When I was young I loved The Far Side by Gary Larson. Unfortunately his recent reboot hasn’t grabbed me in the same way. #mbnov
This was our beautiful girl, Indi. @gabz
I’m contemplating the worth of getting a second HomePod (maxi), putting it into a stereo pair with my existing one. Then removing the receiver, giant speakers, etc. Just simplifying (perhaps?) it all.
I would be happy to watch a spooky movie tonight but I can’t think of one. #mbnov
This probably explains why I couldn’t get MarsEdit to launch yesterday. Sorry @danielpunkass mjtsai.com
Apple Server Outage Makes Mac Apps Hang on Launch
Own Your Content
Friday, November 13, 2020
Om Malik on Instagram’s Updates: I feel sad for photographers who think their future is on Instagram and the social network it brings. They don’t realize that they are there to help sell tchotchkes. The latest “features” added to Instagram provide a timely reminder that the only safe haven is owning one’s content. A personal website and domain name remains the most reliable way to avoid your content serving as feed stock for a commercial enterprise.
Challenge for the audience: How old would you guess I am? #mbnov
What’s this? My desk setup is being investigated by @martinfeld and @burk? That’s the topic driving this HVmini - your bite-sized snack of Hemispheric Views podcast goodness.Hemispheric Views 007: HVmini // Battlestations — Andrew’s Desk
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I bought some new Brooks shoes on the weekend. Now I’m trying to wear them in. #mbnov
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 →
In terms of quality of apps and experience using them I would currently rank them: #1) iPadOS #2) iOS #3) Web #8,968) Mac
I like the ranking as a result of some kind of Electron/web-wrapper Mac app that HEY is using. Mac-assed Mac apps required.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 →
I have to say that I am mightily excited about the new Apple Silicon Macs. For geeks around the world, this is a great day. #mbnov
I got home from work today and passed out sleeping for the next 3 hours. Didn’t plan on that. On the bright side, it might help in terms of waking up at 2am to watch the Apple event live.
An elderly man driving a car almost crashed into my car today. I had to take immediate and drastic evasive action. #mbnov
Hey, look, science works
Monday, November 9, 2020
Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in first analysis, company reports - The Washington Post Vaccine development typically takes many years, even decades. But the coronavirus vaccines have been a rare success story in the response to the virus, able to move forward because of a flourishing of new vaccine technologies, a backbone of prior work on emerging pathogens and a mentality that rarely exists in the world of vaccine development — of governments and companies willing to devote nearly unlimited resources to make sure that a vaccine succeeds.
A thing that is a staple of sci-fi movies, but which I don’t think will ever exist, much to my disappointment, is the force field. #mbnov
My Subscription Services
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Steven Garrity at Acts of Volition writes of the online services he pays for. This prompted me to make my own quick list. Some of these links include referral codes, but that’s not the motivation driving this post. They do, however, help me out. Internet Infrastructure Micro.blog Where I spend a lot of my Internet socialising time. It also hosts my blog, photos and podcast. Blot An alternative blog that I set up mainly because I was interested in Blot.
“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to.”
— Susan Cain, Quiet
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Playing XCOM2, my soldiers constantly put in a bind by those dastardly aliens. #mbnov
I’ve been waiting 4 years for this podcast from @gruber and @merlinmann castro.fm