🆕📝 Oasis Is No Longer So

What are you doing, Amazon??

Via MacRumors, Apple’s foldable iPhone is sounding more and more like the ultimate mini comeback story:

Apple’s first foldable iPhone will be equipped with a 7.8-inch inner display, and a 5.5-inch outer display, according to Taiwanese research firm TrendForce.

Oh? 5.5-inch outer display? Just bigger than my beloved iPhone mini?? 7.8-inch inner display? Just smaller than my beloved original iPad mini?? Sign 👏 Me 👏 Up!

Name that classic climb!

Feet wearing climbing shoes grip a rocky ledge as a rope stretches downward past trees into a forested area where climbers are visible below. A climber wearing a bright green helmet and blue shirt smiles while standing on a rock face surrounded by lush green trees and secured with climbing ropes. A climber wearing a helmet and harness ascends a steep rock face using ropes surrounded by a forest of green trees.

🔗 David Pogue announces ‘Apple: The First 50 Years’ book, pre-order:

David Pogue’s been covering technology (and Apple) for longer than many 9to5Mac readers have been alive. And to celebrate Apple’s upcoming 50th anniversary next April, the “CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent is releasing a book where he promises stories, photos, and “fresh interviews” that will help tell the story of how 1976 Apple became today’s Apple.

This is going straight onto my to-read list.

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#178]

Get yer links! Get yer links over here!

The Vagueness and Vagaries of ‘Personal Superintelligence’ – Pixel Envy

No mention of being careful, no mention of choosing what to open source. Zuckerberg took an ostensibly strong, principled view supportive of open source A.I. when it benefitted the company, and is now taking an ostensibly strong, principled view that it requires more nuance.

Men who don’t stand for something will fall for anything.

I couldn’t figure out why there were so many cat pics in this NYT article about Trump’s continued playing by an Authoritarian rulebook. Then I remembered I’d installed this Safari extension that swaps out pictures of Trump for ones of cats instead because I can’t stand to look at his stupid face.

A webpage screenshot from the New York Times showing an article titled “Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook.” Below the title, a summary explains the firing of a Labor Department official. The article is written by Peter Baker. The page also features an image of a light-colored kitten with blue eyes, resting its paws on the edge of a woven basket. The browser window shows various tabs, menus, and a background image of tall trees.

🆕📝 Keep Calm and Carry a Towel

Among many other things.

Hiking with @sekoshan was a total joy. I haven’t laughed that much on the trail in quite a while! And I know she’s going to crush it down in South America. 💪

Review text praising Jarrod from Onward Mountain Guides for organizing hiking trips. Describes his communication skills, flexibility, and supportive guidance during hikes. Highly recommends him for future adventures.

After 132 High Peak summits, I finally got the last of the ADK 46ers done! 🎉 Big Slide was a great peak to end on, too! It was Jo’s and Phin’s first High Peak, so it was pretty special to do as a family. 🧡

It’s been quite the journey over the past three years, shared with many, many people. And I can’t wait to climb these amazing mountains again and again!

(46er #16461)

A person stands triumphant on a rock with one arm raised holding a sign in mountainous terrain. The sign reads Big Slide Elevation 4240 ft 46 of 46 13228 High Peak Summit. A golden dog stands calmly on a pebble path while two people smile, with trees and rocks in the background. A golden retriever lying on leafy forest ground partially shaded by ferns connected to a leash surrounded by lush greenery and scattered leaves in dappled sunlight. A person walks along a hiking trail beside a leafy tree and rocky grass, surrounded by a mountainous landscape under a clear sky. Dog wearing a harness gazes at a person with a hiking pole standing on a rocky outcrop surrounded by lush green trees and distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky. A person holds a whiteboard with the text Phin’s 1st High Peak while sitting by a dog on a rocky surface surrounded by lush green trees. A couple and a dog stand on a rocky ledge overlooking a mountainous landscape with lush green forests and a cloudy sky in the background. Wooden trail signs point directions on a pole in a dense forest. One sign reads Big Slide Mt. 2.3 miles. Another reads Trail to The Garden 3.0 miles Keene Valley 4.6 miles. ![A person stands smiling and gesturing peace signs beneath a sign for “Big Slide Brewery & Public House” near a grassy area with Adirondack chairs and trees in the background.

Text: BIG SLIDE BREWERY & PUBLIC HOUSE BIG SLIDE PARKING.](https://jb.heydingus.net/uploads/2025/17982291632845206.jpg)

🆕📝 Some Sounds From My Backyard

Sound is a lovely sense.

Heyo! Cotton Bureau recently introduced stickers to their on-demand product lineup, so…you can now get a HeyDingus sticker if you want. 😁 I can’t remember if I mentioned the Swanson Pyramid of Greatness shirt, mug, or tote when I made them, but they’re available too.

A circular logo is set against a black background. The circle contains horizontal stripes in the colors of the rainbow: green, yellow, orange, red, purple, and blue. In the center of the circle are three black squiggly lines, resembling waves. The circle is outlined in white.

Image showcasing three items featuring the “Swanson Pyramid of Greatness” design. On the left, a tote bag with a pyramid graphic and two faces above it. In the center, a white mug with the same pyramid and faces. On the right, an orange T-shirt with the pyramid and faces. Each item is labeled with its name and “On-Demand” below.

🆕📝 Oh Shit, It’s Blaugust

Here we go again!

Matt Birchler: ‘The Mac-ification of iPadOS’

Take window management, for example. The iPad started by supporting one window at a time in full screen. 5 years into it’s life, it got split screen, which was implemented in a limited, but very iPad-feeling way that embraced the touch UI […] With iPadOS 26, users are forced to make a strange choice: revert back to one window at all times or adopt the Mac-like windowing system, the iPad-native split screen is dead.

Count me as someone who rejoices the unbridled window mangement for folks who want it, but mourns the loss of Split View and Slide Over.

John Gruber:

Back in March I linked to and recommendedTimothy Snyder’s On Tyranny, a cogent collection of 20 short essays. I was never a big e-book reader, both because I love printed books so much and because I welcome any respite from reading on screens of any sort. But if e-books are your thing, note that Apple Books currently has it for just $2. Amazon’s Kindle edition is also $2 — and the paperback edition, which is the lovely little thing I own, is an oddly but low-priced $7.31.

Kobo’s got it at the same price too.

Dang! That was quick. I’ve only had these shoes for a few months, but they are indeed showing their mileage age. If past is prologue, I’ll eek out a few hundred more miles before retiring them…

A message from Strava with an orange logo at the top against a black background. The text reads, “Well Done! You’ve put 400 miles on your La Sportiva shoes. Most manufacturers and coaches recommend that you replace running shoes every 300–500mi to help prevent injury. Now might be a good time to reward yourself with a new pair. Don’t forget to add your next pair of shoes to My Gear.” The message is signed off with “Your friends at Strava."

Sarah visited us from Vegas and Red Rocks for two laps up and down the Chapel Pond Slab. She brought the sun with her for a beautiful day of rock climbing! We ticked about 9 pitches over two classics, Regular Route (5.5) and Empress (5.5), for Sarah’s biggest day out in 15 years. 🤘 Finding shady belays might have been the crux of the day! 😜

We chatted about rope management, anchor building, and the overlap of the climbing and canyoneering worlds. And we shared a mutual love for Tri-cams. 😁

Climber ascends a steep rock face with a rope in a mountainous forested area under a partly cloudy sky. Climber ascends vertical rock face secured by rope wears helmet and gear surrounded by trees and rugged cliff backdrop. Two smiling climbers wearing helmets sit on a rocky surface giving thumbs-up gestures surrounded by climbing ropes and gear with trees in the background. A climber ascends a steep rock face extending an arm in a balancing gesture surrounded by a vast forested mountain landscape under a partly cloudy sky. A climber wearing a helmet ascends a rocky crevice using a rope with a dense green forest visible in the background. A climber wearing a helmet and gear rests on a rocky ledge surrounded by a lush green forest under a clear blue sky. A person wearing a blue helmet and sunglasses sits on a rock cliff equipped with climbing gear in a mountainous landscape under a clear blue sky.

🔗 Cash App lets you pool money from friends through Apple Pay:

One of the most popular uses for the Cash App is collecting payments from groups of friends, whether that’s an immediate need like paying a restaurant bill or a future one, like collecting money for a shared gift. […]

But what’s more notable is that not everyone in the group needs to use the app. If they don’t, you can send them a request for payment via Apple Pay or Google Pay, and all they need do is tap the link and make the payment. There’s no need to install the app.

Handy!

I published three blog posts and tinkered with Shortcuts today. I won’t say I’m back, but won’t not say that I felt compelled to write and enjoyed my computer time more than I have in a while. 🙂

🆕📝 Upgraded Introduces an iPad Pro Upgrade Program That Beats Apple’s Own Prices

I was already going to recommend this program even before I saw that they’re cheaper than Apple.

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#177]

Been a little while...

Just used my own blog post’s instructions to fix the keyboard shortcut not working to bring up ChatGPT’s chat bar on macOS. 💪 (Enable the Menu Bar icon.)

🆕📝 Kobo Plans a Hot Swap of Pocket for Instapaper (And Pocket Lives on as Folio)

Looks like I made a good choice when choosing a replacement for Pocket. 😁

🎵 “The Gift” by Aselin Debison remains one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. Something about it gets my eyes to tear up no matter what time of year it is. Such joy in her young voice. It lives comfortably in my “Perfect Songs” playlist.

Let me know if it makes your heart happy too. 🥹

lol @robb@social.lol hooked his printer up to social media. 👏