You know how sometimes you look forward to a rainy day because it gives you an excuse to do all the things you’ve neglected at home? But then Mother Nature pulls a fast one and it’s actually a super nice day out and you’re so tempted to go outside and play? Today was one of those days.
Apps, music, some hot (but good) takes, and even a gadget. This issue's got it all!
🆕📝 Summer PenPals with Justin and Steve
Chatting with Justin and Steve has been so nice, even if I've been slacking as the host.
I just updated my ‘Generate Alt Text with OpenAI Vision’ shortcut to version 1.2:
- Updated to use the
gpt-4omodel (thegpt-4-vision-previewmodel is being deprecated by OpenAI)- Substituted a simple ‘Copy to Clipboard’ as the final action instead of ‘Stop and Output’ because it was creating new text files in the file system for users running it as a Quick Action
- Updated the instructional prompt to try to cut down on unnecessarily wordy transcriptions
Get it from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library.
Working moves on Roaches tonight. Devilishly tricky crux, and the top out remains thoughtful. 🧗 📷
Guides’ day off with @andrew_jarvis05 at Poke-O-Moonshine. We snagged a couple of fun onsights in perfect weather (The Sting, 5.8+ for me). Thanks for showing me around, can’t wait to go back! 📷
It tickles me that I often learn country-shaking news first from That Gay Guy Candle Company. The assassination attempt on Trump, and now Biden’s endorsement of Kamala Harris are two of the most recent that I discovered from TGGCC in my email inbox. (Their store is chock full of great designs, btw.)
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Google has revealed the Pixel 9 Pro following a series of leaks that revealed the phone in great detail, including hands-on videos and comparisons to other recent devices.
I’ve been a fan of the Pixel’s camera bar design for years, but this just looks all wrong. Weird proportions, and it really should be a round-rect.
On the plus side, if Google’s design looks this bad now, I think it opens the door for Apple to do a better version without it being a rip-off. 🙏
🔗 Everybody’s Free (To Write Websites) — Sara Joy
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your site. The most interesting websites don’t even have an introduction, never mind any blog posts. Some of the most interesting web sites I enjoy just are.
What fun! Sara’s excellent blog post is further enhanced by Robb’s and Keenan’s video/voiceover shenanigans. Love it. 🧡
🆕📝 Jeff Perry: ‘It is time to slow down’
For the biggest news event in a while, my old habits had been broken without me even realizing.
A couple of injuries have set me back this summer, and have served as a cruel reminder about how dependent my line of work is on me being strong and healthy. It’s got me bummin’.
📺 As far as sci-fi “what if” series go, Dark Matter is way up there with Severence in my opinion. I’m a couple episodes from the end and simply riveted.
I don’t mention it often, but I do have some fun (I think, you decide) t-shirts for sale. You can get free shipping on them today with code HBDCB11! heydingus.net/store
A Wi-Fi network I saw at work yesterday. 😂
I’ve never seen this data detector before. On iOS 17 it recognized I was being asked for a photo, so clicking on “picture” opens the photo picker. Nice!
🍿 Just watched: Flora and Son on Apple TV+
🍿 Just watched: Sharper on Apple TV+
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Do your imperfect best every day to learn about other people’s struggles. Listen to your friends who are POC or LGBT. Listen to your mom, wife, daughter and female co-workers. Try to put yourself in spaces where you can grow your understanding. Making a better world starts with you because it is an inside job.
Clever title; important message.
You know that sinking feeling you get when you know something bad is about to happen?
Supreme Court Rules That Presidents Have Absolute Immunity for “Core Constitutional Powers”
From Justice Sotomayor’s dissent:
Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today.
Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.
Gulp
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I need to shower, start laundry, do chores, start work, get the day moving forward. Where is the pause button? I’m competent and I can do so much but I don’t want so much to do. I want to sit here longer, to move unhurried, to glide, to breathe, to be ordered but not scheduled, to release into reverie, to let my mind wander, my shoulders loosen, my being melt and flow with curiosity, delight, warmth, ease.
Preach it, Annie.
This is fun!
A return to your regularly-scheduled links. 🙂
Apple chose all my favorite iPhone models for their repair timeline!
Whoop whoop! Some notable improvements coming for the Meta Ray-Bans. 3x longer videos (1 minute was just too short), and smoother conversations with the AI about what it can see. 😎
🆕📝 Crashing Clockwise #560: ‘I Don’t Like It When I’m Disappointed’
Jumping into Clockwise, "the tech podcast that uses half an hourglass for timekeeping", with my own answers and opinions that no one asked for.