I am the owner of a Canon Pixma Pro 10, which is currently stored in my garage and is no longer in use. Due to numerous issues with that printer, I finally gave up. The main reason for purchasing that huge printer was its ability to print larger images. But, what is important to know is that you need to use the printer frequently, on a weekly basis. If you don’t, it can quickly become uneconomical.

For over three years, I have not printed any photos, and I have missed doing so. Privacy matters to me, and I cannot trust the idea of leaving an SD card to get prints, and hoping that my data will be completely erased once the process is done.

I was searching for a printer and hoped to find a laser colour printer that could produce high-quality pictures without the inconvenience of replacing multiple ink cartridges after a certain number of prints. But, I never found it.

And, one day, I came across Jeremy Janin’s post about the Canon Selphy CP-1500. It’s a small wireless printer that prints 6x4 inches, or 148x100mm pictures. It uses a dye-sublimation process, with a specific designed ribbon and paper. The images are printed in three passes, with a final protective pass.

The printer has limitations and cannot print large pictures. However, it is capable of printing smaller pictures, including credit card-sized photos with optional sticky backs. Printable stickers are also available as an option.

The printer is compact and features a screen with five buttons for configuration and navigation of the included applications.

The configuration process is simple. To use it with your phone, you need to follow the instructions displayed on the screen. But, I configured Cups to be able to use it with Darktable. However, there are different options available. You can even insert a SD card in the printer, select your photos (in a low resolution on the screen), and print them.

The printer includes an app for creating passport IDs, although I have not yet used this feature. The same way, Android and iOS apps are available, but I haven’t tested them.

The cost of the printer is approximately €120, excluding the cost of paper and cartridges. I purchased the High Capacity Color Ink/Paper set for €35. This pack contains sufficient ink and paper to print 108 postcard-sized images. It’s probably the most economical option.

In conclusion, the Selphy CP1500 is an excellent printer. It is suitable for frequent printing, sharing with friends and family, or to be inserted in an album. However, perhaps, the most appealing aspect is the ability to have a photograph in your hands, rather than hidden on your mobile phone.

Post 12/100 - Round 5 of the 100DaysToOffload challenge !

Thanks to Rebecca, I discovered this version of Mac Miller’s Dunno song.

I’m late. I didn’t see the end of this month coming.

I thought I had still a week to write this monthly summary, and out of the blue we are already the first of the month.

Podcasts

European Portuguese with Karolinti

• Only 3 episodes again this month.

Darknet Diaries

• 143 : Jim Hates Scams - How Jim chases scammers online.

Cyber Sector 7, OSINT, Hacking, & Privacy

• Breaking into field … Differently

SitRep

• Using OSINT to verify threats
• Close protection is a thinking man’s game

Diary of a CEO

• CIA Spy: “Leave the USA before 2030” “Why you shouldn’t trust your gut” “I held the nuclear codes around my neck” - Andrew Bustamante

• The money making expert: The exact formula for turning $100 to $100k - Daniel Priestley

You’ll die smarter

• A couple of small 2-min episodes. I still have a dozen to finish that podcast that stopped in 2021

The Spy Who

A great podcast about Duško Popov, a Serbian double-agent, that inspired Ian Fleming’s James Bond.

• The Spy who inspired 007 - Back in the game | 3
• The Spy who inspired 007 - Retribution | 4
• The Spy who inspired 007 - The other James Bond | 5

The Tim Ferris show

• #717: Noah Kagan - How to launch a million-dollar business this weekend. I discovered his site, Appsumo. Its motto is: “Never pay full price for software again”
• #724: Claire Hughes Johnson - How to take responsibility for your life.
• #725: Barbara Corcoran - How she turned $1000 into $5B+ empire. It’s not that simple, but some good tips.

Linux Lads

• Episode 117: Read all about it

OSINT Origins

• #5 OSINT Jobs / Lorando Bodo
• #4 ShadowBreak Intl / Samuel Cardillo

Layer 8

• Episode 100: Dylan the Magician
• Episode 101: A Deep Dive with Rae Baker

Le code a changé (French)

• Le câble, les herbiers de Posidonie et tous les autres encore. A nice podcast about internet cables over the oceans, and how Marseille is one of the biggest interconnection in the world.

Book Log

A list of books I read, and I’m currently reading.

I haven’t finished any this month, but since I got my Remarkable away for over a week, I haven’t read a lot. And, once it was back, I reorganized many files on the device.

In progress

• Power Hold’em Strategy by Daniel Negreanu, a book about poker “Small Balls” strategy - 55% read

• The Biggest Bluff - How I learned to pay attention, master myself, and win by Maria Konnikova - 10% read

Finished

None this month. 😔

Parked

Books that I started, but I need to allocate some time to complete.

• The Wim Hof method by Wim Hof - 8% read
• How to live or a life of Montaigne in one question by Sarah Bakewell - 75% read
• Command line Rust: A project-based primer for writing Rust CLIs by Ken Youens-Clark - 25% read
• Faut il arrêter de faire des enfants pour sauver la planète by Emmanuel Pont - 31% read
• Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks by Michal Zalewski - 18% read
• Extreme Privacy by Michael Bazzell.
• Kubernetes Best Practices by Brendan Burns

This “parked” section was inspired by Silvia’s one.

Articles - Blog posts

Security / Privacy / Hardened devices

• Meta fucked up once again!
• Meta will collect anonymized data about Quest headset usage… Yeah anonymized of course… sure! Fuck you Meta!
• Why start self-hosting?
• Citizenevidence : We tackle complex research challenges and explore innovative investigative methods to document human rights violations worldwide.
• Whatsapp forces Pegasus spyware to share their secret code.

Remarkable

• How to make templates for you Remarkable.

Climate change

• A third of North America birds have vanished.

Blogs

• Hacker news Blogroll

AI

• Block AI crawlers.
• Freaky AI… Really bluffing thing, but scary too!

Databases

• I’m All-In on server-side SQLite.

CLI & tools

• act : run your GitHub actions locally.

Neovim

• Neovim: Creating, Curating and Customising Your Ideal Editor with TJ DeVries.

Random

• Finland has a solution for homeless.
• Publishing your work increase your luck.

Movies - TV Show

Here’s how I rate them.

Foundation - 2021

I still haven’t finished the first season. One episode left. Then, I’ll attack the second one.

We’re the Millers - 2013

Definitely not my kind of movies, but I watched it one night doing something else. Will probably never watch it again.

Enemy at the gates - 2001

Jude Law, and Ed Harris play a game of cat and mouse as snipers during the Battle of Stalingrad.

I watched that movie years ago, and I still enjoyed watching it.

Ninja Kamui - 2024

I continued this TV show. So far, so good.

Sport

I haven’t trained as much as I wanted. Got the flu for a full week with shivers, and headaches, then a weird allergy that got my ankles, and feet purple.

A bit weird when you discover that you are allergic to something. Still not sure if it was the cheese or that bread I never ate before.

I watched the NBA, as usual. I haven’t missed one game of the Nuggets this year.

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Post 11/100 - Round 5 of the 100DaysToOffload challenge !