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Aphera /// A Mac photo editor

Aphera is the Raw photo editor built natively for Mac, with a from-scratch imaging pipeline and a workflow designed to disappear.

I played around with the beta of this and got a little confused, but finally watched the quick two minute demo and it instantly clicked for me. I highly recommend checking Aphera out. It's fast and a delight to use--plus you can buy it and not pay a subscription, which is a nice change of pace.

The Struthless Shop

I'm a big fan of Struthless, his art style, his books, his general mindset. He also makes these cool zines, worksheets, and prompted journaling exercises I've downloaded in the past. Well he now as this killer retro site where you can download any and all of em for free.

Stacey King, Bulls broadcaster and 3-time NBA champion, dies at 59

He spent the past 19 seasons as a television analyst on the Bulls’ game broadcasts and hosted a popular podcast called “Gimme the Hot Sauce.”

Catching up on old links and this was an old one that hit me hard and didn't want to forget... Not only was Stacey King a 3-time champion on the Jordan Bulls and the absolute best color commentator, but he was my park district league basketball coach as I played with his two sons before eventually playing against their AAU Dream Team later on. And while it was a long time ago, I can tell you his jolly demeanor on TV was not an act—he was smart, passionate, and his joy was infectious.

glint /// terminal app

One more terminal app for good measure! Been working on this one for awhile now and it's already my main driver for writing anything. It's designed to be a standalone text editor, but you can also set a vault, daily note convention, and inbox to quickly view and create files from specific locations (i.e. Obsidian vault) with simple commands and keybindings plus light syntax highlighting for those who need to interact with code. It's also beautiful, so iA Writer users should feel at home and bonus features like spellcheck, a printable PDF output, and other markdown features you've come to expect like pasting a link over selected text to turn it into a markdown link or wrapping selected text with markup, checking off and reordering lists, and more. It's open source and available to download via brew.

sportsball /// terminal app

A terminal dashboard for live sports — Plain Text Sports meets Golazo, as a Bubble Tea TUI.

Been working on this one for a bit, but it's basically ready for primetime now. I took inspiration from Plain Text Sports and the Golazo TUI and built out my own terminal TUI for all sports. You can follow scores live, see past scores, upcoming games, favorite teams, and see standings - all from the terminal. Installable via brew.