Three kinds of feels recently:
I do wish iPad OS had a dictionary and thesaurus app like Mac OS has. I am probably going to grudgingly give money to Oxford. Sometimes I want to look up something that isn’t in an app I’m running on the device I’m using. That service doesn’t account for every use case for a curious person.
This week I learned how catastrophic it can be for dogs that overheat, and how quickly it can lead to organ failure and death. Be careful out there. And keep an eye on your puppies!
I know it’s not as exciting, but we could call them posts. It’s a term that already exists in common usage—and I don’t see a need to have a unique term per vendor.
From experience, I’ll say that your iPhone doesn’t work in your dream, even after you restart it.
On my work MacBook this morning I got a system message that SharePoint is being added as a login item. I don’t see a matching app in my Applications folder, so I am intrigued by this.
UPDATE: I learned this is a component of OneDrive, which is surprisingly honest—as OneDrive sits atop SharePoint technology. I can only hope it truly auto-launches and auto-syncs my folders, as in the past I have needed to specifically launch OneDrive to have access to items in the cloud.
If my mac has an indicator on the setting icon that there is an update, and I click on the item in System Settings that shows there is an operating system update, why does the settings app then need to check for updates?
I’ve decided it’s not loyalty points that companies offer, it’s urgency. When you have “points” that “expire,” that’s not loyalty. That’s a trick. Shame on me for trusting you.
Challenges to installing the most recent Apple public OS beta release 3. Watch took a reset before it would get past an error message. A laptop today took four checks before it noticed there was an update. Homepods didn’t notice a beta was available last night. Phones, iPad were mixed.
Coming face-to-face with the idea that I am the same age as old people. AC/DC in the foreground, Kinks in the background.
Groove for your Friday:
“The Way You Dream” by 1 Giant Leap
I’m one of those people who opted to follow all the accounts on Threads that I follow on Instagram. It’s not a small number. Notifications of those accounts coming online is becoming much more frequent.
Not saying. Just saying.
Groove for your Thursday:
“I Am You” from Nightmares on Wax
I just learned that Sinéad has died. It took me a long time to understand all of the things she was trying to accomplish and what she was fighting against. I have long admired her courage.
Screenwriter’s Blues lyrics hit a little different this year, though maybe not if you’re actually from Los Angeles:
It is 5 am
And the sun has charred
The other side of
The world and come
Back to us
And painted the smoke
Over our heads
An imperial violet
It’s still my favorite Soul Coughing song
When your family gives you feedback, and they’re not wrong, it’s time to do better.
Internet says I am not the first person to wonder if Elon’s going to be found infringing on the X Windows trademark.
For the last few weeks I have been listening to music used in the Hulu series Letterkenny. I noticed as I have been working through watching the series that I like a lot of the music. I started using Shazam, but then wondered if anyone had assembled a playlist. They have. Spotify and Apple Music.
Just discovered a musician named Anthony Vincent tonight, because TikTok. Video was of Enter Sandman done in the style of David Bowie. It’s beautifully done—it is released as Enter Starman.
If you’re okay with that, he also has a track called Down with the Sickness Tears, which is also very 80s.
I didn’t really want Watch OS to be changed. Been rocking a Series 4 since it was new. But I’m coming around to the changes in Watch OS 10. Won’t lie, some of the changes were maddening at first, but I’m noticing the polish now and I’m happy. The Snoopy watch face has to be seen to be believed.
I opted to follow all the same accounts on Threads as Instagram. Unintended consequence: Lots of notifications of accepting follow requests and even a few follow-backs.
The quiet purgatory of the exam room.
Just visiting. Quartely check-up.
I use a 4K panel and a 2K panel at work and I’m amazed by the amount of screen real estate applications think they are entitled to. There is nothing that I want in a window that consumes either display, and I would love applications that remember this.
I am working hard to increase my step count. This makes me grateful for the Tylenol in the desk drawer.
Today, just a few weeks shy of my 55th year on this planet, I learned you can aggressively deploy tin foil, pre-emptively, to protect your stove from the spatter of things you may be cooking. That had not occurred to us, Dude.