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Under the Radar #312: Our Changing Relationship with Apple - Relay FM
How our values have diverged and our perceived relationship has changed with Apple, forcing our motivations for iOS development to evolve.
Reality: A Post-Mortem
An essay series on why everyone but you is going insane
The New Control Society
The gatekeepers are dying. Why is everything so mid?
Lightroom Classic User Guide
Matthew Ball on Channels with Peter Kafka
Media and tech aren’t just intersecting — they’re fully intertwined. And to understand how those worlds work, and what they mean for you, veteran journalist Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers - and gets them to spell it out in plain, BS-free English.
Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Volume 34 Issue 1 | Journal of Electronic Imaging
The Journal of Electronic Imaging publishes papers that are normally considered in the design, engineering, and applications of electronic imaging technologies.
On maintaining a WordPress plugin for 11 years – Urban Giraffe
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Tracing the Roots of the Christian Nationalist Movement That’s Influencing Modern Politics
The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.
Review of ‘Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV’ (2024) ★★½
Movie #187 of 2024 Alright, decided to rip the band-aid off and watch this docuseries. Not because I was sooo afraid of muh childhood getting ruined cause my favorite shows were horror stories, but…
G-Wagon Durability Test #2
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Today we see how Mercedes’ New 1,000hp Super SUV does against a 1967 Farmall 1206 Tractor + more stunts. It’s already handled 100ft jumps, excessive suspension stress, powertrain abuse, being dropped through a house. Thanks to Dawson County Sheriffs Office for pit maneuvering us, Atlanta Motorsports Park for letting us use their track, and Justin From Atlanta Custom Wraps for being our tour guide.
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@moneyman2203 - Know Ya Type
@moneyman2203 - Roar
Aly & AJ | Call Her Daddy
The most-listened to podcast by women. Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy has been creating conversation since 2018. Cooper cuts through the BS with topics and guests - asking the burning questions you want the answers to. There will be laughter, there will be tears. There will be everything in between. New episodes drop on Wednesday and Sunday. Want more? Join the Daddy Gang @callherdaddy
Get Wired In the News with NetNewsWire: RSS Reader for iOS | AppleVis
Crank up a notch on your news reading and take control of what news sources that you want to satisfy your news craving. In this podcast Thomas Domville gives us a walkthrough of NetNewsWire: RSS Reader for iOS, a free and open source RSS reader. It’s fast, stable, and accessible. NetNewsWire shows you articles from your favorite blogs and news sites — and keeps track of what you’ve read.
Web Links and Archives for Mac File Managers
My previous post on some useful file renaming in Finder, Forklift, and Path Finder gave me a mental nudge to write up and share with you all some automations for getting some content into files from Safari. More specifically ways to generate links and snapshots of web pages and store them away in the current folder. This time however, rather than using Shortcuts, the tool of choice is Keyboard Maestro.
iPad Pro for Everything: How I Rethought My Entire Workflow Around the New 11” iPad Pro
For the past two years since my girlfriend and I moved into our new apartment, my desk has been in a constant state of flux. Those who have been reading MacStories for a while know why. There were two reasons: I couldn’t figure out how to use my iPad Pro for everything I do, specifically
Just David Blue's Toots
@DavidBlue@mastodon.social on JustMyToots
styleStealer: add your web design to Marked with a click - BrettTerpstra.com
Creating custom styles for Marked 2 is pretty easy… if you know CSS. I’ve started work on building an actual templating system, but it hasn’t come to fruition yet. In the meantime…
Updated: generate slick changelogs from Git commits - BrettTerpstra.com
7 years ago I wrote about a script I was using to generate changelogs for Marked. Since then I’ve continued updating the script to work with just about all of my projects, from Xcode projects…
Nix is my favorite package manager to use on macOS
Homebrew is the most popular package manager on MacOS, and for good reason. However personally, I believe that Nix is more powerful.Video Links:- Nix Website...
Use iTerm to handle x-man-page URLs - BrettTerpstra.com
It started when I was playing with LaunchBar search templates. I tried the man page search and it opened a nice window in Terminal. But I didn’t want to open Terminal when iTerm was already…
Web Excursions for January 2nd, 2025 - BrettTerpstra.com
An irregularly-scheduled roundup of Brett’s favorite web discoveries.
Brett's Favorites 2024: macOS - BrettTerpstra.com
Here we go again with my yearly roundup of my favorite stuff. I’m going to do this year in a few parts. This one will be all Mac apps, and it will the longest because Mac apps are my favorite.
iOS 18.2 lets you add the volume slider back to your iPhone’s Lock Screen
With the release of iOS 16 in 2022, Apple removed the volume slider from the iPhone Lock Screen except while...
Inside Flipboard Archives - About Flipboard
We swear we just took down the tree and there?s still a stray bit of tinsel on the bannisters. And yet, here we are again. This holiday season has crept up on us like a naughty elf, and we?re in no way prepared. Thank goodness someone is. We reached out to editors at some of […]
The end of Figurative — Figurative — Run Figma on iPad and Apple Vision Pro
Learn more about Figurative releases, including new features, compatibility, and bug fixes for every version.
SourceForge Support / Documentation / Downloading files via the command line
"Daniel Craig" - SmartLess
"SmartLess" with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity. A nice surprise: in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to new episodes ad-free and a whole week early.
The Dos & Don’ts of Wearing a Watch
In this ever-mad world of wristwear, a new era of freedom (and tiny watches) is reshaping the culture of timepieces. To bring some order to our horological habits, Dimepiece’s Brynn Wallner peers into the zeitgeist to find a fresh collection of commandments to embrace.
Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud Says Free Is the Future of Streaming
00:54:18 - How does an ad-based streamer compete with subscription-based models like Netflix, Hulu, Max, and all the rest? By charging nothing. At least that’s…