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I’m happy to see the rumors were true that John Ternus will succeed Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO in September: Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026. The transition, which was approved unanimously by the…
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ I think you’ll like this picture of the world’s biggest and smallest Macs (an an original Macintosh) that Scott Knaster shared. [ 🔗 scottknaster.substack.com ] 2️⃣ Robert Birming made a really cool calendar view for his Bear blog , so you can browse posts month-by-month. [ 🔗…
I love hearing about someone’s thoroughly considered argument for something that I’ve never given much thought to. It’s like pulling aside a curtain to discover there’s been a window with a gorgeous view behind it the whole time. Take, for instance, the order in which a burger’s ingredients should be stacked. I probably could have improvised my preferred order with a few minutes of thought. But…
David Sparks blogs that companies whose leaders actually give a damn about the products are the ones worth watching: You could argue that’s unhealthy. Maybe it is. But there’s something about a CEO who feels physical pain when the product falls short. That energy flows downhill. When the person at the top cares that much, everyone else figures out pretty quickly that they’d better care too. […]…
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ “ Badlands” by Mumford & Sons & Gracie Abrams 2️⃣ “ Easier Gone” by Jason Aldean & Brittany Aldean 3️⃣ “ Grace Kelly” by Piper.Ally 4️⃣ “ Forever Start (Stripped)” by Ryan Nealon & Jillian Rossi 5️⃣ “ FTS ” by The Summer Set & Travie McCoy 6️⃣ “ Opalite” by Taylor Swift 7️⃣ “ Angels…
A lot has been said about Apple’s 50th anniversary. Stories shared . Favorites ranked . Contributions celebrated . But it turns out that I also have feelings to share.  A good time to look back. Image: Apple ⌘ As I reflect on why we even care that a computer company has been around for five decades, I keep coming back to the fabled challenge that Steve Jobs gave to John Sculley as he tried to woo…
Sooo… I did a thing. I couldn’t help but be slightly dissatisfied by the clarity of my Studio Display XDR ’ s nano-texture display. It just made everything look a little less than Retina-quality. And for this price, I don’t want to have lingering regrets each time I use it. So, I ordered a second non-nano-texture version, banking on Apple’s generous return policy . It came in today. I set it up…
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ iWeb lives! Sort of. If you have an old Mac. But Corbin Davenport made an iWeb website just a few months ago and, honestly, it looks pretty awesome. [ 🔗 iweb.corbin.io ] 2️⃣ Manton Reece shared a letter that his mother wrote to her mother many years ago while she (and Manton) lived in…
Apple published this video to their Support channel on YouTube yesterday, and it motivated me to get this off my chest: Uninstalling apps on macOS is not as easy as it should be. Yes, I know, I know that you can just drag an app to the trash and technically it’s gone. That’s what Apple recommends doing in its video. But then why do are apps like Raycast , CleanMyMac , and AppCleaner able to find…
The Mac Pro is no longer a product in Apple’s lineup . For a computer that has caused so much consternation over the years, its story can be told very succinctly. Stephen Hackett captured it all in six sentences : The Mac Pro was introduced way back in 2006 as a replacement for the outgoing Power Mac G5 . It had a good few years , then languished until the 2013 model was announced . That machine…
Just finished up a project that I’ve been meaning to get to for a year: bringing ADK Climb Club to the open web. We’ve had a landing page on Micro.blog for a while, but all the info about our meetups was going out via Instagram and WhatsApp . But not everyone wants to use those apps, and I heard from them! So, I buckled down and imported all the old posts, and hooked up my auto-crossposter . Now,…
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ That screamy sound you hear when peeling tape? It’s a ‘ sonic whisper’ from tearing at twice the speed of sound! [ 🔗 sciencealert.com ] 2️⃣ Craig Mod built the accounting software of his dreams, fitting his exact international needs, and which can be adapted with Claude Code as needed.…
The Verge ’ s headline sums up Mark Gurman’s latest report on Apple’s folding phone quite succinctly: ‘ iPhone Fold rumor: iPad-like multitasking, but no iPad apps and no Face ID ’ Though the updated layout could make multitasking easier, Gurman reports that the folding iPhone won’t run existing iPad apps. Still, Apple is reportedly trying to take advantage of the phone’s larger screen real estate…
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ Jose Munoz has a good tip for not getting sucked into doom-scrolling apps by Siri Suggestions in Search and the App Library: simply hide them from those areas. [ 🔗 josemunozmatos.com ] 2️⃣ I love a good stats-based pitch. Herman provides one for the benefits of morning exercise. [ 🔗…
Ricky Mondello, from the Apple Passwords team, shared a crucial hidden feature for saving arbitrary data in their app: [I]f anyone ever wants to save some non-password data in Passwords, but is annoyed by having to put a password in and see a useless “ Password” row, use a password of “ -”. Passwords will omit the password from AutoFill and hide the “ Password” row from the detail view. This might…
Note: I drafted this back on December 4th, but never got around to posting it. Just this morning, I was thinking to myself, “ I wonder what Lisa Jackson thinks about how cozy Tim Cook has gotten with the Trump administration?” Just a few hours later, we have a clue: she’s retiring . I don’t know that they’re related, but I think it’s telling that Jackson isn’t sticking it out to see the Apple 2030…
The premise of Netflix’s Famous Last Words is simply brilliant. From its announcement : What would you say if you knew it would be your last opportunity? New Netflix documentary interview series Famous Last Words asks some of the world’s cultural icons to do just that, recording in-depth, intimate interviews with the understanding that they’ll only be aired posthumously. […] Each interview is…
I’m on a flight to Vegas for New Year’s with only about 30 minutes left before touchdown, so let’s quick recap a few fitness-related goals I set out to achieve in 2025. Elevation Gain I have a friend who, a few years ago, set out to do 360,000 feet of elevation gain in a year. That seemed a big bite to chew, so I settled for 500 feet per day — or 182,500 feet in 2025. Well, I crushed it. I did a…
I’m not a ring guy. My parents had to cajole me into getting a class ring back in high school, telling me that it would be something that I would later regret if I didn’t get one. So I got one, tried wearing it, and ended up hating the feeling of it always spinning ’ round my finger. And then I lost it in my bowling ball bag for like a year. I’ve got no idea where it is today. My next ring was my…
My maternal grandmother, Laureen Ann Beck, recently passed away. We had a memorial service for her yesterday, filled with family and friends. Here are the reflections of her that I shared at the service. Grandma Beck was a wonderful woman. Whenever I think of her, the first thing that comes to mind is her warmth. The fullness of her laugh. The tightness of her hugs. The fondness in her eyes as she…
The core of Micro.blog’s mission is to make it easy for people to own their presence on the web. At first, it was a simple blog host that also incorporated a Twitter-like social timeline that put short (title-less) and long (titled) posts on equal footing. In the years since its 2017 launch, Manton Reece — Micro.blog’s founder — has added a plethora of features that expand upon that mission.…
A weekly-ish list of interesting things I found on the internet. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ Greg Morris points out some minor oddities in the recent Apple Event. I noticed a few of them myself, but not all. [ 🔗 gregmorris.co.uk ] 2️⃣ Dr. Drang points out how the fitness trend suggestions in Apple’s fitness app aren’t so smart. I agree, they’re either too vague or too specific and I hardly…
The madness just got madder. ‘ Apple TV+’ is now just ‘ Apple TV ’ . I noticed something was off right away when I saw Apple’s streaming date announcement for F1 : The Movie . They said the movie “ will make its global streaming debut on Apple TV on Friday, December 12.” I caught the lack of the “ +” immediately, and, knowing Apple doesn’t often make those kind of copyrighting mistakes, I wondered…
I enjoyed writing gut reactions to the product announcements live during the event, but here’s how things are shaping up for my apple.com shopping cart plans, given a little more time and consideration. Shocker, they’re fairly in line with my pre-event predictions . While the iPhone Air certainly has the thin/light/new appeal, the more I compare , the more I’m leaning toward the Pro for a few…
AirPods Did they say foam tips for the new AirPods? Moving away from silicone tips? In-person live translation looks amazing. But you’ll need a newer iPhone for it to work, I’m sure. “ Best-fitting AirPods ever” huh? Maybe they’re worth another shot . Finally, you can start workouts with just your iPhone! I wonder if it’ll work with other heart-rate monitors, or just Apple’s headphones. Looks like…
Can I publish this in the 4 minutes before the keynote starts?? 1 iPhone I went way too low on device storage space last year, so I’m definitely buying a new phone this year I’m using my camera for work more than ever, so I’m probably going to go with an iPhone Pro, but I’m not psyched about a bigger screen or heavier device. Hopefully, they’ve gone back to aluminum, as rumored. We’ll see what it…
In these, the minutes before the September 2025 Apple Event, in which I — and many others — will fawn over the company’s latest gadgets, I felt I had to get this one out. Nick Heer wrote decisively and emphatically about how the transformation outlined in Apple in China that Tim Cook oversaw, led him straight toward kissing the ring in the White House. You should absolutely read the whole thing,…
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ Jamie Thingelstad got a Messages-like style going on his website for chat-like blog posts and I love it. thingelstad.com 2️⃣ You don’t have to know anything about the Cortex Podcast to enjoy this hilarious animated short of their homescreen walkthrough. youtube.com 3️⃣ Passkeys are…
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ Remember that wild painting in the final episode of Severance season 2? Well, now it’s an amazing real-life (and massive mural) in L.A.). [ 🔗 9to5mac.com ] 2️⃣ This neat project by Avi Bagla keeps track of when every word in the dictionary has been used in a Bluesky post. [ 🔗 avibagla.com ] 3️⃣ Robert…
So I’m simply not going to do it, and you can’t make me. 😜 This is post #9/31 for Blaugust 2025 . HeyDingus is a blog by Jarrod Blundy about technology, the great outdoors, and other musings. If you like what you see — the blog posts , shortcuts , wallpapers , scripts , or anything — please consider leaving a tip , checking out my store , or just sharing my work. Your support is much appreciated!…
So I just typed into ChatGPT, “ I need an easy prompt for a Blaugust post.” Here’s what I got: What’s one small habit or tool that’s made your life noticeably better in the past year? Alright, I’ll take it and turn it. Year of Small Improvements When contemplating a Yearly Theme for 2025, I decided to follow CGP Grey’s lead from 2024 and go with the Year of Small Improvements . The idea being that…