I was pretty sure I would upgrade to an iPhone 12 Pro Max but am having second thoughts. The camera is much better than what I have in my iPhone XS Max but would I notice? I’m mostly taking photos of my kids and what I have feels like it’s good enough for that.
I didn’t expect to enjoy the podcast Hemispheric Views as much as I do. It’s three white guys talking about tech so you may be maxed out of those at the moment but if not, I recommend giving it a go!
If Donald Trump loses in November, he will become the first U.S. President since the James Bond franchise began not to have a James Bond film come out during his time in office.
Just discovered that in iOS 14 you can have Siri show you what she thinks you’re saying. It’s in Settings > Siri & Search > Always Show Speech.
I don’t think two things have ever been more equal than the delight my 4-year-old and 3-year-old have for putting stickers on furniture and the disgust I have for people putting stickers on furniture.
Micro.blog should have a literal syntax for linking to users on other services. Mastodon uses the @<domain> but this is ugly and gross. I propose :<domain>, e.g. @pyrmont:twitter.com or @pyrmont:instagram.com. When cross-posting, these links could be rewritten as needed.
The most interesting detail in Gruber’s review of the iPad Air is that he wakes his computer with the spacebar. I prefer using a modifier key that won’t have an impact by itself (e.g. the OPTION key) and for some reason thought he’d have been the same.
I’m still starting Janet projects with gay abandon. The latest one is Persimmon: an attempt to provide persistent immutable data structures for use in Janet. I’ve just started the vector type so not much there yet.
I’ve resisted installing Karabiner Elements after bidding it farewell years ago but I gave up after being frustrated for the umpteenth time at how the Application key on my Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard inserts invisible characters into documents when pressed. Now what to map it to?
I’m low-key fascinated by the My Little Pony show where the ponies are human girls and so, you know, not ponies. Creatively, how did this happen? Did one of the writers just snap one day and be like, ‘I fucking hate ponies’?
4-year-old: I want Mama to play with me.
Me: Mama’s a bit busy. When I was your age, my Mama and Papa weren’t able to play very much with me.
4-year-old: Why?
Me: They were too busy working.
4-year-old: That’s so terrible.
Who hasn’t wondered whether it was better to buy two smaller pizzas or one larger pizza? Paul Mucur’s idea of checking the surface area is like all great ideas: obvious once you hear it.
I have found my people.
That was a disappointing way for the NBA Finals to end but I am actually glad James won. I spent a long time disliking him as a player but I’ve come around. I feel lucky to watch a person do something this historic.
There’s a rap-metal track called ‘Spite & Malice’ on Placebo’s Black Market Music and it couldn’t be more year 2000 if it tried.
Honestly contemplating buying a car so that we can drive… somewhere. This seems like a decision I would later come to regret.
I’m late watching it but what a Game 3 by Jimmy Butler. Really glad the Heat showed up.