Some things you might enjoy
Here’s a list of things that I enjoyed reading. A gift from me to you.
I stole the idea (but not the methodology) from Peter Rukavina. An RSS feed of these items is available. I also maintain a list of my favourite blogs here.
- Photos: The Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden (35 photos)
- Architects Design ‘Little Island’ Getaway in NYC To Give City Dwellers a Touch of Nature
- Architects Design ‘Little Island’ Getaway in NYC To Give City Dwellers a Touch of Nature
- Semi-solo hiking brings me the gift of time alone, and the joy of reuniting
- Semi-solo hiking brings me the gift of time alone, and the joy of reuniting
- the sun is going down and you're getting cold
- the sun is going down and you're getting cold
- ★ Facebook’s Unknowable Megascale
- ★ Facebook’s Unknowable Megascale
- A Walking Tour Of Hull In The 1980s
- A Walking Tour Of Hull In The 1980s
- ★ Facebook: Free as in Bullshit
- ★ Facebook: Free as in Bullshit
- 2020’s ‘The Dog Ate My Homework’ Universal Scapegoat: ‘The Algorithm’
- Twitter Updates Election Misinformation Labels
- Time: ‘Facebook Shopping Scams Have Skyrocketed During the Pandemic’
- Steve Jobs on Privacy
- Kara Swisher: ‘Facebook’s Tone-Deaf Attack on Apple’
- Justice Department Charges Zoom With Suppressing U.S. Calls About Tiananmen Square, at Behest of China
- ★ Facebook: Free as in Bullshit
- Australia Sues Facebook Over Onavo VPN It Used as Spyware
- Facebook Wades Into Epic’s Dispute With Apple
- Woz’s Schematics for Prototype Apple II Sell for $630,000
- Apple Support Document Explains AirPods Max Low-Power States
- The Photographer Who Set Out to Watch Herself Age | The New Yorker
- The Photographer Who Set Out to Watch Herself Age | The New Yorker
- Google Faces Third Antitrust Lawsuit Brought by Bipartisan Coalition of States
- Texas Accuses Google and Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy
- MKBHD’s Full AirPods Max Review
- Facebook Takes Out Full-Page Newspaper Ads to Attack Apple’s Changes Strengthening iOS Privacy
- App Privacy Details on the App Store
- ‘COVID-19 and the Failure of Swedish Exceptionalism’
- ‘We Want Them Infected’: Leaked Emails Reveal Trump Appointee Demanded ‘Herd Immunity’ Strategy
- Trump Appointees Describe the Crushing of the C.D.C.
- Comparing COVID Surges, the U.S. Stands Alone
- Biden’s Branding
- ★ I Suppose a Roman à Clef About a Design-Obsessed California Computer Maker With a Charismatic but Mercurial Founder Whose Youthful Arrogance Leads to His Ignominious Ouster and Exile, Only to Return a Decade Later to Not Only Save the Company From Seemingly Certain Ruin but Lead Them to Theretofore Unimaginable Triumph and Renown, Is Off the Table Too
- Siri Can Now Play Animal Sounds
- Touchscreen Macs: Now or Never?
- Nikkei Report: iPhone 12 Sales Strong Lineup-Wide, but 12 Mini ‘a Bit Sluggish’
- All Men Are Mortal
- All Men Are Mortal
- Raymond Wong Reviews Fitness+
- Todd Haselton Reviews Apple Fitness+
- ‘Listen Up, Georgia’
- [Sponsor] The Official Cyber Monday Mac Bundle Featuring Parallels Pro & Luminar 4
- Yours Truly Talking About Apple Silicon on CNBC’s Squawk Alley With Jon Fortt This Morning
- Ecosia Is Now a Default Search Engine Option for Safari
- The Knuckleheads’ Club
- Daisuke Wakabayashi on the Dominance of Google Search
- Honest Security
- Craig Federighi’s Keynote at the 10th Annual European Data Protection & Privacy Conference
- Tim Cook on the Outside Podcast
- ‘Let’s Skim! The Slack/Salesforce Press Release’
- The Talk Show: ‘Half of the Bikini Emoji’
- ‘An Indelible Stain’: How the G.O.P. Tried to Topple a Pillar of Democracy
- Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Apologizes for Supporting Michael Waltz
- Apple’s New Map, Expansion #10: Canada
- Supreme Court Rejects Texas Lawsuit Challenging Biden’s Victory
- Somebody Tell This Guy He Can Just Buy a Cup to Keep Upstairs
- Some recent reading
- Some recent reading
- ★ Heavy Is the Head That Wears the AirPods Max
- ★ M1 Macs: Truth and Truthiness
- Dresden Destroyed: Images of the Ruined City in the Aftermath of Its Apocalyptic 1945 Fire-Bombing
- Dresden Destroyed: Images of the Ruined City in the Aftermath of Its Apocalyptic 1945 Fire-Bombing
- Singapore’s Stunning ‘Jewel Changi’ Airport Celebrates One-Year Anniversary With New Film
- Singapore’s Stunning ‘Jewel Changi’ Airport Celebrates One-Year Anniversary With New Film
- My Hunt for the Original McDonald's French-Fry Recipe
- My Hunt for the Original McDonald's French-Fry Recipe
- 115 / Normalising no-gift holidays
- 115 / Normalising no-gift holidays
- ★ The M1 Macs
- ★ The HomePod Mini
- Marxist Brainstorming
- Marxist Brainstorming
- Reviving the Art of Cutaway with a Femme Twist
- Reviving the Art of Cutaway with a Femme Twist
- How I Deal With Kids Playing in My Driveway | The Saga of My Driveway Racetrack
- How I Deal With Kids Playing in My Driveway | The Saga of My Driveway Racetrack
- Taking the minty biscuit : CasualUK
- Taking the minty biscuit : CasualUK
- The Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter
- The Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter
- The Art of Love, by a Time Travelling Impressionist Painter
- The Art of Love, by a Time Travelling Impressionist Painter
- AN/TVS 3 Searchlight
- AN/TVS 3 Searchlight
- QAnon, Satan, and the Perfect Victim – Caterina.net
- QAnon, Satan, and the Perfect Victim – Caterina.net
- Stunning Photos Highlight the Beauty of Abandoned Churches
- Stunning Photos Highlight the Beauty of Abandoned Churches
- Every goddamn day: 10/21/20: Statue of limitations
- Every goddamn day: 10/21/20: Statue of limitations
- The Schrems II decision and Brexit
- The Schrems II decision and Brexit
- mimi smartypants - the money is mandatory, the hoes is for the stress
- mimi smartypants - the money is mandatory, the hoes is for the stress
- QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, and the Rise of Magical Thinking
- QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, and the Rise of Magical Thinking