Jul 30, 2025 Note I sometimes feel that I have so much to do that I don't know where to start. This is when I remind myself; make a list, start at the top. It works every time.
Jul 22, 2025 Note It is starting to look like I’ll delay updating to Apple’s “26” family of OSes this fall. Not only because of the obvious waffling on the Liquid Glass UI that I’m seeing in the betas, but also because it really seems like they are…
Jun 30, 2025 Note Tracy Durnell thinks self-web mentions need to be displayed slightly differently on WordPress. Consider upvoting the GitHub issue if you agree.
Jun 26, 2025 Snap Eliza and I have been thinking about buying some e-bikes for a long time. We live in a mountainous area and a traditional bike is fun, definitely a good workout, but also limits the number of times and places we'd bike. Having the e-bikes…
Jun 16, 2025 Note I find myself in need of new Apple TVs, AirPods, and AirTags. But I have the feeling that Apple is on the cusp of releasing new versions of all three. I must be patient!
Jun 10, 2025 Note I've been running macOS in "Increase contrast" mode for nearly a year. Yesterday's WWDC keynote, which debuted the Liquid Glass design across all of Apple's OSes, reminded me to look at my settings again. Toggling that off again is an entirely new experience using…
Jun 3, 2025 Snap So, this happened. 😄 🐶 I hadn't posted about our new family member Kona Barkley because several in the blogging community have lost their special pets recently. For the past two months, Eliza and I have been chasing this little guy around, cleaning up…
May 28, 2025 Note Purchased a few new-to-me audio goodies over on Bandcamp including Somebody by Stefan Bohacek and FLOW by Mr Jennings.
May 6, 2025 Note Purchased Under Tangled Silence by Djrum at Simon Collison's suggestion. I suggest you consider doing the same (that is, follow Simon's advice on all music).
Apr 7, 2025 TIL TIL that when people said they read a book they sometimes mean they listened to a book. Ok, it wasn't today that I learned this but I am hearing it a lot more often.
Apr 7, 2025 Note After over 8 years my Logitech MX Master 2S had a button jam. It was a fantastic mouse and I'm very happy with the life it had. So I immediately purchased the 3S which is better in a number of ways; USB-C, better buttons,…
Mar 11, 2025 Note My personal OneDrive has seemingly gone off the rails. It reported that I had deleted thousands of files when I hadn't. I'm also seeing many duplicated files for no known reason. Stranger still, my 2021 blog post about resetting OneDrive was my most popular…
Jan 6, 2025 Note After purchasing the new MacBook Pro with a matte display (and loving it), this weekend I converted all of my devices to matte using screen protectors.
Dec 4, 2024 Note I feel like computer hardware (processing units, graphics/neural processors, memory, storage) has gotten mind bending fast while at the same time the software we run day-to-day has gotten noticeably poorer. I often think "what if the software engineers of the early days were to…
Dec 3, 2024 Note I had no idea Anthony Bourdain had a Reddit account. I've only just recently begun to be able to start watching / reading his work again. /via Mia Quagliarello via Rolling Stone.
Dec 2, 2024 Note It turns out The Browser Company is just a company that is going to continue to build new web browsers ad infinitum. I suppose I should have known.
Nov 14, 2024 TIL TIL That in macOS Sequoia you can connect to your iPhone wirelessly to use as a camera for Zoom, etc. Perhaps this was always the case? But I have been plugging it into my Mac this whole time!
Nov 13, 2024 Note Switcheroo, the small open source macOS app I use as my default browser to recreate a feature I miss from Little Arc, has reached 1.0.1 and has a new icon! Thanks to Zhenyi Tan for continuing to contribute updates. (See also)
Nov 12, 2024 TIL TIL The Apple News app has a setting to only show stories from channels I'm subscribed to. I wish I had known this sooner!
Nov 10, 2024 Note This morning I strolled into the darkroom fully planning to mix a fresh batch of color film chemistry to develop some film tomorrow. I was certain I had at least one fresh pack. I'm all out! And, most places I purchase chemistry is out…
Nov 10, 2024 Note The pro move when updating to a new Mac (or, new iPhone, iPad or updating to a new OS version) is to leave the device plugged in for nearly an entire day while all of the indexes are being rebuilt. This may be especially…
Nov 8, 2024 Note I've spent just a few hours migrating to the M4 Pro MacBook Pro today. This included using Migration Assistant which was fast with a Thunderbolt cable, reinstalling some packages via Homebrew (because I switched from Intel), and logging into a bunch of things. Overall,…
Nov 7, 2024 Note This morning YouTube suggested Austin Ha's review of the new ultrawide display option in Apple Vision Pro. His video shows a dream of mine; to have any sized screen with me anywhere I want. I really hope the AVP continues to improve.
