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Interesting that after all these years, Amazon has finally released these numbers. I wonder if they’ll ever announce Kindle and Echo sales figures?

I had no idea glass was so complex.

Tomato paste is one of those things I use all the time but have never given its production any thought. I had no idea it was made like this.

I’ve lived in port cities most of my life and, while I’ve seen many of these markings on container ships, I never really paid much attention or knew what they represented. Turns out, they are pretty interesting.

As always, gorgeous video but there’s an interesting note included with this one.

Nothing but good news for Apple and bad news for almost every other manufacturer.

At first blush, this seemed really silly. But on further examination, it’s fascinating how many variations Apple has had for “Space Gray”. You’d think a company renowned for its attention to detail would be more consistent in its colour schemes.

Another fascinating article in Apple’s Machine Learning series. It got a bit dense for me at times (or, rather, I’m a bit dense for the article) but there are lots of interesting tidbits of info included.

James Gunn: Here’s a cool list of the different jobs on a movie set and how they fit into the system. Gunn posted this on Twitter and not only is it an interesting breakdown of the jobs on a film … Continued

Considering the market share, I always bristle whenever a pundit says, “Apple needs to solve this problem…” instead of at least including Google and Android in the discussion. But there’s no doubt that Apple, with its stated concerns about user privacy and demonstrated control over all aspects of the iPhone, is uniquely situated to at least begin the discussion on these issues.

This is just one of many cases that will need to be adjudicated before the issue is settled but I think, in the long run, Apple will lose this fight.

QuickTime Player X is utterly useless as a production app.

Pretty impressive review from Serenity Caldwell at iMore.

Meaning, this is a test bed for where Disney wants to go with its own content.

As it continues the 64-bit app transition, Apple will begin alerting customers running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 when they are using an outdated, 32-bit app. The alert will only happen when you open a 32-bit app, and it will happen … Continued

I don’t know how familiar any of you are with the Foundation trilogy but when I saw this news I had a little squeal of delight.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Cook had to be convinced to leave his gig at Compaq but it turned out well for all involved – except maybe Compaq.

To answer the headline – yes and not soon enough. There’s only been one 3D film I’ve ever thought was worth the money – Avatar. I haven’t bothered to go see a movie in 3D in five years.

Some will blow this off as simple marketing fluff but everyone at Apple should be proud of this accomplishment and the company’s commitment to the environment.

I test my poor wife on this stuff all the time. Like most people, she plays along with these little quizzes and questions but had no idea they can be used to harvest details about her for nefarious purposes.

Always fascinating to listen to Cook.

DeLong makes a great point. For those of us with children, Apple’s parental controls for the iPad are a blunt instrument.

This might be the coolest thing you watch all day.

As a City Kid, I’ve never had much need to “identify the plants and animals around me” but now that I live in a semi-rural area, I’m kind of curious about the flora and fauna I see. This app may be able to help.

I find this to a very odd thing for our Royal Canadian Mint to do.

When I read about this yesterday, I was sure it was an April Fools’ joke. Good to read it isn’t.

My wife and I watched this video this weekend and were enthralled. We immediately went out and bought semolina flour so we could try our hand at some of it and now I want a pasta maker for myself.

If this is the future, let me off the planet. I want no part of it.

Wired: The modern web contains no shortage of horrors, from ubiquitous ad trackers to all-consuming platforms to YouTube comments, generally. Unfortunately, there’s no panacea for what ails this internet we’ve built. But anyone weary of black-box algorithms controlling what you … Continued

This history is more interesting than it has a right to be. That being said, don’t ever do this to strangers on the street.