When Daring Fireball features how to force restart an iPhone then it’s time to leave off the OS update. The OS26 suite continues to illustrate Apple’s attention to liquid glass style over the substance of the software, quality and user experience.
Awake Again
Struggling to remember the last time I slept the entire night uninterrupted. Too much on my mind.
Everything seems to be up in the air at the moment. There are so many moving parts that the storm was difficult to keep track: to book, arrange, confirm, and organize.
At every level and in every part of life, in and out of work.
The trick is not to let it show, not to let anyone see. That’s how you really demonstrate that you’ve got it together. If no one notices.
Because if the façade falls, then this creates many of more things to worry about.
The USA supporters at the Olympics are characteristically loud. I would have thought some humility would be essential right now given their negative impact on the world and what rest of planet thinks of them.
Incredible story about Rae fell for a chatbot called Barry, but their love might die when ChatGPT4-o is switched off.
We can all dare to dream, even talk to ourselves when we need to work through an issue, but I have had an invisible friend.
Even in my darkest days I could never imagine “chatting” and sharing personal information with what is essentially just software running on a server somewhere.
Actually, I think all the winter sports are insanity. The skeleton is king of the lunatic larking about on ice.
It’s easy to forget just that the half-pipe snowboarding is insanity. Incredible.
Watching my better half get ready to go out on “her hen do“ with the girls is incredible. She looks so beautiful. No photo as she doesn’t want a photograph to be posted, but she looks absolutely fantastic, I feel so lucky.
Watching the men’s downhill and going in excess of 120km/hr (75mph) and making 45m jumps is absolutely incredible. A medal for bravery for every competitor.
Please, please, media outlets, remember the C word: context. You can’t discuss Trump’s apes post - or his ‘blame a staffer’ excuse - if you’re not also factoring in and reminding your viewers/readers about his birtherism, his ‘send her back’ remarks, him calling Somalis ‘low IQ’.
Anyone not watching the Olympics opening ceremony isn’t missing much. The competition is always more interesting than the ceremonies.
Yet more evidence that there is nothing beneath Trump. Disgraceful.
The truth hurts:
Trump has threatened to sue comedian Trevor Noah after the Grammy’s:
“Song of the Year - that is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton.”
From BBC News.
Death by Lightning
Dear IT managers: the HP “Elitebook” is horrific. There is nothing “elite” about it. Performance is glacially slow and completely unreliable, with a trackpad which is unusable.
Another incredible video from Elle Cordova
His & Hers
I feel some sympathy for the journalists who’ve had to endure this shit.
I love that Glasgow is playing host to Irish and Iraqi music. Proving once again that there is more that binds us than divides us.
Watching chef James Martin prepare raw squid for cooking…. I’ll stick with chicken, thanks very much.
Just My Opinion
I’ve addressed my occasional habit of posting film and TV reviews with a random format with a subscription to Quick Reviews.
I could use this to simply say how much I liked or disliked but that’s not my style. I prefer a more granular scale and based on stars, because, well because I am over 40 and prefer tradition to a thumbs-up emoji or some other visual indicator.
| My Rating | What am I saying? |
|---|---|
| ★★★★★ | One of my personal favorites |
| ★★★★☆ | Excellent and worthy of a re-watch |
| ★★★☆☆ | Enjoyable and recommended |
| ★★☆☆☆ | I enjoyed, but might not recommend |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Watchable, but not for me |
| No star | No review, didn’t make it to the end |
This post is a deliberate record to refer to, and make it consistent.
I, Tonya
and just my opinion.
MacRumors sharing What to Expect From iOS 26.4. The lacklustre adoption of iOS26 isn’t from features but function and usability. I see nothing here which fixes any of this.
The Rip
and just my opinion.
The black top to my standing desk might be gorgeous, but OMG does it feel like I am constantly cleaning it.
For someone claiming to a populist Trump certainly knows how to make himself unpopular and not just in his home country. I can’t think of a more reviled US president.