I have been in need of new Macs for some time. My desktop iMac is seven years old (I expected it to last for five years) and the Mac mini that I use as a server for my Plex library (that’s how I watch most of my TV and movies and other videos) is nearly … Continue reading The New mini
Apple
A Difference in More Than Style
On a recent episode of Scriptnotes Craig Mazin noted the contrast between Steve Jobs’s announcement of the iPhone and Elon Musk’s announcement of the cybertruck. Jobs’s presentation was carefully planned down to the smallest detail, and it went off without a problem. You can watch an excerpt of it here. By contrast, Musk’s presentation was … Continue reading A Difference in More Than Style
RadioApp
I used to listen to a lot of podcasts, mainly when I was preparing and/or eating a meal. But most of the podcasts that I followed regularly are either tech or science oriented, and with the arrival of that rapist in the White House, a lot of the podcast time has been turned over to … Continue reading RadioApp
How To Fix Apple Watch Not Unlocking With iPhone
When I woke up this morning and unlocked my iPhone, it didn't automatically unlock my Apple Watch. After floundering around with some bogus and lengthy “solutions” that weren’t solutions that I found at the MacRumors site, I discovered a simple fix. Here it is. 1) First, make sure your Watch is unlocked using your passcode. … Continue reading How To Fix Apple Watch Not Unlocking With iPhone
Gunning for Superman
I was upset when I received the Blu-ray of the new Superman movie and found out that there was no commentary track by the director on it but that if you wanted to get James Gunn’s commentary you needed to buy a digital version of the movie. Well, I thought, that’s a betrayal of those of … Continue reading Gunning for Superman
Infected!!!!!!!
Quote of the day: The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.—Bertrand Russell Great Caesar’s Ghost!!!!! Those are not precisely the words that I was repeating for a couple hours, but readers are encouraged to use their imaginations to guess which profanities were issuing practically non-stop from my mouth. It all started just before … Continue reading Infected!!!!!!!
Dark Mode
Quote of the day: I think religion is presumptuous and I think it is silly, because it makes you believe that you are less than what you can be. As long as you can blame everything on some unseen deity, you don’t ever have to be responsible for your own behavior. —Harlan Ellison In a recent … Continue reading Dark Mode
ICEBlock
ICEBlock is an app that allows users to anonymously report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity and to receive alerts of ICE activity within a five mile radius. It’s free and currently only available for the iPhone. What I’d really like is an app that sends ICE agents to the Phantom Zone, but until we … Continue reading ICEBlock
A Broken Band
When I took off my Apple Watch on Sunday night, the band broke. It just snapped. I am lost without my Watch. I don’t use it just for the time. I use it to check the current temperature, for alerts, to issue Siri commands, to start and stop podcast playback, to check on appointments, for … Continue reading A Broken Band
Idiocy or Jackassery?
Sigh. After being a New York Times subscriber for decades, last year I finally cut my ties with them and I haven’t regretted it. They just seem to keep getting worse. Case it point is an article they just ran on whether Apple could actually make their iPhones in America. John Gruber has the details: … Continue reading Idiocy or Jackassery?