I’ve started noticing that one every two/three ads on YouTube is now about ‘AI’. Pushing a product or service, telling viewers stuff like “It’s important to know AI for your job” etc. Goodness, the industry is really getting desperate. I keep reporting these ads as spam. *smirk*

Maybe my favourite, concise review of the iPhone Air from a big YouTuber. Dave is always very practical and honest in pointing out certain things: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrnb...

Gotta love the very believable email notification from APP1E​.COM that my “i-cloud” account is blocked and that I have to click here to magically reactivate it. (Message sent to my iCloud email, by the way, how’s that possible!?! 😄)

YouTube always thanks me for leaving feedback that makes “the YouTube experience better”. Do you know what would make YouTube's experience better? Not taking down creators’ videos by mistake (thanks to stupid moderation bots) and doubling down on your wrong decision www.youtube.com/watch?v=YND2...

I ‘love’ this security recommendation from Google. They ask a yes/no question, but the only option I can select is ‘Remove’. If I want to keep things as they are, I have to ignore this. If I do so, a badge with a '!' sign remains placed near my account avatar, and it’s annoying, and Google knows it.

I LOVE this playlist of Japanese city pop, and the accompanying image. I wish I knew more about the photo or the photographer. Searching the web I get similar city portraits, almost suggesting they’re all part of an artist’s portfolio. If you find more, let me know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=edhp...

One of my favourite whiskies, and one of my favourite actors, plus a pinch of absurdism. What a recipe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rcg...

Speaking of cooks. Friend in chat (he’s a cook): “I love those who say ‘Yeah, iOS 26 has some issues and it still needs some time in the oven, but overall it’s fine, what’s the big deal…’ Since they bring up the cooking analogy… >>

Watching Anthony Bourdain, in Tokyo, circa 2002. Taking it all in. It feels like another world, another goddamn timeline, even.

When I started reading this email from Dropbox, I was worried: “Starting in October 2025, Dropbox will begin limiting support for macOS 10.13–10.15.” Then I realised everything was fine: Dropbox’s core functionalities won’t be affected, and that’s how I use Dropbox anyway, so all's well for now.

Great video by Hugh Jeffreys analysing the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone’s internals and battery sizes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdXc...

Scathing iOS 26 feedback from a friend who fell for Apple’s dark patterns and involuntarily upgraded his iPhone to iOS 26 instead of 18.7: “Remember the era of jailbreaking iPhones and installing custom themes? This glass thing looks like one of those — a particularly bad one…”

Listening to Steely Dan after a loooong time. And “Aja”, their 1977 album, hits the current mood just riiiight.

I mistyped ‘wikipedia’ while doing a web search and I typed ‘wikipedoa’ instead, and for a fraction of a second I was terrified of what the browser would display. Thankfully, it understood what I meant.

If you feel like listening to some Satie, I have a couple of interesting takes on his Gnossienne №1. The first is this one, arranged and performed by the Norchestra. (Alf Wilhelm Lundberg - 8-string Brahms guitar, Kjetil Lundø - Viola Da Gamba, Tore Jamne - drums) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F8p...

New, on Morrick​.me — The awe keeps dropping: morrick.me/archives/10137

Yes Google, I know I can't back up photos and videos to Google Photos. No, I won't give the app access. It's that I DON'T WANT to have my photos on Google Photos.

If I’m considering writing a blog post with my impressions on the September 9 Apple event, it’s mostly as an obligation to my readers/audience.

Translating updated documents and in-app information for a firm, I found very interesting that they removed “and we offer an additional 2-year warranty for this component”.

I only watched this today, but I enjoyed it immensely. So many security lessons in a very entertaining package. 😊

I was watching a video of an artist explaining how to spot ‘AI’-generated art, and they often used the word ‘inclines’ as they were describing architecture and landscape illustrations. And of course, my creative, context-aware brain kept visualising that word as ‘ink lines’.

This was my home screen on my iPad 3 in October 2013, running the recently released iOS 7. I found this on an old backup drive. Netbot and Felix were two App​.net clients. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App.net) Coast was a browser by Opera made for iOS devices, with a very cool gesture-based interface.

In shades. [Camera: Olympus C5060-WZ, from 2003. 5 megapixels. CCD sensor. Lens: 27-110mm equiv. ƒ2.8-4.8. Another digicam that takes good pictures for its age and ISO range (80-400)]

Canon colours. (Taken with a Canon Digital IXUS i / a.k.a. Canon PowerShot SD10, an ultracompact digicam from 2003. Four megapixels, fixed 38mm equiv. lens ƒ2.8. Not bad, eh? File sizes are also tiny, each photo averaging 500KB.)

Successfully revived the tiniest of iPods (3rd-gen Shuffle) — that’s an iPhone 4S for scale.

New, on Morrick​.me — Smoke break: morrick.me/archives/10125

The cost of ‘AI’, another exhibit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGjj...

I used to lust over this MiniDisc model, but after discovering just how fragile and problematic it can be, I’m happy with a couple of simpler players/recorders. Still, it’s a beauty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et75...

Those who still find a way to justify Apple’s piss-poor design choices for Liquid Glass by saying that this is all part of a plan involving an upcoming new class of product for which this UI will totally make sense… This doesn’t make sense, even if true.

Still plagued by difficulties logging into my account. Apologies for the silence. Today looks like a good day, though. Crossing fingers, I may have discovered what was going on. Meanwhile, I'll repost here a few things I posted on Mastodon in the past days.

I was trying to remember a cool indie game I stumbled on 3 years ago. I forgot to wishlist it at the time, or to take note of it. But I remembered that I’d mentioned it on Twitter, and that I even recommended it to a YouTube letsplayer. [1/8]

‘Cowboy Bebop’ reimagined soundtrack by Bakoda. Like one of the comments says, it takes 2-ton brass balls to reimagine one of the greatest soundtracks of all time *and* actually do a good job. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufki...

*This* is how you make a “Download previous versions of our apps” page. Every major version released, with precise system requirements, clear licence compatibility, and links to download specific legacy versions. Follow their example! flyingmeat.com/legacy/

Accessing my Bluesky account has been a spotty affair lately… So I'm taking advantage of this moment where everything seems to work, to repost some stuff I've been posting on my main account on Mastodon.

I haven't been on holiday. The truth is that I haven't been able to log into my Bluesky account for the past ten days or so. I'm trying to figure out what happened. Note that I haven't changed the password or anything. Today I just made another sign in attempt and it succeeded. 🧐

Clueless¹ acquaintance asks me if I have installed any of the ’26’ Betas on my devices, and immediately adds: “I’d advise against it. What have they done? And how come this stuff can be at the same time transparent and illegible? I hope this is temporary².”

Every now and then I look on eBay for some vintage Macs, and the situation is getting increasingly out of control. Some people are out of their fucking minds.

I’ve seen a lot of cyberdecks in recent years, and many cool ones, but this one… This one is just astounding. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cigA...

I love that Dr. Angela Collier exists. A scientist with tonnes of common sense and a great communicator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMoz...

❤️ #Mac #icons www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmWO...

From Apple’s 2010 iOS HIG. The highlighted part has been one of the most disregarded aspects of UI since devices have become impressively capable. And Liquid Glass is no different. “Let’s make all these pointless transparency effects & animations — because we can and because these M-chips can.”

Okay, I think I had my eureka moment regarding Liquid Glass: It’s being designed by ‘AI’, or rather an internal prototype of Apple Intelligence. There’s no other explanation for what we’re seeing. 🤣

Apple, 2013: (image) Apple today: Let’s make a glass envelope for Mail.

Orange warning for high temperatures here today. We should reach a peak of 40°C in the afternoon. Hot air comes in from the windows. At least humidity is down to 28%.

New, on Morrick.​me — The cost of selfishness: morrick.me/archives/10097

🍿 www.macrumors.com/2025/07/17/a...

There was a moment today where I was: - Involved in a work chat and everyone was bickering - Responding to an email from someone insulting me in subtle ways, and I just had to tell them I was painfully aware of whatever manipulation they were attempting - Reading yet another bit of depressing news

Today is the first day in 40 days where I didn’t have to turn my ceiling fan on. Temperatures are bearable. Whew.

Currently relaxing, watching Top Gear’s Argentina special. I miss these three together.