🆕📝 The Verge (finally) gets a subscription
I'm not mad about it, but I am curious to see where they draw the line for metered stories. (And the second "finally" in one day!? December 3rd's got some mojo.)
A perfect scene in Illumination’s The Grinch with superb music from Pentatonix that makes me laugh every single time. 😂
🔗 Manton Reece: ‘Wrapstodon’
Good points throughout. I appreciated the bits Manton quoted from others in the community. People can like different things, but I encourage folks to question whether post stats are actually doing them any favors.
Tim Hardwick, MacRumors: ‘Apple Raises Indonesia Investment Offer to $1B Amid iPhone Ban’
The negotiation stems from Indonesia’s October ban on iPhone 16 sales after authorities determined Apple had not met the country’s requirement for 40% domestic content in smartphones. The government previously rejected Apple’s initial $10 million offer, followed by a $100 million proposal that included plans for research and development facilities and developer academies.
Play a little hardball and Apple will raise their offer 100-fold! 😯
🆕📝 Holy smokes, Apple finally brought Replay to the Music app*
They finally brought the might of their engineering talent to bear... to add a web view. 😆
I’m feeling pretty good about the business cards and thank you postcards I’ve made for Onward Mountain Guides! Any suggestions before I send them off the printer?
Charlie Chapman is checkmating in chess while we’re all playing checkers. He instructed ChatGPT’s advanced voice to translate his natural language requests into ones a HomePod can understand. It totally works!
He’s tongue-in-cheek about it being a preview of LLM Siri, but it will be pretty great.
🔗 Apple TV+ announces “Lucky,” new limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy:
In “Lucky,” Taylor-Joy stars as a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.
Sign me up! ATJ is great in everything, and we know she kills it in book adaptations. Its to be produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine media company and will be an Apple Studios production.
Ryan Christoffel, at 9to5Mac, on Pat Gelsinger’s ouster at Intel and how Apple has avoided repercussions with its move to Apple silicon four years ago:
However, even though Apple can’t actually take much responsibility for its former partner’s decline, this story is a big win for Apple silicon nonetheless.
Why? Because not only has Apple silicon revitalized the Mac like Intel never could—it has also safeguarded Apple against being harmed by Intel’s rough patch.
It’s true. I never worry* about how Intel is doing anymore.
*Not that I ever lost sleep over the behemoth chipmaker’s prospects.
Bluesky’s notification settings are notably lacking over a year into their service. Even Threads has pretty good granular control. I want to trim down to notifications for replies only, Micro.blog-style.
And while he’s at it, President Biden should also pardon himself, for every act he’s ever committed — or may commit up until January 20, 2025.
One way or another, the question of whether the President can pardon himself is going to be tested in front of the Supreme Court this decade. It might as well be decided based on the case of an innocent man — and it will force the Trump Justice Department to argue that a President can’t pardon himself.
It’s beyond disappointing that “strike first” is where we are with our judicial system. But it might work.
Well, shit. There goes my automatic Instagram → Micro.blog (& Threads & Bluesky) cross-poster. I can’t be too mad—I knew Meta was a fickle, closed-web-loving beast when I made it. But it let me post to Instagram (where my friends are) and my microblog (where I wish they were) without any hassle. 🙁
🆕📝 A new Dia for web browsing?
The Browser Company is taking another big swing. I admire their creativity and think their vision is mostly on-point. I just don't know if it's going to revolve around the web browser.
Ben Lovejoy: ‘Future iPhones could get multiple Action buttons; iPad and Mac too’
An Apple patent has revealed that future iPhones could effectively get multiple Action buttons, as all three buttons on the left side of the phone become user-configurable.
Yes, please! Let’s user-configurable all the things. The Action Button is one of my favorite features of my new phone. It would be doubly cool if I could configure multiple actions with double- and triple-click actions.
The Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway was in great shape today! It’s an awesome spot to work on your uphill skinning skills and transitions in a low-risk environment before hitting the real backcountry trails.
Not sure how to get started? Hit us up for an intro to backcountry touring trip!
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Nick Heer: ‘Google’s iOS App Inserts Its Own Links Into Webpages – Pixel Envy’
For Google to believe it has the right to inject itself into third-party websites is pure arrogance, yet it is nothing new for the company. It has long approached the web as its own platform over which it has control and ownership. It overlays dialogs without permission; it invented a proprietary fork of HTML and it pushed its adoption for years. It can only do these things because it has control over how people use the web.
Not a fan. Hyperlinking is an art, and this is Google splashing paint onto my canvas.
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🔗 Discover Wallace & Gromit. Shot on iPhone:
Wallace and Gromit star in a festive stop-motion animation, shot on iPhone 16 Pro. Discover how Academy Award-winning creators Aardman used the powerful camera system to turn their 23-centimetre characters into a 101-metre projection for Battersea Power Station.
What a delightfully neat treat. I hope they make a recording of the projection available for everyone to watch.
A new (Black Friday-themed) Very Good Tweet™ has landed:
In case you’re feeling trigger-happy on shopping sites today, I do have some fun designs for sale. Free shipping through Monday, Dec. 2 with code: EXTRAGRAVY
