James Thomson: The video of my talk “An Illustrated History of Easter Eggs” is up. This was a lot of fun to put together! Lots of fun stuff here, from Atari, to the Finder, and later PCalc.
Lees meerMargaret Hamilton (via Hacker News): There were two onboard computers – one on the command module, Columbia, and one on the lunar module, Eagle. Our task included developing the software to run on each and the systems software they shared. At the be…
Lees meerJake Edge (via Hacker News): Out of that came a new operator, however, that is often called the “walrus operator” due to its visual appearance. Using “:=“ in an if or while statement allows assigning a value to a variable while testing it.[…]The f-s…
Lees meerBrian X. Chen: Ultimately, the technology did not help me sleep more. It didn’t reveal anything that I didn’t already know, which is that I average about five and a half hours of slumber a night. And the data did not help me answer what I should do …
Lees meerWorld Emoji Day took place on Wednesday, complete with Apple and Google unveiling a slew of new emoji based on the approved characters in Unicode 12 that will be arriving in iOS 13 and Android Q later this year. The theme for this year seems to be i…
Lees meerIt’s theoretical, but it’s interesting. A pair of researchers have discovered a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) vulnerability that can affect Apple devices and allow for tracking and data leakage. Researchers Johannes K. Becker and David Starobinski wrot…
Lees meerNick Heer: Jennifer Miller of the New York Times wrote about the eruption of podcasting popularity — a seemingly evergreen topic. Nieman Lab wondered in 2017 if we had hit “peak podcast”, while Wired thought the same in 2015. Podcasts were “back” in…
Lees meerChance Miller: In total, using its own data and data from other companies, BankRoll concludes that iPhone loyalty has hit its lowest point since 2011, falling to 73 percent. This compares to loyalty in 2017 of 92 percent. […] There are several thing…
Lees meerWith iOS 13 development in full swing, details have begun to leak as to changes in the fourth developer version, which was released this week. Users have noted the following changes: Smaller Home screen app menus on iPadOS and iOS New ‘Rearrange App…
Lees meerEven though the 2019 iPhone models have yet to be officially announced, the rumor mill is buzzing with details as to what to expect from the 2020 iPhones. Granted, these are to be taken with a hefty grain of salt, but there’s some interesting specul…
Lees meerParliament WalletEkster https://ekster.com/ $79 USD Wallet / $29 USD Tracker Card Ekster Parliament Wallet is a minimalistic leather smart wallet. It includes a built The post Parliament Wallet – Review appeared first on MyMac.com.
Lees meerThanks to Amazon Prime Days anything related to Apple fell on the newsroom floor. Politics never falls that low, so you may be forgiven if you missed the call by Washingtonians for Apple to stop preaching privacy and turn the talk into action. This …
Lees meerIs this some kind of Amazon Prime Day gimmick? The answer is probably. The Squatty Potty is a real thing and it was a big deal on Amazon Prime Day. Or, is it Prime Days? The Squatty Potty is little more than ... Continue Reading »
Lees meerThe SummerFest festival of artisanal software is ending tomorrow. Besides the apps I previously mentioned, it includes HoudahSpot (better Spotlight searching), Nisus Writer Pro (my favorite word processor), Panorama X (RAM-based database), TaskPaper…
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