"Apple has some ugly labour issues in the Asian supply c...
“Apple has some ugly labour issues in the Asian supply chain, and they treat their developers like shit. But I don’t think they’re directly damaging society as a whole.” Apple Liberals…
Weird color banding on video with AMD GPU + Linux
There's a bug in AMD's AV1 decoding. When this will be fixed on Linux remains to be seen. If you're running Firefox, open about:config, search for AV1 and set "media.av1.enabled" to false. Firefox…
Tesla Semi Truck Coming to Europe
Tesla not only announced that it would be exhibiting at the IAA Transportation trade show in Hanover, taking place September … More
Revere, MA. – September 3, 1932
Revere, Massachusetts – September 3, 1932 On September 3, 1932, a 24-year-old pilot from Chelsea, Mass., and his 25-year-old student were critically injured when their small plane crashed while…
Warwick, R. I. – November 10, 1942
Warwick, Rhode Island – November 10, 1942 On the morning of November 10, 1942, a U.S. Army P-40E fighter aircraft, (Ser. No. 41-24794), crased just after takeoff at the Hillsgrove Army Air…
Five Free and Low Cost Apps: Holeberry, Dock Party, Neon Vision Editor, MojiBar and Snick
Here are the best apps I tested this weekend. Two will save you time, two are fun ways to waste it on UI tweaks, and one's for a certain psychological profile. I'm sure you can figure out which one.…
Finally
[Walmart] announced that it will finally accept payments made through Apple Pay and Google Pay at its stores. Ink.com Fucking finally! I’ve never liked Walmart pay, and their pin pads have so many…
Unihertz Titan 2 Elite entered the chat
I realise I never posted about the Zyberdeck I have been prototyping last year; this was based on a wish to have PDA's back, and not being stuck in a walled garden. I got myself a Raspberry Pi Zero…
Modern Radio Software?
Notes while making sense of tech for a radio station.Modes: Live DJ, Pre-recorded show, AutomationAudio Routing: Audio Hijack (rogue amoeba)Automation:Local/hybrid/self: P-Layer, TuneTracker,…
An Ode to the Crash Course App
In 2021 I did freelance work as a Physics Contractor for Complexly. We were just rolling out of the pandemic and a year of being confined to my PC, so I had been seeking out a way to make my screen…
Weeknote: 23 August 2026 – AirPods Pro with cameras, Lego and AI slop
A short one this week, because summer hols. AirPods Pro are getting cameras. Here’s how Apple can avoid the Meta ‘pervert glasses’ trap. That’s my Stuff column this week, which…
Paramount Moving To Austin?
Paramount and Netflix continue to fight over control of Warner Brothers, with California’s state government continuing to oppose the Paramount bid, the sticking point reportedly being…
Firefox, an eBay postage label and a fuzzy printout
I paid some attention to detail and lost a chunk of time.
Mac Power Users 863: 20 Years of Things with Werner Jainek
This week on Mac Power Users, Werner Jainek, co-founder and CEO of Cultured Code, joins us to talk about nearly 20 years of Things. He gets into what Siri AI is and what it takes for a developer to…
Apple News Publisher Sign-in Required
Now that it has been a couple of years since Apple began requiring administrators to sign in to the News Publisher dashboard or risk their accounts losing their role, there are a few things we have…
Liquid Glass and the Mac’s low priority
In John Gruber’s Talk Show #453 with Louie Mantia, the familiar point comes up again: Liquid Glass is particularly bad on the Mac, where it is least well thought through. On the iPhone, it is at…
So Much For the 'PervPods'
Apple may aim to combat any 'surveillance tech' backlash with comically low AirPod AI camera resolutions...
i want a boring iphone
After reviewing my post from yesterday , I realized that it was dreadfully boring. Here is the post in one sentence: if I had to narrow my iPhone to five apps I would keep Safari, Google Maps,…
Dinkus
By the same developer as Ishmael (and all the goodness around the best Python TUI libraries in existence), Dinkus is an equally polished Markdown editor that was an instant buy for me. Full…
New Musical Ghost Hunting App Is Perhaps The Most Honest Of Its Kind
Can spirits make a music box play? That's the question you might be able to answer with a new ghost hunting app that seems to be a very honest and transparent tool.
Sports on Apple TV
When Apple TV+ first launched, it seems Apple is chasing after HBO by emphasising on quality over quantity. Throw money at talent, focus on storytelling. That strategy seems to be working -- except…
A case for my case
I was gifted a pair of Bose QuietComfort earbuds for Christmas last year. They work well, sound good, and actually fit my ears when many earbuds don't. I use them a lot, so they are in my pocket…
only five apps - if i had to choose
I am almost certain that I could make the switch to a "dumb" phone, if not for just a few applications. I would not call my selections critical, but instead, I consider them life enhancements. These…
Streaming music overtakes AM/FM radio in the US
“Radio is still where people go to discover music”, we keep hearing. New data from Edison Research shows that, actually, streaming music services now reach more Americans than AM/FM radio…
Powerful extensions do not need powerful code
When Chrome introduced Manifest V3, ad blockers took the biggest hit. The idea behind MV3 itself was not necessarily a bad one: extension code that sits in the request path of every page load is bad…
The HDMI Port Was Keeping NVIDIA Awake
On an Intel + NVIDIA hybrid laptop, native HDMI can keep the dGPU in the display path. That explains the fan noise — and may be a contributor to Chrome and Cursor freezes on this stack.
The Crosstour will Return, But Honda Has a Big Problem.
Apparently, the Honda Crosstour will soon return. It will be based on Honda’s new Hybrid platform that will also be used for the all new next-generation Honda Civic. As well as the next Accord,…
Encountered a texting tech glitch today...
Encountered a texting tech glitch today. RCS messages from my Android phone were unsent to one person because the recipient, using an iPhone, appeared offline. SMS/MMS texting worked fine though....
Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (34/2026): Amazing Progress
A huge week for Fairphone 6 mainline kernel hardware enablement: first the main camera, then all three cameras, then audio — and VoLTE emergency calling has been tested end-to-end. Also: Phosh 0.57.0…
YouTube backs down, Gandalfs roast Peter Thiel in Argentina
YouTube backed off of its threat to delete the Nerd Reich podcast with Gil Duran. Meanwhile in Argentina, a flock of Gandalfs protested Thiel
Ground-level power supply for trams
Most trams you’ll encounter today run on electricity using an overhead contact system, or OCS for short. This usually includes one wire, called the contact wire, powered by feeder stations…
VDH: America Dominates Tech
It’s easy for the uninformed to get black pilled about America’s comparative advantage in technology. “China’s AI efforts are eating our lunch!” Etc. Victor Davis Hanson…
Walmart is the last major US company to add Tap to Pay
Walmart: More Ways to Pay: Tap to Pay Is Coming to Walmart and Sam’s Clubbeginning Aug. 24, we will be adding Tap to Pay to our payment options at select Walmart stores and Sam’s Club…
CachyOS – Good For A Daily Driver?
CachyOS – Good For A Daily Driver? I love Linux. I cut my teeth on Red Hat 4 around 2005 or so. It was so large I had to buy a box set from the Exchange in Okinawa Japan. Since that time I have…
Mophie 3-in-1 Portable Travel Charger
★★★★★I’ve tried many MagSafe travel combo chargers, and had a problem finding a good one. Many looked nice, and felt like they were of high quality, but always had something that wasn’t perfect. Many…
When extensions do more than expected
Sometimes a hobby is just a passion and not a side hustle
The Case for a Personal Apple Developer Tier
Something interesting is happening in the app world. With the arrival of more powerful AI, everyone is building their own. We do weekly meetups in the Robot Assistant Field Guide, called…
Creator Weekly: YouTube Views, Twitch Affiliate Sponsorships, Search Preferred Sources
Hello readers! I hope you are enjoying the last days of summer. This week there’s updates to YouTube views counts, Stations, and AI claims, Twitch sponsorships, Google Search Preferred Sources,…
Social Media and Adolescent Well-Being
[This post was drafted with the assistance of an AI writing tool (Claude), based on the author's original notes, arguments, and source material. The draft was subsequently reviewed and edited by the…
App defaults
I’m bit late to the party, but nevertheless, here are my app defaults at the end of 2023. Mail Client: K9 Mail, Roundcube Mail Server: MXRoute Notes: logseq, notepad ++ Photo Shooting: Honor Camera…
Cultured Code Finally Fixes Repeating To-Dos in Things
Things 3.23 'fixes' Repeating Tasks →From the Cultured Code blog talking about the release of Things 3.23: Repeating to-dos just got far more flexible, with two highly requested…
Euro7 – How tires figure in!
Euro 7 is the seventh set of regulations involving vehicle emissions – and this time, they’ve included tires as part of the regulation. What effect does Euro7 have on tires? For the first…
Lincoln Could Bring Back the Corsair as an Affordable EV.
Lincoln is apparently, again, working on a new EV. This time it might actually happen since it will be based on Ford’s all-new Universal EV Platform. Just like the upcoming Ford Fathom electric…
Bricked
Shortly after my daughter graduated college, we bought her a new Macbook Air M4. It was light years ahead of the computer we bought her before college, a Macbook Air from early 2015. That one had the…
My favorite free & open-source apps from F-droid
One joy of using an Android-derived operating system is the ability to have multiple different app stores installed (though it is becoming increasingly difficult to do). In my case, I have Google…
How Legacy Auto Could Save Itself, But Probably Won’t
Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen still have time to survive the Chinese EV disruption. The problem is that survival requires them to dismantle much of the business that made them successful. I keep coming…
There’s no perfect solution and it’s tiring
Switching devices these last two weeks has been overwhelming and self confidence draining. After picking up the iPhone Air, I’m back to the Pro as both of these phones cause...
Podcast episode 257: Our Favorite Things – Raindrops on iPhones ☔️ and Whiskers on Gadgets 🐱
The topic of this week’s very special episode of the podcast is “Our Favorite Things,” and I suspect that this will be a favorite episode for many of you. Brett Burney and I devote this episode to…
What would I change for the fold 9 to make the perfect phone?
So I've been using the fold now for 22 days and I am still absolutely loving it you can see my full review here to get my full thoughts on the device. Today though I thought id go over what small…
New Laptop, New Setup
A quick list and quick install of my go-to apps for a new Mac.