This is totally off-topic but khakis with a little bit of stretch in them are effing amazing.
Month: October 2016
New MacBook Pros Lack Iconic Mac Startup Chime, but They Do Automatically Boot When You Open the Lid – 9to5Mac
If [the new MacBook Pros] are fully switched off, opening the laptop will automatically turn them on, removing the need to press the power button.
I’m sad to see the chime disappear without so much as a mention from Apple, but if it’s truly unnecessary because of the boot process, at least it’s disappearance makes sense.
The Apple of Your Eye – Ben Brooks
When I was talking about the Surface Studio on Twitter, someone responded “have you guys even used Windows lately”. I chuckled, because I have, and it’s shit. Anyone who thinks the Surface Studio makes up for that, is going to be really fucking sad.
I’ve had a post just like this floating around in my had, but Ben Brooks got there first.
Future Imperfect by Jared Sinclair
Hilariously, you can spend $4299 dollars on a spanking new MacBook Pro and $969 dollars on an iPhone 7 Plus — both from the same manufacturer — but you cannot connect them together without a $25 conversion cable.
Jared Sinclair’s list of various technological incompatibilities barely scratches the surface but should provide more than enough fuel for some anger in your belly. This isn’t the future that I was hoping for as a kid watching Star Trek.
Well, we almost made it a week without a family member getting sick again.
Sharing links to tweets via iMessage is the new email forward.
If 🤔 isn’t constantly in your recent emoji list, you’re living wrong.
TIL that amoxicillin for kids comes in customizable flavors. When I was a kid, it only came in bubblegum.
I cannot believe my fucking laptop is dead. Timing couldn’t be worse.
And now my laptop is dead. Refuses to boot.