World of Warcraft, or stick with console?
Found out this morning that Apple is ending support for apps that are built for Intel Macs with macOS 28. I also found out that, as far as I can tell, Blizzard has been silent when asked by users if…
∞ The Dalrymple Report: Keyboard dictionary, pipeline of products for Ternus
Have you ever wanted to reset your keyboard dictionary? Dave shows you how, but it's a bit scary to press the buttons. We also look at the pipeline of products that John Ternus will be released under…
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: AI Toolchains in the Repo, Security in the Defaults
Last week, on April 23, 2026, Canonical released Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "Resolute Raccoon" . The interesting part is not GNOME 50 or the normal LTS cadence. It is that Ubuntu 26.04 moves more of the hard…
GitHub CoPilot and Real Scrutiny
Recently GitHub announced a change in pricing model for CoPilot which they’ve tried to wave away as not a price increase (because the list prices don’t move) but which really is as they…
Why my macOS Messages badge lied to me (and the one-line fix)
I will be the first to admit that I'm sometimes bad at responding to texts — but I'm not 112-unread-messages bad, as the notification badge on my Mac makes me out to be. It sits there mocking me,…
Development News April 2026
Here’s our fourth development progress update for 2026. If you find something missing, please provide a merge request. Besides the 0.54 release, arun-mani-j’s Syncthing integration made…
It’s Toasted
Meta is taking a page out of Big Tobacco's PR playbook, and legislators are responding.
Avarra AI offers b2b enterprises AI-Powered Sales Training MarTech
SalesEnablement.wordpress.com/tag/virtual-reality/ SalesEnablement.wordpress.com/tag/training/ I added the following company to my list “2D & 3D Augmented reality AR & Virtual &…
I can't cancel GitHub Copilot
Back when Copilot first came out, I immediately disliked it. But I decided to give it a fair shake and tried to evaulate it in good faith. I wasn’t interested in paying for it, but they had a form…
Viaim OpenNote
A capable AI note-taking wearable that sits comfortably in your ears and handles podcasts and audiobooks well, though its open design means music listeners will want to manage expectations.
Lateral thinking using existing technologies
Precedent: How Nintendo did it I’ve consumed several Acquired episodes , and one I found particularly interesting was about Nintendo, where they describe how lateral thinking shapes how to company…
Best Apple Music Settings for My Rivian R1T
Get Gear Shop $$$ and free Rivian charging credits! Use code RYAN4190772 when ordering your new Rivian. I’ve spent a lot of time fiddling with the audio settings in my Dune R1T, especially when…
mandō
The top 100 unix commands as vibe-coded SaaS companies
Moziversary #8
Today is my eighth Moziversary 🎂 I joined Mozilla as a full-time employee on May 1st, 2018. I previously blogged in 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 , 2024 , and 2025 . You might have come across…
What’s an iPad?
Craig Mod, in a recent essay : Your hands should be swooping and swiping and the whole OS should feel like skipping across a taut slackline, a bit bouncy and pleasing and physical but also precise…
The Engineering of the Ford Model T
It’s 1924, you’re taking your family on a weekend trip to the big city. For every generation before you, this would have been a difficult train journey or a multi-day journey by horse. But not for…
Which Linux
I got a new computer ( hand-me-down from bestie ) and got my Windows setup for gaming & casual use. And now I'm ready to start installing Linux and setting up dual boot. For many years, I ran Fedora…
The Sud-Est Grognard Looked Awkward, But It Was Built to Hit Hard
There are strange aircraft, and then there is the Sud-Est Grognard. At first, the French prototype didn’t look like a sleek jet-age attack plane. Instead, it seemed like the result of a clash between…
Rebranding, Upgrading, and Wallpapering: AerynOS’ April glow-up!
No, this isn’t a suspicious phishing attempt! AerynOS has officially gone through a rebrand 🎉 Over the course of April, we rolled out a new logo and refreshed colour palette across the entire…
Justin Coleman and Bob Skinner on AI ROI – IT in the D 551
We are joined by two folks from Neuroaigent: Bob Skinner, and Justin Coleman to have a conversation about where AI is actually delivering ROI right now. Topics include the “it’s just a…
If Obsidian is too complex for you, try Bear or iA Writer
I love Obsidian, but I’ll admit that it can be a bit much for non-nerds, especially if they’re looking to switch from Apple Notes. I made the (minor) mistake of migrating a friend from…
Only the delete key can save Windows 11
When Microsoft put advertising into Windows you just knew the decline was picking up speed. And decline it did. The aggressive upselling of Microsoft 365 in the OS worked perfectly. Yet File Explorer…
How to Disable Firefox's Emoji Picker
Annoyingly enough, Mozilla decided to add a emoji picker to Firefox 150, which fair enough, probably some people like, but they did it by using the shortcut of Ctrl + . (Control + Dot), which also…
Xiaomi Book Pro 14 (Ultra X7) Linux Compatibility Testing
Late-Night "Impulse" Purchase A few nights ago at midnight, I was lying in bed idly browsing JD.com when I miraculously caught this perpetually out-of-stock Xiaomi Book Pro 14 2026 top-spec version…
Radical Speed Month
Luke has a change of heart about Matt’s renewed involvement and Jonathan gushes over Desktop Mode. They discuss the Presence API and the new WordPress.org Janitors channel. Jonathan makes a…
Customizing the Operating System
I just love tinkering with my devices, and have a design philosophy. Sorry KDE , "Nothing by default, just there when needed." Which I know is not a perfect system because sometimes things get lost.…
Top picks — 2026 April
What a month! GitHub went down six million times, eleven thousand Vercel security holes have been unveiled, Copilot doesn’t accept new signups due to a super unsustainable business model (finally…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - AI edition
AI has been a miraculous empowering tool for tinkerers like me, but the tech industry is in the middle of a painful reckoning.
The Tiny UDP Cannon: An Android VPN Bypass
On Android 16, a regular app with no special permissions can leak the user’s real IP, even with “Always-On VPN” + “Block connections without VPN” turned on. Those two…
Encrypted Void Linux Installation Booting From EFI Stub
How to install Void Linux with LVM over LUKS for full-disk encryption, boot directly from kernel EFI Stub, hibernation, and per-user encryption.
Some Crop Keyboard Shortcuts in Acorn
I was asked today how to make square crops in Acorn while keeping the aspect ratio when you resize the square. It’s pretty easy to do if you know a couple of keyboard shortcuts. First, press the…
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