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That thing when you spend decades telling every other company you know best, only for it to blow up in your face — also talk about bags.

It was the best camera they ever put in a “Mac” and then the iPad Pro came onstage and was like “that’s cute Mac people”.

In this edition I humblebrag about how many articles I have in the queue, get to write the word queue, and I show off the coolest vintage lighter. Among other things.

I feel really good knowing that I am not the only person loving sling bags and Mystery Ranch — San Antonio might be a bag town, which is nice to know.

Why don’t our keyboards charge with a Qi charger, and why do I have to bother with so many charging cables.

That then when you place a dozen bag related items on eBay, but still have 10 backpacks left over that you can’t bring yourself to part with.

Why can’t I get an Apple Pencil insert for my actually good feeling pens?

The HoverBar Duo is basically a let down, but I will cheer you up with a lot of talk about watches.

Writers are still thinking, writing, and talking about the iPad incorrectly, but I found some interesting gear for making the iPad even better.

No one prepares for major storms and disasters, because people simply do not understand how to think about the likelihood of such events, and other thoughts.

Let’s talk about why cheap LED candles from Amazon were my power outage MVP.

The pandemic has broken many things for me, from shopping to news.

It’s 2021, and if you want to know what makes for a state of the art iOS app, CARROT fucking weather is that app.

Privacy is at the heart of everything, because computers make exploiting things really easy.

This week: upgrading our masks; Rucker 3.0 25L first impressions; dropping some bed knowledge for you to sleep on; and my at home EDC. You must be a member to read the rest of this article. (Already a member? Log In.)

Our homes have terrible ventilation, and so you should consider a fan. Also, remember when social networks only grew a backbone after it was clear Trump was leaving office?

I left Twitter, and found a tripod desk which looks cool.

Screen Time is a screen which shows you pointless information, and yet some people have made a business out of telling you how what you see there is bad, and what you should instead try to see. I can’t.

I hacked together a really great tripod mount so that we could do a FaceTime Christmas without tired arms.

Large widgets are the best widgets, and we need a Rotten Tomatoes style app privacy rating from the EFF.