a fanatic with being on time. …
2020-07-12: Just realized tomorrow I’m having my photo taken for the national ID card, one that will stick …
2020-07-12: Tried dipping tinyMovieStar’s feet in the pool. That did not go well.
2020-07-12: Quick dip in the pool. It’s too hot, and tomorrow will be even hotter!
2020-07-12: The Long Wait. ⏰ 🇲🇾
2020-07-12: TIL: You can double-tap the current observations on CARROT app to quickly switch between main data …
2020-07-12: I believe NOW is the time to panic: we ran out of coffee!!! Have to make a quick run to the …
2020-07-12: Soon…
2020-07-12: Slow Sunday it is. Up since 8AM, girls still sleeping. No plans for today.
2020-07-12: Workshops might be on the horizon. I really must find something to do while this whole freelancing …
2020-07-12: Moving time is getting closer. Day 012 of the 100.
2020-07-12: 100 Days, Day 012 Missing our home. We moved here in March, three days after my birthday. A little over a month later …
2020-07-11: The Vlogging Mermaid. 🧜♀️ 🇹🇭
2020-07-11: Still no fever, tinyMovieStar had a great day with everyone at the pool. A couple more months and …
2020-07-11: After BBQ. Nice times with friends.
2020-07-11: Decided to grab a nice, strong, IPA to drink while prepping the BBQ. Forgot I hadn’t eaten …
2020-07-11: Me: “Since there’s no workshop, how about a BBQ ?” Me: “That’s a great …
2020-07-11: The cleaning supplies lady. 🧹 🇹🇭
2020-07-11: The workshop that I was attending this weekend was postponed. The person who was organizing the …
2020-07-11: tinyMovieStar went through the night without any fever, and that’s great. We were told a rise …
2020-07-11: Weekend again, or so they tell me.
2020-07-10: Maybe the time has come to go back to town. Being at home today made us feel homesick, a little more …
2020-07-10: Such a strong baby! A yelp, and that was it. 💪🏼 👶🏻
2020-07-10: Home! After months away, we finally made it home. Only for a little while, but it feels great. First …
2020-07-10: Oh, how I missed dealing with bureaucracy and the sweet sweet civil servants of our fair …
2020-07-10: Out fishing… 🐠 🇮🇩
2020-07-10: Long day again: today is vaccination day for tinyMovieStar, a quick visit to our place in the city, …
2020-07-10: 100 Days, Day 011 I miss walking. There’s not a lot of things I miss at the moment. As I’ve said before, …
2020-07-10: I miss walking. It’s my Day 011 out of a hundred.
2020-07-09: Uneventful rest of day. Walking around carrying the little one, she falls asleep, she wakes up, she …
2020-07-09: Having a quiet afternoon with uncle João. He plays beautifully. Gets the tinyMovieStar Seal of …
2020-07-09: Listening to Dolly Parton singing I Will Always Love You. She wins. Everything.
2020-07-09: Done with The Meeting. Quite nice, actually. Still not sure about the future, but some more things …
2020-07-09: Wishing we could end this day on this exact spot. 🌴 🇹🇭
2020-07-09: Also quite stoked that (finally!) we’re getting our new Citizen Cards on Monday. All of us. …
2020-07-09: Ready for a new day. Yesterday was cool, sold a photo to a nice magazine, today I’ll have a …
2020-07-08: First time alone with tinyMovieStar, movieStar went out to meet a friend for an hour or so. It was …
2020-07-08: We’re not grumpy ALL the time! From time to time we even crack a smile! 😃👶🏻
2020-07-08: One thing I miss, a lot, is driving for hours in unknown roads… 🚗 🇲🇽
2020-07-08: Conundrum: how will I ever get back to work and miss having tinyMovieStar around 24/7 ? I …
2020-07-08: Seeing that we’re done with The Great, maybe today is Eurovision day. Seen it recommended a …
2020-07-08: A new day rises in the westernmost country in Europe, this time a cooler one. Temperatures should …
2020-07-07: Never too tired for a dance with tinyMovieStar. 💃🏻👶🏻
2020-07-07: Ok, so iOS 14 beta 2 feels super snappy, but the battery goes FAST on my X! Super fast! I can see …
2020-07-07: Second brother-in-law showed up for a dip in the pool, we had a wonderful dinner outside, …
2020-07-07: Just a reminder that Flickr is still working. Uploaded a few photos, you’ve probably seen them …
2020-07-07: Baby crying like crazy on the house next door. For a second my heart was racing.
2020-07-07: Booted Manjaro again on the laptop, simply because I can’t stand the heat and the fan noise …
2020-07-07: Went to the Swedish Embassy. Can’t say it’s my favorite trip, @ajennische 😂
2020-07-07: Quick run to IKEA for a new bathtub for tinyMovieStar. She’s not enjoying the bucket as much …
2020-07-07: 01:30, bouncer time! 🎨 📱
2020-07-07: 100 Days, Day 010 HOT It’s too hot. I have a few ideas going on around my head for a couple of posts, but the …
2020-07-07: movieStar. I will follow her to the end of the world. 💖 🇲🇽
2020-07-06: 22:40 movieStar doing laps around the pool to get the little one to sleep. The house is finally …
2020-07-06: I needed a Micro.blog themed wallpaper for the iPhone, so I decided to make a playful one with …
2020-07-06: Nothing big to report: tinyMovieStar is having a blast (literally, there’s a huge fan in the …
2020-07-06: Ciao, HEY
2020-07-06: When we were back at that special yellow place. 💛 🇲🇽
2020-07-06: tinyMovieStar still relaxed. Mom is swimming in the pool, we’re both watching her. Well, …
2020-07-06: Here you go, @ajennische , one of my father-in-law’s latest. The bench/fence set, complete with …
2020-07-06: Tonight was on and off for me, waking up and falling asleep. Woke up early(ish) and tinyMovieStar a …
2020-07-06: What do you get when you add a full moon night to a hellish hot day ? A - Restless Baby B - Restless …
2020-07-05: Time for a couple more episodes of The Great before we go to bed. If we manage that we will finish …
2020-07-05: Posted a photo on Instagram today. It would have been two weeks without a post tomorrow. I …
2020-07-05: Climbing the Kilimanjaro! 📷 👶🏻
2020-07-05: I could have a margarita (or two) right about… now. 👾 🇲🇽
2020-07-05: I ate with these when I was a little boy and my mom kept them all these years. It’s been probably 40 …
2020-07-05: Back from the city. The temperature difference is incredible! 27C where we are, 38C in the city. …
2020-07-05: It’s SOOOOO HOT!!!! 🥵 🥵 🥵
2020-07-05: Sometimes you don’t realise the pivotal moments in history until it’s too late. And sometimes you …
2020-07-05: Some say she kinda looks like me…. 👶🏻
2020-07-05: Prepping has started for the road trip to nana’s house. My mother is probably already well …
2020-07-05: It’s going to be a hot one. Anyone has a time machine they can spare for a couple of days ? 💖 🇰🇭
2020-07-05: Baby brother finished his post-Brazil quarantine, he’s meeting us tomorrow for lunch. First …
2020-07-04: It’s past 9:30PM and I feel I have accomplished nothing today. Not a single thing.
2020-07-04: Dinner time. 🍲 🇲🇾
2020-07-04: Also, I’m test-driving a fresh avatar, but the old one has been in use for so long I’m …
2020-07-04: I would like to have a tally of the diapers we’ve been through, but also scared of having a …
2020-07-04: Scorching hot today. MovieStar might go into the pool, it’s cool afternoon for me and …
2020-07-04: A couple more episodes of The Great before lunch.
2020-07-04: And a Happy 4th of July for those on the other side of the ocean. 🇺🇸 🎉
2020-07-04: Photographers and their apps. Mansinho came over for the BBQ and had just installed Photoshop …
2020-07-04: We have this routine now: tinyMovieStar wakes her mother up at 7AM/8AM, she’s hungry. I wake …
2020-07-04: New day, there’s a lot to learn. 👨🏻🏫 🇹🇭
2020-07-03: Now on episode 4 (or is it 5?). We’ve done nothing else. tinyMovieStar is asleep for hours, …
2020-07-03: Quiet afternoon at home, even though tinyMovieStar is still having some tummy issues. Milder ones.
2020-07-03: Episode 1 of The Great. Funny. Not too funny, but some very entertaining bits. 📺
2020-07-03: Here, @hollyhoneychurch, a very VERY rough sketch 😂🤣
2020-07-03: Gentlemen, start your engines! One from Malaysia. The girls are sleeping, and I needed one to get …
2020-07-03: Running around. Another time, at another country. bSides Thailand, starting today. Still a few more …
2020-07-03: Let’s try to make it through today without any major accidents.
2020-07-03: 100 Days, Day 009 An Instance With some extra time on my hands, and not enough time at the same time, I’m …
2020-07-03: One of the older projects is still going strong. palmLove! 🌴 🇭🇰
2020-07-02: On another front, the imbeciles at the US Embassy in town are having a 4th of July party, 1000 …
2020-07-02: This has been a loooooong day. A bit of a headache to top it off.
2020-07-02: Day 008, a short one, while we wait for the bigger post (I’m on it!)
2020-07-02: The burnt rubber smell is gone, but we’ve been on cleaning duty for hours now. The whole …
2020-07-02: The New Pacifiers.
2020-07-02: The Ex-Pacifiers
2020-07-02: Ok. Everything is ok, but we stress tested that ikea fire blanket. It works. TIL: set a timer on the …
2020-07-02: Only way she can sleep properly today is on the Boba wrap.
2020-07-02: Tummy aches. It’s not easy.
2020-07-02: The Gatekeeper! 🎨📱
2020-07-02: 2AM, she’s asleep, for now. I believe this is the time for me to do the same. If nothing too …
2020-07-02: 100 Days, Day 008 Busy, busy, busy… We’ve had a (small) fire in the kitchen Trying to write a (very) …
2020-07-02: The band played on.. 🎵 🇰🇭
2020-07-01: Downside of the wonderful heat, tinyMovieStar is restless again. Close to no sleep during the day. …
2020-07-01: I have no idea why the thought of having my own Mastodon instance keeps going around in my mind! I …
2020-07-01: The boys came over for a visit and BBQ lunch. Yes, they brought beer! 🍺
2020-07-01: We inherited a Concord stroller/crib/thingy for tinyMovieStar. She’s happy, we’re happy. …
2020-07-01: Picanha + Beer + Pool.
2020-07-01: The night strollers. 📷 🇸🇬
2020-07-01: TIL: Doomscrolling. The current year is nothing if not a marathon; trying to sprint to the end of …
2020-07-01: Good morning, good morning. Uneventful night behind us, coffee in hand, ready for that second half …
2020-07-01: While we waited… Slightly Misconfigured Robot. 🎨📱
2020-07-01: We expected tinyMovieStar to wake up for her feeding, she decided to oversleep for two hours. We …
2020-06-30: Let there be light! And sound! Here it is, @eyetinerary, my take on the Gardens by the Bay by night …
2020-06-30: Great afternoon by the pool, with friends. Tomorrow we have a BBQ lined up. It’s going to be a …
2020-06-30: So far, so good.
2020-06-30: Done with lunch, now setting up for a quick drive to a friend’s place. Spending a couple of …
2020-06-30: movieStar also got a present today, ‘Nico’, the amazing book from Studio Nozes. …
2020-06-30: tinyMovieStar got her first package in the mail. The name was a bit off, as was the address, but the …
2020-06-30: Play with me. 🧸 🇬🇧
2020-06-30: Still looking for a nice Mastodon client for macOS, today I came across toot, a cool CLI for …
2020-06-30: Day 007, the stay-at-home dad thing. I would really enjoy this.
2020-06-30: I have a Wired subscription, again. Didn’t really need it, but 5USD for a year is worth not …
2020-06-30: 100 Days, Day 007 Stay-at-home dad. A couple of days ago I posted something on Micro.blog, and a conversation started …
2020-06-30: Classic 🚗 🇬🇧
2020-06-30: Revenge Bedtime Procrastination Today I came across a toot, talking about a tweet, and I could totally relate to the concept. “報復性熬 …
2020-06-29: Going to love looking back through this Micro.blog in a few months, and see the mess of baby stuff, …
2020-06-29: Still have to figure out why she sleeps so well during the day, and keeps us up at night. …
2020-06-29: The Same For Everyone 🎨 🇬🇧
2020-06-29: Got a call for a casting. Good. On the email there’s a sentence: “avoid showing …
2020-06-29: Soooooo… pediatrician does not recommend using the Boba wrap as much as we love it, something …
2020-06-29: Went ahead and removed another Google service from my life. Google Analytics is no longer active on …
2020-06-29: Purple Life. 💜 🇬🇧
2020-06-29: Micro Monday is here! This week I’d like to share two accounts, again. Being a Portuguese …
2020-06-29: CoffeeTime, and then it’s back at it. Another lovely day, this time it’s a Monday it …
2020-06-28: Another day is almost done. Loving this baby routine more every day. I can easily see myself as a …
2020-06-28: beSeated, London edition. 🪑🇬🇧
2020-06-28: Drove with my brother-in-law to the gas station for iQos cigarettes and a pint of Häagen-Dazs for …
2020-06-28: Even without the new features, iOS 14 feels so much better than 15.3 on my phone. It was barely …
2020-06-28: Same same, all over. @robertbrook got me thinking about London, so today the city is added to the …
2020-06-28: Woke up at 7AM, baby Clara crying a bit, stomach aches, it seemed. Picked her up, a stroll around …
2020-06-28: 00:27, in bed! What’s wrong with me ? Am I going to have a regular night’s sleep ? Is …
2020-06-27: Considering Mastonaut for macOS but, at the same time, the stock Mastodon and Pinafore feel good …
2020-06-27: Another side-effect of the quarantine: I have a renewed respect for people who keep their promises.
2020-06-27: On the baby front, everything is fine. She’s relaxed and smiles all day long now. Looks like …
2020-06-27: I would be forever thankful and in debt to someone who manages to kill photoanalysisd and …
2020-06-27: Everything seems to be running smoothly. Time for a cup ? ☕️ 🇮🇩
2020-06-27: I’m back. iOS 14. Working. Now let’s read MacStories and see what’s new, I’m …
2020-06-27: Against reason, due to lack of sleep, some boredom, and advice from @gabz, I’m installing beta 1 of …
2020-06-27: Long before the artisanal beer craze, I remember this one. Sovina has been around forever. Don’t …
2020-06-27: It’s Saturday. I just realized that, right now, because someone wished someone else a good …
2020-06-27: The garden. 💡🇯🇵
2020-06-27: Finished it, sorta, the one about my brother-in-law. One of them, really. It’s Day 006 of the 100. …
2020-06-27: 100 Days, Day 006 Brother-in-law. I never had a brother-in-law before, and I’m close to 50 years old by now. I …
2020-06-27: Haven’t done one of these in a while, so a quick one before I try to get back to sleep. 🎨 📱
2020-06-26: The simple life: Micro.blog, Toot!, and Drafts. Still struggling with a new post, it’s about my …
2020-06-26: Back home! tinyMovieStar is perfect, according to the doctor, mom is perfect, according to the other …
2020-06-26: What was supposed to be the last stop (pediatrician) is now the one before last. Baby Clara is also …
2020-06-26: Second stop: check! My mom cooks the most delicious food and today was not a disappointing meal! …
2020-06-26: Praying she won’t get hungry again when mom’s not close. 🙏🏼 🇻🇳
2020-06-26: First stop: OBGYN. Crying for while mom’s away. Getting a bit hungry and cranky. Mom came …
2020-06-26: Plans for today : pediatrician day (finally!), visit my parents and OBGYN for movieStar in the …
2020-06-25: Micro.blog emoji at Mastodon.Social Ask, and you shall receive! I wanted to be able to add a Micro.blog emoji to my profile at …
2020-06-25: I know it’s common knowledge, I’ve heard it a thousand times too, but babies DO smell …
2020-06-25: “How does that sound to you?”, he asked.
2020-06-25: Uncle Nuno came for a visit, we had a couple of beers, and updated each other on last month’s news. …
2020-06-25: Looking for a nice Mastodon/Pleroma client for the desktop ? Sengi seems like a good bet. Versions …
2020-06-25: Done. New sticker is already happy in her new home.
2020-06-25: Back from out weekly supermarket run. This time we went before lunch, it was ok. Now on to baby …
2020-06-25: There is also a dog in the house, Rosa, the mustachioed boxer. She is sweet as can be, and also …
2020-06-25: Yesterdy I tried having a Manjaro Day. Didn’t quite work, nor did the post… Anyway, it …
2020-06-25: The cat at my in-laws spends most of his time roaming the neighbourhood, and is always getting into …
2020-06-25: Breakfast time at the monastery. 🍚🇲🇲
2020-06-25: 100 Days, Day 005 Manjaro Day. Or hour. Less personal this time. I have a couple of posts I want to write, but …
2020-06-24: We were also told that bath would leave the baby sleepy, but our tinyMovieStar did not get the memo! …
2020-06-24: Thinking the post I should be writing for the 100Days challenge, but too tired to focus. Lying on …
2020-06-24: Logistics. 🛵 🇮🇩
2020-06-24: Another side effect of sleep deprivation: getting the appointment dates wrong. Drove all the way …
2020-06-24: Today is pediatrician day for tinyMovieStar. Last time we were there the verdict was …
2020-06-24: Look what came in the mail! Thank you, @macgenie ! Guess I know where this one is going! Lovely …
2020-06-24: Smoke break! 🚬 🇻🇳
2020-06-24: Booting Manjaro for the first time in months. Let’s see how that goes.
2020-06-24: Today I came across a toot by Kev Quirk with a thorough and yet simple tutorial on how to set up an …
2020-06-23: Busy busy day. No time left for the usual internet things… maybe after tinyMovieStar is …
2020-06-23: I’ve tried HEY for the past couple of days, and I’m not feeling the WOW factor. On iOS …
2020-06-23: Another visit to the dentist, and today I drove extra slow. Getting up to speed with Core Int, and a …
2020-06-23: Noon. Up for hours. Waiting for the girls to wake up, again 😊
2020-06-23: Timeline: don’t watch WWDC keynote sleep like a baby wake up check Micro.blog see a post …
2020-06-23: Feeling blessed for a long time. ☀️ 🇰🇭
2020-06-23: 100 Days, Day 004 Micro.blog, and the state of the internet. My internet. Special thanks to @manton, …
2020-06-23: 100 Days, Day 004 Micro.blog, and the state of the internet. My internet. For years I’ve been doing the same, as …
2020-06-22: Close to midnight, we’re not that scared of the night anymore. Things have settled down a bit, …
2020-06-22: This is probably the first time I’ve completely missed the WWDC keynote. I’ll read about …
2020-06-22: Back home, back to bSides. Praise him. Or them. 🙏🏼 🇲🇲
2020-06-22: Hey. My invite came through, and even though I’m pretty sure I won’t be sticking around …
2020-06-22: My notes for São Tomé and Príncipe, v1.0. Still working on it, but links are updated and should …
2020-06-22: While everyone seems to be talking about WWDC (Hey!) today, I’m just thrilled I discovered a …
2020-06-22: My wife is lying in bed next to me, and we’re talking on Telegram. That’s how we prevent …
2020-06-22: Now hoping for (another) quiet afternoon. The rest of the week will be spent running around with …
2020-06-22: The Guides One of the things I started doing a while back, is write down a few notes about some of the places …
2020-06-22: 100 Days, Day 003 On friends. In the end that’s all that matters.
2020-06-22: Two months of this 👶🏻🥰 Happy second Monthiversary, tinyMovieStar! Thank you, movieStar 😘
2020-06-22: 100 Days, Day 003 On friends. The thing I miss(ed) the most during the whole pandemic/lockdown period, as I guess most …
2020-06-21: It was the most wonderful day. So much so, we’re spending the night! Good friends are a treasure one …
2020-06-21: 100 Days, Day 002 Ok, managed to do another day. We’re rolling!
2020-06-21: Also nice inside. Look what I found, classic! 🛵 📚
2020-06-21: Afternoon view.
2020-06-21: A cliff fit for a baby. 🦖 🇮🇩
2020-06-21: The best place to listen to podcasts, in my opinion: while driving. I can never focus on them as …
2020-06-21: Baby Clara’s first words, via Telegram, of course. “Aww qqqqq11qqqqqqqqqqqq1qq1q1qqqq …
2020-06-21: Coffee time. Then packing time. Then quick supermarket run for beer. Then trip to the other side of …
2020-06-21: Enjoying The Guardian’s coverage (and side notes) of the Orange Man’s rally.
2020-06-21: Added 50 new quotes to @PhotoQuotes. More coming up, but that should be enough for a good run …
2020-06-21: 100 Days, Day 002 There is a lot to learn. A lot. TinyMovieStar is now a day short of two months, and this has been a …
2020-06-21: Started my attempt at #100DaysToOffload, a great idea from Kev Quirk. Not sure if I’ll make it …
2020-06-20: Dinner-wise, it was UberEats day, Indian. Nice, but not as tasty as our sweet Nepalese restaurant …
2020-06-20: Two years ago to this day, it was nun day. Still one of my favorite days, and photos, from the whole …
2020-06-20: Before the honey was applied… 🥞 🍯
2020-06-20: Back inside, watching an IndieWebCamp Personal Website Introductions video on YouTube. Afraid …
2020-06-20: Vitamin D time.
2020-06-20: PhotoQuotes bot I long time ago I made a bot for the bird network and today I woke up thinking I might port that one …
2020-06-20: Speeding along, that’s one way to do it. 🛵 🇮🇩
2020-06-20: Looking forward to tomorrow, we’re going out of town again. This baby must be infected with …
2020-06-20: Good morning. It’s Saturday, but it could be a Tuesday, maybe even a Friday. Every day still …
2020-06-20: Time for a quick bite. 🍜 🇻🇳
2020-06-20: 01:30AM search: “What to do when your baby won’t fart ?” That’s where my …
2020-06-20: 100 Days, Day 001 I don’t have a lot to say. I don’t. I do have a lot on my mind, though. Maybe some of …
2020-06-20: Cigarette break. 🚬 🇻🇳
2020-06-19: Pretty good day! Visit from Russinha and Pina, beer, happy baby, happy mom, happy dad… Hoping …
2020-06-19: Great company. 🍺
2020-06-19: MovieStar, my amazing wife… (It doesn’t really look like her, she’s much nicer looking. …
2020-06-19: And now, as a little cherry on top of a close to perfect days (as perfect days now go), a very good …
2020-06-19: Don’t want to jinx it, but smooth sailing today! Sleeping, eating, not crying. 👶🏻
2020-06-19: Waneella Maybe you’re into pixel art, and maybe you’re into Japan. If you’re into one of …
2020-06-19: Also, I really need to find work! All these months locked at home made a real dent in my …
2020-06-19: NOT today’s morning walk. Sadly. 🌴 🇮🇩
2020-06-19: Hoping for a quieter day today.
2020-06-19: Update: this episode is a bit boring. Always the same characters, no plot twist, monotonous …
2020-06-19: Apple’s decision strikes me as consistent with its rules and policies, but that doesn’t mean it’s …
2020-06-19: Watching the Baby Trying to Sleep, Season 1 Episode 59. 👶🏻
2020-06-19: That “dangerously close to death” selfie mood. 😱🇮🇩
2020-06-18: Baby Clara was a bit anxious, but she’s now asleep inside the Boba Wrap. She’ll have to …
2020-06-18: Anyway… End of Day beer, today we’re having Coruja IPA. Not the best IPA around, actually …
2020-06-18: Anyone finding 13.5.1 super slow and funny on iPhone X ? Never had a problem with it, and now the …
2020-06-18: Long and messy days. I’m not used to socializing with over two people at the same time …
2020-06-18: Is Micro.blog back yet ? These other sites are not cutting it anymore… 📱🇻🇳
2020-06-18: A ton of people came to visit. I’m overwhelmed.
2020-06-18: Micro.blog down = new domains up! I now own two new ones! Please come back!
2020-06-18: It’s not easy when Micro.blog goes down. Hope they manage whatever issue is plaguing the site.
2020-06-18: The bear who thought he was a Zen master. 🧸 🎨
2020-06-18: I used to think I was a prolific photographer. That was before my baby girl was born.
2020-06-17: Street food is just a part of it. Street barbers are on another level. 💈 🇻🇳
2020-06-17: Brother-in-law and I made really nice guacamole and fajitas for dinner. Forgot to take the mandatory …
2020-06-17: Giving up on the news. 📰 🇻🇳
2020-06-17: Oh! And baby brother finally made it back from Covid infested crazy Brazil! Uff! He had to hop on a …
2020-06-17: … and then she smiles, and I no longer remember I didn’t sleep at all. All is well. 👶🏻
2020-06-17: Someone is keeping an eye on you. 🎨 🇻🇳
2020-06-17: It’s was not an easy night, and that is putting it mildly. I had to deal with an HBT, a …
2020-06-17: The heat is on. ☀️ 🇱🇦
2020-06-17: 05:30AM. Guess who’s still up ?
2020-06-17: People spending more time at home with their families, fewer people were commuting to work and …
2020-06-17: It’s one of those nights. Baby Clara is cranky, won’t sleep for over 10 minutes …
2020-06-17: Movie set vibe. Maybe I’ll dream of this if I manage to fall asleep. 🚗 🇱🇦
2020-06-16: Trying a couple of episodes of Dave before we try to sleep. 📺
2020-06-16: “There’s a bear out there, he’s driving a Tesla!” 🧸📷
2020-06-16: Darn! Tomorrow’s shoot has been postponed, yet again. I was actually looking forward to shooting …
2020-06-16: Tomorrow I have to leave home and shoot a portrait. Haven’t done that in over three months! …
2020-06-16: Just testing Embedding microblog posts with Quotebacks. It was there, right before our eyes, and it …
2020-06-16: One thing I noticed since I moved to Micro.blog: time on Instagram is down to near zero. Time on …
2020-06-16: My first Micro Monday suggestions would have to be @ajennische and @timeaffluent. Great to have …
2020-06-16: Kuang Si Yesterday I posted a photo from Kuang Si, and the reactions were so nice I thought about posting a …
2020-06-16: Seven hours straight. That’s how much I slept today! Love you, movieStar, you’re the …
2020-06-15: Breakfast, Luang Prabang style. Alms for the monks. 🍚🇱🇦
2020-06-15: Very early today, not even midnight, and already in the room with the girls, trying to get the baby …
2020-06-15: Back from this week’s food run. Done. Everything quiet on the home front.
2020-06-15: Watching 8:46 by Dave Chappelle. I’m trying to limit my intake of news these days, must stay …
2020-06-15: I need a shower, and this would be the place where I’d like to have it today. 🧼 🇱🇦
2020-06-15: Now I also understand the building-sized diaper packages. They go through a LOT of them!
2020-06-15: ☕️ Hello ☕️ there ☕️ good ☕️ morning ☕️
2020-06-15: The clock keeps ticking, and still no sleep. Sun is up, I’m up, it’s going to be a great …
2020-06-15: Almost two months gone by, and these sounds baby Clara makes while sleeping still scare the shit out …
2020-06-15: The wandering dishwasher. 🍽 🇰🇭
2020-06-15: You’re right, Will Smith, babies should come with a manual. Or, at least, a QuickStart Guide!
2020-06-15: Where are you ? 📱🇰🇭
2020-06-15: Not a lot to say about today. We had visitors, but I’m really not in entertainment mode. Slept …
2020-06-14: Done: spent most of the afternoon sleeping!
2020-06-14: I could use another hour (or maybe 20) of sleep.
2020-06-14: You get a fan! And you get a fan! Everyone gets a fan! 💨 🇰🇭
2020-06-14: My father-in-law has a new motorcycle and he’s also sick of being stuck at home. So he’s …
2020-06-14: Social distancing, the old fashioned way. 🏝 🇰🇭
2020-06-14: Time for another double espresso, I won’t make it to lunch time without it. ☕️
2020-06-14: Hi. It’s that 05:05AM check. Some people are up already, some at the gym, some at work. …
2020-06-14: 03:30AM, time for another feeding session for Baby Clara. It’s my window of opportunity to get …
2020-06-14: Look away! 😵🇰🇭
2020-06-14: There’s nothing more outdated than a jetski! My Wife
2020-06-14: Finished DEVS. Not my cup of tea, but made it to the end. Had company watching it, otherwise I …
2020-06-13: After the initial “I miss people” phase of the lockdown, I’m now at the …
2020-06-13: Boy, do I love quiet days!
2020-06-13: Hang in there, I’ll be back in no time! 🛵🇰🇭
2020-06-13: After my earlier exchange with @ricky, I felt I had to… 🦩🎨
2020-06-13: It cannot get any simpler! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Bear
2020-06-13: Santos Oh! It’s that day gain, our town’s holiday! Saint Anthony’s day, when everyone …
2020-06-13: A very short four and a half hours later, and we’re ready to do it all over again. Good …
2020-06-13: 04:30AM! That does it! Go to bed, young man!
2020-06-13: It’s messy, sir. Messy and noisy! 🍹🇰🇭
2020-06-13: Sleep deprivation makes it so much harder to read and write, I’ll stick to what I can do with …
2020-06-13: Let me think about it… 🧐🇭🇰
2020-06-12: Sickening. Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop
2020-06-12: Fediverse related podcasts ? Any recommendations ? What should I be listening to ? Thanks.
2020-06-12: Baby-wise the day has been uneventful. That’s what we like. Cuteness and not much else.
2020-06-12: PSA: Mastodon instance move. I’ve moved my Mastodon account to @maique@writing.exchange. If …
2020-06-12: Mother-in-law is back, and I can smell a cake in the oven! Who said rainy days aren’t the best ? 🍰 🌧
2020-06-12: Adding a /now page to my list of things to do… NowNowNow
2020-06-12: By the way, this Safari > GoodLinks > Drafts > Micro.blog workflow is working really nice …
2020-06-12: 1PM, crying already. This time it’s me, not Baby Clara. Dads is a heartfelt and humorous …
2020-06-12: Done! Babble it is!
2020-06-12: Classic. 📷 🇭🇰
2020-06-12: Need a subdomain for the new Write.as blog, even though I still have no idea what’s going to …
2020-06-12: It was, again, a very short night. A few hours after I finally crashed and feel asleep, here I am …
2020-06-12: I love palm trees. I do. So here’s a 3AM one. (Still a loooong way to go with my drawing …
2020-06-12: Go left! Go right! 🚕 🇭🇰
2020-06-11: Left the city for a while, felt good to drive again for a bit longer than the usual food runs …
2020-06-11: Lovely afternoon, looking at palm trees and the sea, Baby Clara peaceful and very quiet. Now that …
2020-06-11: See you next time, Sesimbra. It was a pleasure.
2020-06-11: Seashore for the afternoon. The place where I used to spend part of the summer when I was a kid, and …
2020-06-11: If someone asks me about the one thing I’d recommend to new dads, the one I couldn’t …
2020-06-11: Busy, busy… 🏃🏻♀️🇭🇰
2020-06-11: Wife went out for a walk, stress levels increase a bit. I know I can take care of the baby in every …
2020-06-11: Quiet, even relaxing, albeit short night. Still a bit groggy from not sleeping as much as I should, …
2020-06-11: 03:15AM. Watching them both peacefully asleep. Hard to find words to express how this makes me feel. …
2020-06-11: 1:30AM. Same place as yesterday. Same everything as yesterday. ☕️ 🇭🇰
2020-06-11: Photoshop Camera is now available. Not sure how/if this will fit in my life.
2020-06-10: Effective today, we are providing SmugMug and Flickr Pro accounts to photographers who are creating …
2020-06-10: A review on MacStories, and a post from @dandycat later, and I’m now a user of GoodLinks. Now …
2020-06-10: Instagram makes people feel like shit about their lives. Twitter makes them feel reviled. Facebook …
2020-06-10: It’s been a while since we left home.
2020-06-10: The bSides project gets it’s own page. So far 🇯🇵Japan and 🇭🇰Hong Kong, but others will follow. …
2020-06-10: It’s Portugal Day. Yay.
2020-06-10: In the end, this is all that matters. Hoping this little one will be as strong, loving, caring and …
2020-06-10: Good morning. Ready for another day of sweet baby holding, one-handed iPhone handling, and coffee …
2020-06-10: 2:22AM. Had that coffee. I’m doomed. ☕️ 🇭🇰
2020-06-10: 1AM. Feel like having a cup of coffee. That would mean no sleep, at all, today. Not sure I want to …
2020-06-09: Working on {micro maique} on the iPhone is something I do from time to time and, even though the …
2020-06-09: Loved the time we spent in HK. We rented an AirBnB apartment, only one on the whole trip, and I …
2020-06-09: Drafts is the place where post, messages, and everything else text is born for me. Easily my most …
2020-06-09: Another simple, regular, day. There’s a lot to say, but it always feels the same: great, baby …
2020-06-09: Wedding bells ring. 👰🏻 🇭🇰
2020-06-09: Killing time until Baby Clara has to eat again. They’re both asleep in the room, and I’m …
2020-06-08: theDuckKiller Russinha, Baby Clara’s Russian Godmother, came for a visit, and she’s now …
2020-06-08: Quiet, peaceful, day. Waiting for her godmother to visit and then it’s off to get Baby Clara a …
2020-06-08: Go to Netflix Find “13TH” Watch Learn
2020-06-08: Write . Debate 📷🇭🇰
2020-06-08: Started watching 13TH on Netflix, but it’s past 3AM so I should be thinking about getting to …
2020-06-08: Ok! 2AM, let’s try to get this baby to sleep! Maybe today is THE DAY! 👶🏻🤞🏼
2020-06-08: Inspired by a conversation, I’ve decided to start making some of the uploads to Flickr public …
2020-06-07: What was left of the day was spent in the now usual family cocoon, with Baby Clara sleeping wrapped …
2020-06-07: Grandma/Grandpa Back from my parents. It’s the second time we’ve been there since baby Clara was born, over a month …
2020-06-07: Baby Clara meets Grandma, with InstaToon. 👶🏻👵🏻
2020-06-07: Usually I miss the road enough already. But being stuck at home is making the feeling grow. Not …
2020-06-07: Still unable to sleep with all the strange and scary noises coming out of Baby Clara. They are …
2020-06-07: That proverbial slice of heaven. 🌈🇭🇰
2020-06-07: The Englishman. 🇬🇧 🎨
2020-06-06: I can clearly see one job in Baby Clara’s future: DJ! That’s what her sleep/awake …
2020-06-06: Trying to find a way to get my Medium posts into Micro.blog. There’s an import, I know, and …
2020-06-06: That Vegas feel…. Looks like a storm is coming. Night almost here, Baby Clara spent most of …
2020-06-06: Going with White Lines. Not as good as it could be, not as bad as people made me believe it would. …
2020-06-06: Shine on, bright star, shine on. 🌟🇭🇰
2020-06-06: Quick ride on father-in-law’s Harley into town and back. Feeling like new! Well… …
2020-06-06: Finally found a way to try Ghost for free and hassle-free: DigitalPress. Let’s see what this …
2020-06-06: We (barely) made it. Baby Clara fell asleep, on and off (mostly off), all through the night and is …
2020-06-06: One-day delivery ? Maybe. 📦 🇭🇰
2020-06-06: Lots of crying, lots of drama, no sleep. At all. This is going to be a long one….
2020-06-05: And it’s on! hkBsides it is. It’s been a couple of years, we miss the city, it’s …
2020-06-05: Walking right into it… 👨🏻🍳🇭🇰
2020-06-05: Easiest award ever! Basically it’s a “Get off your butt (*for a very limited time) and you’ve got …
2020-06-05: The japanBsides is about done, so I’ll be moving to the next bSides series pretty soon. Plenty …
2020-06-05: Yes, it’s a French dentist… ¯_(ツ)_/¯ 🧑🏼🎨 📷
2020-06-05: Here we go… 🦷 📷
2020-06-05: Baby Clara is now over a month and a half old, I believe it’s time to let her know about …
2020-06-05: Also, I need a little geekiness back in my life. Got to find something to do, easy enough to get it …
2020-06-05: Today it is: the dentist visit. But we’re all going! Still getting used to the all-family-outing …
2020-06-05: Slightly Stressed Scientist 🧪🎨
2020-06-05: I’ve reached the point where the news are making me physically sick.
2020-06-05: Old School Corner ヴィンテージ 👨🏼🦳🇯🇵
2020-06-04: Another visit, another couple of photos up on theFencePortraits. Photographers are a close knit …
2020-06-04: Dentist appointment postponed. Tomorrow it is. I was actually looking forward to the car ride, baby …
2020-06-04: Welcome to the dark side! ダークサイド 🥃🇯🇵
2020-06-04: All things considered, the night wasn’t so bad. Managed to sleep around 6 hours, not bad at …
2020-06-04: I’ll have to try again, get everything right, but the Trumpmoji is live.
2020-06-04: Now that baby Clara is a star (who told her that??), she’s sleeping in our bed with her mom …
2020-06-04: Permanent Catwalk スタイル 👖🇯🇵
2020-06-03: Some people are a just too intense! 🥋🎨
2020-06-03: Night is coming. Hoping for the best, fingers crossed!
2020-06-03: Lazy afternoon. 📷🌴
2020-06-03: I feel grateful every day. And then there are days like today! Can this get any better ?
2020-06-03: tinyMovieStar & movieStar A month and a half later, tinyMovieStar is on a magazine, along with her mother… That was …
2020-06-03: Tasty 8-bit. 8ビットラブ 👾🇯🇵
2020-06-03: 5AM. I guess we’re in All-Night mode today. Thank you, Baby Clara. 👶🏻😭
2020-06-03: While on the subject of Mastodon, and in-between diaper changes,… 🐘🎨
2020-06-03: Note to self: Stay away from that 7PM cup of coffee. ☕️
2020-06-03: 3AM, trying a new Mastodon client, as one does. This time: Toot!. So far, so good.
2020-06-03: Another good thing about taking care of the baby: I don’t remember the last time I got one of …
2020-06-02: Paolo From Tokyo We’re not big YouTube users at our place. We always make sure to watch the usual Colbert/John …
2020-06-02: We’re back. Baby Clara survived her first outing, and she ended up meeting her godmother! Girls will …
2020-06-02: Going out for lunch for the first time in over three months. We’re taking this Baby Circus on …
2020-06-02: So…. Spam on Micro.blog ? Both vansunglass and samedayloans seem sketchy, right @help ?
2020-06-02: Woke up to a #blackOutTuesday campaign on Instagram. Today I’m only liking photos with this …
2020-06-02: Anti-Fascist icon. Get Your Own, if you don’t mind having it in Portuguese.
2020-06-02: The motorcycle riding captain. (Still no idea what I’m doing, but at least I’m having fun. That …
2020-06-01: Back from the food run, almost two hours picking stuff from shelves and unloading them when we get …
2020-06-01: Ready to roll! Supermarket, here we come! 🦠 🛒
2020-06-01: Rough day today, I’m even looking forward to the food run to the supermarket.
2020-06-01: Having a new motorcycle in the house is making me miss mine a lot more. Hadn’t thought about …
2020-06-01: Mr Eggy. 🎨 🥚 🍳
2020-06-01: While talking to MovieStar yesterday she remembered this one. Oldie, but felt appropriate. 📷
2020-06-01: Yesterday I started trying to figure out this shadow stuff. Doing it manually, but there has to be a …
2020-06-01: The Fundamentals of Caring looks so nice I had to stop watching. This is one I have to share with my …
2020-06-01: Going for Level 2. ビデオゲーム・趣味 🕹🇯🇵
2020-06-01: And today, for night time entertainment, we’re going with #blackAF. Again, no high hopes for …
2020-05-31: We had a wonderful day today, Baby Clara slept most of the day, as a proper baby should, and is now …
2020-05-31: Surprised Neko. 🐱 🎨 📱
2020-05-31: Apple Watch feature request: consider walking about carrying a baby on your arm exercise, and add …
2020-05-31: The duck is back, and ready to fight. 🦆 📷
2020-05-31: We finally got some sleep. Luckily, we got it together! Want to feel amazing? This will do it! 👶🏻 📷
2020-05-31: Total Sleep Time today: 3hours. Not good.
2020-05-31: Wanna buy a car ? 🎨📱
2020-05-31: Regretting that hour I slept before dinner. Was too tired not to crash, but now I should be sleeping …
2020-05-31: The waiting game. 待機中 ⏱🇯🇵
2020-05-30: Nothing beats holding a crying baby and having her fall asleep in your arms in 5 minutes. It feels …
2020-05-30: Father-in-law has a birthday party tomorrow, he decided to pick up his present a day earlier. 🛵🤘🏼
2020-05-30: Two episodes in, and Space Force is not as good as I expected it to be. Not laughing, not even a …
2020-05-30: My new master! My life is now ruled by diaper time! 👶🏻
2020-05-30: TIL if baby sleeps too much during the day, no one sleeps at night. 👶🏻
2020-05-30: Managed to sit through four episodes (thank you, baby Clara!) of Somebody Feed Phil, he’s the …
2020-05-29: Together. 🎨 📱
2020-05-29: More reading, less talking. Please. 本は友なり 📚🇯🇵
2020-05-29: Temperature is going down, thankfully. We have our happy baby back! 👶🏻
2020-05-29: Pride As I had to go into town today, and back home to get a few more items of clothing better suited for …
2020-05-29: Paletro I did it! I managed to spend a whole day without buying an app! Obviously I caved on the second day, …
2020-05-29: It will forever be our happy place. 幸せな場所 😆🇯🇵
2020-05-29: Quick drive into town. Sometimes I miss our neighborhood, we really have to start thinking about …
2020-05-29: Not a big accomplishment, I know, but now I know how to use Procreate to add a nice shadow effect to …
2020-05-29: 4AM, thinking about breakfast already. 🧇 ☕️
2020-05-29: Ok, ok, don’t be mad, I miss you too! 寂しいよ 💖🇯🇵
2020-05-29: Baby Clara is going through hell with this heat wave. When the night comes she’s so exhausted, …
2020-05-29: I miss you so much! 寂しいよ 💖🇯🇵
2020-05-28: Yay! Finally Tot has Share Sheet integration, and Widget.
2020-05-28: They met today. Already best friends.
2020-05-28: What’s keeping me awake ? Coffee! Tons of coffee. And today, when someone turned the damn hear all …
2020-05-28: Trying to focus on something for longer than 15 minutes is impossible at the moment. There’s …
2020-05-28: The japanBsides project is coming along nicely. Wondering already about what countryBsides I’m …
2020-05-28: I wish I could fly. 飛べたらいいのに 🦋🇯🇵
2020-05-28: Had to re-visit all the photos from the pregnancy up to now, looking for a dozen shots for an …
2020-05-28: This night wasn’t as bad as the previous one, thankfully. Here we are, ready for another day …
2020-05-28: Also worth noting (but probably not) that baby Clara has developed a talent: she waits for a diaper …
2020-05-28: Here we are, as I feared. 2:30AM and no signs of sleep coming soon. Trying to decide if I should …
2020-05-27: Ready for another long night ? I know I’m not, but the temperature won’t go down, so I …
2020-05-27: When you’re trying to make a photo go away in a chat you’re having…
2020-05-27: Hot weather = hydrate! 水分補給を忘れずに 💧🇯🇵
2020-05-27: There’s a new theme on Micro.blog: Archie. A couple of weeks ago I was browsing Hugo’s themes …
2020-05-27: Procreate: the perfect app when you don’t have a lot of talent for drawing, and some time to kill. …
2020-05-27: Going through a heatwave at the moment. First one for Clarinha, she went through a very hard time …
2020-05-27: Hot nights be like… 👶🏻🎨
2020-05-27: A lot of our friends are having babies at the moment, we’re all going through the same …
2020-05-27: Lights out, trying to get the baby to sleep, still on my selfieSeries, now with Procreate and a …
2020-05-27: Maybe we should take it easier, not speed along all the time. 速く行く 💨🇯🇵
2020-05-27: Hi, I’m Nicy, The Armless Robot. 🤖😌
2020-05-26: Things that really matter: baby Clara is healthy and growing strong. Doctor impressed, parents …
2020-05-26: There is an incredible amount of resources for those wishing to learn how to work with Procreate …
2020-05-26: Here we go… out for a stroll. 📷👶🏻
2020-05-26: Procreate Pocket Another one I didn’t need, or even have the skill to use. Why ? Why did I get this …
2020-05-26: Time travel would be such a treat. 私に電話をかけてください ☎️🇯🇵
2020-05-26: One advantage I’ve already found with iA Writer over the other apps I can use to publish on …
2020-05-26: YIL Yesterday I had to visit the dentist, and took advantage of that drive to listen to the latest …
2020-05-26: Prepping for a new drive into town. Today’s plan: a visit to the pediatrician.
2020-05-26: Obviously we needed one of these to go with the previous post, didn’t we ? We did.
2020-05-26: It was not an easy night. Not used to this anymore… 🍺 Sabino, by 8a Colina. TIPA 11% 110 IBU
2020-05-25: Then again, maybe the good times have to be put on hold. Ducky is dead! 🦆 💀 📷
2020-05-25: It’s that day again. Here we go… 🦷 📷
2020-05-25: That was fast! It took the better part of an hour to tap that damn button! Let’s see what this is …
2020-05-25: Trying hard not to buy iA Writer. Don’t need it, don’t write enough long posts to …
2020-05-25: Let the good times roll! The season is open, still Staying at Home… 🦆📷
2020-05-25: We need the feeling of being connected. 接続された 🤝🇯🇵
2020-05-25: Here's to a new year One year of Micro.blog just started with the new subscription. While I don’t have a lot to …
2020-05-25: Trying a new one today. Not sure if this one’s going to be around for long, but anyway… …
2020-05-25: Time for a quick pink one before I try to sleep. (I’ll probably be back in a little while, …
2020-05-24: I’ve had no advertising on Instagram since I first opened my account, eons ago. It seems I was …
2020-05-24: Watching TV, and realising people still have workdays and weekends on their lives feels so strange …
2020-05-24: 🍺Metropolitan, a nice Pale Ale from Dois Corvos, for today’s lunch.
2020-05-24: Be kind. Always be kind. 優しさ 🥰🇯🇵
2020-05-24: That “It’s getting too close to 4AM” feeling again!
2020-05-24: “We went down to the river,…” 愛してる 🥰🇯🇵
2020-05-24: Book Recommendation, Day07 A photography book, I had to pick one. William Eggleston: Democratic …
2020-05-23: 🍿Watching Hidden Figures. Amazing story, great performances.
2020-05-23: Check video setup for today’s interview: Done.
2020-05-23: I do not miss some parts of the city. At all.
2020-05-23: Spent part of the night reading most of Micro.blog’s help pages, and now I need a custom iOS home …
2020-05-23: Told you there were others… Just one of the many things to love about the country. Kawaii! 顔が …
2020-05-23: Is tonight the night when the spell is finally broken ? Fingers crossed!
2020-05-23: Book Recommendation, Day06 Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood by Martin Booth Love Hong Kong, …
2020-05-22: Deleted 12,000 already. Can’t stand this anymore, my MacBook Air is burning my legs! HATE …
2020-05-22: I want to cut down on my iCloud monthly subscription. There are close to 100,000 photos over there, …
2020-05-22: 20267 dead so far, 185 today. Thinking about my little brother, still stuck in the country. …
2020-05-22: Kawaii everywhere, even where you’re not expecting it. 顔が見える 🏡🇯🇵
2020-05-22: Happy Monthiversary, baby Clara! You made our lives even better! 👶🏻🎂
2020-05-22: We’ve been away from home for three months now. Soon we’ll be back to the city and the drinking …
2020-05-22: They eat, they crap, they sleep, and if they’re crying, they need to do one of the three and they’re …
2020-05-22: Tomorrow we’re having lunch with my parents, who’ve been in lockdown for months now. I …
2020-05-22: Cycling, or walking. I would gladly do any of these for a while now. サイクリング 🚶🏻♂️🇯🇵
2020-05-22: United Nations COVID-19 Response @unsplash
2020-05-22: 5AM. Should. Sleep.
2020-05-22: Still no sleep, but Clara is a month old today! We all survived the first month, so kudos to the …
2020-05-22: Book Recommendation, Day05 The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer …
2020-05-21: Month #1 Wow! It’s been a month. Already. Seems like it went by in a flash but it also seems it took …
2020-05-21: In their view, freedom of expression is also affected by server ownership. When you confine your …
2020-05-21: Earlier than usual, but also more tired than usual by this time.
2020-05-21: This is what I’m dealing with…. 👶🏻🥰 Sure, can’t sleep. Sure, can’t focus on tasks that take …
2020-05-21: I can see a whole crime novel on this one. 犯罪小説 👮🏻♂️🇯🇵
2020-05-21: I can keep doing this forever, there are almost 100,000 photos on my phone. Picking a few unedited …
2020-05-21: Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands. Shah of Shahs - Ryzard Kapuscinski 💬
2020-05-21: Still on the same mood: still Japan, and still coffee. Need more of both! ボスコーヒー ☕️ 🇯🇵
2020-05-21: “Tougher” night today, with less sleep. Baby a bit restless. Afraid she’s getting …
2020-05-21: 2:22AM. We’re on a “10 mins sleeping - 5 mins of crying - 10 mins sleeping - you get the idea” cycle …
2020-05-21: This arrived with the new update, now we’ll have to wait for the app to be developed in the country …
2020-05-21: Book Recommendation, Day04 Another Day Of Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski I read the book in a day, …
2020-05-20: On the baby front, everything is fine and dandy. Sleeping, eating, pooping, a little crying …
2020-05-20: Finished picking the photos for the interview. Today I went through my own town’s shots. You …
2020-05-20: There’s always time for another cup! コーヒー ☕️ 🇯🇵
2020-05-20: This is going to be fun! Miss everything about this… かんぱい 🇯🇵📷
2020-05-20: Stoked about this japanBSides thing. Went through the Tokyo photos, and picked 77 for a closer look.
2020-05-20: One good thing about the quarantine: having this one around to play with 🐶 Here she is, doing her …
2020-05-20: I WILL find the time to go through all the photos from Japan I didn’t edit, and get a bSides …
2020-05-20: Every time we go to the supermarket, getting supplies for the week, we get one of these to try out. …
2020-05-20: Leaving Instagram will never happen, but one can dream about fresh starts, right ? Pixelfed would …
2020-05-20: Book Recommendation, Day03 Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain The Guardian review: Escoffier …
2020-05-20: If the web is a river, Micro.blog is water, where Twitter and Facebook are dams. inessential: …
2020-05-20: Not even 1AM, already (or is it “still”?) like this!
2020-05-19: Me at the supermarket these days…
2020-05-19: Said it before, will probably say it again (a few times): the community at Micro.blog is simply …
2020-05-19: No Codecademy for a month now! It’s been impossible to find time to focus and go at it. I was …
2020-05-19: Yeah, yeah, we’re all waiting for those summer days…. 🐶
2020-05-19: Book Recommendation, Day02 It’s close to noon around here, let’s do this. Really enjoyed …
2020-05-19: Status Report: one day later, around 02:30AM. Red eyes. Tired body. Brain operating at around 29%. …
2020-05-19: Book Recommendation, Day01 Permanent Record by Edward Snowden The Guardian review – the …
2020-05-18: On the other hand I’m a Pro at the baby stuff. Diapers, dressing, bathing, calming, … …
2020-05-18: Thing I’m still trying to deal with: how to manage tasks that take longer to finish when I …
2020-05-18: Just made Carbonara for the family. Actually kinda proud it turned out quite good, I’m sorry …
2020-05-18: So… Seems like I’m being interviewed on Saturday. We’ll be talking photojournalism, …
2020-05-18: For those wishing to import Jekyll (and Hugo and Blot) posts into your Micro.blog (and why …
2020-05-18: Thankfully these never stopped coming… Nice APA from Cerveja MUSA 🍺
2020-05-18: Life is getting back to normal.
2020-05-18: What’s the first thing we’re doing now that we’re slowly easing the restrictions ? …
2020-05-18: “How is it going ?” How do you think it’s going ? It’s 2:30AM, this is how …
2020-05-18: Sleep when your baby sleeps. Everyone knows this classic tip, but I say why stop there? Scream when …
2020-05-18: On the OneYearAgo series. I’m betting I can always find a photo in Príncipe if I search for “x years …
2020-05-18: 1AM, crying. Hard. I believe we have a long night ahead of us. See you in a couple of micro posts.
2020-05-18: Going through some of @monday’s Microcasts. Getting to know the community. Starting, as I believe …
2020-05-17: And this is it. Almost a month old, and it’s been easier than expected. Some days are a bit tougher, …
2020-05-17: Boiling a pacifier. Also on the list of “Things I never thought I’d say”… …
2020-05-17: Day is ending soon. Maybe time for a couple of episodes of After Life. Loved season one, and season …
2020-05-17: A skill I picked up this last month: managing life with one hand only. I am now OneArmedMaique! 👶🏻
2020-05-17: Much quieter today. Maybe tinyMovieStar knows about Sundays already… 👶🏻
2020-05-17: Maybe beautify your devices with one of the Pride Wallpapers 2020 @mattbirchler made. They’re …
2020-05-17: Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Please respect everyone. …
2020-05-17: Here we go, second one today. Gotta keep sharp! 👶🏻☕️
2020-05-17: Not a lot of sleep tonight, but a really nice way to start the day. Thank you @ricky for such a …
2020-05-17: Hi, there! It’s me, your friendly 4AM micro post. Today I’m bringing you a quote. Enjoy. …
2020-05-17: A year ago, in our happy place. Nothing beats home, and that place is ours. Video called the island …
2020-05-17: Still a bit early for that (2:30AM), but I’m already dreaming about that hot cup of coffee …
2020-05-16: RIP Fred Willard 😢
2020-05-16: Crying fits. That is today’s entertainment. Maybe because I said it was a slow Saturday …
2020-05-16: 🎙 Listening to Core Intuition, Ep 420 The Last Release Ever Listen on Overcast
2020-05-16: Sloooooow Saturday. Just the way I like them.
2020-05-16: Why Micro.blog ? A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about Drafts on xanatoNet. That got me …
2020-05-16: Almost ready to call myself a BabyWipesExpert! Favorites so far: WaterWipes.
2020-05-16: Also, no one ever told me about this whole range of scary sounds newborn babies make!
2020-05-16: Really helpful bookmarklet, now able to post links straight from Safari to Micro.blog app on Mac. …
2020-05-16: And, just like that, it’s Saturday again. Not that I’m keeping track, or anything.
2020-05-15: Finding a movie I can have going in the background, while I do other stuff on the laptop, before I …
2020-05-15: See ya, Giphy!
2020-05-15: Getting ready for another night with partyBaby👶🏻, the one who only likes to sleep during the day. …
2020-05-15: On the way back, a very different atmosphere on the bridge.
2020-05-15: Back from a lovely drive to the other side of the river, had to go visit the dentist. You …
2020-05-15: On my way to the dentist. Feels nice just driving around, after staying home for so long.
2020-05-15: On the other hand, I’m using the wee hours of the morning to tweak the theme on {micro …
2020-05-15: Five short hours (or was it three ? maybe two ?) here we are again, ready for a new one. …
2020-05-15: Testing, please disregard.
2020-05-15: Getting close to 5AM. New day, and feeling blue. 📷🌈💙
2020-05-15: The (by now) regular 4AM post! Why do babies sleep.. well, like babies, during the day, almost a …
2020-05-15: As I’m looking at another sleepless night, I might as well jump right into this one again. …
2020-05-14: Sweet Rosinha. She’s thrilled about the new baby in the house, and (not so discreetly) acts like …
2020-05-14: Trying to finish “23 Hours to Kill”. Maybe today is the day! 📺
2020-05-14: Day ending soon. Nothing to report except the usual diaper changing routine (today we had a BIG …
2020-05-14: Maybe I’m being weird but I find it strange when someone goes on TV and the text that’s …
2020-05-14: Time for another yummy Lagunitas IPA 🍺 Great with lunch.
2020-05-14: Late to the 📷🌈 but trying to take part in the Photo Challenge Sprint anyway. I believe today’s color …
2020-05-14: Two years ago, we were right in the middle of our 4 month long honeymoon, having the time of our …
2020-05-14: Still can’t get tinyMovieStar to burp properly. Am I the only one thinking there should be a …
2020-05-14: How did it take me this long to find out about this? This is life-changing! When typing on your …
2020-05-14: What ?? Is it morning already ? I know sleep deprivation is hell. Like you’re on some kind of …
2020-05-13: I will actually be a bit sad when this whole thing goes away, and theFencePortraits comes to an end. …
2020-05-13: Please don’t screw this up! Please don’t screw this up! Please ??
2020-05-13: Clarinha is 3 weeks old. It’s been wild & crazy & adorable.
2020-05-13: On the “Great Things That Come From Catalonia” series: Cacaolat, Batut de Cacau, since …
2020-05-13: Sadly I’ve gone through all the episodes on the latest season of Better Call Saul. Waiting for …
2020-05-13: Nice new masks from a friend, love them. Protected and looking good!
2020-05-13: Today was the day I really messed it up! Couldn’t sleep till 8AM, so now it’s close to …
2020-05-13: Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch. Jon Stewart
2020-05-13: We’ve been stuck at home for a long while, and we miss our time on the road. Will it work …
2020-05-13: “So… what have you been up to ?” As I couldn’t sleep, again, I decided to …
2020-05-13: That 3AM diaper routine. Thankfully I’m now able to do it with my eyes closed most of the …
2020-05-13: AC👶🏻DC
2020-05-13: Soon (very soon) I’ll be one of the world’s experts on diapers, wipes, and all the other …
2020-05-12: Dogs get most of the love around here, but I’m a cat person at heart.
2020-05-12: Even though we have no night/day, as regular people tend to, the ‘day’ part seems to go surprisingly …
2020-05-12: Lagunitas IPA + Tyrrells Sweet Chili = Relaxing Times
2020-05-12: So, instead of spending wayyyy too much time on Twitter and Instagram, I now spend wayyyyy too much …
2020-05-12: If you’re using Micro.blog on iOS, Gluon (https://gluon.app) seems like a really nice way to …
2020-05-12: Things are getting back to “normal” at the supermarket, with “normal” being …
2020-05-12: Breakfast (a cup of coffee) at noon. That’s what you get when your baby cries through the …
2020-05-12: I keep forgetting about Mastodon! I’m also available in that flavor: mastodon.social/@maique
2020-05-12: “Did you know that in Japan there are 3 ways to say “I love you”? You say …
2020-05-11: Today: set up a Wordpress (.com) for microblogging. Connect that to micro.blog. Set up @draftsapp to …
2020-05-11: I will try to spend a week without buying another app. I will try to spend a week without buying …
2020-05-11: Tomorrow is a new day, I’m betting it’ll be very similar to today.
2020-05-11: Another one getting close to the end.
2020-05-11: Today’s entertainment courtesy of Kingpin Bowling …
2020-05-11: Thinking, thinking, thinking..
2020-05-11: LINE Friends + Purell = I’m in heaven.
2020-05-11: Stock reply to everything The Orange Asshole says..
2020-05-11: Back on the noodle train.
2020-05-11: Again testing, micro.blog to Wordpress. Complete with image.
2020-05-11: Some things are harder to understand. This is one of them. I’ll get it, I will, but this one will …
2020-04-07: Drafts Drafts, again, maybe forever ? A couple of weeks ago I got back into the Drafts train. I’d …
2019-01-27: Adobe Portfolio The site is moving. I’ll leave Squarespace and move my domain to Adobe Portfolio. I …
2019-01-10: Wordpress Oh, no, not again! {: .align-center} Here I find myself again, staring at the login dialog for …
2019-01-08: GitHub Updates The new pricing for GitHub was announced on a post by the company, New year, new GitHub: Announcing …
2019-01-05: Old School One of the nice things about Linux is that I’m finding a ton of new applications. Some are …
2018-11-19: Really cool, thanks for sharing. Really cool, thanks for sharing.
2018-04-18: Getting Ready Getting Ready It’s time to get going Boi Beach, best in the world We’ve had a hell of a year so …
2017-12-14: Cape Verde It’s one of my favorite places in the world, one of those countries where I feel at home. And one of …
2017-12-14: Morocco, Far Away Country Right Next Door Morocco, Far Away Country Right Next Door If there’s a place I can say I’ve gone to so many times I …
2017-01-18: That Secret Place Everyone Talks About That Secret Place Everyone Talks About There’s a secret place in town. The most popular and talked …
2016-03-24: DinkiWinkiMinkiWinki Now this is something that’s been on my mind for a while now, and last Saturday was the day I …
2016-01-28: Photo Boys And Girls Photo Boys And Girls One of the (few) things I’ll miss from editing is the amount of cool …
2016-01-26: Week One As usual I’m updating my Instagram account on a regular basis. Less words, more photos, what could …
2016-01-19: I keep a strap from an old M6 as I’ve never found a better system and system. I keep a strap from an old M6 as I’ve never found a better system and system. It’s now on my Q and I …
2016-01-17: Gave up on being rich a long time ago. Gave up on being rich a long time ago. Happiness is all that matters in the end, right? 😊 Thanks for …
2016-01-16: Exciting times, for sure. Thanks for everything. Exciting times, for sure. Thanks for everything.
2016-01-16: ✌🏼Adventure time. ✌🏼Adventure time.
2016-01-15: No Country For Freelancers No Country For Freelancers All along the years I’ve spent at the paper there’s been a constant in …
2016-01-15: What’s Going On ? What’s Going On ? Starting fresh. Page one. That’s what’s going on. About a week ago I decided to …
2016-01-14: Todoist Todoist I have memory issues. And I need to keep track of a lot of things, as one usually does. The …
2016-01-13: Out and About Out and About I went out today. I did. After a week when I barely left the apartment, today I went …
2016-01-13: Meeting Ulysses Meeting Ulysses Everybody was talking about the app. I found references to it everywhere, rave …
2016-01-12: Been trying to find the perfect app for blogging on a Mac, and a cool way to post to Medium. Been trying to find the perfect app for blogging on a Mac, and a cool way to post to Medium. So glad …
2016-01-08: Emoji One Emoji One I have to find a way to use Emoji One on one of the (too)many projects I’m doing! I love …
2016-01-08: 12 Netflix Tricks You Aren’t Using (But Should Be) 12 Netflix Tricks You Aren’t Using (But Should Be) I came across 12 Netflix Tricks You Aren’t Using …
2016-01-06: The Portal The Portal I wonder if I’ll ever drive through the portal. What would I find on the other side if I …
2016-01-06: Mapped Mapped Now that I have all these collections on Medium, I thought it would be nice to map them to …
2016-01-03: (Still) Missing (Still) Missing Glad I have a decent VPN at hand…
2016-01-03: Dona Aurora Dona Aurora The Weather Station is on. Still trying to get it’s bearings, the outside temperature is …
2016-01-03: iOS Apps I Loved in 2015 iOS Apps I Loved in 2015 The year is coming to an end, I guess I should make a list, right ? As …
2016-01-03: Rendang and Old Times Gold Teeth Rendang and Old Times We hadn’t been out of the house yet this year, with the moving and …
2015-12-18: Thanks. I’m doing this as soon as I get home. Thanks. I’m doing this as soon as I get home.
2015-12-08: Is there a way to embed our recommendations on a page ? That would be super. Is there a way to embed our recommendations on a page ? That would be super.
2015-11-27: It’s an older model, really old by now. It’s an older model, really old by now. You can get them dirt cheap, but the viewfinder, slow …
2015-11-27: I still keep the X-Pro1 and an X-T1. I still keep the X-Pro1 and an X-T1. I love their cameras and lenses and need them for work. missQ …
2015-11-23: São Tomé e Príncipe São Tomé e Príncipe Leve leve ? Another assignment for the travel magazine. Boy, do I love these. …
2015-08-20: Bons Sons Just got back from another edition of Bons Sons, the coolest festival in town. Always a pleasure, …
2015-05-31: Gran Canária Another one of those quick trips materialised late last year. This time we would be going to Gran …
2015-05-21: Barcelona New AF Handbook (.pdf) — …
2015-04-25: Crossroads We were getting home, after a nice drive to Cascais where we had a very cool Thai lunch. As soon as …
2015-04-03: Ceará As usual you can find a few more photos on a Flickr set. Here. Enjoy.
2015-03-30: Estonia If you’d like to see a few more photos from the Estonian trip, feel free to visit the Flickr set. …
2015-03-29: First colour Twenty years ago I got my first tattoo. It was a small black thing on my leg, one that’s long gone …
2015-03-10: LINE friends I want to live in a country where LINE is the main messaging app. I want to live in a country where …
2015-03-09: Bangkok (Part Two) Final Bangkok gallery on maiquemadeira.com, if you’re still up to it.
2015-03-07: Hua Hin Not too inspired in this one, but here you have a couple more photos : maiquemadeira.com. Enjoy.
2015-03-04: Koh Phayam More photos ? Sure, head on down to maiquemadeira.com. Enjoy.
2015-03-03: Chiang Mai Boy, do we love Chiang Mai. This will be a long one. The day had started with another one of those …
2015-02-26: Sukhothai As usual you can find a few more photos at maiquemadeira.com. Have fun.
2015-02-25: Ayutthaya A few more photos are available at maiquemadeira.com. Hope you enjoy them.
2015-02-25: Bangkok (Part One) A few more photos at maiquemadeira.com. Enjoy.
2015-02-25: Elephants in Thailand You can check these and a few more at maiquemadeira.com. Enjoy.
2015-02-24: Transportation During our month-long journey through Thailand we walked a lot. A lot. But we also used a ton of …
2015-02-20: Sak Yant How To Get There / How to find it Google Maps search : Soi Niran Villa 24, Khwaeng Bang Chak, Khet …
2015-01-17: whatsInTheBag v1.0 whatsInTheBag We’re leaving in a day, so the time has come to start packing. My flight carry-on, the …
2014-12-08: Two Shots A few more photos from both stories can be found at Flickr, at the Ceará and Timor sets. Or feel …
2014-12-07: missT More information and reviews: FUJI X100T :: FIRST LOOK at dedpxl.com Fujifilm FinePix X100 In-Depth …
2014-11-18: Alentejo The alentejo. Easily my favorite part of the country, and there’s a lot to love in this country. …
2014-08-09: Back to Sines In the old days, no two ways about it, we would go to Sines, and attend that year’s FMM edition. …
2014-07-18: Tourist in town The time came for a little break from work. As theLovelyWife is, as usual, buried under a couple of …
2014-07-15: RGB Rgb rGb rgB
2014-07-01: Luxembourg and the X-Pro1 A few weeks ago i was seriously considering taking the x10