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Zonsopkomst op Tenerife vandaag.
Dit is één van de eerste zwart-wit foto’s die ik met mijn Ricoh GR IIIx heb gemaakt. Wat een leuke camera.
Default Apps – 2024
Vorig jaar heb ik voor het eerst een lijst met mijn Default Apps samengesteld. De lijst is gebaseerd op de categorieën die werden besproken in de Hemispheric Views Podcast. In 2023 waren er bijna 300 luisteraars die hun eigen lijst publiceerden, zo ook ik.
De categorieën waarvan de default app is gewijzigd ten opzicht van vorig jaar heb ik een (🆕) emoji gegeven.
- 📨 Mail Client: Outlook
- 📮 Mail Server: Office365
- 📝 🆕 Notes: ReMarkable Paper Pro
- ✅ To-Do: Things
- 📷 iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera
- 🟦 Photo Management: Adobe Lightroom Classic for editing and Photos for organization
- 📆 Calendar: Fantastical Calendar
- 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive
- 📖 RSS: Reeder Classic with self-hosted FreshRSS
- 🙍🏻 🆕 Contacts: Apple Contacts on iOS and Outlook on MacOS
- 🌐 🆕 Browser: Safari and Edge for work
- 💬 Chat: Messages and WhatsApp
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Linkding
- 📑 🆕 Read It Later: Reeder Classic with self-hosted FreshRSS
- 📜 Word Processing: Word
- 📈 Spreadsheets: Excel
- 📊 Presentations: PowerPoint
- 🛒 Shopping Lists: Things
- 🍴 Meal Planning: Pen and Paper
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: Banktivity
- 📰 News: NRC, NOS and Tweakers.net
- 🎵 Music: Apple Music
- 🎤 Podcasts: Pocket Casts
- 🔐 Password Management: 1Password
Extra categorieën die destijds niet in de podcast werden besproken:
- 🔖 Journal: Day One
- 🚀 Launcher: Alfred
- 🗺️ 🆕 Maps: Apple Maps
- 🔐 VPN: ProtonVPN
- 🌦️ Weather: Carrot Weather
Updates:
- 2024/12/23: De lijst van 2023 met Default Apps bijgewerkt met in totaal 5 nieuwe apps dit jaar.
Erika Foster Series
After finishing the series about detective Blix and journalist Emma Ramm, I started reading the English crime series featuring detective Erika Foster, written by Robert Bryndza. Below are my thoughts on the published books in this series:
The following books have been published in this series.
- The Girl in the Ice – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – I had to adjust to Bryndza’s writing style, particularly in how he introduces the main characters, including Erika Foster. However, as the story progressed, it became increasingly enjoyable, and the characters developed nicely.
- The Night Stalker – ⭐️⭐️ – This story took a while to gain momentum. I found the pacing lacking, which is something I typically appreciate in a good crime novel.
- Dark Water – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – (Thoughts pending)
- Last Breath – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – An exciting and gruesome story, but it felt a bit long-winded. The thrilling pace I expected only picked up in the last five chapters.
- Cold Blood – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – This book was excessively drawn out, making it challenging to finish. After five books, I’m pausing my journey with this series for now.
- Deadly Secrets – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – This sixth installment was the most enjoyable so far, with a great balance of pace and tension.
- Fatal Witness – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Maybe the best book in this series till date. I didn’t experience a lot a tension while reading this story but the plot and characters were good.
- Lethal Vengeance – (Rating and thoughts pending)
Updates
- 20250724 – Finished Fatal Witness
- 20250705 – Finished Deadly Secrets
- 20250616 – Finished Cold Blood
- 20250504 – Finished Last Breath
- 20250309 – Finished Dark Water
- 20250225 – Finished The Night Stalker
- 20241207 – Finished The Girl in the Ice


