The First New Sport I've Fallen In Love With Since Childhood
As a kid, I enjoyed basically every sport I came across. I like baseball, basketball, football, soccer, golf, and hockey,
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Blogging Like It’s 2010
2 weeks ago today I decided that I wasn’t having fun on Twitter anymore, so I took a break, and outside of posting a couple movie and book reviews, I literally have not gone on to see what’s happening (if you’ve @‘d or DMd me, I’m sorry).
But it turns out
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Google Fonts, Bunny Fonts, Tracking, and What I'd Recommend
Google Fonts is an incredible resource, and it's made it stupid-easy for many people to get custom fonts on their websites with ease. I'm a little fuzzy on all the details, but it's also helped make a bunch of high quality fonts free and open source for the
Politics
You Can Keep Your Principles, I Want Power
McConnell: Blocking Obama's SCOTUS pick led to overturning Roe v. Wade
Antonin Scalia passed away February 13, 2016.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away September 18, 2020.
Mitch deemed one of these vacancies was too close to an election and the people should get to vote for who got to fill the position. The
music
Listen to Voxtrot Today
I was in college in the mid-2000s, and one of the bands that really grabbed me was Voxtrot. They
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The Cost of Switching
I'm pretty solidly in the Apple camp across my phone, tablet, watch, and desktop, and Apple's ecosystem famously makes that experience better the more you go all in on their products. There's nothing wrong with this, and it's a big reason for their success, as consumers reap
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A New High-End HomePod is (probably) Coming. Here's Why I Think it Would be Awesome
Chance Miller: A new full-size HomePod could be a hit, as long as Apple doesn't overthink it
But as I wrote just a few months ago, hindsight is 20/20, and it’s starting to appear that we (and Apple?) might have taken the original HomePod for granted. Now that the HomePod
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Why Netflix May Have Spread Out Stranger Things Season 4
Peter Kafka: Netflix's newest problem: Its newest customers
[B]y the end of April, 23 percent of Americans who signed up for Netflix had dropped the service within a month. That’s more new subscriber cancellations than any other competitive service Antenna tracks — including the likes of Apple TV+ and HBO Max, which
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The Worst Feature in iOS 16
iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 are pretty great updates, but there's one feature that makes me want to
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1Password Just Rocks
Mitch Cohen: “Sign in with” anything - and save it in 1Password
Today we’re starting with a familiar kind of sign-in service (also known as social logins or SSO). When you visit a site and click a button like “Sign in with Google”, 1Password will remember your choice and offer to save it for
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Sony's New Monitor is Way Better Than the Studio Display (for me)
Sony’s upcoming InZone monitors look perfect for me:
Made for PC but with specs to take full advantage of the PS5, along with Xbox Series X, the $899 InZone M9 is the flagship product of the bunch. It’s a 27-inch 4K IPS gaming monitor built to match the aesthetic of the PS5
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The Privacy Angle
There were too many links, so I've collected a few in one place.
Olivia Snow: Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker?
Neither the intent nor effect of FOSTA or Dobbs is to eradicate sex work or abortions, which have existed for millennia and will continue to exist regardless of
CleanShot X is on a Roll
I've been a big fan of CleanShot X for a few years now, and it's genuinely become one of the most essential tools on my Mac. That's why I was so happy when the team who makes CleanShot asked if I would work with them on creating their new
Raycast's Delightful Little Details
After a decade or so of using Alfred as my app launcher on macOS, I recently switched to Raycast. It&
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In Defense of the iPhone 11 Pro: The Best iPhone in Years
The latest episode of Connected was tons of fun, but there were two iPhones were I think there was one phone massively undervalued: the iPhone 11 Pro. Today I'm going to argue why I think this is the greatest modern iPhone, and one of the best the company has ever made.
The Everything
The Logitech MX Master 3S is Actually Super Quiet
I got my hands on Logitech's latest MX Master 3S mouse and I was curious just how quiet
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So You Want to Get Into Mechanical Keyboards…
I was super happy when I got to write this for The Sweet Setup!
We love keyboards here at The
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I’m Conflicted on Apple’s WebKit Mandate for iPhones and iPads
Alex Russell: Apple Is Not Defending Browser Engine Choice
Past swings away from OS default browsers have hinged on the superior features, better performance, improved security, and superior site compatibility. Marketing and distribution play a prominent role but have been indecisive in recent browser battles. The leads of OS incumbents are not insurmountable because browsers