Uma dose de likes e um garrote

Adoro adquirir conhecimento novo e, quando há algo que não percebo, dá-me gozo tentar perceber e aprender. Apesar disto, ainda hoje não consigo entender um fenómeno - paranormal, diria - que só tenho visto acontecer no Instagram. Aliás, entender até entendo, só não consigo ver uma ponta que seja de lógica nele; é que nem um bocadinho à Danoninho. Qual a cena de partilharem fotos, seja de uma viagem ou de o raio que o parta, espaçadamente durante várias semanas ou meses no Instagram?...

setembro 2, 2019 · 2 minutos · Bruno Miguel

A few notes about Opera and Vivaldi

These are a few notes about Opera and Vivaldi web browser’s when compared to Firefox, after using both for a week. The good sleek interface (both but I became more fond of Opera in this regard) functionality (both) some sort of adblocker included (both) integrated VPN in Opera (although I have mixed feelings about this, since it’s proprietary as far as I can tell) The bad resource usage bigger than Firefox in my system (both) slower than Firefox, using default configs (both) proprietary (both) The following specs were used when testing both browsers:...

agosto 22, 2019 · 1 minuto · Bruno Miguel

Must have extensions for Firefox

I’ve been a Firefox user since version 1.0, and the Mozilla Suite before that. Shamefully, I also used the infamous Internet Explorer long before that crap evolved to something close to a browser but not quite and still shitty. During all my years with this browser, I’ve come to use a handful of extensions that I consider essential. The list has changed over the years and has taken many forms. The current one is as follow:...

agosto 9, 2019 · 1 minuto · Bruno Miguel

Improved new night mode for Twitter

I got the new, event and flex-based, Twitter design a few days ago and decided to try out the night mode. This was also influenced by some tweet a contact of mine published. While not bad, I don’t like what I think is an exaggerated use of blue hues and shades. I find it even worse at night, due to the blue light stuff impacting our sleep. Even with a blue light filter, like the one from Plasma, it’s still too much blue....

junho 30, 2019 · 2 minutos · Bruno Miguel