Al Power

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Heading up to London for a day of photography - first to Canary Wharf for some architectural photography, then some BBQ food and a rest, before a 3 hour night photography workshop. Been really photography over the last few months - I live for days like this whatever the weather 🥰 likely rain 🤣

From connection to consumption - the death of social media How social media lost the social part

From connection to consumption - the death of social media https://www.alpower.com/blog/2025-10-19-the-death-of-social-media/

Photo walk with Wesley Walking and talking with photographers

Photo walk with Wesley https://www.alpower.com/photos/2025-09-28-photo-walk-with-wesley/

Andy Serkis reads the Hobbit https://www.alpower.com/blog/2025-08-12-andy-serkis-reads-the-hobbit/

AOL ends it's dial up internet service https://www.alpower.com/blog/2025-08-12-aol-ends-dial-up-internet-service/

Easy online QR code generator https://www.alpower.com/blog/2025-04-13-online-QR-code-generator/

Really enjoyed it far more than I thought. Good to switch off the brain to.

That’s a beaut!

That’s very useful thanks Andy!!

Thanks Stu! Yep we are already chatting about it on mastodon! Lovely indeed.

System integrated A.I. tools are a great idea https://www.alpower.com/notes/2025-05-29-system-integrated-ai-tools-are-a-great-idea/

End of an Arc https://www.alpower.com/notes/2025-05-29-end-of-an-arc/

Not vibe coding https://www.alpower.com/notes/2025-05-04-not-vibe-coding/

Stevens: a hackable AI assistant using a single SQLite table and a handful of cron jobs https://www.alpower.com/notes/2025-05-04-stevens-a-hackable-ai-assistant-using-a-single-sqlite-table-and-a-handful-of-cron-jobs/

European alternatives for popular services | European Alternatives We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

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Easy online QR code generator https://www.alpower.com/notes/2025-04-13-online-QR-code-generator/

Nice guide to formatting RSS feeds https://www.alpower.com/notes/2025-04-13-nice-guide-to-formatting-RSS-feeds/

Do it! Tinkering on my website is one of my real joys. Let me know roughly when you are about and if I am about we should catch up.

Dynamically creating QR codes in Eleventy a simple shortcode to add QR codes to your posts

Dynamically creating QR codes in Eleventy https://www.alpower.com/blog/2025-04-13-dynamically-creating-QR-codes-for-eleventy-posts/

April street portraits Exploring sunny London

April street portraits https://www.alpower.com/photos/2025-04-05-april-street-portraits/

Thinking in Black and White out of my comfort zone for an assignment

Thinking in Black and White https://www.alpower.com/photos/2025-04-05-thinking-in-black-and-white/

Camera wander on a grey day Wandering with friends

Camera wander on a grey day https://www.alpower.com/photos/2025-02-01-camera-wander-on-a-grey-day/

“We’re still absorbing what has happened. We’re wrestling with what it will mean for ourselves and our families, as well as the impact on our partners and the American people.

“But we came to the government to fix things. And we’re not done with this work yet.“ — @team18f.bsky.social, 18f.org

W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900) https://www.alpower.com/notes/2025-03-02-w-e-b-du-bois-hand-drawn-infographics-of-african-american-life-1900/

Sigma BF user experience overview https://www.alpower.com/notes/2025-03-02-sigma-bf-user-experience-overview/

Not a plugin, but I use Raycast scripts with typed params a lot to trigger bash scripts and speed up blogging www.raycast.com/blog/inputs-... eg I can type blog, and a title for a blog post, and it creates a markdown file in the right place with the right formatted YAML inc date on my filesystem.

Mainly stock ones, but there are usually some good integrations with all sorts of apps you use. Most used commands 'Open Camera' (checking I look OK before meetings 😅), Figma, Linear, Clipboard History, Window arrangement (using shortcuts). Setting hotkeys is advised - super efficient.

The Typography Maestro Getting Calls From Greta Gerwig and Robert Eggers (Gift Article) Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.

“You have to think about how the letters can represent something.” Teddy Blanks, who designed the titles for Nosferatu, Barbie, and Wicked, talks typography.
Gift link, no paywall.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/s... #design #typography #titles

It you don’t mind subtitles these are well worth it
- Wisting - great if you like Scandinavian Crime dramas (it’s Norwegian)
- Borgen - Danish political drama with a strong female lead
- The bridge (bron |||broen) - 4 seasons great crime drama
- The Killing - original danish version - old but ace