For many reasons, Ali was a personal hero of mine. I was honoured to have met him late in his life at during Apple Masters event at Macworld Expo. For me, there is no doubt this is the greatest sports photograph of all time made even more so when you hear the story behind it. Great, consistent photography takes skill but it also takes a measure of luck. Leifer was incredibly lucky to get this shot.

“Hey, Siri. Remind me not to take a vacation in Nejapa, El Salvador on August 31st.”

There’s reason to believe this data is applicable to other cities. As the article states, “But the larger message is clear: Drivers are to blame, and roadways must be made safe so that their errors and speeding do not result in death.”

This is “big news” mostly for the Apple connection. TV series get scrapped at this stage all the time in Hollywood. But it also may point to the tone Apple wants for its Apple TV+ series’.

If you would tell me I could see only one film in 70mm in a theater, I’d pick this one.

Aquino does a deep dive into the workings of Voice Control and how it will increase accessibility for many Mac users.

We usually think of underwater photography as not a good subject for black and white images but these are amazing photos.

Someone could offer to let me do this test drive and I still wouldn’t drive this car that fast.

The Nürburgring is a race track that allows the public to pay 22 Euros to do a lap. It’s hilarious to watch the variety of cars that will “race” around.

I know The Loop’s publisher just got a slow cooker and is enjoying using it. I’ve had one for a year and love it as well. They are especially good for throwing everything in the pot in the morning and coming home after work to an already done meal.

I had no idea about this trick. So helpful.

My wife didn’t believe me that Alien was “just” a “there’s a monster in the house!” horror movie until we watched it again. But it’s a great horror movie.

“I’ll be back.” SQUEE!

This is a great documentary with interviews and comments from the key players involved.

When this story first broke, like many of you, I wanted to know the motives behind the attacks as well as what websites were infected. Now we may have an idea.

Unlike Ged, I’m not a “slave” to my Apple Watch rings but, as I said on Twitter, the Activity app does need more customization similar to what he writes about.

Us oldtimers remember back in the day when QuarkXPress ruled desktop publishing but due to a lack of competition (among other things), Quark rested on its laurels and became a customer hostile company. It opened the door for Adobe.

When I lived in the US, I was appalled at how little vacation time was mandated. Turns out, it was even worse than I realized.

I’m having way too much fun poking around on this simulator.

There are lots of things I would have loved to experience in a fighter jet but ejecting out of the seat is not one of them.

Tim Hortons is a Canadian institution. I love the stat in the video that there is one Starbucks for every 42,000+ Americans, one Dunkin Donuts for every 38,000+ Americans but one Timmies for every 9,800 Canadians. That’s incredible market penetration here in Canada. But their lack of success to even make a dent in the US market is a fascinating study in business failure.

This is undoubtedly a reaction to the “right to repair” movement with Apple trying to head off legislation. The good news is that the new program is free for independent repair shops to join.

We occasionally use a noise generator called Noizio for its simplicity – we only ever use the “rainfall” setting – but if you need something more, check out Dark Noise.

If you’re a RSS junkie like me, go download this now.

To quote my go-to security guy, Rich Mogull, “Patch now.”

The iPad is getting closer and closer to the photography machine I need to take on the road with me.

Google taking this tack is disingenuous at best.

This issue has to be one of the funniest “First World” problems I’ve read about in a while. But there is a justification for some of us – not everyone has unlimited text messages. Here in the backwater that is Canada, some of us still get charged for every incoming and outgoing text/SMS/”green bubble” message. If you’ve got a child who is an active user of text messages, that can add up quickly and cost real money.

Good overview of the Apple Card.

This is brilliant. I don’t play the guitar but I’ve always wanted to learn just so I could play the opening riff to Enter Sandman.