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If a book has been in print for forty years, I can expect it to be in print for another forty years. But, and that is the main difference, if it survives …

If you’ve ever Googled “pdf annotation software” or “pdf editor” you know the pain of trying to mark up a PDF on the computer.

Is a picture worth a thousand words? Even if you don’t agree with this saying, you may find yourself in a situation where adding an image to your text help

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I’ve published a few updates to SearchLink since we last talked, some bigger than others. Here’s a rundown of what’s new.

I wrote a pretty basic script a long time ago that converts TaskPaper files to Markdown for nice previewing/publishing. I recently updated it with a bunch of modernizations.

The US wants to manufacture semiconductors again after Silicon Valley factory workers endured unsafe conditions, suffered miscarriages, and gave birth to children with birth defects.

iOS 18.4 is the fourth major update to the iOS 18 operating system that first came out last September, and it adds a long list of new features. Some...

Why did I do this? I have no idea, honest, but it now exists. It has been over 10 years since I last had to use the Win32 API, and part of me was slightly curious about how the Win32 interop works with Rust. Anywhoooo, below you'll find the primitives that can be used to connect Microsoft Paint to Cursor or ClaudeDesktop and use them to draw in Microsoft Paint. Here's the source code. GitHub - ghuntley/mcp-server-microsoft-paintContribute to ghuntley/mcp-server-microsoft-paint development by c

This one piece of code led to a half century of innovation from Microsoft.

What is a servo motor? How does a servo motor work? Get the right answers to these and more questions related to servo motors at our Jameco Electronics blog.

Molly Fischer talks with Michael Roth, who has been the president of Wesleyan University since 2007.

DEVONtechnologies develops DEVONthink, DEVONagent, and other Mac and iOS apps for document and information management and web research.

DEVONthink is a difficult app to review because its flexibility means it can serve a wide variety of purposes. I’ve been using it for the past few weeks as an archive and research companion that houses thousands of plain text files, but the app is capable of effectively replacing your Mac’s file system, storing and

Today, Apple released iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, macOS 15.4, visionOS 2.4, tvOS 18.4, and watchOS 11.4. These releases represent an eclectic mix of new and updated features along with smaller changes scattered across each of the OSes. One of the biggest changes is that the automatic message categorization feature added to iOS’ Mail app in

Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it controls air pollution and addresses climate change. Duffy ordered the federal agency in charge of the fuel economy standards to reverse them as soon as possible. The standards have been in place since the 1970s energy crisis and were intended to conserve fuel and save consumers money at the gas pump. The new administration says they limit consumer choice and don't maximize use of American oil.

I finally got a significant Marked update out. rendering, and a BYO JavaScript setup I think (some) users will like.

I create tutorial-style videos about electronics, computer architecture, networking, and various other technical subjects.

Learn about the 'overengineered anchoring' pattern, a technique to improve the user experience of scrollable content.

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Learn about the new features in Pages on iPad.

In Pages on iPad, Screen View lets you view and edit a version of your word-processing document that’s optimized for the iPhone display.

In Pages on iPad, add and edit a 3D object, and start and stop its embedded animations.

In Pages on iPad, combine one shape with another or break apart a compound shape into its components to create a new shape.

Use Apple Pencil in a Pages document on iPad to write, draw, annotate, select, and scroll as you would with your finger.

With an Apple Pencil on iPad, draw, annotate, and turn handwriting into text, or use your finger to draw and annotate on iPad or iPhone.