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  • Save Gigabytes of Storage: Build a Batch Photo Resizer with iOS Shortcuts

    Tired of huge photo files eating up your iPhone and iCloud storage? Here is a step-by-step guide to building a simple, automated iOS Shortcut that resizes your images to a web-friendly 1920px in seconds.

    May 24, 2026 · 7 min read

    techiosproductivity
  • Step Into the Sunlight — Why 15 Minutes Outside Can Change Your Day

    A lunchtime walk reminded me how powerful sunlight is. The science behind why stepping outside — even briefly — improves mood, sleep, focus, and long-term health.

    May 7, 2026 · 10 min read

    health
  • Cloudflare WARP — The Free VPN That Isn't Really a VPN

    How Cloudflare turned a DNS resolver into a full device tunnel, why they give it away for free, and what actually happens when you flip the switch.

    May 6, 2026 · 17 min read

    tech
  • I Wrote a Tool to Tame 15 Years of Photos — Here's How It Works

    A Python CLI that deduplicates, downscales, converts, and classifies thousands of photos using perceptual hashing, Apple Vision, and HEIC — no cloud required.

    May 5, 2026 · 32 min read

    tech
  • Down the QR Rabbit Hole — A Weekend with Python & Pixels

    What started as four lines of Python turned into a deep dive into QR code internals — history, encoding, error correction, and practical generation.

    May 5, 2026 · 9 min read

    tech
  • Freakonomics — When Economists Start Asking the Wrong Questions

    A look at the book that made economics interesting by asking questions nobody else would: do sumo wrestlers cheat? why do drug dealers live with their moms? and what really caused the 1990s crime drop?

    May 4, 2026 · 17 min read

    books
  • Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind — What We Eat Shapes How We Think

    A look at Dr. Georgia Ede's argument that the modern diet is damaging our brains, and what the science of nutritional psychiatry says we can do about it.

    May 3, 2026 · 12 min read

    books
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