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I saw this in the theater during its initial release. You couldn’t pay me to sit through it again.

Some of us certainly did. I’ve been saying for years that all of these services are creating a giant PITA when it comes to finding the things you want to watch.

I posted a different hack on Twitter earlier this week but this one works as well.

As a fellow motorcyclist, doing a single “Iron Butt Day” (1,000 miles in 24 hours) is inconceivable to me. The most I’ve ever done is 800 miles in a day and I was utterly exhausted for two days afterward. Crockett did 1,000 miles a day for 11 consecutive days. 12,998.9 miles.

With Apple putting so much marketing and company effort into differentiating itself on privacy, the company must not only do better than “the other guys,” they must be seen to be doing better than the other guys. this incident is not a good look for the company.

Dave and I looked at the recently announced DOJ investigation into tech companies, as well as the return of Walkie-Talkie on the Apple Watch, and the first ever iPhone call.

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Definitely a bucket list item for me.

Foreign policy via tweets. Hell of a way to run a country.

The majority of us are smart and savvy enough to not fall for this but please remind family and friends Apple will NEVER call you out of the blue and they should NEVER answer or respond to any calls, texts or emails purporting to be from Apple if they haven’t specifically requested.

I love the competition between Apple and Spotify. It makes both services better and brings out the best in both companies.

Tech’s worst held secret is officially out. That sound you hear is Qualcomm yelling, “DAMMIT!”

The camera is a hugely important part of the iPhone and Apple has done a lot of work in making it an amazing device to capture images. But it will always come down to the skill, and sometimes luck, of the photographer. But with a camera that is so easy to use and can capture stunning pictures, it’s even easier to “get the shot.”

There’s a link to check if your personal data was exposed. If it was, you’ll file a claim and will get $125 or 4 years of free credit monitoring.

For young me, HyperCard really was magical.

If you’ve got a “fancy” TV, turn off motion smoothing now.

As I said in my newsletter this AM, these are exactly the results I would expect. The Apple Watch ECG feature isn’t a toy or a gimmick.

I was lucky enough to have a podcast listener invite me on a tour of Pixar during one Macworld Expo. It was a fascinating place.

I remember this “unlimited” ticket story when I was a kid and dreamed about having the ability to fly anywhere, any time.

It really is one of the most awful CG shots ever put on screen.

There’s no doubt these sites should be protected but getting international cooperation isn’t going to be easy.

I wish my stepson was in town so he could watch this with me.

Perfect games are rare. Perfect games like this will never happen again. On a personal note, I was in New York City for this game.

Even today, this would be an incredible feat of technology, engineering, coding, people, and equipment. But the fact it happened 50 years ago today makes it possibly the most amazing thing human beings have ever done.

Snoopy is coming to Apple TV+, so Dave and I spend some time talking about some of the TVs on Apple’s upcoming service. We also discussed the elimination of 3D Touch in the upcoming release of iOS.

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SBNation: It’s easy to lose sight of the importance of teammates in cycling. The Tour goes out of its way to make itself seem like an individual competition, giving the race leader a bright yellow jersey that can be seen … Continued

50 years ago tomorrow, this incredible feat of engineering happened.

New York Times: Bob Ross painted more than 1,000 landscapes for his television show — so why are they so hard to find? We solve one of the internet’s favorite little mysteries. Bob Ross was a national treasure. I’ve never … Continued

It’s only a matter of time before this technology enters the mainstream and is used in the big leagues. I think that will be a shame because one of the joys of baseball is that human element of a really bad umpire.

Dave and I wrapped up our thoughts on the new MacBook updates this week, and talked about an old iPhone Dave found in a drawer. We also looked at things Apple could do with the Apple Watch and iPad to help people with disabilities, which is a very personal topic for Dave.

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Voyager 1 and 2 are now a mindboggling 13.5 billion and 11.1 billion miles from Earth. The people who originally designed them and the people who keep them working after 42 years should be incredibly proud of themselves.