Taking a break from my usual fare to remedy my never having read this classic.
Category: Micro
The category for all posts which are tweet-like in nature.
On the one hand, AppleTV’s tvOS informing me that Stars-Flyers has gone to overtime WHILE I’M WATCHING THE GAME is kind of annoying.
On the other hand, at least tvOS isn’t as “smart” or privacy-invading to know I’m already watching it.
Courtesy of Kevin Kelly’s Recomendo newsletter (it’s free), here’s a neat iPhone ring hack for those of us who keep the ringer silenced:
Like many people I keep my phone ringer on vibrate, but I don’t usually carry my phone on me – I may leave it on a desk – so I often miss calls. I’ve greatly reduced missed calls by setting the phone to flash its flashlight and flash its screen while it vibrates. That flashing light is enough to notice from a distance. It is easy to program on the iPhone. Go Settings > Accessibility > Audio Visual > Flash for Alerts. For Android: Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Screen Text > Flash Notifications. — KK
December of this year marks the 35th anniversary of the first PowerBooks shipping to customers. If only Apple would take the opportunity to bring back that classic brand name.
A couple of weeks ago the guys in Weapons of God released a video for “Double Barreled Medicine,” off their 2025 album TRIbulation. The video features mostly footage from their set at Immortal Fest 2025 in Versailles, Ohio, along with submissions from fans.
Love this song. Great riffs, Leon’s gravely vocals, it’s just a lot of fun.
The legends Rex Carroll and Ken Tamplin have combined forces to give us “Where Do We Go From Here?”. This was quite a treat on a snowed-in weekend!
The boys in Messenger have released a new video for their song “Messenger at Arms,” from their 2020 album In To Win. It’s very metal!
The law requires the divestment “to end any ‘operational relationship’ between ByteDance and TikTok in the United States,” critics told the NYT. That could be a problem, since TikTok’s release makes it clear that ByteDance will maintain some control over the TikTok US app’s operations.
Is anyone truly concerned with the national security implications of TikTok surprised that ByteDance is, well, dancing around the particulars to maintain some form of access and control?
The Chinese Communist Party is not going to willingly give up access to American users or the influence it can exert on those users by way of controlling the algorithm of what they see.
If we were really serious about TikTok, we would have cut off its access entirely to the nation, but then the powers that be in this country haven’t been serious about national security in decades.
[Wave of the phin to Michael Tsai for linking to the Ars piece.]
Why streaming sucks for sports, reason #1,659:
To watch the Packers-Bears playoff game:
- Switch input to AppleTV
- AppleTV asleep, wake up, select viewer (me)
- Switch to Prime Video app
- Prime Video launches with useless graphic
- Select viewer (me)
- Select game
- Select how I want to watch game (Live)
If there was any sense in this world, and the game was on a normal television channel:
- Select channel
This month, the United States Marine Corps celebrates its 250th year of existence, and they put out a special birthday message:
Happy birthday, Marines! Thank you all for your service and sacrifice. May our nation always be as faithful to you, as you have been to it.