Disable the god damned Siri shortcut on Golden Gate
I'm sure someone likes this "ask Siri about active window" shortcut, but I hate it, and
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The new AirPods MVP
For the past four years, I have maintained that AirPods Pro 2 are the best AirPods ever made. They had great noise cancellation, all the stem controls I could ever want, good battery life, and while I didn't personally prefer in-ear earbuds, they were comfortable enough. I love these things.
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Resident Evil movie is widely adored and makes an ass-ton of money
Michael Cripe: Resident Evil Defies Expectations as Zach Cregger Adaptation Collects $108 Million Globally After First Weekend in Theaters
It's a franchise-best opening for the horror-comedy hybrid that saw it bring in $60 million domestically and $48.3 million internationally. That's a good hunk of change more than even
An agent skill to help update your app for the iPhone Duo
I put together as much of Apple's iPhone Duo documentation as I could into a skill that I'm using to audit my apps for the new layouts and features. You can get it here if you're in a similar boat.
What my apps look like on the iPhone Duo with zero code changes
Leading up to the iPhone Duo's announcement, I suggested that Apple's big advantage here compared to other folding phones on the market that are based on Android was the iPad ecosystem. Not all apps run on both the iPhone and the iPad, but a lot do, and so a lot of
Quick Stuff gets more personal
Quick Stuff is my website with a bunch of little utilities to get things done. There are currently 13 tools, but most people use the same one or two things every time they come to the site. I've had a few UIs for pinning or prioritizing specific apps in the list, but it&
Nonogame will soar on the iPhone Duo
Nonogame for the iPhone and iPad is out now, and I'm really excited about it. However, if I'm being honest, I have mostly played on my Samsung Galaxy Fold8 for the past few weeks because the experience is simply better there. It's not because the web app is better
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iPhone 18 Pro with La Croix cooling
I did some benchmarking today and saw how the newest iPhone thermal throttles, which isn't severe, but does
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The iPhone 18 Pro is a transcription monster
Apple made a big deal out of the AI capabilities in their new A20 Pro processor in their new iPhone
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+ Metal Gear Solid 4 is awful. Truly awful.
It turns out my memory was actually being far too kind to this game.
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Xcode 27.2 is in beta. The 27.1 beta is coming later.
Apple released new developer betas for OS 27.2 today, which is not quite what I expected. Us developers have been waiting for Xcode 27.1 since last week, so I was excited to see that we somehow jumped even further into the future, but my joy was tamped down when I saw this note
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"Apple said they invented this"
There is a very specific thing you see quite often in online discourse around Apple, which is that people think Apple claims they invent everything or Apple says every little update will change your life. Apple does get excited about things that they release, and they speak highly of them, but I find this critique
Bircharoo is my Obsidian theme
This is gonna be a short one, but I made a simple Obsidian theme. It's called Bircharoo and
1,000 hours of nonogame
I hit a pretty fun milestone in nonogame today: 1000 hours played. No, not by me, but by the community
Chris Lawley's iPadOS 27 walkthrough
Am I biased? Sure. This is still the best overview of what's new in iPadOS this year for normal people.
The OS 27 updates
Apple has just started rolling out OS 27 across all their devices, and I think they're good updates
Quick Reads now saves multi-page websites
As of today, Quick Reads now attempts to save all pages of the multi-page articles you save to the
How to release TV shows in 2026
I found this report from Luminate media to be fascinating. It's called "Release Strategies for Music & TV" and it's a guide for music and TV producers how how to find success in the oversaturated media landscape we find ourselves in today. A few specific things stand out to
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