: Codex: Dark Angels (2024) I’ve read through the 10E codex. Here are a few observations. Deathwing vs Inner Circle: It …
: Dark Angels Decals: A Look at Waterslide Transfer Sheets How about an (unfortunately somewhat dry) look at Dark Angels waterslide transfer sheets!* …
: The Deathwing: History and Complement The Deathwing are the Dark Angels’ first company. Like most first companies, it is comprised …
: Dark Angels 4th Company, "The Feared" Issue 195 of White Dwarf magazine came out in early 1996. I had recently started playing Warhammer …
: Dark Angels Successors Chapters I’ve written before about heraldry and markings for Dark Angels Space Marines in Warhammer: …
: Finished up The Expanse last night. I’m glad I went back to it after finishing the novels, even if …
: Listening to Apollo 18 on shuffle—the correct way to listen to *Apollo 18*—which required ripping it …
: Teammate was in development so long I had a Twitter handle in the contact section of the about …
: Here’s thing Twitter never quite did right: I see an article somewhere. I want to share it. …
: While Twitterrific for Mac still works, I’d always said that I’d stop using Twitter …
: I made a new thing! Teammate: Kill Team Spec Ops Aide is an iPhone, iPad, and Mac app for managing …
: I might not have known that Mac OS Ventura added a Weather app at the same time iPad OS did.
: Also, Our Flag Means Death aired this year and was good.
: Reading Polygon’s “best TV shows of 2022” list reminds me that 1) there were …
: Creeper updates this rhyme: “You’re cheap and you’re haggard.” I appreciate the effort but it loses …
: Apple’s music app is infuriating in a dozen small ways. Why can’t the miniplayer show …
: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. 👍🏻
: Christmas Playlist ’22 I’ve been carefully building a Christmas playlist for over two decades, adding one track a year. …
: I’m finally working my way through The Expanse. I think the key was not in getting over the fact …
: I’m only in a couple of Discords and keeping up with them feels like work.
: I painted up a Blitz Bowl team in W&M Tribe colors. Turns out the actual team is really good …
: Without Twitter how will Megan Amram notify us which day is the day Donald trump finally becomes …
: At some point recently Apple removed the awful “playback speed” button from the Apple Watch “Now …
: I have a slight concern people are seeing Andor and thinking what we needed was “adult Star Wars” …
: As people on my timeline set up Mastodon accounts I’ve been following them, but using any such …
: Black Panther Wakanda Forever: mid-credits scene-only. No post.
: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is 161 minutes long, but most of that time is just the Marvel Studios …
: Quite happy with how this Elucidian Starstrider Kill Team came out. They’re maybe not the strongest …
: If occurred to me that since Micro.blog integrates with Mastodon, I’ve had an account that works …
: Looked for the eclipse this morning but the moon was too low in the sky.
: Christmas Playlist ’21 I’ve been carefully building a Christmas playlist for over a decade, adding one track a year. There …
: Why Apple’s Products Lost Their Color With new, colorful iMacs about to come out, I thought I’d share my guess on why the Jony Ive …
: Writing about the (hearsay) reasons for the Dark Angels’ color change last week got me curious about …
: Why the Dark Angels Really Changed from Black to Green? Continuing my series on the Dark Angels from Warhammer 40,000 (one, two), I wanted to write about …
: Wonder Woman Doesn't Say Hello In the third issue of Final Crisis (2008) by Grant Morrison and JG Jones, Wonder Woman, fighting …
: Dark Angels Apothecaries As a follow-up to my previous piece about the Dark Angels, I wanted to take a look at how …
: Film Crit Hulk has been writing good pieces on WandaVision. Here’s his article on the last episode. …
: Shoulder Pads of the Dark Angels Of all the things I have opinions and knowledge about, surely some of the least important must be …
: Having been an 80s Nick at Nite viewer, I feel like WandaVision was made just for me. I’m …
: Christmas Playlist ’20 I’ve been carefully building a Christmas playlist for over a decade, adding one track a year. There …
: Finished up Queen’s Gambit tonight. 👍🏻 Here’s Garry Kasparov talking about working on the show.
: This week’s DuckTales has a bit where Uncle Scrooge, Della, and Louie are caught in a gravity trap. …
: A few thoughts on yesterday’s Apple event. The iPhone has now reached a point, I think, where it’s …
: Apple Music Hits is doing a block of songs about cars. They just played “The Passenger” …
: Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is on sale for $15 for the Switch. Good, classic JRPG with art …
: Old Times There are Not Forgotten The story yesterday about Good Humor hiring The RZA to write a new jingle to replace “Turkey …
: Here’s a short story by Jodorowsky and Mœbius, In the Heart of the Impregnable Metabunker, part of …
: As much as I like His Dark Materials, it took me a while to get around to its spinoff series The …
: Ten years ago Flex Mentallo was a rare comic that could never be reprinted due to convoluted legal …
: Okay, Doom Patrol, I like your show a lot, but I’m halfway through and you’ve blown two …
: I’ve had Apple’s Magic Keyboard for a few months now and thought I’d write a bit about it. In short, …
: I’ve been expecting the Mac line to get a redesign as rumored here for a quite a while. The …
: The kids and I are all really liking HBO Max’s new Looney Tunes Cartoons.
: A short thought experiment: Imagine that walled garden social networks never caught on. Instead, …
: Doom Patrol has good music. By which I mean music that Gen X types who read the Grant Morrison & …
: If you’ve never seen the original Japense Godzilla (not the Americanized version), you should. It’s …
: Cast iron skillet pizza with roasted garlic and rosemary. (Baby Yoda’s having a frog.)
: At the start of this century I had a magic box attached to my TV with a well-designed remote. I’d …
: The Up Next list in the Mac Music app should really be a source list like your playlists, which …
: The kids watched Labyrinth (again). 📽
: I feel like every store I go into should be selling 5-packs of cloth masks but I’ve seen exactly …
: I like that two of the best mainstream comics being made right now are Lois Lane and Superman’s Pal, …
: Distance learning is going well.
: I made a Fleischer Studios Superman t-shirt for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It looks great …
: Setting up the next week’s Dracula Live tweets is a task I do weekly that would be unbearable …
: Short Magic Keyboard review: it’s great in all the ways people have been saying. I generally prefer …
: imported Breath of the Wild soundtrack today, I think. 💿
: It’s easy to forget how unlikely it was the Switch would work so well as a true hybrid system. Both …
: If you have Apple TV+, watch the fifth episode of Mythic Quest, “A Dark Quiet Death.” It’s a …
: Here’s my mask selfie featuring the 🍣😷 sushi mask my wife made.
: When Force Awakens came out a popular comment was that where Lucas had, in Star Wars, remixed all …
: I’m watching Superman: The Movie with the kids. So far it’s going over really well.
: I took a quick trip to the store this morning. There were only a few people out but every one was …
: Ten years ago I’d not have predicted that “dead dad movie I only want to watch once” would become a …
: Tonight I’m supposed to be on an airplane to visit family in Italy. Yesterday my daughter was …
: “The Tales of Ba Sing Se” is a masterpiece. What’s amazing is it’s just one of many Avatar pulled …
: Yes, properly endongled, you can use an Apple Extended Keyboard II with an iPad.
: First Animal Crossing: New Horizons comes along to make staying at home easier, then a new DuckTales …
: Maybe 40–50% of the customers in my Giant grocer were wearing masks this morning. Nearly …
: I think about David Simon’s take on The Walking Dead from time-to-time. I found around …
: Is there any argument for checking out the extended Hobbit movies? I didn’t love the theatrical …
: With my wife and kids in the house all the time and thus no emergency calls from the school or …
: I’d like a collection of Denny O’Neil’s Batman work with the original colors. The only ones you can …
: A few summers ago I did some work fixing up the famous Superman shorts from Fleischer Studios. A fan …
: We are not leaving the house most days (walks aside) but when we do, we try to have only one adult …
: With full mouse and keyboard support and Apple’s chips, it’d be nice to be able to play real PC …
: Of all the things Apple specifically calls out in the new iPad Pro video, it’s AR. They …
: In which I confess I’ve been hoarding essential supplies for years.
: Periodic reminder that you should not force-quit iOS apps. Use the time you’ll save to wash …
: If wonder if some day we’ll have the technology to make old airline tickets remove themselves from …
: I don’t love that Zoom winds up a big winner in all this. They knowingly built spyware into their …
: Oh good, my travel power adapter just arrived for my vacation next month. Now just to log onto the …
: Really trying to cut calories but then a novelty soft drink flavor appeared in my 🛒.
: Consider perhaps that “white male political Twitter” isn’t giving you a full view of the electorate.
: Happy Super Tuesday to those who celebrate! It’s a rare case where we’re voting in an election that …
: It’s been neat finally watching Discovery and realizing I’ve gotten almost no spoilers about it. …
: This week’s Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey + Emma Frost is a direct homage to New X-Men 121 by Morrison …
: I very much enjoy Joe Pera Talks With You (and you might, too).
: Changed up my desk friends. I wish there were a 13 minifigure.
: Here’s a picture of a red panda at the National Zoo about a year ago.
: A reason for dumping the electoral college that I don’t hear often is how disenfranchising it is. If …
: Aang & Katara & Sokka & Appa.
: I’ve been watching Picard and I guess I want to like it a bit more than I actually do? I’m also …
: GIF of Dan Aykroyd saying, “Wanna see something really scary?” from The Twilight Zone but then it’s …
: Here’s the official Lego store’s page for The Razor Crest 75292 for your pre-ordering needs. Comes …
: I’ve been rewatching Justice League. Dwayne McDuffie sure was a talent.
: Here’s Strange Days, a Batman short set in 1939 that Bruce Timm directed in ’14.
: I’m glad the right movie won Best Director and Best Picture, and also that Taika Waititi won …
: I’m ready to endorse the “___ + Abrams 2020” ticket.
: What I Might Add to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Since going to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in January, I’ve been thinking about what …
: You should consider donating to a political campaign, but do not give your credit card to someone …
: You can now turn off auto-playing previews in Netflix. Now they just need to stop interrupting the …
: One of the reasons I’ve never gotten much into digital comics is that while on the surface they seem …
: Consider giving money to a political campaign.
: I’ve more or less tuned out of impeachment stuff for my own mental well-being. My congressmen …
: I sometimes feel the real generation gap is people who were in middle school and below when Pokémon …
: The Mandalorian, season two. INT. A WORKSHOP ON KIJIMI Mando drops what remains of IG-11 onto a …
: Reading J.W. Rinzler’s The Making I’d Return of the Jedi, this bit answers a question I’ve always …
: I collected a bunch of links about Disney’s Galaxy’s Edge on Pinboard here. …
: Every Star Wars movie needed at least one more script revision. The first one was heavily changed in …
: I finished Rebels on Disney+. Quite good. This little bit (spoiler) is fantastic.
: A less saavy show than Watchmen wouldn’t have known to make the Jeremy Irons scenes a farce. It’d …
: Lego has a forthcoming AT-ST Walker set. You get Mando and Cara Dune. The question is, what set will …
: Currently listening to the Bowie compilation Legacy, because I couldn’t decide on a particular …
: Lego 75267 is a pack of four Mandalorians and a speeder. What a time to be alive.
: A plot hole is a logical problem in the story’s narrative. It’s when something impossible or …
: My pitch for a Disney+ Star Wars series: It’s a cooking competition show set at Jabba’s Palace …
: A few more photos from Batuu.
: Here’s my trusty assistant helping me build my lightsaber. And the hilt we made.
: How to Batuu A Spoiler-Free Account of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and Some Tips for Travellers to Black Spire …
: Start one of these at the designated time to sync up with midnight.
: I was going to write a whole thing about Rise of Skywalker, but basically, it’s fine. Not a great …
: Speaking of Knives Out, Rian Johnson’s first film, Brick, is on Netflix until Wednesday.
: Knives Out: 👍🏻. Daniel Craig plays it just exactly over the top enough. What a fun movie.
: I like that Star Wars has basically found two different ways to make westerns not boring: 1) the …
: At some point I realized memes are like political cartoons. Rarely funny, insightful, or creative; …
: If iOS offloads an app because you haven’t used it lately (or you do it manually in Settings), it …
: Daniel Craig has been portraying James Bond for a year longer than there have been iPhones. Roger …
: It’s surprising Apple still doesn’t have the technology to have old movie tickets automatically …
: Pilsbury “Ready to Bake” Artoo sugar cookies.
: “New Mepiskapheles EP” isn’t something I thought I’d be getting this year. …
: The various Galaxy’s Edge books establish that Batuu has three suns. That’s a strange choice given …
: Realized the other morning that I pretty accurately remember the theme from Night Court, a show I …
: Here’s an Apple Music playlist by Disney Music of all the Mandalorian chapter soundtracks, updated …
: Studio Ghibli’s catalogue is now available for pre-order on iTunes. The movies come out Tuesday. …
: (And yeah, it’s probably just all Star Wars posts for the next month. Then I guess Doctor Who and …
: I’ve been trying to find a way to articulate this for two years now. With Rise of Skywalker …
: I’d wager if the Senate got Trump on the stand they could get him to admit everything and/or lie to …
: I’ve written down my demands for what needs to happen in Rise of Skywalker or I will take …
: My ideal version of Star Wars would likely not be what most people actually want to watch. It would …
: Finished reading Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire, the first Star Wars book I’ve ever read, because my …
: Lots of good Star Wars music out these days. There’s Ludwig Göransson’s cool scores …
: It seems like my gaming ping goes way up when Disney+ is playing in the house. Doesn’t happen with …
: I know people say “this website” when referring to Twitter to belittle it (as in “it’s just a …
: The Ventures’ Christmas Album is a cool surf rock record you might like. 🎵
: A bunch of Switch games are on sale on the eShop. I picked up Ni No Kuni, which I’d been meaning to …
: 007 Days of 007 ’19 In the olden days they ran the “007 Days of 007” on TV. It was fun to put on around the holidays …
: I like that Arrow did a time loop episode where the characters have already seen Groundhog Day so …
: Christmas Playlist ’19 I’ve been carefully building a Christmas playlist for over a decade, adding one track a year. There …
: Had a nice Thanksgiving in Charlottesville. Emotions are high, though. My understanding is for every …
: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: The Musical. 👍🏻🎭
: A few weeks ago I made a pithy comment about how the first episode of The Mandalorian only had one …
: I know the Han/Greedo maclunkey scene got all the attention, but I just watched the Disney+ editions …
: There seems to be no way to have HomeKit change the color of a bulb without also turning it on. What …
: Anyway the third episode was real good. Not a knock, but it occurs to me that part of why the show …
: I like how some characters have multiple, unrelated powers. Spider-Man can stick to walls and sense …
: Equality is the essential American virtue. Gender equality is important in movie casting (& most …
: Ran a 5K with Girls on the Run.
: “Ghost Spider” is the name you come up with and write down intending to come back to it later with …
: Me, watching e3 of Dickinson: “This show is like Better Riverdale.” Emily Dickinson, 1 minute later: …
: I have been more nervous about this week’s Good Place results than anything since, and maybe …
: So yeah, the 1st episode of The Mandalorian has exactly one scene where a woman has a line of …
: Today’s MacBook Pro looks fantastic. I’m hoping it’s a first step toward what I …
: 19:45. Length of time before there’s a female speaking role in the first episode of The Mandalorian.
: Today I tweeted a bunch about Star Wars, went for a run, read a bunch about Wallachian units of …
: I tweeted some things about Star Wars, including some videos of the original versions of the Han vs. …
: Batman Beyond is “what if Batman was also Spider-Man?” Young, acrobatic hero with dead father gets …
: Jonathan Hickman, taking over X-Men: we need to stop killing off characters and using death as a …
: I’ve watched two episodes of See now and it’s bonkers in a way that all the high concept shows that …
: The Apple TV app is an example of Apple designing an app to look good at the expense of working …
: Though I’m a Lego maniac, I’m not a fan of too-large sets like this new Batmobile or the …
: I know we’re sort of used to it now, but man, horizontally scrolling lists of TV shows on Apple TV …
: You should consider seeing Parasite. Go in knowing as little as possible. 👍🏻
: Friends, I regret posting the trailer to Jojo Rabbit earlier. The story has delightful surprises and …
: You should consider seeing Jojo Rabbit. 👍🏻
: I didn’t think there was a single thing Arrow could do to make me care about the flash-forward plot, …
: Once you start your free year of Apple TV+, you’ll be signed up for a monthly subscription …
: Wanna hear a really scary story? Today I went into a bank in person and I made a telephone call.
: As a cinnamon enthusiast, I had to rush out and try Coca-Cola Cinnamon. Review: it tastes exactly …
: I really think scoring some runs is going to be critical to the Nationals salvaging this thing. ⚾️
: I’ve been making some videos about vampire-related things to promote Wallachia (and because …
: I’m planning to sample the assorted “Dawn of X” comics. I’m definitely in for X-Men and New Mutants, …
: If you like Paul Rudd’s new Netflix series Living with Yourself, check out Seconds on Amazon Prime. …
: Oh! An article on a website about a television program I like. Oh. It’s just a summary of the …
: Last thing on Superman Smashes the Klan for now: what makes this story so special is how it takes …
: Run, don’t walk, to get a copy of Superman Smashes the Klan. Fans of the Fleischer Superman films …
: HBO Max has scored streaming rights to Studio Ghibli’s catalogue. I own all of …
: The Yellow Line I’m not much of a sports fan. I like baseball and tennis, but I don’t have cable so I …
: I saw the new Addams Family movie. Here and there it got the right vibe but the story doesn’t …
: As the weather gets cooler we’re starting to get ants coming inside. My plan is to release a bunch …
: Okay, the first draft of chapter five is done, but it’s rough. I kept having this problem where it’s …
: I’m digging Green Day’s Fire, Ready, Aim and in general the sound of both tracks …
: With the new movie coming out, I recommend this collection of Charles Addams’s original New Yorker …
: iOS 13.2 Beta Includes Icon Depicting New AirPods Design - MacRumors I won’t hold out too much hope, …
: “This town needs an enema” > “Why so serious?” They both get the Joker’s chaotic evilness across, …
: My goal with Wallachia is not wealth beyond imagination. I’m not trying to buy a boat. I’d be happy …
: Many of these Apple Arcade games are 1 GB or more. If you want to delete them but not lose your …
: Analog WatchOS 6 faces that show numerals and not just tick marks: California Chronograph Mickey …
: I’m really enjoying Greg Rucka’s Lois Lane series, especially how it picks up from his Renee Montoya …
: I was in a Ben & Jerry’s recently and they only offer wooden spoons, which I cannot abide. I …
: Sometimes* I wish people had blogs where they could write paragraphs instead of 20 tweets in a row. …
: My daughter’s in the orthodontist’s office. I’m stuck in the waiting room listening to country music …
: There’s an unlikely but plausible scenario that when the next Spider-Man movie comes out in July ’21 …
: TV OS update seems to have undone my “match frame rate” setting. If you have a 120hz TV, turn it on …
: I didn’t get any really good photos of last night’s #thezonecast live show, but I wanted to post …
: After The Adventure Zone’s live show last night I took a short walk by The White House. It was …
: Another awards show trend I dislike: the little voiced-over quips while the winner is walking to the …
: Host-less awards shows have no personality.
: Another way to get at what I was thinking about the other day: would it be sensible to start Netflix …
: I usually use Utility, styled after the Braun watch I used to wear. The only complications I feel I …
: California is close to being a face I really like, but I wish the hands were solid white and I’d …
: If you’re getting a new iPhone and have an Apple Watch, here are Apple’s recommendations …
: The plan: Finish writing chapter four today. The reality: I realize a tertiary character who’s …
: Mac OS Catalina still doesn’t have the System 7 technology to make Finder windows remember …
: I submitted my iOS 13 update the morning after XCode 11 GM came out. It’s been “waiting for review” …
: The Good Place: The Selection The good news: There’s a The Good Place web series that bridges the …
: I’m guessing Apple TV+ will release shows all at once, Netflix style (aka the bad way). I …
: I really like the point made on @KeanuPodcast about how gentle & genuine Bill & Ted’s is. …
: Logic and Final Cut Pro having entirely different keyboard shortcuts for doing the same thing, …
: Apple TV+ seems like a strange thing. There’s little about it that Apple can inherently do better …
: Final Cut Pro crashes on launch in the latest Mac OS. Fortunately I was able to load it on my …
: Here’s Zane Lowe’s interview from yesterday with Billie Joe Armstrong, Rivers Cuomo, and …
: …or a hair shirt and hair pants? I don’t know. I guess the second hair shirt would only be …
: Today I have a sea of red marks from my editor to wade through plus the anxiety of submitting an …
: Sometimes I wonder what the new Thing will be that I’m too old to get. It really might be VR/AR/AR …
: iPod Touch didn’t get the iOS 13 GM Seed.
: I think the reason today’s Apple event felt a little weird is that these things are no longer a …
: Apple’s Basic search ads are supposed to be simple, but this is what I get when I try to log …
: Beyoncé as ‘Star Trek’ Characters; (a “Thread”)
: Halloween is over two months away but I went ahead and set this up.
: Enjoying the relaxing last few moments I don’t have to spend actively avoiding Rise of Skywalker …
: There’s also a novella, Flowers of Transylvania, that’s a prelude to the main story. It …
: Chapter 1 has untranslated Latin Catholic liturgy, gay Hungarian folk dancing, and a puppet show. …
: My app, Wallachia, is now available. I’m writing an ongoing vampire story set in 19th century …
: Day Zero A good number of years ago I left my job to work on something new. That something comes out …
: August and it’s my first Nationals game of the season. ⚾️
: This piece is a good look at Stephen Colbert’s lovely view of death through Catholicism and Tolkien. …
: Journey is out now for iOS and it’s indeed as lovely as I’d heard, but I recommend playing it on …
: Here’s the semi-annual late summer post from me where 1) something has reminded me that football …
: I had assumed The Boys wasn’t the show for me, and it seems like for about the reasons i guessed: …
: The way Jonathan Hickman is using the letter X in House of X and Powers of X to mean sometimes X, …
: I always figured that La Luna, one of Pixar’s lesser-known shorts, was based on The Distance …
: Can I be the lone person my age saying that while yes, it’s clearly the white supremacy and not the …
: Blade: Trinity is not worth your time, but if you’re going to make a movie that doesn’t work, go …
: The only thing less likely than the Snyder Cut being any good is the people who so desperately want …
: I didn’t, but if I had said last night that I couldn’t think of a particular actor’s name, know that …
: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 lets you pick your team members. My daughters naturally built a team with …
: I realized re-reading this just now that I read Dracula in college, then last summer, then like …
: Over at Dracula Live, a ship is on its way to Whitby, UK carrying some large boxes from …
: Some day I want to open a restaurant that only sells trays of gourmet crackers like the ones on the …
: A small pet peeve: when a foreign movie had lovingly-rendered title or credit screens but they’ve …
: The Tom Holland Spider-Man isn’t quite my ideal version of the character, but damn if it isn’t …
: Mattel is selling a Ziggy Stardust Barbie doll to mark the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s “Space …
: Was there even a chance I’d get out of this McDonald’s without trying the world menu “Grand …
: “They said: How sir! ye have made and ordained the law, and our children be now dead, and ye would …
: The Legend of St. George thinks it’s a tale about the heroism of a knight slaying a dragon, but the …
: I haven’t played Splatoon 2 a ton lately, but I’m looking forward to the last Splatfest and hope a …
: I can only imagine how distasteful designing mobile games must feel. You come up with a cool idea …
: Woke up to the fun task of disputing specious YouTube copyright claims on the public domain Superman …
: I liked Spider-Man: Far from Home. It was tons of fun, but after Spider-Verse filled its soundtrack …
: I’ve now seen two John Wick movies. Just one more and then several dozen Fast and the Furious …
: I only saw Kingdom of the Crystal Skull once. Was that the right call? FWIW the end reveal didn’t …
: This series on Grant Morrison’s Seven Soldiers of Victory is thoughtful and well-written. It’s not a …
: We had a wonderful time at the Kennedy Space Center yesterday. Lots of good new stuff to see since I …
: I wish someone at Apple cared enough to correct the metadata on iTunes/Apple Music songs. Since the …
: A likely outcome of exposing the treatment of prisoners in our concentration camps will be …
: This soccer stuff is actually quite watchable. 🇺🇸⚽️
: You, too, can avoid the plot of most Toy Story movies by following my parenting rules of 1) no toys …
: The iPad Pro feels, to me, like it’s the culmination of Jony Ive’s design ethos. Thin, just 3 …
: As I sit watching a lady flick away every app on her iPhone, here’s your periodic reminder that you …
: There’s a section in Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview where Jobs says the problem with Microsoft …
: If I’m going to get up and leave the office, but the song playing in iTunes only has a few …
: Godzilla: King of the Monsters was fun. Overlong, and the pseudo-science was laughable, but, y’know, …
: Social media applications should show you an item’s existing replies before letting you add your …
: For Father’s Day my family got me some nephews.
: SwiftUI is cold-blooded in how much code it lets you remove. You’re not sure whether to hate …
: I saw When Marnie Was There tonight. It’s a beautiful movie told in a gentle way. There are a few …
: It’s a beautiful day and my polling place is about a mile away from my house so I’ve …
: A one act play: I have a .txt file open on my iPad. I want to save it to Files. I open Files in a …
: Little thing: trying to be helpful, Apple’s type system will kern Roman Numerals. In some …
: AR demos still really trying to make “fetch” happen.
: Short of buying DVDs from another region, there seems to be no way to watch Heidi, Girl of the Alps …
: I finished Tiamat’s Wrath. My reading has dropped off lately but I’m cutting TV series left and …
: Dave Coulier’s Popeye impression is to the 80s as a Scooby Doo or Muppets impression would be now.
: Lookin’ good, @brentsimmons.
: If you didn’t cancel HBO when Game of Thrones ended, you should watch Chernobyl. It’s as good as …
: Just about a year ago we lost my sister’s husband, Tom. His sister, Alison, is publishing a …
: More WWDC wishlist items: A built-in API for verifying in-app purchase receipts locally. I’d …
: I bookmarked these 1950s Wilkins Coffee ads to watch earlier this week and just got around to it. So …
: Over a week later and this piece of satire from The Onion is still sitting with me.
: Trivial Apple product prediction: the next major revisions of the Mac Pro, MacBook line, and iMac …
: Peanuts in Space is a new short mockumentary starting Jeff Goldblum and Ron Howard. It’s free on …
: I am very much of the opinion that the only authoritative say a writer gets is what he/she puts in …
: There’s a brief part in Shazam! that features the Henry Cavil Superman, except his costume is that …
: There’s a show on the air starring David Tennant, Allison Janney, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Hodgman, …
: It’s sort of cool that GRRM gets to watch a multi-million dollar rough draft of his last book (or …
: I asked Siri to play party music and now it’s playing Stroke 9’s “Little Black Backpack” and thank …
: I have a hockey puck-sized flood sensor in the basement. If it detects water it shrieks and also …
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: Here’s a neat set of moments from Grant Morrison’s Batman books. In Batman 664, Batman …
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