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I’m not saying AI is going to take over the world, but if it can remember things and offer to do the work instead of reminding me. I’m going to get really lazy.
Tucker Chastain
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If you have to back up to make a turn in a drive-through in your F350 super duty, your truck is too big to be driven on the road.
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I never knew iPhones had notifications stored and now I want a Notifications app where all apps can send notifications and I can just open and look at them without getting notifications. www.404media.co/fbi-extra…
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I don’t know how I ever missed this weird cover. Ed Sheeran with The Roots remixing Fetty Wap’s Trap Queen and they nail it. I love music reaching across boundaries! youtu.be/_3JXeWFsf…
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Evergreen title www.vox.com/podcasts/…
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I am thinking of upgrading to Notion AI and I was blown away by the interstitial! First of all props for sending a reminder email 5 days (FIVE DAYS!!) ahead of the actual charge. The way that it is laid out with the timeline makes it very easy to understand how long the trial will be.
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The latest Accidental Tech Podcast is amazing! Marco describes how he set up Overcast transcription (which is absolutely amazing) and gets very into the details of how this all got setup over the past year. I’m constantly amazed at how hard app developers work on their apps and what goes on behind the scenes. Take thirty minutes out of your day while also looking at the pictures.…
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Hold on, switching back to Overcast.
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I just finished reading Terry Godier’s post The Last Quiet Thing This quote hits hard, “Nothing you own is finished.” Everything needs updating, charging, or configured. It’s exhausting. Now multiply that for being the tech person in the family and everyone relies on me for everything with a battery. The mental strain of keeping up with it all is yet again, exhausting.
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I briefly considered building my own RSS reader. Tools like Claude Code or OpenClaw make it technically feasible, and the idea of a custom-built solution is always tempting. I decided against it. Building software requires maintenance, security patches, and troubleshooting. I would rather pay Inoreader for a service I know is reliable and secure than sink hours into reinventing the wheel. My time…
Mountainish Inhumanity: Shakespeare’s 400-Year-Old Warning
I’m not someone who goes to plays or was ever considered a theater kid, but this act on a late night show almost had me in tears. A heartbreaking speech that was written by Shakespeare and performed by Sir Ian McKellen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has really hit me. It’s wild that 400 years can pass and the same issues are still harassing human beings. The setup for the speech starts…
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I just discovered “A tiny Mac app that converts song links between Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and more.” The app, Relinq , has one of the best icons I’ve seen in a while.
What I Wish I’d Known When My Kids Were Infants
All my kids were introduced to peanut butter slowly after they were at least one year old. Back then, that was the guideline. You don’t give your kids peanuts because they might be allergic to them. Once they were in elementary school all four loved eating peanut butter sandwiches and never had any adverse effects from eating so much peanut butter. In this NY Times article, studies have shown a…
It’s Now Easy to Be Stupid
This was an interesting read that I have seen in myself and my kids. We are living in a world with the best healthcare, food, training, intelligence, etc. but what is it doing to us? We live in a world that our grandparents couldn't fathom the things we do in the first thirty minutes of waking up and yet we go about our day complaining. Relatively speaking, these are nice problems to have. I’d…
Hate Reading in iOS 26? Here’s the Fix
To anyone that has updated to iOS 26 and loves the new look, but hates the legibility of the text. I recommend doing the following with your iPhone. On your iPhone, follow these simple steps in iOS 26: Open the Settings app Go to Accessibility Tap Display & Text Size Then toggle on Reduce Transparency
Are You Human Enough for This Game?
New site over at neal.fun by Neal Agarwal, the creator behind many playful internet experiments. So what's it about? Instead of the usual frustrating CAPTCHA checks you see online, this is a game where the challenge itself is the fun. You'll solve quirky, puzzle-like captchas that feel more like a brain teaser than a security test. It's not a real CAPTCHA to prove you are not a robot but gives off…
I'm Bored
I just watched You Need to Be Bored by Harvard Business Review and it has sparked some thoughts! When my kids tell me that they are bored, I typically respond with a Great! or that's not a bad thing, congratulations. I tell them that I was bored once and look how I turned out! Recently, my son told me he was bored so I told him to get his shoes on and we went for a walk around the neighborhood. He…
Memory: Why We Forget and What Actually Helps
Introduction We all experience memory lapses, from misplacing keys to walking into a room and forgetting why we’re there. It can feel frustrating, even alarming. But according to neuroscientist Charan Ranganath, forgetting is the brain’s default behavior and it's entirely normal. The human brain doesn’t have boundless storage, so forgetting helps prioritize what's truly meaningful. 1. Forgetting…
Spark’s X Button
I really hate that Spark has a post to X button about my email being at inbox zero. My personal email pretty much stays at zero and it annoys me every time to see that button that I occasionally accidentally press when going to swipe down to refresh. I will NEVER post to X that I don’t have any emails currently. I love having all my different emails together in Spark so I want to continue using…
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In the MacStories Weekly: Issue 478 , John and Federico are taking a couple weeks off to recharge before the new OS and iPhone releases are announced this fall. As much as we dislike pausing our regular publication schedule, years of doing this have taught us that a well-timed break keeps us from burning out and makes for a better fall season when we return. I am so happy that these guys are…
Breathing
I learned this awesome breathing technique from the Focused and Bookworm podcast about the 4-7-8 breathing method. It’s basically breathing in for four seconds, holding for seven, and exhaling for eight. Dr. Dula discussed a different breathing method that stuck with me in my college days. Think of taking a deep breath as filling up your stomach with air, then completely emptying your…
Following Myke Hurley’s Lead
Casey Neistat inspired me to start editing videos after watching his daily vlogs every day. It’s a weird type of inspiration, as I don’t want to be that person, but what they are doing makes me want to do something . Myke Hurley is doing that for me now and is absolutely creating masterful content. I do not know how in the world he is able to do all that he does while raising a newborn. It’s…
MacBook Choices
I’m trying to figure out the right laptop for my daughter that is a sophomore in high school before she heads to college. She’s used Chromebooks all through school, but since she’s into design, I’m thinking a MacBook might be a good fit. I’m torn between getting her something basic or waiting to see if that rumored lower-end MacBook with the A18 chip comes out. The…
So Evan and Achol died
This NYT Opinion piece puts a few faces and names to kids that have died due to USAID being shut off. I know the US can’t be the world’s savior and help others when so many need help within our borders, but seeing these kids and knowing they died because of greed really struck a nerve with me this morning. I had no idea about USAID before all the DOGE happenings and I’m sure there will be more…
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Why is there no Mohawk rocker emoji?