Whole bag airport scanners. What a breath of fresh air. Incredibley easy
Checked in for my flight and in selecting a seat was informed that these are preallocated. Seriously? What’s the point of airlines offering online check-in and seat selection if seats are determined without any consideration of customer preference
Apple’s classy new iPhone ringtone is available to try right now
Ok but who actually has a ring tone on their phone anymore
Only today did I hear about the More Space option on ipadOS Display settings. Toggling it on has a dramatic impact on the relationship between window size and text size on ipadOS18. I can only hope it’s usable on ipadOS26.
Considering buying a parasol for the decking. That’s a sure fire of guaranteeing miserable weather for the rest of the year.
I honestly think I need to concede bankruptcy in both the Shortcuts and Drafts apps, and simply start again.
On 512 pixels
at no point does Dye show any emotion about the work
or any consideration of design is how it works. Usability must be the primary consideration above everything else.
I never thought it would happen. But Donald has finally said something most people can agree with.
I am now, and will forever be ensorcelled. I’m so amazed and grateful to be with her.
Sunset this evening is to be after 10 pm. Ok, I know it’s the summer solstice but witnessing that amount of daily that time of night still seems abnormal.
Absolutely incredible acceleration and downforce on this Top Gear lap
And it feels like it. We’re not cut out for these temperatures in the part of the world
Still my favourite mug.
Funny to look back at On This Day and feel that noting has changed in 6 years.
Since installing AutoSleep and wearing my watch to bed I’ve been able to my “Sleep Bank” but this has rarely been out of debt. I’m actually thinking it’s just not possible to consistently be in credit.
Not finding the need for LLMs
I’ve been watching The Talk Show interview from last week’s WWDC and heard Nilay Patel say that people are using LLM’s “100’s of times a day”.
Really? That must be a massive exaggeration, driven by the hype.
Personally, I’ve got installed the chatGPT app in December and Google’s relentless advertising wore me down to point where I gave in and installed Gemini in April…
And now what?…
In 6-7 months I think I’ve used them 10-12 times. Not 10-12 times a day, just 10-12 times across both apps. Despite the all podcasts, the advertising and hubbub around the LLM bubble I’ve not yet found WTF I’m supposed to be using these apps for.
If I want to research content then I’m looking for product reviews or articles from real people who’ve done the work and present the content.
I guess I don’t see the appeal of an instant message type response from an LLM which is 20-80% accurate, and I’ve possibly no way to determine what’s correct without the repeat work myself, i.e. looking for content from real people who’ve done the work, then comparing it to LLM on LSD.
One the keys to any successful product or service is that the benefits should be obvious, to the point where the product almost sells itself. There shouldn’t be the need to conduct your own research to determine this benefits.
Apple’s “liquid glass” doesn’t just required animation and transparency to be merely reduced through the OS accessibility. If it actually ships like this there’s going to need to be tools to completely disable transparency in the name of legibility.
I still find it mind-bending to see comparisons of NEW|OLD or NOW|THEN, rather than OLD|NEW. It makes no sense to me present a future state without first presenting the current state. It’s a modern media curse.
Only 2 episodes in to series 2 of The Last of Us, and I want Abby to suffer a slow, painful demise. They did an excellent job of building an evil character for everyone to universally hate.
I look forward to hearing about how to disable “liquid glass” translucency in forthcoming Apple OS26 releases.
Was getting to know some new friends a little better last night. But paying for it this morning. I suspect we all are…
Created a Letterboxd account to list my favourites & realised I want to filter out the reviews by other people. Not necessarily only looking for reviews who agree with me, but rather filtering out the idiot 1 word reviews, or comments from those whose experience of cinema is limited to the MCU.
Last week’s election results highlights the rise of fascism and racism in English politics. Despite devolution we are not immune from the effects of such intolerance. It’s impact will be felt through the media and acceptance for such behaviour, but I suspect not future election results.
Time to reconnect with what’s actually important.
Brilliant documentary Apollo 13: Survival on Netflix. Incredible footage of a truly incredible story.
I really love this simple message, somehow lost on a few