The Apple Weather App said light rain for the hour. I looked out the window and it wasn’t raining, and I only had to go the two or so blocks to the Rite Aid. That morning the app had said it was raining so I took an umbrella to the Acme (round trip 20 minutes … Continue reading Damn You, Siri!
Apple
A New iPad?
I didn’t have any plans to buy anew iPad (let alone an Apple Pencil), but then I watched the Keynote at Apple’s World Wide Developers’ Conference and saw this. I have the video queued up to start at the relevant point. Now it’s true, I might not have much (meaning none, nada, zero) use for … Continue reading A New iPad?
Apple Giveth and Apple Taketh Away?
Recently Apple updated all its systems, as it tends to do fairly frequently. I generally update my devices as soon as possible in order to take advantage of any security updates or any improvements that have been made. In this case I was pleasantly surprised that a long-standing annoyance with Siri on the Watch was … Continue reading Apple Giveth and Apple Taketh Away?
Why Isn’t He Smiling?
Why isn’t this fellow smiling? The answer is at the end of this post. Meanwhile, it turns out that reading my blog might be financially advantageous for some folks. As it turns out, a former co-worker of mine, whom I immortalized as “Pat” in that cheeky short story I wrote a couple months ago, wasn’t … Continue reading Why Isn’t He Smiling?
Oh, Apple!
I iterate that I generally like Apple the company and Apple’s products, but sometimes Apple frustrates me all the same. For example… Apple has a nifty feature called Hide My Email that allows the user (i.e., meaning me) to do exactly what it says. I can create an account at a site that requires that I … Continue reading Oh, Apple!
Swift Get Web Request
import Foundation func doHttpCall(st : String) -> Data { var xmlStr = Data() let url = URL(string: st)! let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0) let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url, completionHandler: {(data, response, error) in if let error = error { print("Error: \(error)") } else if let response = response as? HTTPURLResponse, 300..<600 ~= response.statusCode { print("Error: … Continue reading Swift Get Web Request
Apple’s Vision Thing
Today Apple finally unveiled its Vision thing that’s been rumored for some time. At a price of $3500 it doesn’t even begin to tempt me, but I wish them the best of luck!
Aim for the Trees
Once upon a time there was an app for the iPhone called Dark Sky. And everyone who tried it said it was good. It was a weather app and it had the amazing ability to predict the start and stop times of rain down to the precise minute. Even Apple maven John Gruber was impressed. … Continue reading Aim for the Trees
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
An appeals court has mostly sided with Apple in the suit with Epic. Or as John Gruber put it: “Long story short, Epic has been barking up the wrong tree.”
Apple Music Classical
Apple has finally released its app designed specifically for classical music, though I haven’t really had much of a chance to try it out yet, partly because it’s currently only available for iPhone and iPad (with Android yet to come), and I do more listening on my iMac. I do want to briefly mention two … Continue reading Apple Music Classical