Trialling wispr flow for voice dictation. Which is ironic considering I don’t have much of a voice at the moment.
Mark German sharing on Bloomberg that Johny Srouji is seriously considering retiring from Apple.
90’s bond movies have really dated. Watching The World is Not Enough and the script is dreadful.
Better Saturday? Nope. Still feel dreadful.
However that’s the tree decorated, so that’s done. But more importantly she’s happy, which is let’s face it is all that really matters.
Trust Emmerdale, unjustly seen as 3rd class UK soap, to run a story on modern slavery, drugs and prostitution. And it’s not over yet…
Experimenting with speech to text using a Hollyland MS2 microphone. I’ve briefly tried using whisper AI transcription apps but the preference for the AI to process my speech rather than transcribe it is beyond frustrating.
Perfect take from John Gruber on Alan Dye’s departing statement from Apple.
9to5 Mac reporting that Alan Dye departing for Meta. Will there be anyone sad to see him leave?
Really looking forward to the LLM bubble bursting. Like many people, I’m old enough to recognise a bubble when I see it. It’s just tiresome to see literally every software product, website and it seems every technology news story have an AI component or be the entire story.
Maybe she’s contagious. But it’s that time of year. Grin and bear it.
Technically 2 words, but I take their point.
‘Rage bait’ named Oxford word of the year 2025
From BBC News.
Really enjoying the excellent drama All Her Fault. Highly recommended.
Today is literally vanishing before our eyes. Blink and it will be tomorrow.
i am still moving between an iPad Mini 6, iPad Pro M4 and M3 MacBook Pro without really focusing on one device more than the other. That I am not really taxing any one of them says a lot more about me than it does about those devices.
BBC News :
Google boss warns ‘no company is going to be immune’ if AI bubble bursts
When. Not If, When.
Stunning views across Loch Lomond today. This is Scotland at its best.
It’s a big day. Shopping for wedding rings today. I could say it doesn’t get much bigger than that, but clearly it does and it will.
I really can’t handle Christmas advertisements in November. They are the absolute worst. There’s just no need for it.
The Apple Pencil has never really cliched with me. Partly because I don’t draw much anymore and my handwriting is probably beyond the counts of Apple’s algorithms. And yet I am drawn to the Apple Pencil Pro for the iPad Pro.
Bought a set of washers off Amazon. Cleared up for people coming over and lost them, possibly to the bin. Ordered a second set. Eventually found that I didn’t need them and can no longer find the second set either. I must be losing my mind.
Just 1 of my 3 Hue Dimmer Switches doesn’t connect to the iOS home app. Connects to the Hue app, but not the Home App. Why? Who knows.
Brilliant concept for Mixed Nutz, combining different cartoon characters together. Pity it never saw the light of day.
Re-engaging with Pixelfed. However I would prefer to block accounts, in particular those sharing AI junk and expecting us to believe it’s photography.
It’s to be expected at this time of year but walking into the conservatory when it’s at 3C (37F) is still sudden shock to the system
“Dear Donald Trump, here’s how you can win that Nobel peace prize”
You want a unifying Palestinian leader with the stature and credibility to negotiate a proper peace deal with Israel in all of historic Palestine, and not just a ceasefire in Gaza? Barghouti is your man.
Brilliant piece by Mehdi Hasan in The Guardian.