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A Note to Apple

Apple spends a lot of time re-inventing and re-reinventing the wheel with every OS. It’s a means to generate excitement and get folks to upgrade. The problem is, over time, there’s only so much that can really change (buttons are rounded, then square, then rounded again; transparency, etc.) What I really need is a way to control my parents Apple TV without having to drive to their house. Or for Siri to finally undertand whether it’s going to rain in the next hour not just the next 24. Or, for me to be able to pare down my friend’s iPhone, because she’s 90 and doesn’t need 2,000 features, she just needs a phone that works. There are so many possible solutions to real-world problems that need solving. What I don’t need is an AI agent that is going to clean up my sentence structure in an e-mail to my friend. Priorities.

→ 10:59 PM, Jul 5

One of the most informative books I’ve ever read.

Finished reading: Why Q Needs U A history of our letters and how we use them by Danny Bate 📚

→ 2:36 PM, Jun 27

Finished reading: The Temperature of Me and You by Brian Zepka 📚

→ 2:34 PM, Jun 27

Currently reading: House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones 📚

→ 2:32 PM, Jun 27

Dear Canada, Thank you for Heated Rivalry (becasue no US production company would have the fortitude to make it) and thanks to Global for airing the story that our government censored from CBS. Just like in The Handmaid’s Tale, Canada comes through.

→ 1:55 PM, Dec 24

Nothing made me happier today than to read that Tim Dolan got the boot as Archbishop of New York. For someone doing God’s work, he spent a lot of time fomenting hate and discord while dining and partying with the elite. Strange for a Pope to actually accept the mandatory resignation. Good riddance.

→ 10:38 PM, Dec 18

This house could turn the world on with a smile. #MaryTylerMoore #Minneapolis

→ 6:17 PM, Nov 17

“How do you spell ‘sugar’? Suppose Alice spells it p-q-z-z-f and Genevieve spells it s-h-u-g-e-r. Both are wrong, but is there any doubt that Alice is wronger than Genevieve? For that matter, I think it is possible to argue that Genevieve’s spelling is superior to the ‘right’ one. Or suppose you spell ‘sugar’: s-u-c-r-o-s-e, or C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁. Strictly speaking, you are wrong each time, but you’re displaying a certain knowledge of the subject beyond conventional spelling.” - Isaac Amisov

→ 9:44 PM, Nov 5

Back after a bit of a hiatus. I’m trying to find corners of the internet that are real with meaningful content posted by real people that is thought provoking, interesting, and not fed by corporations and controlled by algorithms. Any suggestions are welcome.

→ 5:39 PM, Oct 31

As an alum, I vote that H simply leaves Cambridge. The President and Fellows should make the Yard into a not-for-profit museum of higher education, sell off the rest, and move their operations to Canada or the UK, while operating satellite campuses around the world. Nothing says checkmate like F.U!

→ 6:48 PM, Apr 17

When you read through the litany, the stuff today almost seems worse. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

→ 2:25 PM, Apr 15

Madonna (1910) Artist: Voldēmars Matvejs (1877-1914)

Latvian National Museum of Art 2025

→ 7:41 PM, Mar 13