It’s weird how much people’s kids look like them. A bit narcissistic, don’t you think? I mean, c’mon, have a little imagination.

Victoria Song: ‘Meta rolls out live AI, live translations, and Shazam to its smart glasses’

Live AI allows you to naturally converse with Meta’s AI assistant while it continuously views your surroundings. For example, if you’re perusing the produce section at a grocery store, you’ll theoretically be able to ask Meta’s AI to suggest some recipes based on the ingredients you’re looking at. […]

Meanwhile, live translation allows the glasses to translate speech in real-time between English and Spanish, French, or Italian.

Roughly 30-minute battery life with Live. Not great, but’ll be fun to try!

🔗 Apple TV+ renews hit, world-building drama “Silo” for seasons three and four

Great news! I liked season one, and I love season two! Can’t wait to see more unfold.

Kushaiah Felisilda: ‘A Calendar Shift Experiment’

I’ve always set my calendar to start on Sunday, simply because it’s the default setting on most calendars, both paper ones and digital. Now, I’m experimenting with setting Monday as the start of my week for the next two weeks. I’m curious to see if this change will affect my perspective on the week’s structure.

An animated image of a person in a metallic helmet and armor, The Mandalorian, in a dimly lit corridor with walls of rough stone and scattered lights, captioned “This is the way."

🎙️ Having heard you say how much you wanted to be a parent someday, I couldn’t be more excited for you, @imyke@myke.social (and Adina). I’ve loved hearing all the baby talk. It really has been quite the year! 🥹 Good luck! 🤞 overcast.fm/+AADAvLi-…

Kicked some ice tonight with @ben_k_

Climber wearing red jacket and crampons ascends icy wall at night with orange rope for safety in a dark outdoor environment.

🎙️ One of the best explainers for the three types of fun I’ve heard to date. And I like what he says at the end; it’s in type 3 that you really grow. dirtbagdiaries.com

Got out for a little ski scouting for future projects. It was a bit rockier than I expected. Sorry skins! 😬 Gorgeous day though.

Snow-covered field with sparse vegetation illuminated by sunlight through tall evergreen trees under a cloudy sky in a serene winter forest setting. A large modern house stands atop a snow-covered rocky hill surrounded by trees against a blue sky, with large windows and intricate architectural details visible. A snow-covered path winds through a forest of bare trees on a cloudy winter day with sparse vegetation peeking through the snow and footsteps leading down the trail. A person wearing sunglasses and a headband stands smiling in a snowy forest with overcast skies Ray-Ban sunglasses and an orange backpack strap are visible. Bare trees stand motionless, surrounded by a snow-covered rocky landscape with a sheer cliff in the background. Icicles hang from the top, contrasting with the clear blue sky. Snow-covered field stretching towards mountains under a cloudy sky with patches of light shining through highlighting a serene and cold winter landscape.

🍿 Watched: Wicked: Part I (2024)

Poster depicts two characters, a flying witch and a princess with a wand, against a fantasy landscape. Text includes: “Wicked: Part I, 2024 - Jon M. Chu.” Review: Impressive performances. It’s fun to watch these characters played on the big screen by such capable actors. Really solid musical numbers. Yet, I continue to be somewhat perplexed by the story. I was nervous on behalf of Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba, for her to sing “Defying Gravity”. It’s such a demanding and well-known song. I needn’t have worried; she absolutely nails it. Rating: 👍

📺 Finished watching: What We Do in the Shadows (Season 6)

Poster of a vampire comedy show with glowing characters above a spooky house, surrounded by lightning. Review: A fun show that kinda went off the rails a couple of seasons ago, but was funny enough to keep watching. The series finale felt a bit rushed but landed all right. It’s a show that knew what it wanted to be from the beginning and didn’t try to be much else. Definitely watch seasons 1-4! My wife made an interesting observation that in most shows you want to see the characters develop over time. But in a vampire show, six seasons is a blink of an eye as they’re immortal. Rating: 👍

🆕📝 ‘Dictate a Note’ is my new favorite shortcut (and that’s saying something)

I'm dictating ideas and tasks left and right, with gloves on, while hiking, without looking. Nothing escapes me! 🎙️

🚨 New shortcut! Don’t be like me and be too slow to make your Very Good Joke. Use ‘Whispering to Date’ Meme Maker to be the fastest draw in all the land.

Get it from the HeyDingus Shortcuts Library.

A meme of Leonardo DiCaprio in a yellow shirt sitting on a couch, pointing with focus, while holding a canned drink and a cigarette. Curtains in dim lighting create an intimate atmosphere.

🆕📝 First Impressions of Artemis: James’ ‘Calm Web Reader’

I didn't think I'd be adding another feed reader to my arsenal, let alone liking it so much despite its (intentional) lack of bells and whistles.

John Gruber, on the new Mozi app for coordinating with friends when you’re/they’re in the vicinity:

New app, spearheaded by Ev Williams:

Mozi is a private social network for seeing your people more, IRL. Add your plans, check who’s in town, and know when you overlap.

iOS only at the moment, with “Sign in with Apple” as the only supported authentication method. One clever idea is that you can share travel plans and your location, and Mozi will coordinate when you might be in the same area as a friend.

Alright, I’ll bite.

🆕📝 I launched a ‘For Sale’ page 🛍️

Help me get rid of my gadgets and gizmos aplenty!

As Twitter’s spiritual successor, Bluesky has potential to also take up the mantle of “UI design playground”.

🎙️ I snorted so hard it hurt. Thanks @rebound@hachyderm.io. 🤣 overcast.fm/+AADe1njn…

Big year! Going bigger in 2025. 💪 #StravaRecap

P.S. Thanks for all the kudos @lame_letters, and all the fun times @rech310, @sgardnerdpt, @klister_the_cat! 🙌

I placed a big, scary equipment order today. And will place bigger, scarier ones soon. 🫣 Please book a trip or tell your friends! 😆

I was perfectly happy with my resort skis until this moment. 🤤

🔗 Apple now selling medical expert-designed Vision Pro accessory that solves top user complaint (Zac Hall / 9to5mac.com)

ResMed, a medical solutions company with over three decades of experience designing anthropometric accessories, is announcing a new Apple Vision Pro strap specifically designed for extended use.

It looks and is priced ($120) like it was designed by Apple. ResMed’s video (a really good one that actually shows which straps to adjust to alleviate pressure spots) even looks like it’s trying to recreate the space from Apple’s introduction video. So many head strap choices now!

A new Very Good Tweet from @agiletortoise@mastodon.social from has landed:

A social media post by Greg Pierce (@agiletortoise@mastodon.social) humorously claims, “Any one out there claiming you can get real work done on an iPad hasn’t installed Balatro on their iPad.” Timestamp: Dec 12, 2024, 09:23 AM.

Jason Snell explains how you can generate images of generic people with Image Playground using skin tones and collections of pseudo-people as foundation:

This is where it gets a little weird: Rather that building a person, Memoji style, you choose from three different collections of thumbnails, which are the various Appearances that might come up when you generate an image. They appear to be weighted by gender, so the leftmost is (mostly?) women, the rightmost men, the middle more of a grab bag—but there’s a lot of variation between each collection of Appearances.

What a strange interface.

🆕📝 The Magic Keyboard with Touch ID Rules

Yeah, I should have gotten one a long time ago.

Jim Eagar on saying goodbye to someone(thing) beloved:

Just last month, I wrote a blog post about doing things for the last time. Yesterday, my wife and I talked about times when we did some activity with Gina that was the last time. […]

I want this sad episode to help me not take the things and people I care about for granted. This includes my relationships with our other cats, my wife, family, and friends. The realization that all of them will, at some point, die, as will I, gives me a heightened sense of value and appreciation for each of them.

My heart goes out to your family, Jim.