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Cake day: September 22nd, 2023

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  • I wasn’t even in a super remote place or anything; just right on the outskirts of Reykjavík: 64.162710, -22.014917

    Probably could have been even more insane if I had gone a bit more remote. But if you ever plan to travel to Iceland, I’d recommend to go during a time you can see it, and give it a shot! (I went in early October, seemed like a pretty good time for photography, since it seemed like it was golden hour lasted like half the day)


  • Cosmo@lemmy.worldtopics@lemmy.worldAurora In Oregon
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    I didn’t see this one, but when I saw it in Iceland (in a dark place with limited light pollution) , it was taking up basically the entire sky and was glorious. I actually thought it was MORE stunning than any photos I’d ever seen, especially because it’s a way different experience when it’s in motion and everywhere. It was actually the event that convinced me to get a nice camera, since my phone “long-exposure” shots were so shitty haha.









  • I use fastmail, and I enjoy it a lot. Their masked email is very nice as well, and integrates with bitwarden. So quite convenient to use my personal domain for stuff where my identity matters, and use masked @fastmail addresses for more disposable stuff.

    The only thing that ticks me a tiny bit is that their mobile app doesn’t have offline mode; but you can use imap client or w/e, so it’s not too much of an issue.

    Also hear good things about protonmail; I would consider it if I didn’t already use/trust fastmail.


  • Exercise is kind of personal / varies depending on what you like to do. For me there was actually 2 pieces to improving my exercise routine:

    1. Starting a habit of exercise.

    This was a necessary first step if you don’t already have exercise as a part of your regular life. For me, my goal was just to just arrive at the gym every day. I didn’t workout every day; sometimes I straight up walked in, walked out, and went home (or used the sauna haha). But inevitably, I ended up working out a good amount, and start making it a part of my routine. Basically, my recommendation is not to try and optimize anything at first; just try to make it as easy as possible to succeed at habit-building. Find some kind of activity that is fun and make it a regular part of your schedule. Social sports activities are also great if you can get peer-pressured :P

    2. Making exercise more effective

    Once I was training regularly, I found things I wanted to improve, and so I started to create goals. I’m a rock-climber, so there are certain things that I want to do to improve that. Once I started working on those goals, I wanted to improve the effectiveness of my gym time. At a certain point, I made an actual daily schedule of what exercises I do. If you want to improve the quality of your exercise, putting in the effort to make an actual workout schedule is the biggest thing you can do imo. It doesn’t even matter if it is a “good” plan. Just actually following the plan, you will find the areas you can fix/improve that plan.

    With my current routine, I have a 10 minute warmup mobility routine every morning, climb 3 days a week, workout 3 days a week (sometimes at the gym, sometimes at a nearby calisthenics park), and avoid the gym for 1 day a week.

    But it started by just trying to arrive at the gym every day.