Worst. Documentary. Ever.
29 summer movies to get excited about
There’s lots of movies I’m looking forward to this summer – Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Solo, The Incredibles 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, among others. I think having a “new” 12-year-old son helps ramp up my excitement level for some of them.
Instagram launches “Data Download” tool to let you leave
I’ve gone and requested my Instagram data. I’m not leaving the service just yet but I want my own backups of what I’ve posted to Instagram.
8 different Qi-Fast chargers over 4 months. Which one was the best?
Even though I have an iPhone X, I have yet to bother with any kind of “wireless” charger. But if you’re in the market for one, this review may help.
“2001: A Space Odyssey” trailer
I’ve never seen the movie in theaters and only once or twice on a TV screen. Whether it was because of that or my young age at viewing, I never understood the movie.
Spotify beefs up its free tier
My wife prefers Spotify over Apple Music (Apple Music’s selection of her favourite tunes is woefully inadequate) so this news will make her happy.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield debunks space myths
Canada’s very own “Most Interesting Man in the World” debunks space myths.
This guy has lost 105 pounds and counting thanks to his Apple Watch
What a great story. Obviously, it is due to a lot of things but we’ve heard from many people how much the Apple Watch can help and encourage them to make significant changes in their lives.
Flickr bought by SmugMug, vows to revitalize the photo service
This news will be met with mixed feelings from a lot of photographers but there is no doubt that Yahoo has let the service languish for many years.
All of the songs played on “WKRP in Cincinnati” in one Spotify playlist
WKRP is one of those TV shows I loved but will never watch again. I’m afraid it won’t be as good as I remember it. It has happened to me before – I rewatched some old “Get Smart” shows I loved as a kid and thought, as an adult, it was awful. But I’ll listen to this playlist all day long.
The woman who gave the Macintosh a smile
All Mac users owe Kare a debt of gratitude for her work.
Your personality, according to IBM Watson
Based on my Twitter feed, Watson tells me I am “a bit critical and excitable.”
Apple introduces Daisy, a new robot that disassembles iPhone to recover valuable materials
I’m always fascinated by assembly lines and this “disassembly line” is just as interesting.
Jeff Bezos reveals Amazon has 100 million Prime members in letter to shareholders
Interesting that after all these years, Amazon has finally released these numbers. I wonder if they’ll ever announce Kindle and Echo sales figures?
Humankind’s most important material
I had no idea glass was so complex.
How to make tomato paste in Sicily
Tomato paste is one of those things I use all the time but have never given its production any thought. I had no idea it was made like this.
The secret language of ships
I’ve lived in port cities most of my life and, while I’ve seen many of these markings on container ships, I never really paid much attention or knew what they represented. Turns out, they are pretty interesting.
More (soon to be last?) drone video of the Apple Park Campus
As always, gorgeous video but there’s an interesting note included with this one.
iPhone X alone generated 35% of the total handset industry profits in Q4 2017
Nothing but good news for Apple and bad news for almost every other manufacturer.
Mapping Apple’s vast universe of space gray shades
At first blush, this seemed really silly. But on further examination, it’s fascinating how many variations Apple has had for “Space Gray”. You’d think a company renowned for its attention to detail would be more consistent in its colour schemes.
Personalized “Hey Siri”
Another fascinating article in Apple’s Machine Learning series. It got a bit dense for me at times (or, rather, I’m a bit dense for the article) but there are lots of interesting tidbits of info included.
Careers in filmmaking
James Gunn: Here’s a cool list of the different jobs on a movie set and how they fit into the system. Gunn posted this on Twitter and not only is it an interesting breakdown of the jobs on a film … Continued
The iPhone changed our lives. Now Apple needs to tackle addiction
Considering the market share, I always bristle whenever a pundit says, “Apple needs to solve this problem…” instead of at least including Google and Android in the discussion. But there’s no doubt that Apple, with its stated concerns about user privacy and demonstrated control over all aspects of the iPhone, is uniquely situated to at least begin the discussion on these issues.
Apple sued an independent iPhone repair shop owner and lost
This is just one of many cases that will need to be adjudicated before the issue is settled but I think, in the long run, Apple will lose this fight.
A tale of two QuickTimes
QuickTime Player X is utterly useless as a production app.
My 9.7 iPad (2018) review: Drawn, written, edited, and produced with an iPad
Pretty impressive review from Serenity Caldwell at iMore.
ESPN’s streaming service is a peek at the future of ESPN and Disney
Meaning, this is a test bed for where Disney wants to go with its own content.
Apple lands Isaac Asimov ‘Foundation’ TV series
I don’t know how familiar any of you are with the Foundation trilogy but when I saw this news I had a little squeal of delight.
Steve Jobs had to convince Tim Cook to join Apple in 1998 — here’s how he did it
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Cook had to be convinced to leave his gig at Compaq but it turned out well for all involved – except maybe Compaq.
Is the 3D movie trend finally dying?
To answer the headline – yes and not soon enough. There’s only been one 3D film I’ve ever thought was worth the money – Avatar. I haven’t bothered to go see a movie in 3D in five years.