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In the middle of the 1980s, Apple found itself with several options regarding the future of its computing platforms. The Apple II was the company's bread and butter. The Apple III was pitched as an evolution of that platform, but was clearly doomed due to hardware and software issues. The Lisa was expensive and not [...]

So, I've stepped into the wild world of blogging. I've tried paper journaling, trying my hand at journaling, but not everyday is a blockb...

00:59:11 - A girl signs up for a class. A couple hires an accountant. A group of co-workers decides to pool their money and buy a couple of lottery tickets. In…

The nation's historical markers delight, distort and, sometimes, just get the story wrong.

Forum federation, Ghosts, Event Planners and the source code of Truth Social.

Stu takes a deep dive in the Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3's tech.

The buzziest indie album of the moment is a folder of files you can only get from a janky Geocities website. Drake is dropping new music on something called Krakenfiles.com. Chris Black wonders if the post-streaming era will look like Web 1.0.

It’s been almost 15 years since the last deadly plane crash on a U.S. airline. But near misses in U.S. aviation have grown 25% in the last decade. What's behind the rise in close calls?

Five years ago, Soulver 3, the sheet-based app that serves as a notepad for calculations, launched on the Mac with a long list of new features. In the years since, Acqualia Software launched an iPadOS version of the app and, today, an iOS version. As I said in my review of the Mac app: The

[You should check out Pokémon Unbound if you haven’t.] Every few years I switch to Android. I always tell myself the reason is that I just want a change, that...

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The Ford Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund will be funding Erin Kissane and Darius Kazemi to study how prepared the Fediverse is to face the intrinsic and extrinsic risks that come with network growth.

Automattic Inc., the internet company behind popular online blogging service WordPress.com, acquired the messaging app at the heart of a recent dispute with Apple Inc.

Also in this week’s Installer: ChatGPT and the Quest headset get even better, and we’re all thinking about the Roman Empire.

Issues with Kagi's AI focus, finances and leadership

How one crew risked radiation, storms, and currents to save Japan from digital isolation.

Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting party chat on the web.

The best reason to pair a game controller with iPhones is here.

No intro, let’s just get into it! More icons It’s not the most important thing in the world, but I’d love to see iOS 18 bring with it the ability to create a tighter grid of icons on my iPhone’s home screen. Currently every iPhone from

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This morning I had to renew my driver's license at the California Department of Motor Vehicles, a problematic task because I haven't legally changed my name or gender yet. This is not because I haven't wanted to change those for months, but I'm going through a divorce. And my lawyer told me to wait while [...]

I knew about Mastodon in a vague way a year ago. But it wasn't until Space Karen laid off half the staff at Twitter on November 3, 2022---when we all realized that the blue bird was indeed circling the drain---that I got serious about riding the pachyderm. I created my first account on the Fediverse [...]

Windows finally has a better video editing app again.