I really wanted to like it (who wouldn’t? ya weirdos), but I admit my brain really wanted to reject it for the first few episodes. It’s different in so many ways. A big one is that it moves a lot faster, and for the most part, that’s for the worse. There just isn’t time to […] Th … | Continue reading
The 2024 F1 season is already off to a crazier start than a hamster on Red Bull. First up, Lewis Hamilton in a Ferrari?! Talk about a plot twist that would make M. Night Shyamalan jealous. But hey, at least Vasseur is cool, right? Dude’s practically the paddock’s mascot. Speaking … | Continue reading
If you are looking for a new “read-it-later” app, I highly recommend Omnivore. It’s cross platform with a web client, an iOS app and an Android app (in early access). It’s also got unlimited highlighting options that also sync with Obsidian. The post Omnivore’s good. Like, really … | Continue reading
This makes sense to me. However, any such change is always hard for a huge chunk of people. Good luck. The rebrand from Apple ID to Apple Account is expected to occur later in 2024, likely alongside the release of iOS 18 (Codename Crystal) and macOS 15 (Codename Glow). System a … | Continue reading
Maggie Appleton’s site is a special place and the work that resonates most with me is the post on The Digital Garden. I chanced across Maggie’s site following Alex Komoroske’s Be a Gardener, not a Builder and a search on Google led me to Maggie’s site. If you’ve not read it, I hi … | Continue reading
In the world of information overload, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds allow you to stay updated with your favorite websites and content creators without getting lost in the noise of social media. But what if you want to find the RSS feed for a particular site or profile tha … | Continue reading
So. Good. Post by @cerebralclown View on Threads The post This is the most I’ve laughed in a really long time first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
I am trying out a replacement for Little Snitch. For those unaware, Little Snitch is a network sniffer that detects the internet comms used by apps running in your Mac and well – snitches on them. This allows you control to determine how often some apps have to phone home. I have … | Continue reading
CloudKit throttles are particularly dense and confusing. The solution is often just wait, sadly. The post Handle CloudKit throttles first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
Changing with the Times. Ruben questions if it's time for a Times renaissance. The post Changing with the Times first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
Text files are indeed the unsung heroes of the internet, and Taskpaper is a fantastic way to harness their power for yourself. There's a giveaway for 3 licenses. The post Taskpaper giveaway • bretterpstra.com first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
Seth proposes an effective competition tactic to fight against organizations that prioritize scale over experience. The post The illusion of concern • Seth’s blog first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
Chrome's Energy Saver mode really works. The post Chrome’s Energy Saver mode first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
An excellent bookmarklet to clip web content into Obsidian directly. The post Obsidian Web Clipper first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
Tech companies crash in best places to work ratings. The post Tech companies crash in the “best places to work” rankings… first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
Fun as it was to have a spot run on the Super Bowl, to me the lesson of HAL is less about the event and more about the advertising process. Some companies labor for months, fighting through multiple levels of approvals, testing and analysis to get an ad on TV. Working with Steve … | Continue reading
Canceling YouTube Premium was hard. But, I am getting used to the ad load again. The post Canceling YouTube Premium… first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
Useful commandline utilities for your Mac The post Useful commands for your Mac first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
Thomas Steele explores if Comic Sans really is a bad font in his book. There is a wonderful blog post that gets you interested. The post Comic Sans – Is it really that bad? first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
If you care about Mac window management, you’re likely to use one of these tools to make it happen. This is a great post comparing the three. Today, I learned that “snapping” windows to the left edge and right edge is now a default choice on the Mac. You just need to hover by tap … | Continue reading
I wonder what Tim Cook thinks of this Disney investment: Disney’s investment: Disney put $1.5 billion into Epic Games, showing they believe in Epic’s ideas. https://dataconomy.com/2024/02/08/disney-x-epic-games-did-disney-buy-fortnite/ See techmeme for more commentary. The post D … | Continue reading
We don’t often think about the infrastructure that’s built to ensure that people can go about living their lives as normally as possible. This was a reminder that there are people who manage reservoirs of water and that they care about the weather way more than I do. A strong El … | Continue reading
Google seems to be making a statement about its future. If we take it at face value, this is a big deal. Till date, Google’s not let any other name be a peer-brand in its family. You’ve always had Google Mail, Google Photos, Google Pay, Google Workspace and even Google Cloud. Not … | Continue reading
Apple Watch Edition was an attempt to create something exclusive again, this time for watch lovers. Apple ultimately missed the mark in its execution. They were held down by Watch Edition’s similarity to the far cheaper aluminum models and ironically by the cutting edge technolog … | Continue reading
Ben Thompson with an insight I agree with: iOS utility feels like it’s inversely correlated to screen size. The bigger a screen gets, the more frustrating iOS gets. https://pca.st/episode/fab1d675-ecab-410f-b06b-b6fb8c0e02b7?t=560 This is in today’s Dithering where Ben comes to t … | Continue reading
While this is part of his post talking about why NetNewsWire is not present for the Vision Pro yet… PS Why don’t I have a Vision Pro? I’m sure it’s an incredible technical achievement and an amazing experience — and pretty damn wonderful in just about every way — but it’s just no … | Continue reading
While I wrote about how I moved back to the Mac and feel this is the ground I feel most comfortable in, Ben Brooks wrote an opus about how the iPad is the perfect computing device for him. I wanted to pull some quotes that were resonant / dissonant. Ben loves the Stage Manager: W … | Continue reading
Errors of discomprehension suggest that products that rely on the repetitiveness / intelligence of an LLM are not the right approach. It has to rely on the capriciousness of the intelligence to be effective with current gen LLMs. The post Errors of discomprehension first appeared … | Continue reading
“NASA will work with our long-term partner, DARPA, to develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear thermal propulsion technology as soon as 2027. With the help of this new technology, astronauts could journey to and from deep space faster than ever – a major capability to prepare for … | Continue reading
Conclusion: As the foundational layer of language models is becoming increasingly difficult to improve with more data, the quality of the data that these models are trained on becomes a key differentiator. xAI’s Grok benefits from a vast dataset of diverse and up-to-date informat … | Continue reading
In my humble opinion, Figma kills with user interface design. Their dev mode is just 🤌 Post by @figma View on Threads The post Dev mode… first appeared on @gurupanguji • Ramblings of an Eccentric Soul. | Continue reading
I love the Mac and I’ve had an iPhone since the first one. I’ve enjoyed a Mac since I used a Mac to layout my first yearbook in 1998 using Adobe Pagemaker. I wanted the smartphone to become the next computing platform and I was thrilled when Apple decided to adopt sandboxing – as … | Continue reading
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Out of this will spring a cornucopia of component libraries, adapters, intermediary services, and consultancies that trade on the false promise of ‘one implementation, many stores, zero cost’. Some will get close, but will all fall foul of the lowest common denominator and not de … | Continue reading
With iOS 17.4, Apple is making a number of huge changes to the way its mobile operating system works in order to comply with new regulations in the EU. One of them is an important product shift: for the first time, Apple is going to allow alternative browser engines to run on iOS … | Continue reading
And if you find yourself with a big audience in your live chat, it can be hard to hold on to that audience and bring them back for the next one. This is why most large streamers use the messaging app Discord as a way to corral their audiences and notify them that a big […] The po … | Continue reading
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-halts-boeing-max-production-expansion-improve-quality-control-also-lays-out-extensive Looks like airlines should be good to go after a rigorous inspection. And Boeing seems to be on FAA’s crosshairs. If we trust FAA has done its job with its fligh … | Continue reading
Visa Cash App RB will reveal its new look for the 2024 season at a launch event in Las Vegas on Feb. 8 alongside drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda, promising a “newly designed Visa and Cash App-inspired car livery”. https://theathletic.com/5223917/2024/01/24/alphatauri-na … | Continue reading