An hour or so later the pile of papers is gone, data entered, documents scanned, bills paid, calls made, letters written, appointments scheduled. All that remains is an empty tea cup and the iPad Pro, the computer for the stressed of us.
#iPadPro
No Vision Pro for me. My hyperopia/astigmatism well beyond the over/under of +/- 2.10 on the sphere/cylinder axis. I blame my mother. She probably squeezed my head too hard in the birth canal. On the positive, I look forward to paying half as much for an OLED M3 iPad Pro this spring.
#VisionPro
My tires hate me. I favor “performance” driving–PSI matters! Temperatures ranging from 22.4°F (-6.67°C) this Sunday morning to 70°F (21.1°C) on Thursday afternoon ensure my tires are under/over inflated.
#Mazda
A few of our dear deer friends stopped by this morning for breakfast, but foliage along that dry creek bed is sparse now. They’ll be moving to the front yard soon, pansies (yum!) in windows boxes.
Wanting to change drive icons, instead of tedious search I tried Bing Image Creator using “steampunk” and “file cabinet” and a few other words. I was shocked by the efficacy. I get why artists are mad and scared now. We probably all will be before AI is done with us, I think.
Serendipity of the Day: an entire package of fabulous Speculoos from Trader Joe’s fits inside an OXO mini rectangle container.
Apple may be trying a new Magic Keyboard, but the old one was a trying experience. Ungainly and awkward on my lap, I returned it and returned to the Smart Keyboard Folio, spent the extra on brown leather back and white keycaps.
Is there an app setting or lawyer that I can select to stop ads in my “ad-free” MAX Plan? Tech support said, “regarding those pop-ups, you may see them from time to time as we love to keep our fans in the loop about any new and exciting shows, movies, and features that are coming to Max!”
Q423 Surface revenue was $1.1 billion, down 20 percent YOY, about the same as in 2018. Worse, Microsoft expects Q124 to decline by a third. Blaming a glut of PCs won’t alter the trajectory of the division–no trend line required here–and doesn’t really matter. Surface exists upon the interest of Panos Panay and sufferance of Satya Nadella, but for how much longer?
It does make a sound. Also, a small dent in the gutter where the top hit, as well as a $650 bill for cutting bringing it and another dead tree down.
Five seconds of snow captured on video, likely the last snow of this year—not just this winter—because that’s how climate change rolls in the Piedmont of North Carolina.
My wife got three bouquets of flowers. Her father arranged them into four vases. They all look this good. I think he missed his calling.
Once again, #AppleWeather radar fails to provide basic functionality and #AppleSupport provides no explanation. Apple loves to tell us when their services save lives, but relying solely on Apple Weather for timely information feels like a safety risk to me.
Before Bing chat was lobotomized, I asked it to “write me a story about a unicorn.” What I got was half a story, half a synopis of a story, and arguably traumatizing to young children. Nice.
Tags: #Bing #AI #ChatGPT
A Red-shouldered hawk sat on this branch looking for lunch just long enough for me to grab my iPhone 13 mini and the delightful kludge that is the Sony DSC-QX10, create a peer-to-peer network, zoom times 10, and take the picture.
I tried to tell the gas company rep that a 40 percent increase in my monthly budget billing amount did not take into account a leaky gas water heater in December and a new heat pump unit in January. All hail the power of Maxwell’s demon!
Always #Microsoft #Surface has existed upon the sufferance of Nadella and the interest of Panay, but is there a limit to either? Revenue is on track to backtrack five or six years for FY23, profitability likely worse, too many products, too little volume.
Saturation so high, this Camellia japonica bloom looks like it was manufactured by Samsung’s mobile phone camera division, rather than grown in my front yard.
Eight hours and an evocation later, the plumbers/sorcerers installed the hybrid water heater. It has a “heat pump” on top which definitely does not contain a Maxwell Demon exchanging molecules of cool air for warm.
A brief history of desktop computing:
- 1980 Atari 400
- 1986 Apple IIGS
- 1999 DIY PC
- 2004 iMac G5
- 2010 Mac mini
- 2022 iMac M1
