Technology: An expensive 2018 for Apple and I
On July 12th, I spent $3600 on a new MacBook Pro 15” Core i9 which is very expensive,…
Linked: “Alex Jones Said Bans Would Strengthen Him…”
Alex Jones Said Bans Would Strengthen Him. He Was Wrong. – The New York Times: In the three…
Linked: “How every cross-posted tweet disappeared from Facebook”
How every cross-posted tweet disappeared from Facebook – Axios: “Facebook had announced in January that it was removing a…
Rants: John Nack of Blue Marble Global Can’t follow directions
I receive an email: Blue Marble has been named Global Payroll Provider of the Year! I would love…
Linked: “2011 pocket camera vs. 2017 iPhone 8 Plus”
Rob Griffiths: This is a comparison of a $349 camera released January of 2011 and a $1,000 camera…
inessential: Real Life in Seattle
inessential: Real Life in Seattle: And now that we’re all replacing Twitter with other things for our social…
Linked: “Jack Dorsey On Deleting Tweets, Banning Trump, And Whether An Unbiased Twitter Can Exist”
Jack Dorsey On Deleting Tweets, Banning Trump, And Whether An Unbiased Twitter Can Exist: I think we’re going…
Linked: “Unrelenting tyranny of reality TV”
Unrelenting tyranny of reality TV: The networks don’t script the shows. Instead, it is “sources who have gone…
Technology: One Month with the 2018 MacBook Pro (Core i9)
In January 2018, I wrote: In every other way, I don’t think the “pro” is appropriate. It’s a…
Travel: 3,500 Miles around Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
How did we get here? A year ago, I started looking for a place that was remote. I…
Linked: “A year with Apple’s 5K iMac…”
A year with Apple’s 5K iMac: Still the best Mac for your money: I love my 2016 5K…
Linked: “WordPress.com Boots Sandy Hook Conspiracy”
WordPress.com Boots Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory Sites, Bans Malicious Publication of Unauthorized Images of Minors – WordPress Tavern:…
Linked: “Link rot in the law. Causes and remedies”
Link rot in the law. Causes and remedies – Real Lawyers: How bad is link rot? A 2014 Harvard…
Apple Is Privately Pushing Paid App Developers to Move to Subscriptions
Apple Is Privately Pushing Paid App Developers to Move to Subscriptions: Interesting story by Kif Leswing for Business…
Linked: “Reuters’s Curious Sourcing on Doug Field Joining Project Titan”
★ Reuters’s Curious Sourcing on Doug Field Joining Project Titan: Also, Field’s previous employer was Tesla, not Telsa.…
Taking Tesla Private | Tesla
Taking Tesla Private | Tesla: As a public company, we are subject to wild swings in our stock…
Technology: My late-2013 MacBook Pro versus the 2018 MacBook Pro with Core i9 Chip
Finally, some stats are out. I was smart to purchase the fastest CPU Apple offered in Late, 2013…
Linked Bankruptcy: Everything I wanted to link to but didn’t (yet)
I’ve been linking to things on this blog since 2011. It’s a great way to share written works…
Linked: “Apple’s Design Language Has Killed Fun in Consumer Electronics”
Apple’s Design Language Has Killed Fun in Consumer Electronics: Mike Murphy: For a while, the company stuck to…