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It is absolutely fine to rip your books in half

I was as “fauxraged” as anyone else when I first saw the “offending” tweet. But, after thinking on it for a couple of days (I know – not doing a hot take is so 20th century) and reading this piece I recognized I have an emotional attachment to books that, while perhaps warranted, isn’t necessary to foist on others who don’t feel the same way.

Mossberg in 2016 told us about “The iCloud loophole”

This is an old post from 2016 but, in light of the recent stories, it shows a couple of things. One, that the issue has been known about for quite some time and two, some of Apple’s rationale for doing it the way they do.

Your thumb, an iPhone ad

[VIDEO] The ad embedded in the main Loop post shows off the 4″ iPhone form-factor as being perfect for the human hand, and thumb.

I bring this ad up because it is one of the ads unearthed by the Unofficial Apple Archive, which I truly love, but also because of the rumored iPhone SE 2, which I posted about earlier.

Enjoy.

Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll

This is an interesting case because, on the face of it, you’d think Apple is entirely in the right in saying that an employee can’t spend time “planning his new startup while on company time at Apple, spending hours on the phone with colleagues who eventually joined the venture.”

The Typewriter, by Leroy Anderson

“The Typewriter for Orchestra” was written by Leroy Anderson in 1950. In this performance, the soloist is Alfredo Anaya, with conductor Miguel Roa, at the Concierto “Voces para la Paz”, Músicos Solidarios, Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid, in 2011. It is one of the silliest performances using a typewriter you’ll ever see.

The two faces of the smart city

The issues being brought up in this piece are not often thought about by the general public and certainly aren’t being addressed by our authorities and/or the companies who sell these products and tools except for them to say, “Trust us.”

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech

It’s hard to find the full audio or video of the speech (it’s been locked up in litigation for years) but here is a link to the transcription of the speech text. Most people don’t realize that the title of the speech wasn’t in the original prepared text. It wasn’t until the famed Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson yelled out, “Tell ’em about the dream, Martin!” that the Reverend went off script and adlibbed much of the rest of the speech.

King speechwriter Clarence Jones realized what was happening when he saw King “push the text of his prepared remarks to one side,” he wrote in the Washington Post in 2011. “I leaned over and said to the person next to me, ‘These people out there today don’t know it yet, but they’re about ready to go to church.”

New Apple TV+ content announced

Apple is attending the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour and has announced several new programs.

The Dalrymple Report: Neil Peart, Peacock, and AirPods

Dave and I talk about Neil Peart, Rush’s drummer who died last week, as well as NBC adding a new streaming service and a bad AirPods Pro update.

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Encryption backdoors won’t stop crime but will hurt U.S. tech

This is a piece from late last year but it has resurfaced in light of recent events. It’s also by a man I like, admire, and greatly respect (even if I disagree with him on occasion) and a man who knows more about the topic than any of us ever will – General Michael Hayden, former director of both the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency.

My 5yo asked, “How big is a wolf?”

This is pretty cool. My son and I just spent the last 30 minutes taking pictures of him with various animals (panda, lion, leopard) in our living room. I had no idea how big a wolf was.

Microsoft’s Chromium Edge browser is here

Engadget: As promised, Microsoft is officially releasing its Chromium-based Edge browser today, which is powered by the same engine that’s behind Google Chrome. Windows and Mac users can download and install the update manually, and automatic updates will start rolling … Continued

It’s time for new hardware at the center of Apple’s home strategy

I and others been saying this for years. It should have been the natural extension of Jobs’ vision for the home he put forward long ago at a Macworld Expo keynote. I think it’s a huge blind spot the company is bizarrely ignoring. Something as “simple” as the Apple TV combined with a HomePod that works as a TV soundbar has been talked about and lusted over. Why won’t/hasn’t Apple developed this idea further? I agree with Snell when he says, “The elimination of AirPort wasn’t a mistake. The real mistake was not replacing it with a next-generation product that could be the hub of a home network.”