#iPad multitasking

[intomybubble]

Yes, thank you. Toshiyuki Toyonaga, my love, is in a Hoyoverse game <3 idc how bad his kit is (after 5 rounds of nerfs </3) I will pull for him like my life depends on it just to listen to this hot fox man’s voice lines on repeat. I just hope you become a Genshin character in the future with a better kit (ㅠㅠ)

Also, ever since I found out he was voicing Jiaoqiu, I have been thinking back to Dairoku since Toshi voiced the fox-eyed Toshisugu and the actual fox, Shiratsuki. I really should go back and actually finish the routes for the remaining 3 characters lol

[oh-great-authoress]

Accidentally deleted all the tabs on my tablet 27 dead 85 injured

[itek1]

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[onetechavenue]

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[arksale1]

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[techdriveplay]

Apple iPad Air 2024 vs. M4 iPad Pro: Which Should You Buy?

[prettygirl-gabi]

Title: Let Me Sleep

Pairing: Paige Bueckers x Reader

Fandom: UConn’s women’s basketball

Rating : General Audiences

Word Count: 2.7k

Summary: is sleep too much to ask for…

Paige Bueckers is the human equivalent of a golden retriever. Loud, affectionate, and seemingly immune to exhaustion. I, on the other hand, am not.

This becomes a problem every weekend when she didn’t have practice or games, she wakes up at the ass crack of dawn, blasting music or throwing herself on top of me to get me out of bed. It’s also a problem late at night, when my only goal is to shower and pass out, but she and our friends have other plans—like tonight.

After an exhausting volleyball practice and an eight-hour shift at work, all I wanted was silence, a warm shower, and sleep. I walked into our apartment fully prepared to collapse face-first into the mattress.

But instead, I was met with chaos.

Paige, KK, Ice, Jana, and Aubrey were gathered in the living room, the glow of a ring light illuminating their faces as they talked animatedly to one of the phones propped up in front of them.

They were on live. Of course.

“Baby!” Paige practically launched herself off the couch when she saw me, nearly tripping over her laptop charger in the process. “You’re home!”

“Yeah,” I muttered, voice heavy with exhaustion as I dropped my bag by the door. “Unfortunately.”

KK snorted. “Oh nah, she’s on her last leg.”

“I am,” I confirmed, rubbing my eyes. “Why are y’all screaming?”

Aubrey grinned. “We’re debating self-defense moves.”

Ice held up a Lego set. “And building this.”

I blinked. “…What?”

“They’re gonna try the moves on each other,” Jana explained with a shake of her head. “And Ice is building a house. With me.”

“Multitasking,” Ice said proudly.

I sighed, already regretting my life choices. “I’m going to bed.”

Paige pouted. “Noooo, don’t leave me.”

I gave her a blank stare. “Paige, I just worked for eight hours after a full morning practice. I want to sleep.”

“You can sleep here.” She tugged at my wrist. “C’mon, I promise I’ll be quiet.”

“Now that’s a damn lie,” I deadpanned.

The live chat must have heard because the comments started flying:

“She already knows Paige be lying, LMAOO.”

“Nah, you should sleep there just to prove how done you are.”

“Golden retriever gf and black cat gf fr, fr.”

“It’s giving y/n is a single mother rn.”

Paige ignored them, pulling me toward the couch and plopping back down with her laptop. “Here, cuddle me so you’ll be comfy.”

I was too tired to argue, so I let her maneuver me onto her lap, arms loosely wrapped around her shoulders as she settled back against the couch.

The moment my head hit her shoulder, I was gone.

I woke up to muffled voices, but I barely registered them.

Paige’s arms were still wrapped securely around me, her warmth cocooning me in a way that made it impossible to move. I buried my face deeper into her hoodie, inhaling the familiar scent of her detergent.

Somewhere in the background, KK’s voice rang out. “Wait, wait—yo, the chat is killing me right now.”

I frowned, cracking an eye open. Paige was still typing on her laptop, completely unfazed by whatever was happening. KK, Ice, Jana, and Aubrey were still talking animatedly to the iPad.

They were still on live.

I groaned softly, shifting against Paige. “Y’all are seriously still streaming?”

Paige rubbed my back absentmindedly. “Mhm.”

Jana smirked. “The chat’s been going crazy over you.”

I frowned. “What?”

KK cackled, reading out comments.

“She deadass knocked out while they screaming their lungs out over Legos and self-defense.”

“Bro, she’s strong cause I could nevaaa.”

“Paige, she’s sooo done with y’all.”

“It’s giving power couple.”

“They’re gonna make edits of them, I just know it.”

I groaned again, squeezing my eyes shut. “I hate all of you.”

“Love you too, baby,” Paige cooed, pressing a kiss to my temple.

The chat exploded.

“PAIGE PLSSS.”

“She’s so whipped.”

“Nah, I need me a Paige.”

“Paige doing work with y/n in her lap gives.. a single mother vibes.”

“Somebody que up Reba McEntire.”

I sighed, too tired to care. “I’m going back to sleep.”

Paige chuckled. “Go ahead, baby. I got you.”

And just like that, I was out again—chaos and all.

Sometime later—maybe an hour, maybe longer—I woke up to the sensation of being lifted. Paige’s arms were steady as she carried me toward our bedroom, her steps careful despite how exhausted she had to be by now.

“Mm,” I mumbled sleepily, cracking my eyes open just enough to see her face. “Live’s finally over?”

She smiled down at me, brushing a strand of hair from my face. “Yeah, baby. Got my homework turned in on time, too.”

I hummed in approval, letting my head rest against her shoulder as she set me down on the bed and pulled the blankets over me. The room was dim, the soft glow from the hallway light casting a shadow across her face.

“Hold on, ma,” she murmured before disappearing into the kitchen. A minute later, she returned with my cup, filled to the brim with ice water. She set it down on my nightstand, her fingers brushing against my forehead as she leaned in. “So you don’t wake up thirsty.”

I blinked up at her, my heart doing an annoying little flip at how effortlessly sweet she was. “You’re the best.”

Paige smirked. “I know.”

I reached out, grabbing her wrist before she could turn away. “Come lay down.”

She hesitated. “I’m not really sleepy yet.”

“Don’t care.” I tugged her toward the bed. “Just come cuddle.”

That was all the convincing she needed. Paige climbed in beside me, her arm slipping under my waist as I curled into her side.

“Okay, but what are we watching?” she asked, grabbing the remote.

I thought for a second before grinning. “Turn on something from Disney Jr.”

Paige gave me a look. “You deadass?”

I nodded. “Yep. Something nostalgic. We can make fun of it while we watch.”

She rolled her eyes, but the fondness in her expression was undeniable. A few moments later, the familiar theme song of Little Einsteins filled the room. I snorted.

Paige smirked. “Classic.”

For the next hour, we laid there, half-watching, half-talking about our day. I told her about how my legs were still sore from practice, how I nearly cussed out a customer at work, and how I saw a dog that reminded me of her on my way home.

She told me about her classes, the new drill Coach Geno had them running, and how she was convinced Ice was going to drop out of school and become a full-time Lego builder.

By the time the clock hit 4 a.m., our words had slowed, our sentences broken by long stretches of silence. Paige’s fingers traced lazy circles against my back, her breath warm against my temple.

“You tired now?” I murmured.

She exhaled softly. “Yeah, baby.”

I nuzzled into her chest. “Finally.”

She chuckled, pressing a lingering kiss to my forehead. “Goodnight, ma.”

“‘Night, Paigey.”

And just like that, we drifted off, tangled in each other, with Little Einsteins still playing in the background.

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                 -Thank You For Reading!🩵🩶

                             -prettygirl-gabi🎀✨️

[lionar0und]

Dada! - Leona fic

Leona has some conflicted feelings about his baby This is mostly my late night rambling

Warnings - Fem reader Kinda, mostly leona and cub centered, Small doses of traumatized Leona

Special thanks to @queen-shiba for all her help. Thanks Bestie!

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Leona loves his sleep. It's a known fact that he almost loves sleep more than he loves his wife.

Almost. He certainly loves her enough for-

"Dada!"

There she is. Leona has...conflicted feelings about being a father. His wife wanted a cub, so they had a cub. He wanted to continue his legacy anyway...but Seven, he's struggling.

It was fine at first - mildly unnerving, but fine. You were struggling, and he hated it. But you wanted Melody so badly. He can't ignore the adrenaline rush he felt when he first felt his cub kicking; or the jolts of joy whenever he held you, arms around you and holding your belly.

But now that she's here?

She's beautiful. She's everything he never thought he could love that he would live for. He'd die for her to but dying is just sleep to him...and sleep is easy. It's numb and comfortable. But living? Waking from bliss to feed his tiny mewling cub as she wails, face red and tiny fists shaking is hard. Giving up some of his late nights out, facing the embarrassment of her sobbing at royal functions; all those judging eyes watching?

Yeah. That's rough.

Really rough.

Today's rough too - He only just got back from another Spelldrive practice, and now that hes a pro, his energy has to be up to play!

But duty calls.

"DADA!"

"Oi, don't shout at baba," He grumbles weakly, "It's late, nugget."

"I want hair." She huffs. For a second his heart stirs. She has your eyes.

"You have hair. See? It's right here." He tapped her head...and it started again. The instant panic because what if his nails are too sharp? What if he hurt her?

He represses the urge to throw up when remembering the feeling of his own parent's claws raking over his eye.

"No dada. Your hair. Pretty!"

"My hair? Baby, what-" He is cut off by a sharp tug on his hair.

Oh.

"You want locs?" It's more of a surprised gruff squeak than anything else. "You want your hair to look like mine?"

"Yes!" She squeals excitedly, hopping on the bed with him. "Hair like yours!"

Shit. Shit, he doesn't do his own hair! He's a prince, he has a stylist-

"Dada?"

Damn it...look at that sweet face. Funny, he didn't realize Melody had his grumpy face.

"Alright, come here grumpy cat." He quickly grabbed his phone. "Kifaji? Yeah...bring me all that hair stuff my stylist uses and my tablet stand."

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As Leona works diligently, he silently notes to raise his stylists salary.

Melody is squirmy after a while...but luckily his baby girl is just as nerdy as him. Nothing a chess tournament on TV can't fix. Besides, hes a good multitasker! He watches the how-to video on his Ipad while carefully doing his precious cub's hair and violently judging the shitty chess plays.

How many more clips does he need? This kid has a lot more hair than he thought...

"Almost done?"

"Almost baby." He grumbles, trying to pick up the clip he dropped.

Sevens, his hands are sore! Twisting Melody's hair lovingly yet firmly, he feels that familiar bubble of annoyance. Why can't the royal stylist just do this instead?

Stop it, Leona. He thinks bitterly. Be the dad you wanted. Suck up being tired! You overblotted and still played spelldrive after! This is for your cub!

But it's been over an hour. And he is so, so tired. And he has practice tomorrow.

And his baby girl wants to be just like him.

He tries to ignore the weird feeling in his throat he gets when those doubts creep in again.

Come on man. Just a bit longer.

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Almost two hours later, he's done. He's oddly proud of himself. And his reward?

He gets to go deaf!

Melody is squealing in glee now, running around with her tiny mirror.

"I look just like dada!" The tired dad hears her screaming down the hall. It's making him feel oddly smug, too. He actually did it.

Finally, he can reap his rewards. Snuggled tightly into his bed and using your maternity pillow he stole , he can finally sleep.

"DADA I WANNA PLAY DOLLS!"

...but for his baby girl, maybe sleep can wait until tomorrow.

[olive-fics]

Studying with Abby. SFW

You missed your best gf, Abby flipping Anderson. Of course you wanted to hang out with her.. but she was studying.. whatever. she can multitask ..Right??

☆Reader is hyperactive/neurodivergent in ways (?), Abby can get annoyed and angry..., slight angst, petnames, FEM reader, comfort at end.☆

For the girls and the gays, Men leave! (please)

☆My awesome friend Ara gave me this idea so Ilysm! &lt;3 ☆

CORRECT ME ON MY MISTAKES PLEASE!!!

"Sit still.." *Abby would groan placing her thick fingers on your hips, nudging you down into her hips. "You can't sit on my lap anymore if you keep moving peach, 'tis too distracting.." Abby would rub her nose and temples annoyed, not at you fully of course but the way you kept moving against her hips alone.

-This was probably your 4th time shifting on Abby's lap in just these past 10 minutes.

"Oh c'mon...you're hard to sit on when you study over the desk ..can't we just go lay down..? Get comfy..?"

"How the hell will I study when I'm laying down y/n." She was upset, something she never was with you.

"wh-"

"Please.. just- go sit down..I'll join you in a bit? Please let me study baby girl." Abby asked with a sigh.

As much as it hurt you, you still obliged to her command and sat down on the couch in her room. Of course you couldn't focus without being next to Abby, it made you nervous. Just sitting away from her made you anxious, that's when everything was louder and 10x intensified. The urge to bite your nails, sweat, click your tongue, crack knuckles, whatever you could fidget with was much more impulsive than usual.

Right as you decided to check your phone's time or mindlessly scroll online, it died. of course... time to do that fucking walk of shame up to Abby (who was now upset with you) and ask her if you can play piano tiles, candy crush or whatever games she let you download on her phone.

Getting up from the couch your bunny slippers shuffled across her mahogany floors with that airy "pfft" sound when the ears flipped up with each step.

"A-Abby..?" Fuck.. of course your voice was falling out. You got so nervous when Abby acted like this, which rarely happens.

Abby's office chair didn't move, instead Abby just replied short.

"Hm? what do you need."

"Can.. can I borrow your phone.. for- for games...?"

As much as Abby wanted to be angry at everything your stammering made her laugh.

"Such an Ipad kid..sure sure.." She sighed again, giving you mixed signals.

Abby handed you her Iphone, Abby had those clear cases with a little polaroid of you and her on the back encased by the plastic.

You smiled softly and ran off back to the couch bundling up under the blankets. Your fingers tapping at the screen and small sounds or music emitted from under the blankets. "Sweet!" "Tasty.." "Delicious."

As much as you were lost in Abby's screen you didn't even notice her calling your name...

"Y/n? Honey turn it down." "Y/n please, I need to finish studying.."

It was too late once you did hear her though, Abby was already on her feet marching to your place on the couch. She had pulled the blanket off of your head and gave you a small annoyed hand gesture.

"You gonna turn it down or do I have to take it from you?"

Embarrassment flushed out your cheeks into a bright red. How could you not hear her..?? You felt so stupid.

"I-I'm sorry Abs.. I- I'll turn it down.. I-.." Why were you stuttering now..? You felt so weak and little as Abby stood over you.

Abby could notice your mind rattling as you overthought the whole situation growing frustrated.

"Hey..Hey it's okay..i didn't mean to hurt your feelings love.. I'm so sorry." Abby frowned and held out her arms to you for a big hug.

With slight hesitation you still accepted Abby's hug and stuffed your face deep into her shoulders, the smell of her pine soap and hair washes filled your nose as you hugged her tightly.

"I'm almost done. Can you wait another 10 minutes?" Abby reassured you she would cuddle and chill with you as much as you wanted after. "Alright. I'm right here okay? Just wait a few." How was Abby so good at making you feel better. ughhhhhhhhh

After hearing Abby's keyboard click and her pencil dragging over her notebook for what seemed like forever, she finally got out of her office chair and looked at you with the warmest smile ever.

Abby walked over to you and draped the blanket over the two of you.

“I’m sorry Y/N. Movie night..?”

Fuck yes.?!?! Movie nights with Abby were the best. But then she hit the..

“I picked last time- what do you want to watch Pumpkin?”

God..you wanted to pick your favorite ofcourse..The muppets. (100% best movies…) but..you felt so bad for pestering her while studying so you put one of her favorite boring War movies on.

“Really..? You want to watch that..?”

Abby was kinda shocked you picked one of her favorites,but how you described it was..

“The Micheal Bay Film with the guns..and war-“

Abby put it on and kissed your forehead pulling you into her to cuddles.

“C’mon..I’m sorry about earlier..I love you..yknow that.?”

You nod and smile softly just emerging into her warmth and into the blankets because you just needed to sleep everything off,so did Abby.

“I love you princess..”

“I love you too…Abby..”

♡

HII sorry for lack of posts I cannot write cus my brain is slow.😞🔥‼️ but I have an Ellie Williams one shot or something coming up!! (Srs..) okay Goodnight :3 and thank you Ara for giving me this idea!!

[sapphicmsmarvel]

modern au! competition

notes: in elains part i talk shit about The Exorcist. i’m sorry guys that movie is so so bad. Some of these are really short because i didn’t know how to elaborate LOL but yall will get the point. 

Azriel: 

This cranky bitch has beef with your kindle paperwhite. 

You took it everywhere, always made sure it was fully charged and loaded with books. You even used the app on your phone until one day you decided you would always carry your actual kindle with you everywhere. 

When he wanted snuggles and you were reading? You had pushed him away. Until one day, he’d had enough. 

It was a rough day at work, he wanted his girlfriend. He saw you on the couch, with your emotional support water bottle, his hoodie, fuzzy sock-clad feet and a blanket. And you were holding your kindle. 

He knew he wanted to join you in that cuddle pile, so he did. 

He took away your blanket which caused you to yell an indignant, “hey!” Then he spread your legs which had you saying “oh?” 

He rolled his eyes at your dirty mind and laid down on top of you. Your kindle was in the air, he laid his head between your boobs and snuggled in. 

Breathing in your scent, he hummed contentedly. 

He felt you shake with suppressed giggles, “you comfy?”

“Mhm.” He hummed, his eyes closing. 

“My big baby.” You said softly, kissing his head and running your nails through his hair. 

He didn’t need to look up to know you were still reading, just multitasking now. After all, that’s what the pop socket is for. Multitasking while reading. 

(get your heads out of the gutter) 

He loved how happy it made you, though. He also loved the sex that came from the books that you’d want to reenact. 

Cassian: 

don't get him wrong, he loves that you wear makeup because you love it. 

however that damn plumping gloss is gonna kill him. 

“It’s spicy!” 

“You’re being a baby, it’s minty.” 

“it’s fucking spicy!” 

It’s not his fault that your gloss is out to make him croak. He can’t help kissing you though, your lips look so plump and juicy, just perfectly kissable. And the gloss tastes like vanilla cupcakes until the spice kicks in. 

Rhysand: 

He's got beef with the sims. You’ll go missing for hours in your “cozy room” as you call it, and 9 times out of 10, he’ll walk in and see you hunched over like a cave creature playing the sims. It kind of scares the shit out of him because sometimes he’ll walk in on you like that, with a murder podcast playing on your TV. 

Eventually, he loves the game. Because he discovers that you can make your own families. You two have five kids in the sims, because even Sim-Rhysand is horny. 

Eventually he gets his own PC, he’s very excited. Owns and buys you all of the sims packs. 

Feyre: 

Your IPad. You do everything on that thing. Work, planning, reading; writing, even. It’s with you all day, sometimes all night depending on the activity you’re doing. You can’t stop playing candy crush or some other game. She’s fully pulled the IPad out of your grip before to cuddle.

She didn’t get it until you got her her own with procreate installed. And now you’re the one who has to pry her away. She, like Rhysand, has learned the naughty things she can do with her new hobby. AKA, lots of drawings of you. 

Naked, clothed. You two together being naughty. 

She’s learned to love the wonders of an IPad. 

Morrigan: 

fucking theme parks. In the beginning of your relationship she didn’t know how to feel, eventually she fell in love with them. She used to be against them because she hated being sweaty (who doesn’t) but with your help she was able to be comfortable and enjoy a nice theme park day with her girlfriend. 

You two are out of state disney pass holders. Taking random flights on random days for a day at disney. Flying in that morning and leaving that night. Or driving for a long weekend. 

Amren: 

her competition is concerts. you’ll go to any show at any time. Your friends favorite indie band is having a show with 20 dollar tickets? sold you’ll be there. 

She’s not a fan of intense crowds, mosh pits aren’t her scene. But if there’s an artist you wanna go see and your friends can't go? She’s buying you the tickets as an early birthday or christmas gift. She’s even used mother’s day as an excuse to buy you tickets. Or Veterans Day. 

And she calls you dramatic. 

Nesta: 

she genuinely doesn’t understand how you can play video games for hours. She does love it though because you’ll leave her alone to read while you play. 

You rarely play intense games, if you do you’re playing with friends and not some random lobby (because being a woman, a queer woman no less is not fun in random online lobbies). And that’s when you go into a different room because your friends and you are quite loud. 

But when you’re playing stardew valley or any zelda, mario game, or nintendo in general; you’re sitting by her. 

Your usual set up is you both on the couch next to each other, some asmr room video in the background and a few candles lit. 

She can even admit that your video games have awesome soundtracks. 

Elain: 

horror movies. you were a fanatic. On your first date you brought this up to her, nervous she’d be against it. She was all for watching them. She had never seen them, growing up her mother forbid her daughters from watching them. It didn’t stop Feyre and Nesta, however she was a bit of a rule follower. 

She thought it couldn’t be that bad. After all, they're fictional and the effects can be very cheesy. 

However, she hid that she was scared pretty well in the beginning and then when you two saw Jigsaw that killed her “street cred” with you. (her words, not yours) 

So after the intensity of Jigsaw, you had her watch The Exorcist, a movie you thought was ass but was a good movie to introduce her to horror with. 

She ended up thinking the movie was shit, too. But, it gave her a bit of a baseline to go off of.  

After that was The Conjuring universe, then The Paranormal Activity franchise ended up freaking her out in a good way. 

She liked watching supernatural, ghost hunters, and american horror story with you though! And she did enjoy the scream franchise as well as the scary movie franchise! 

She began to love them, and loved the adrenaline. 

She liked the idea of going to a haunted house during halloween, but it scared her a bit more. It was different with a screen in between her and the scare. 

Lucien: 

Your stuffed animal collection. You personified almost everything you owned (which made it a bitch to declutter when you knew you needed to; but you couldn’t stop imagining objects with personalities). 

He loved how passionate you were, how cuddly you always looked however: 

You’re supposed to be cuddling him!! Not a damned stuffed animal! 

Then one time, he came home after a long work trip and found you asleep on the couch, you were waiting for him. 

He found you hugging a fox build-a-bear with one of his shirts on it.  

How can he hate that? 

Eris: 

His own dog is his competition. 

The fucker will cuddle with you then give him a smug ass look like “haha she chose me, she dont want you.” 

He loved the immediate love you had for his (son) pet. And he reacted to you the same way. You two formed a bond, the dog would follow you everywhere around the house. 

His dog was supposed to be a hunting dog, then when you (mom) came into the picture, that’s when you began babying him and forbidding Eris from taking him hunting. 

“My son will not go through the mud! He’s a baby!”

“My love, his whole life’s purpose is hunting. He’s a hunting dog.” 

“His life purpose is being the cute snuggly idiot he is!” Said snuggly idiot was wagging at your feet with an expression on his face that Eris could only describe as a “you go, mom!” look. 

“What if he gets hurt?” Your bottom lip wobbled and he knew he couldn’t say no to you. 

You were sensitive when it came to animals. It was pretty easy to make you cry, you just had to look at the dog being cute and you’d start bawling. 

But, he loved waking up in the morning to you snuggled into him with his beloved (but an asshole) dog with you two. 

Even when the dog pushes in between the two of you in the middle of the night. 

Tarquin: 

Surfing. He can’t believe he’s competing with his own hobby. 

He introduced you to it, but you cannot stop. You spend hours out in the ocean, and he wishes he could be out there with you all the time. But he’s always working with the city's ocean conservation teams and is the leading man in marine biology in your city.  So he can’t leave the office a lot, but when he can, he does join you in the surf. 

You two began a surfing contest to raise money for ocean conservation too. 

[fligniuz]

https://www.tumblr.com/fligniuz/786626333694377984/hi-flig-i-sent-an-ask-a-looongg-time-ago-about

no bc i went to a coffee shop last week and i sat next to a couple who was playing pokemon tcg, the guy was multitasking, studying on his ipad and playing on his phone and the girl was just playing on her phone while drinking her coffee IMAGINE THIS with luigi aaahhhghhhhdhh

i want study dates with him where we get distracted and end up doing no studying whatsoever!!!!

[briechyne]

Weirdly Motivated to Write

Well, I did say that I have a new keyboard—to correct my posture and not look like a pretzel while I work remotely. Small victories, right?

Now, let’s talk about motivation. Because for some reason, I am absolutely buzzing with it today. Is it because of my keyboard? Most likely. Is that weird? Probably. But hey, I never claimed to be normal.

See, besides being a full-time student, I also have a job. And that job? Writing. Creating. Capturing life in words, pictures, and fleeting moments of inspiration. Filming, writing, photography—these are the things that make me absolutely happy. And honestly? Life is just too beautiful not to share.

There’s something about having the right tools that makes everything feel different. You could give me the exact same blank document yesterday, and I wouldn’t have been nearly as eager to write as I am today. But now? With my new keyboard? I feel like I could churn out a whole novel, rewrite history, or at the very least, write an unnecessarily long blog post about why I feel like writing.

Maybe it’s the clickity-clackity. (Yes, that’s a technical term.) There’s just something deeply satisfying about hearing each keystroke, like a tiny round of applause with every word I type. It’s hypnotizing. Encouraging. Addictive, even. Without it, I don’t think I’d be half as motivated to write.

And that brings me to a very important question:

Could this mean my iPad will replace my laptop?

Ha! Not a chance. Never. Not in a million years.

As much as I love this setup, there are things my iPad just cannot do. And honestly, those things make a huge difference in my daily workflow. Don’t get me wrong—iPads are fantastic. They’re lightweight, portable, and perfect for quick notes, reading, or sketching. But when it comes to serious work? My Windows laptop remains irreplaceable.

Why My Windows Laptop Wins Every Time

Multitasking Like a Pro iPads have some multitasking capabilities, but let's be real—nothing beats having multiple windows open, side by side, without limitations. On my laptop, I can have a research paper in one window, my notes in another, a video playing on the side, and Spotify running in the background. Try doing that on an iPad without constantly swiping between apps. It’s just not the same.

File Management That Actually Makes Sense The Windows file system is superior. Hands down. Drag-and-drop functionality, proper file explorer, external drive support—it’s just easier. iPads, on the other hand, have a clunky file system that often makes me want to scream into the void. Copying files? Moving them? Finding them again? It takes way longer than it should.

Software Compatibility & Heavy-Duty Programs This one’s a dealbreaker. There are so many professional-grade applications that just don’t run on iPads. Things like:

Adobe Premiere Pro for serious video editing (iPad versions are limited)

Photoshop & Illustrator (yes, they have mobile versions, but they’re nowhere near as powerful)

Microsoft Excel with Macros (because let's be honest, the iPad version is lacking)

Programming software & full IDEs (if I ever decide to code, my iPad will just sit there, useless)

Mouse & Keyboard Freedom Yes, iPads can connect to a mouse and keyboard, but do they truly function like a laptop? Nope. There are still weird limitations. Right-clicking? Custom shortcuts? The precision of a real trackpad or external mouse? Windows just does it better. Period.

Downloading Anything Without Jumping Through Hoops iPads don’t let you download everything you want, especially if it’s outside the App Store. Need a program that isn’t on Apple’s list of approved software? Too bad. Meanwhile, on Windows? I can download whatever I want, whenever I want, however I want. No restrictions.

Serious Writing & Formatting Writing on an iPad is fine for quick drafts, but when it comes to formatting long documents, citations, and exporting files in different formats? My laptop is my best friend. Whether it's proper PDF editing, running reference managers like Zotero, or managing multiple Word documents with complex layouts, iPads just don’t cut it.

Gaming & Emulation Okay, maybe not work-related, but still important! iPads have mobile games, sure. But do they run full-fledged PC games? Nope. Can I use them for game modding? Nope. Can I play older games with emulators? Again, nope. My Windows laptop, on the other hand? Unlimited possibilities.

The Verdict?

As much as I love the convenience of my iPad + keyboard combo, it will never replace my laptop. Ever. My laptop is where the real magic happens—the deep work, the serious projects, the things that actually require a proper computer.

But will I still use my iPad for writing on the go? Absolutely. Because nothing beats the clickity-clackity joy of my new keyboard. And if that keeps me weirdly motivated to write, then hey—I’ll take it.

So if you ever see me typing away somewhere, looking ridiculously focused, just know—it’s not me. It’s the keyboard.

[m1ckeyb3rry]

MIWA HOW IS LIFE SO FAR?!?!? I remember you saying you were taking time off to do cool awesome irl stuff so I hope you enjoyed every bit of it >< (literally asking tips on how to balance life because wdym you go to the gym, go to parties, are the most coolest author on Tumblr, and the most coolest moot, and still slay college life like- hi wow I'm in awe of you)

+ also flower shop AU Dan Heng has not once left my mind so HOW DARE YOU. IM ACTUALLY TWEAKING OUT CUZ OF YOU. (miwa making cee tweak out counter: 3)

hiii cee!! it has been a weird time in m1ckeyb3rryland recently unfortunately T_T but we have kept pushing and soon my semester will be over and i will be traveling abroad and i will not be so horribly emotional about everything!! (and when i say everything i do mean everything…i saw a photo of my very much alive and well dog and fully started crying while in the student center on my campus 💀 like bro is chilling at home idk why i was doing that KSJHF) tbh i don’t know how active i will be on here for a bit it’s really exacerbating everything for me fsr but i miss you all sm 🥹 logged on from my ipad just to respond to you all i was having too much fomo!! I’M GLAD I WAS NOT LATE TO THE DANCEE SPIDER-MAN AU FOR MY MINI BREAK!!

BUT ANYWAYS…I AM HONORED TO KNOW YOU THINK SO HIGHLY OF ME HAHA it’s all about multitasking really…posting from the treadmill and whatnot yk how it is 🙂‍↕️ i feel like i must not be a very good mutual though i am not that consistent about interacting with everything i see so i am glad you think i am regardless it really means a lot 💖 it does help that my college classes are not very difficult so i do not have to spend too much time working on them or studying!! and my job is quite relaxed (i tutor middle schoolers) so i can do homework and write while i am there as well 💪🏻

FLOWER SHOP DAN HENGGGG omg fr that manhua is SO him down to the lookssss HEHE i just know he is so tender and sweet to all of his plants and likes to talk to them and even sing to them if there’s no one around ☹️ and he has such an eye for detail he arranges the most beautiful bouquets and if it’s for YOU he knows all of the meanings behind every flower and makes sure that every bouquet says something sweet even though he’s pretty sure you have no idea what it means (dare i say you think you confess to him first but then you find out he’s been confessing to you all this time with the random “leftover” plant cuttings he sends you home with…dare i say…🤫🤫🤫)

[nut-today]

Partly "Poor guy," partly "Dude, seriously?"

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The trio had just finished a glorious breakfast at their hotel. Nuraga, Robi, and Vazhimi were relaxed by the poolside—where the Petronas Towers stood proudly in the distance. The pool shimmered under the morning sun. Vazhimi was enchanted by the building, snapping photos just like his usual self.

Once Vazhimi was done with his camera, he joined the other guys, and the three of them sat together. In the middle of their triangle was brunch buffet—enough desserts to make their morning better.

Robi was happily multitasking, editing a video with one hand and stealing bites of pancake with the other. Nuraga was scrolling through his iPad reading a few proposals—Two furniture companies reached out hoping to collaborate with Sew Ga, specifically to feature their products like tables and cabinets to be showcased in Sew Ga's videos.

Robi, deep in his editing zone on Nuraga's laptop, suddenly paused and pointed,

"Eh ada chat masuk barusan dari Audy." Robi informed Nuraga, noticing that guy's phone wasn't even with him. But then his eyes tightened. "Eh nggak deng ini kayaknya notif popped up lagi aja? Kalo dari jamnya udah dari semalem—"

"Iya gue udah baca, diemin aja."

Vazhimi and Robi exchanged a look. There was a strange stillness in Nuraga's energy. It shifted. The same man was smiling at the airport while they headed to KL because of Audy, now he ignored the message from the said girl like it was asking too much?

"Ga."

"Hm?"

"Something happened?"

Nuraga shook his head, but the awkwardness that follows spoke louder—he was probably back to his activating emotional boundaries self. He kept a straight face though, pretending not to notice the change of his friends' gestures. But inside? His brain was already hosting a crowded internal monologue.

He knew Audy's sweets tasted exactly like Maya's, exactly like it was carbon copy. The first time Nuraga had a bite it's as if he was time-traveling—he tasted Maya's cakes only he didn't, because it wasn't hers. But as much as finding Audy's cakes felt like finishing a quest since he'd been sweets huntering to different bakeries and failed finding the same taste, he knew he shouldn't mistake nostalgia for connection. That wouldn't be fair to Audy.

"Natapnya santai aja broski-broski." Nuraga said that at the end trying to make a joke—which failed miserably.

Well... Not great. The good vibes had clearly left the chat, both Robi and Vazhimi were giving Concerned Friend Faces. Actually, they have always felt a little tender when it comes to Nuraga. They knew the size of the hole Maya left behind. Maya was a huge part of his life—and honestly they've always understood. But, like... it's been years... three consecutive relationship and still yearning? That part never sits right with them—or maybe they just don't quite understand Nuraga just yet. That's why their faces were doing that weird thing—partly "Poor guy," partly "Dude, seriously?"

They could only sighed at the end. How do one shift Nuraga's mindset without making it look like they're trying though? The things about Nuraga is they can't just talk sense to him, you can't just tell Nuraga to catch feelings, you try to play cupid with him and that's the fastest way to give him the ick. Giving him advice? He'll nod and do exactly the opposite.

📱Coba puji-puji Audy depan Aga aja kali ya?

📲 Boleh. Bisa jadi dia kebawa baper

Vazhimi and Robi were texting each other under the table like undercover agents. Nuraga was already drown by the proposal by then.

📱 Lu aja yang ngomong coba Bi

📲 Eh lu aja Jim. Gua kaga kepikiran pujian lagi fokus ngedit ini deadline besok

📱 Kalo gua yang ngomong kek yang iya anjir

📲 Kan emang iya???

📱 Kaga bisa ngomong

📲 Bisu?

"Eh tapi kalo gua liat-liat si Audy-Audy itu lucu ya Ga gesturnya," Robi finally went for it. Waiting for Vazhimi would've taken all day. "Gemesin gitu kita kan sempet liat tuh pas dia bilang makasih udah lo puji kuenya enak," Robi was nervous his words came out half-rap half-mumble. "Kayak, tipe cewek lo banget nggak sih, Ga? Manjaaa gitu gemes—"

"Gemesan Maya kalo lagi manja."

Yeh.

Robi and Vazhimi let out an identical annoyed sigh—perfectly in sync.

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[cuprohastes]

IpadOS and MacOS 26

OK this is going to be super tedious unless you’re an Apple user or planning to give it a go.

Basically I installed the Developer Beta to test it out… Thoughts under the cut.

There’s are two parts to any public facing product: The shiny shit that’s there to get people excited, and the User Experience features and the back end.

… Three parts to any public facing product.

The shiny stuff is there to catch your attention, and make the device feel like yeah, this is the future, we have this stuff.

Apple (who put ray-traced lighting on their wristwatch), really get this. So this year, they added glass. I say glass, it’s ‘Liquid Glass’ and spans water, up through frosted acrylic in terms of transparency.

Does it work like they claim in the tech demo?

Fuck yes. It refracts, it picks up highlights, it transmits. I’m half surprised they didn’t hook it to the front camera so you can see your own reflection in it.

Is it just a useless bit of crap designed to…?

No, actually, it looks really good even at this early stage. And it’s merely taking over from the existing transparency effects. The coolest example is that on mobile, if you select a word or move the cursor around, you get an oval magnified view to help. Now it’s an oval like a water droplet: It magnifies, but it refracts around the edges. It’s beautiful. It’s functional. The doc’s glass warps the wallpaper pleasantly. It really is nice.

The features are good. There’s ambient white noise - the list has expanded to include ‘babble’ for the cosy café vibe, more rain… steam, bus, train, boat, a second less loud ‘night outdoors’ audio…

On mobile, pair with the four Lo-Fi beats options, which themselves all have sub-options to switch to different playlists.

The voice cloning to preserve your voice is now 10 questions long instead of 45 minutes of recording and several hours of processing.

You can make the OS read the screen with a two finger swipe - Excellent if you can’t see well and need big gestures vs. Tiny buttons.

Then there’s the weird parts.

When Multitasking in the form of Stage Manager came out, Apple claimed that you needed an M-class CPU to use it. The CPU and RAM overheads of floating windows were apparently too much for anything but desktop-class CPUs or at least the very highest of A-Pro devices.

… so anyway they ported the new free floating windows even to the iPad mini 6.

The glass effects… not so much. There’s still a lot of nice transparency but it’s no longer refracting and distorting like real glass.

This comes with a drag-down menu bar, an entire windows clipping sub-system, and new more rounded window corners… and a pop up Close/minimise/maximise button set!

Seen here in ‘popped out’ mode. Meaning that the ability to close an app is now right there instead of hidden away in a three dot menu that frankly was almost always in the way.

And… there’s a new UI element:

Instead of a button with invisible background saying “Done” there’s now a large circle with a Tick mark that lights up on hover to let you know it’s ready and willing to be pressed.

For example with your meaty finger or the new mouse pointer, replacing the prior mouse circle. The pointer still does the weird morphing thing where it clomps onto screen elements and outlines them which��� I get it. Touch UI.

The thing is, this, the new file management, porting Preview as a file editor/reader to the iPad… They finally turned this thing into a device you could easily use with a keyboard and mouse, and get stuff done vs hunting all over for that one weird unlabelled button…

… because now, for all apps, even ones that have not been updated, there’s a File menu and you can go up, open Settings, use the File menu, edit, manage the windows… And not have to guess at the meanings of icons.

On the desktop side you can now colour folders and add icons to them. Small things but it makes them so much easier to deal with.

The on-device LLM used for text mangling is now easier to use and seems to have been tweaked to proofread in a much more sensible way. It now steps through and explains its changes and allows you to revert, or not.

So overall, a really solid update. Looks nice, but it makes things easier to work with and gives you the option of easy point and grunt computing… or to nerd out.

For example, the Shortcuts application seems to be expanding to cover the old Automation system and may soon be able to run shortcuts that can automatically sort your download folder when new files are added. Not exactly world-shaking, but it’s a step closer to having a computer that’s incredibly customised to your personal usage.

[techdriveplay]

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