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Weather Is Coming to the Mac Menu Bar

Georg Portenkirchner — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 14:07:27 +0000

In macOS 15.2 you now can add the weather status to the menu bar of your Mac without installing a dedicated app.

A user guide describes how to enable weather in the menu bar: In System Settings click Control Center in the sidebar, scroll down and in the Menu Bar Only section next to Weather choose Show in Menu Bar.

If you want you can move the weather status in the menu bar by pressing the command key, grabbing it with the cursor and dragging.

Advent and Holiday Calendars 2024

Georg Portenkirchner — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:35:11 +0000

Here are some advent and holiday calendars for 2024:

24 Pull Requests
Advent of Code 2024
Perl Advent Calendar 2024
Web Performance Calendar – The speed geek’s favorite time of the year

There is one in German:

SELFHTML Adeventskalender 2024

There is one in French:

24 jours de web : Le calendrier de l'avent des gens qui font le web d'après

If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Georg Portenkirchner — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 18:19:00 +0000

As in recent years, I start the Advent season by listening to A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.

The War of the Worlds Radio Drama

Georg Portenkirchner — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:24:16 +0000

On this day in 1938 Orson Welles’s adaptation of H. G. Wells‘s novel The War of the Worlds was broadcasted on the radio.

When the programme was aired on October 30th, 1938, many listeners reportedly mistook the fictional broadcast for a genuine news report.

You can listen to a new version of the realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth in the ARD Audiothek starting (at 3:52) after a short introduction in German.

Apple Podcasts on the web

Georg Portenkirchner — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:51:40 +0000

Today I learned that Apple Podcasts is now available on the web. More details can be found in this article.

This news follows Apple’s announcement on July 24th, 2024, that
Apple Maps on the web launched in beta.

Tobias Meinhart at Jazzbar Vogler

Georg Portenkirchner — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:49:16 +0000

Despite having lived in Munich for so long, today was my first visit to Jazzbar Vogler. We went there to experience the Tobias Meinhart Quartet live, featuring Tobias Meinhart on saxophon, Julian Hesse on trumpet, Peter Cudek on bass and Jesse Simpson on drums.

We had an absolutely amazing time.

I had previously seen Tobias Meinhart perform on July 20th, 2019, at the 38th Bavarian Jazzweekend in Regensburg. On that occasion, he played with the ensemble Fourscore, alongside Alex Jung on guitar, Heiko Jung on bass guitar and Sebastian Lanser on drums.

The Hot Stuff Jazzband with Nina Michelle

Georg Portenkirchner — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:53:57 +0000

Today I went to a jazz concert that took place in the courtyard of the Blutenburg Palace in Munich. The ensemble that played was Munich based The Hot Stuff Jazzband consisting of Heinz Dauhrer on trumpet and flugelhorn, Butch Keller on trombone, John Brunton on guitar, Gary Todd on bass and Hermann Roth on drums. Special guest was Canadian jazz vocalist Nina Michelle.

Many thanks to the Verein der Freunde Schloss Blutenburg e.V. for organising this great evening that was unfortunately ended by a thunderstorm.

Advent and Holiday Calendars 2023

Georg Portenkirchner — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:33:31 +0000

Here are some advent and holiday calendars for 2023:

Web Performance Calendar – The speed geek’s favorite time of the year
Advent of Code 2023
Perl Advent Calendar 2023
Lean UXmas 2023 – The top articles from 2022’s Agile & Lean UX News
It's a Shape Christmas | Digital Advent Calendar

There is one in French:

24 jours de web : Le calendrier de l'avent des gens qui font le web d'après

If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.

Advent and Holiday Calendars 2022

Georg Portenkirchner — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:00:32 +0000

Here are some advent and holiday calendars for 2022:

Web Performance Calendar – The speed geek’s favorite time of the year
Advent of Code 2022
Perl Advent Calendar 2022
Lean UXmas 2022 – The top articles from 2022’s Agile & Lean UX News
24 Days in December – Thoughts of the PHPamily
It's a Shape Christmas | Digital Advent Calendar

There is one in French:

24 jours de web : Le calendrier de l'avent des gens qui font le web d'après

If you know any interesting holiday or advent calendars, please post them in the comments.

Insert emojis in Windows

Georg Portenkirchner — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 17:25:25 +0000

Since Macintosh computers have a dedicated keyboard key to view the Character Viewer with emojis I was wondering, if Windows computers have something similar. Turns out there is. You just have to press the Windows logo key and period (.).

This tip and more keybaord tricks can be found in this Microsoft Support article.

This macOS User Guide article explains how to use emoji and symbols on Mac.