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reMarkable paper tablet.

reMarkable Paper Pro and Move screen resolution

You'll need it to create templates.

Denafrips Ares II configuration

Denafrips Ares II configuration

Set it right even without the manual.

A lot of artefacts stored for later use.

How to Avoid Becoming a Digital Hoarder

Clip articles without the headache.

A “manuals vault” for appliances and gear

A “manuals vault” for appliances and gear

One folder, smart file names, and how to scan paper manuals fast.

How to export and archive Apple Notes

How to export and archive Apple Notes

Including scans, PDFs, and attachments on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad.

Building a Personal Wiki With Zero Coding

Building a Personal Wiki With Zero Coding

Obsidian vs Logseq vs Notion for Real Writing.

Loads of pieces of a puzzle outside of their box.

Apple Photos library move without the chaos

How to migrate to a new Mac and avoid duplicates.

Six piles of old books, held together with thin rope.

A low-effort way to keep a personal “sources list”

For news and analysis, with trust notes and bias flags.

Illustration of the letter "G" as in Google.

How to download and verify your Google Takeout export

What breaks, what’s missing, what to check.

Books with pagemarkers sticking out. There are many.

How to organize a messy bookmarks library

Something you’ll actually use.

Out of focus forms with very bright colors.

How to export and archive your Signal chats

Attachments, searchable text, and a backup you can restore.

Wooden blocks from a Scrabble game reads: METADATA.

A Practical Photo Metadata Checklist

Family Photos That Won’t Fade into the void.

A truck emptying trash on a landfill.

Why LinkedIn Feels Awful

And Why People Still Use It.

A laptop and an external disk for backups.

Photo Backup for Normal People

A Budget 3-2-1 Plan That Holds Up

A pile of books one on top of the other in such a way that there is a circle shaped opening in the middle that allows to see the library and the people in the background.

A simple RSS setup that doesn’t turn into a firehose

Feedly vs Inoreader vs FreshRSS.

Mailboxes with a yellow one in the middle of the picture.

Email Archiving System: Hot, Warm, Cold, and Restricted (Plus Setup Steps)

Email archiving is how that trail is kept without letting it swallow the floor.

Two hands typing on a, what seems to be, a Mac.

A Personal Journal Folder Structure To Last a Lifetime

For Linux, Mac, Windows, iPad, Android tablet... the works.

A wooden, toy train simmulating an accident.

Commuter train accident near Barcelona

Driver dead. Thirty-seven hurt. Four fight for life.

A gas stove burnign brightly.

US Choke on Europe's Fuel

Europe ditched Russian pipelines. Now it gulps US liquefied gas. Trump holds the nozzle.

A red sign on a black background saying "no to bullying."

Mark Carney’s doctrine

Treaties Rot and norms crack when leaders break rules.

Close-up of pages from different newspapers.

News Summaries

Because, why not?

Front view of the green Qware SND‑WT335PK walkie-talkie

Paid-members only

Qware SND‑WT335PK Walkie‑Talkie Manual Reconstruct

Let’s give you something useful, not a scavenger hunt.

Person sick in the stomach stuck in the toilet seat.

Connections

LinkedIn, the digital alleyway where everyone pretends their shoes aren’t soaked in rain and desperation.

Another year hits the dust

Another year hits the dust

The Gutter Knows the Truth

A Filofax agenda open with a view on the inserts.

Filofax Diaries 2026

Inserts to print and punch.