Psychedelic Furs: The Ghost in You
Still Love it. From 1984, when I was a wee 16.
808 on 8/08
I always think of 808State
From a colleague at work. You may have an earworm…
AirPods Pro
#Despite the shipping company doing almost everything possible to unbox my AirPods for me, Apple’s overkill packaging protected the cargo very well.
The setup experience has been truly lovely, the controls are lovely, integration with Apple Watch is lovely, audio is lovely, Transparency is lovely, Noise Cancelling is impressive.
Okay, I’ve only had them for scant hours now.
These aren’t the first bluetooth headphones or earbuds I’ve worn, nor the first true wireless pair.
But I will say these are the most thoughtfully designed and possibly among the best sounding
It’s here! Got myself a birthday present from @schoolstoic
One of my favorite photos, from June 2010.
#michelewhitephotography
Apple Music has generated a radio station based on my preferences. It is eerie to have me fed back to me, but also it’s on point.
Today, I learned that evapotranspiration, also called Corn Sweat (in the parlance of our times), is capable of influencing humidity over large areas. Ex: the Corn Belt
File Under “Things I Wish I Had Thought of, Sooner”:
Deadpan Existential Jokes
Would work great as a blog name or profile description
Perfect.
#cantyoureadthesign
I did not know, or I forgot, that the Newton was powered by an ARM processor
Dave Chappelle: 8:46
I just learned you can get the Apple TV aerial screensavers on your Mac.
Just unboxed this Macally keyboard and I’m already a fan!
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Tron Legacy character Zuse is probably not a reference to the Hellenistic pantheon as much as a nod to Konrad Zuse. I had wondered why the character was so vulnerable.
I have been using Foursquare (now Swarm) for location check-ins for 10 years, now. I’m not consistent with lots of technology tools, but this one has stuck.
It’s fun to look back at where I have been. When I look at a sequence of check-ins, remembering where and why, it helps me to reconstruct a day. It’s a fun tool that has helped me personally and professionally.
“If there’s anything I’ve learned about politics it’s this: as soon as you conclude the other guys are complete idiots and intentionally doing evil things, immediately stop – because something is wrong. Your BS detector should be going off like a fire alarm.”
Remember: Nuclear Detonations, 1945-1998
One last re-watch of The Polar Express before… Mama and Poppa perform elven magic
The Death of the Rude Press
#“In the elite press—on cable news, in newspaper opinion sections—you can say the most monstrous things imaginable, as long your language is polite. What you can’t do is rudely express a desire for a more just world…”
“…If your local media has no place for people who voice contempt for your city’s police chief, say, or your state’s attorney general, or the publisher of your city’s largest newspaper, all of those people will feel more comfortable in abusing their power. They will grind you down, and in the process, they’ll tell you to be civil about it.”
The Death of the Rude Press @ New Republic
“It is expected that work of all kinds will be generally suspended, and that the wage workers of the whole city will enjoy the holiday.”
Minneapolis Tribune, 1894
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