I used to live in the general area and I wish I had know about Lodge Manufacturing back then. It sounds like a fascinating place and company. I now own a couple of their cast iron skillets and love using them.

I am way more excited than a grown man should be to see this next season of GoT.

Except for the “big games”, I rarely watch any college basketball until this time of year. Then I’ll watch every game broadcast. This could be a really great way to feed my March Madness addiction.

Preview is a surprisingly good “quickie” photo editor a lot of people overlook. This post is a good primer on how to use its editing capabilities.

I didn’t know there hadn’t always been a 221B Baker St.

Yet another salvo in the court of public opinion, this time from Apple’s Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering.

If you have version 2.90 of Transmission, upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible.

Depending on how reachable those monthly fitness goals are, this sounds like a great idea. The only concern I have is, who is collecting the data and how? How do you prove you’re reaching the monthly goals? Is the data automatically downloaded by the company? If so, what safeguards are there in place for the security of that data?

I’d never used noise generators until recently. My new neighbor snores like a congested elephant and it was driving me nuts. I now use this app to drown him out with a combination of October Rain and the very comforting Blue Whales. Works great.

I know how challenging this trip would be on a modern bike like my FJR 1300. It’s inconceivable how difficult it must have been in 1903.

But if there’s even a slight chance to find a magical unicorn (which is redundant, by the way), shouldn’t law enforcement do everything in its power to discover such a creature? What is Apple trying to hide here? Why won’t they help the FBI discover this creature? Is it discrimination against mythical horses? Did a unicorn hurt Tim Cook as a child? Enquiring minds want to know.

And the The San Bernardino District Attorney is an idiot.

Apple isn’t leaving this in the hands of the courts or Congress. They are also fighting in the court of public opinion. They are serious about winning this fight.

This is utterly insane. I love the unpolished nature of this thing. Almost as if you could make it yourself using scrap would and nuts and bolts from your garage. But trust me, there’s no way you could. Just watch and appreciate not only the music being made but the wonderful Rube Goldbergness of the machine itself.

As a motorcyclist, I still prefer a dedicated GPS but, whenever I’ve used one of the Maps apps, I’ve always found Apple Maps to be the more “pleasing” of the

I’m not a huge fan or creator of GIFs but GIF Brewery 3 is available free for a limited time (until March 12, 2016) and is fairly easy to use.

This isn’t the Apple vs FBI case that has garnered so much attention but it is interesting, if not precedent setting, that the judge in this particular case ruled against the government and its use of the All Writs Act, the same law the FBI is trying to use against Apple.

Absolutely mind blowing. I am unable to envision “drawing” like this on such a scale, let alone imagine the physical effort of 40,000 steps in the snow and cold. Be sure to check out the links to Beck’s other murals, all equally incredible.

All the buzz from this interview is about the effort to get the iPod/iTunes on the PC. It’s an good interview regardless, going through Fadell’s illustrious career. What I find really interesting has been the lack of comment from Walt Mossberg regarding his involvement.

As usual, lots of good info here from Wirecutter. I’m lucky that I don’t have many issues with battery life but lots of folks struggle to get through a whole day without a top up. Hopefully, some of these tips will help. Pay attention to the “Myths” section for info on what doesn’t work.

I love (and own a bunch of) the stuff at the Apple Campus Store and it’s always confused me why, when Apple knows how much merchandise they sell at that location, Apple doesn’t sell similar items in their retail locations or even online. I once asked Steve Jobs about it and he said, “We don’t sell t-shirts online because it devalues the brand….”

It’s a relatively easy thing to check to ensure compatibility and, if not, to fix.

Really well written examination of how the government is trying to use this law to compel Apple to do its bidding.

Heartbreaking to think this guy carried around all that unnecessary guilt for all of these years but wonderful that, upon reporting the story, listeners wrote in to help him get past it.

This is the logical next step for Apple even if this fight with the FBI hadn’t come up. But, given the climate Apple finds itself in, these new measures will come under even greater scrutiny from the government and the public.

I love how fired up Tim Cook was in this interview, even if the interviewer asked some idiotic questions.

The PR battle is heating up.

Typically clear, well-written piece by Thompson, laying out both sides of the issue. Pass this around to people who may ask you what this story i

I like this new feature. I’m not an avid Facebooker but, when friends and family posted something of interest, I like to acknowledge it. But sometimes those posts don’t feel as if the “Like” is appropriate. These new emojis will help extend the range of expressible emotions on Facebook.

Hard to believe the movie came out more than 30 years ago. I watched it a couple of years ago with a 12 year old and it still stands up really well for both adults and kids

I find it remarkable Apple is going to this incredible effort. They don’t really have to. They want to. The company is not going to be better because their new headquarters has the “world’s largest piece of curved glass”.