Merlin’s special timeline is easily one of my favourite podcast moments this year. 😂

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Going into the next (two) Apple event(s) this is my to-buy plan:

  • MacBook Pro (no Touch Bar)
  • iPad 9.7 inch
  • Apple Watch (either 2018 or 2017)

Now I’m looking forward to see what Apple releases to either completely change or solidify my plan, re: MacBook and Watch.

People who complain about “needing a rest” or whatever from Marvel movies. Like… OK? You know you can just… not go to the cinema, right? Somebody did let you know you’re not legally bound to watch these films?

Updates:

  • New email address;
  • About page edited;
    • a new section and minor tweaks elsewhere: LINK
  • And yes, finally, @til is coming back.

Today’s album:

Islands by Ludovico Einaudi

(It’s like a starter pack for one of my favourite artists.)

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I keep going back and forth on MacBook vs iPad. At one point I recently thought my preference for unibody had me firmly in the MacBook camp but then I heard Jason Snell and Myke Hurley talk about how the iPad keyboard is much better and now I’m stuck again. 🤔

One of my favourite things about the Marfa theme is that the search, though external, is run through DuckDuckGo.

bIrDsItE🐘

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(Image: A screenshot of the Micro.blog upgrade page for the Today I Learned account.)

TIL, thanks to @rosemaryorchard, the one-port MacBook has a 480p camera.

480p. £1200. 😐

That 9to5 leak is something else. Wouldn’t be surprised if Apple made that happen.

App not installed.

– Android’s reaction as a result of an accidental tap I made.

Feels super great to be punished for an accidental tap. What an amazing OS. 😐

We can’t make a headline feature from WWDC work on time but here’s a firmware update for a product we no longer sell.

– Apple, August 2018

Submitting your legal ID to Instagram… what could go wrong.

👋 An Introduction:

Hi! I’m Simon, a 33 year-old cis male. I enjoy blogs about the arts, especially music, film, and video games but also enjoy reading blogs in general. I blog about my general interests and people being creative on the web. Oh, also, podcasts are awesome.

We need a word for that feeling you get when you’ve just posted to Micro.blog a lot.

Today’s song:

Jumpsuit by twenty one pilots

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One of the changes it made was to stop third-parties from being able to post to Facebook as the logged-in user.

– Sarah Perez, TechCrunch

Facebook’s change to the cross-posting API kicked in for Twitter; they have now fucked up by deleting thousands of cross-posted posts.

Today’s song:

Mama’s Gun by Glass Animals

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For Micro Monday let me tell you about the awesome @belle. Between her fun and multi-faceted blogging, excellent work as one half of Hello Code, new MB Android app, and the insight she offers regarding people and the web… well, you get it, right? Belle is awesome!