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Parent Hack: Automate Apple Watch Theater Mode for Bedtime

This is a small but impactful one. My Apple Watch turned into a land mine during bedtime—lighting up at the worst possible moments and distracting my daughter just as she was winding down. I never knew when it would light up and catch her attention—pulling her out of

Apr 21, 2025 • 3 min read

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My Kite foil travel setup for family trips

Recently I was on a family trip to France. The goal of the trip wasn’t kiting, but we were staying near the ocean, and there was definitely wind on occasion. The last trip had been a pain. I’d taken a split board travel setup, but it ultimately required

Apr 13, 2025 • 7 min read

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Using Todo Apps for organizing your storage / garage

This might be a problem that’s extremely specific to small apartment city living, but that’s the predicament that I’m in. I’ve got a growing family, a kitesurfing addiction, and I live in a 6-floor walk-up. This means I’m constantly looking for ways to use the

Mar 30, 2025 • 7 min read

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What I learned from making 100 YouTube videos

My stats * 2,4000 subscribers * 100 videos * Impression to click-through rate - 6% * Average view duration - 3:30 * Most viewed video - 72k 100 is the minimum Don’t give up until you hit 100 videos… at a very minimum. The only way to get good at YouTube is

Mar 21, 2025 • 5 min read

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Using a Kindle Scribe for journaling

I was never a huge ipad fan. On a whim I bought a used iPad Air 5 for a good price on Mercari, and unexpectedly became hooked on how thin and functional it was. The Apple Pencil functionality in particular got me excited in having an alternative to a keyboard

Mar 14, 2025 • 5 min read

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I designed a less ugly iPhone dock

I’ve had a MagSafe charger and Apple Watch charger on my bedside table for a long time, and I decided I was ready to find a setup that made it look less like a rats nest of cables. After looking at all the options on the market, I realized

Feb 15, 2025 • 5 min read

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The iPad isn’t ready to be a smart home display hub

I’ve talked about home automation here and here, and my basic claim is that voice assistants are bad UIs for smart homes. Having a screen to view confirmations that your voice commands were heard ends up being a much better experience. That screen also ends up being convenient for

Jan 2, 2025 • 6 min read

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New Photographers: do this before buying any camera gear

People just recently bit by the photography bug are most at risk at falling victim to the obsession with camera gear. This happens because in the beginning you have the least amount of knowledge about photography, so it’s extremely difficult to tell what is a skill issue and what

Dec 31, 2024 • 5 min read

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I designed a floating tripod

Intro When I first started out on YouTube, one of the first projects I ever did was building a floating tripod for my GoPro. https://youtu.be/UETIjq9VQLo?si=vX8OziGSuwxtig59 I was looking for new ways to get footage of kitesurfing, and having something that was closer to me in

Nov 10, 2024 • 2 min read

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A NAS doesn’t makes sense for most people

All across YouTube you’ll find countless videos saying “you need a NAS”. Here Here Here Here Here Here Ok, you get it. Network Attached Storage (or NAS) is all the rage, and it’s being held up as the answer to all of our increasing data needs. My question

Oct 21, 2024 • 4 min read

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Collaboration tools for photographers and editors

Recently I’ve had to support my wife in a new project that requires me to do a high volume of photos. The workflow requires a lot of shooting, then selects and feedback, then sending the photo along with notes to an editor, and potentially a few round of revisions.

Oct 14, 2024 • 5 min read

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Keep YouTube Weird

I’ve been increasingly aware of the rise of mega channels and super corporate channels on YouTube, and this makes me nervous that the small channels won’t get as much attention. I love YouTube because of the niche content that goes deep and really geeks out on a specific

Oct 12, 2024 • 3 min read

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The importance of making it harder to create content

Intro While the rise of the internet has brought about a great democratization of content creation, it has also overwhelmed us with a flood of low-quality content. Blogger and Wordpress made online publishing easier, then tumblr took things a step further. Facebook allowed you to share images more easily, than

Oct 4, 2024 • 3 min read

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Salvage clipped audio

I’ve had longstanding issues with my Rode and DJI mic’s clipping in my video recordings. My voice carries, and if I get excited about a topic, my voice definitely gets much louder. Clipping is basically where your audio levels surpass your mic or your audio recorder’s ability

Sep 29, 2024 • 3 min read