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Technology: On iPhone 2018 Pricing
September 17, 2018
5 min read
This tweet was mildly infuriating – https://twitter.com/somospostpc/status/1041018921279741952?s=21 Comparing a phone to a notebook computer, a locked down walled garden…
Technology: The Pure iOS Project
September 13, 2018
1 min read
How many people are only running iOS in its purest form without any local applications created by companies…
Linked: The only two 2018 iPhone Articles worth reading
September 13, 2018
1 min read
Go to Apple.com and check out what’s new then read these two articles: Lasts Longer + https://stratechery.com/2018/the-iphone-franchise/ ——…
Technology: Hey, at least RSS is back in the news :)
September 12, 2018
1 min read
Thanks to RSS/XML, Apple has leaked many of the devices and configurations for today’s Gather Around event. Certainly…
Technology: An expensive 2018 for Apple and I
September 11, 2018
2 min read
On July 12th, I spent $3600 on a new MacBook Pro 15” Core i9 which is very expensive,…
Life: 32
September 8, 2018
12 min read
Writing this required 3 lunch breaks and a camping trip so I don’t know if the end result…
Linked: “Alex Jones Said Bans Would Strengthen Him…”
September 5, 2018
1 min read
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”
August 30, 2018
1 min read
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
August 29, 2018
2 min read
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”
August 28, 2018
1 min read
Rob Griffiths: This is a comparison of a $349 camera released January of 2011 and a $1,000 camera…
inessential: Real Life in Seattle
August 22, 2018
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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”
August 22, 2018
2 min read
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”
August 20, 2018
2 min read
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)
August 20, 2018
8 min read
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
August 20, 2018
49 min read
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…”
August 20, 2018
1 min read
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”
August 17, 2018
1 min read
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”
August 17, 2018
1 min read
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
August 14, 2018
1 min read
Apple Is Privately Pushing Paid App Developers to Move to Subscriptions: Interesting story by Kif Leswing for Business…