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Good article, but as I read it I couldn’t help but think: it’s amazing how little control Google is willing to assert over partners. It’s not even that they can’t assert that control — they could. It’s that they don’t want to. What other option do cellphone makers have outside of Android? Not much. Yet…
Good article, but as I read it I couldn’t help but think: it’s amazing how little control Google is willing to assert over partners. It’s not even that they can’t assert that control — they could. It’s that they don’t want to. What other option do cellphone makers have outside of Android?
Not much.
Yet Google bends to them when they really shouldn’t. Especially on things like timely updates.
Great new book from the crew at The Sweet Setup. I’ve had a chance to read through most of it, and it is really well done. Day One is an enigma to me: I love the app, but can’t get into a routine with it. I’m thinking this book is going to help with that.
Great new book from the crew at The Sweet Setup. I’ve had a chance to read through most of it, and it is really well done. Day One is an enigma to me: I love the app, but can’t get into a routine with it. I’m thinking this book is going to help with that.
This is a great new site. I’d say it is one which you must add to your RSS subscriptions, but Medium doesn’t have fucking RSS feeds. I honestly have no clue how you are to accurately follow publications on Medium. Yes, you can follow them, but there’s no easy way… Forget it. This is a…
This is a great new site. I’d say it is one which you must add to your RSS subscriptions, but Medium doesn’t have fucking RSS feeds.
I honestly have no clue how you are to accurately follow publications on Medium. Yes, you can follow them, but there’s no easy way… Forget it.
This is a new thing from Justin Blanton, which means it is worth the follow — whatever the fuck that means on Medium.
UPDATE: Turns out there is a hidden RSS feed: https://medium.com/feed/@jblanton Apparently one of you knew. Thanks!
I hate talking out loud to Siri, but damn if it isn’t far more useful if you talk out loud to her.
Let me first start by saying that this post is not about the quality or accuracy of Siri. For everything I have used Siri for, it has been more than accurate and I have no issues with Siri as a service.
My problem is the interface itself.
What’s the easiest way to look up a sports score? Siri. What’s the fastest way to set a timer? Siri.
How do I typically look up sports scores? Safari. How do I typically set timers? Control Center.
I don’t dare get rid of this USB 1.1 cable, what if I need it?
Years ago I helped my older sister move from Washington to Arizona. I was young at the time, and still in that phase of life where even if you kept everything you had ever owned — it wouldn’t have amounted to much. So I really didn’t get what someone with an established life would have to move — and it was a ton of stuff as it turned out.
At one point while helping her, I saw a tiny box of clothes they were getting rid of, and I made some bad joke about how it must have been hard to decide to get rid of such a large amount of clothes. That’s when my sister told me about the system she uses to keep their clothes thinned out all the time.
You think it sucks when you get on a flight and see little kids? Try being the parents.
You walk onto your flight, and the first thing you instinctually do is to scan the seats around you for kids. Little bastards can and will prolong the hell that is flying and you really don’t think it is fair if they are next to you. Yeah, we all do it — even parents.
This past summer I found myself on two separate trips, non-stop, from Seattle to Florida. Both times with my wife and kids. My kids are 3 years old, and 21 months old. I was terrified each time of what the flight may hold for us. Our youngest was a lap infant too, so she didn’t even get her own seat. (Because that makes sense for safety, FAA.)
Ben Evans: You can put the old ecosystem on the new form factor. You'll probably sell some of them. But is that the future, or is it a new Chevy Camaro or Mustang – a product that your existing fanbase loves but that ignores the Teslas and self-driving cars on the way?
Ben Evans:
You can put the old ecosystem on the new form factor. You'll probably sell some of them. But is that the future, or is it a new Chevy Camaro or Mustang – a product that your existing fanbase loves but that ignores the Teslas and self-driving cars on the way?
Backlighting desks just looks really cool with a nice space themed wallpaper to go with it.
One thing I have always thought to be an important part of a good office and desk setup is the lighting. It need not be bright, but it needs to set the right mood and feel for your work.
To that end, I’ve always loved backlighting my computer. Not only does it look cool, I think it helps me focus better on my work. Because of this preference most desk lamps simply won’t work for me. They typically don’t backlight well, and the space they take up on the desk drives me insane.
Speaking of Tom Bihn bags, look at the pains they go through testing back panel fabrics: In an effort to better understand what we were experiencing, Tom’s longtime friend Robert Swarner (sculptor, helicopter pilot, product designer, big wall climber and machinist) came up with a device that’d allow us to scientifically evaluate the effectiveness of…
Speaking of Tom Bihn bags, look at the pains they go through testing back panel fabrics:
In an effort to better understand what we were experiencing, Tom’s longtime friend Robert Swarner (sculptor, helicopter pilot, product designer, big wall climber and machinist) came up with a device that’d allow us to scientifically evaluate the effectiveness of Dri-Lex® Aero-Spacer® mesh. Tom and Robert modified a Synapse and equipped it with Robert’s mobile heat sensors and data recording device, which we named The Swarner 5000 Datalogger. The Synapse had a back panel split down the center vertically: one half was spacer mesh and the other half was 1050 Ballistic (both sides were padded with closed-cell foam). Over the course of the last year, we’ve used this special Synapse on day hikes long and short, on hot summer days and cooler winter ones, and usually on hikes with big elevation gains.
It’s the backpack you can pack in your luggage without people thinking your are weird. Kind of…
I looked through the archives yesterday and realized I never did a full review in the Daylight Backpack from Tom Bihn. All I wrote was a few poorly worded sentences on it, as part of a larger review. Which is a shame, and a mistake I want to correct now — because the Daylight Backpack is worthy of its own review.
The Daylight Backpack is an extremely simple bag, void of all padding, rigidity, and fanciness. It is a floppy mess of a bag when it is empty — which is perfect because it means you can easily stow it away when it is empty.
Great read on what goes into making a tvOS game.
Great read on what goes into making a tvOS game.
The Economist: On Oct. 31, 2015, one of economist.com’s vendors, PageFair, was hacked. If you visited economist.com at any time between Oct. 31, 23:52 GMT and 01:15 GMT, Nov. 1, using Windows OS and you do not have trusted anti-virus software installed, it is possible that malware, disguised as an Adobe update, was downloaded onto…
The Economist:
On Oct. 31, 2015, one of economist.com’s vendors, PageFair, was hacked. If you visited economist.com at any time between Oct. 31, 23:52 GMT and 01:15 GMT, Nov. 1, using Windows OS and you do not have trusted anti-virus software installed, it is possible that malware, disguised as an Adobe update, was downloaded onto your PC.
According to Twitter, PageFair is an anti-adblocker. Those fuckers.
This might be the ugliest router on the market, but it is named Nighthawk.
We moved into our house back in 2012, and one of my first tasks was getting the WiFi network established. I did it with a single Time Capsule, roughly centered in the house. But there was a bit of a dead spot in our bedroom, so I added in an Airport Express as a wireless repeater. I didn’t need much speed, just coverage at the time.
Then I started working from home, and speed became a thing I needed to worry about. I upgraded to an Airport Extreme with 802.11ac wireless. This upgrade helped, but I still was having a hell of a time getting video chats and Skype to work reliably — crucial for my job — so I needed a solution.
The solution I devised, was to route Ethernet from the AirPort Extreme to our bedroom (where my office was) and have the AirPort Express extend the network from a gigabit connection to the AirPort Extreme. That was a hassle but worked fine. I lost a lot of network speed in the process though. When connected to the AirPort Express I topped out at 28 Mbps on any device, but on the Extreme I would be at 60 Mbps, which was the max speed of my Internet connection.
Red, white, and blue for the win?
Like most people, when I ordered my Apple Watch, I had no clue what to expect from it. Because of this, I really didn’t want to spend a ton of money on it and accessories. So I ordered the 42mm Sport with the white band and left it at that. I chose white because I thought it looked pretty sharp, and I stayed with the white band for quite some time, but before WWDC I ordered the Brown Leather Loop to try out.
And then, with the launch of some new colors recently, I picked up the Red and Midnight Blue sport bands. While the Leather Loop never really worked for me, the sport bands do. Having more options for Sport Bands at my disposal, I have really started enjoying changing around the looks of the Apple Watch.
If you own an Apple Watch, then I really think you should own a few extra bands for it.
There's at least one John who wears his Apple Watch everyday.
There's at least one John who wears his Apple Watch everyday.
Holy big bag Batman.
Note: Tom Bihn sent me the Yeoman Duffel bag for review purposes. No agreements were made as to what that review may or may not look like, as is my standard practice I retain full editorial control.
I’ve always liked the idea of big duffel bags, or duffel bags in general, as there is something about the look of them that draws me in. Something about the idea of just throwing everything in that huge expanse, zipping it shut and heading off. Perhaps it is because I travel minimally and pack tightly and neatly in very small bags, that the idea of having copious amounts of space in which to pack seems like freedom.
I’m not sure.
I do have a small, classic looking, duffel bag which I have been using for years on weekend getaways. I transitioned it to be the bag for Sloane’s travel stuff when she was born, but with two kids it has become way too small.
George Monbiot: Fire is raging across the 5,000km length of Indonesia. It is surely, on any objective assessment, more important than anything else taking place today. And it shouldn’t require a columnist, writing in the middle of a newspaper, to say so. It should be on everyone’s front page. It is hard to convey the…
George Monbiot:
Fire is raging across the 5,000km length of Indonesia. It is surely, on any objective assessment, more important than anything else taking place today. And it shouldn’t require a columnist, writing in the middle of a newspaper, to say so. It should be on everyone’s front page. It is hard to convey the scale of this inferno, but here’s a comparison that might help: it is currently producing more carbon dioxide than the US economy. And in three weeks the fires have released more CO2 than the annual emissions of Germany.
Holy shit.
“Saving you time since I figured this out.”
Often I start reading an article which I saved to read later, and I think “yeah this is good stuff, I know it all, but it’s good stuff” and then I stop.
Why am I still reading this?
Who am I reading this for?
For crying out loud Apple, figure out where in my house I am, so we can get some shit done.
A few nights ago I sat down on my couch — the chaise lounge section of course — and got ready to start watching some TV. But the far lamp in our living room was turned on and from the spot I was sitting in that lamp casts a glare on the TV.
So it must be turned off.
CGP Grey: I’m taking this month to dial the volume down. But the problem is more difficult than it used to be. I'm having to do similar things as it will be the only way I can meet the crazy goals I set for myself this month.
CGP Grey:
I’m taking this month to dial the volume down. But the problem is more difficult than it used to be.
I'm having to do similar things as it will be the only way I can meet the crazy goals I set for myself this month.