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# The Birchtree Newsletter, November 2022
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/the-birchtree-newsletter-november-2022/
- Published: 2022-11-01T09:00:36.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-01T09:00:36.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

Hello! Work has been insane lately, so I've felt behind on all Internet Things recently, but of course there are still some goodies (including a font, I see you, fellow font fanatics 😉). 

## Birchtree Stuff

[Alright, You Wore Me Down, Give Me macOS on an iPad\*For many years I’ve argued that macOS and iPadOS should remain separate, and that you don’t solve the iPad’s problems by just throwing macOS on there. I believed, and still believe, that the touch-first operating system with additional user protections, ease-of-use, and accessibility advantages was…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/10/favicon.jpg)BirchtreeMatt Birchler![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2022/10/2x-pika-1666041695378.jpeg)](https://birchtree.me/blog/alright-you-wore-me-down-give-me-macos-on-an-ipad/)

[The iPad is Awesome, ActuallyI recently wrote an article that had a pretty negative tone, which was only partially intended. Some people took this as me giving the iPad a well-deserved thrashing, and that wasn’t really my intent. The iPad is Awesome I use a 2021 11″ iPad Pro daily, and it’s the best![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/10/favicon.jpg)BirchtreeMatt Birchler![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2022/10/awesome.jpg)](https://birchtree.me/blog/the-ipad-is-awesome-actually/)

[An Impossible GameApple currently sells 10 distinct Macs and 6 distinct iPads, which is way more than they did when Steve Jobs used the above grid to explain their computer strategy. The Game I need to do two things: 1\. Trim the Mac line down to 4 machines to fit this grid.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/10/favicon.jpg)BirchtreeMatt Birchler![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2022/10/EcldeXmXsAA0frY.jpg)](https://birchtree.me/blog/an-impossible-game/)

Why Electron Mac apps make people want to scream

7 awesome things about the Pixel 7

## Notable Links

- Are you a sicko who wants to make your next website look like Windows 98? [There's a CSS library for that!](https://jdan.github.io/98.css/?ref=birchtree.me)
- [Plain Text Sports](https://plaintextsports.com/?ref=birchtree.me) gets you current scores and standing for a bunch of major sports for free and in, you guessed it, plain text.
- [Nabla](https://nabla.typearture.com/?ref=birchtree.me) is a free isometric font that's also part of Google Fonts.
- [DiffusionBee](https://diffusionbee.com/?ref=birchtree.me) is by far the best way I've found to run AI image generation from your Mac (Apple silicon only).
- Did you play Nanosaur on a Mac in the late 90s. Now it's [open source and you can get it on GitHub](https://github.com/jorio/nanosaur/releases?ref=birchtree.me).
- Remarkable has [some rad audiovisual scenes](https://remarkable.com/roomtothink?ref=birchtree.me) you can play while you work.

## Good Videos

Hank Green with a controversial opinion I can't technically disprove

I love Lego and I love mechanical keyboards, but this looks terrifying

I love hearing Hasan Minhaj talk about creativity, and this conversation is well worth your time