Happy #iPadmini Day! My wife will happily be choosing among the colors of the new mini and folio cover at the Apple Store, while enthusiasts will be complaining about the A17 Pro and tech specs on social media. Everybody wins!
Walking along a paved path next to a busy road bisecting a wooded housing development, I was disappointed to see it disappear in the distance, not uncommon in North Carolina where sidewalks seem a luxury. Closer, a sharp dip revealed a pedestrian tunnel instead, how surprising and delightful!
Bird boned and tiny wristed or not, #AppleWatch 10 big screen allure was irresistible, also Best Buy Total Upsell Membership stacks rewards and adds AppleCare! If, like me, you are consumering the planet’s future today, you can’t go wrong. As long as you die before the Ecopocalypse, of course.
Little Ernie and Big Ernie (my wife thinks raccoon faces are shaped like Ernie and possum faces like Burt) snuffling around the deck for spilled seed last night. I have to take the bird feeder in every night to keep them from knocking it off the pole.
Carolina mantis enjoying a longer, warmer, wetter summer into fall, not so much the biped who took the picture, one of many responsible for accelerated climate change.
Tinting to the tone of Frank Lloyd Wright wallpaper with iOS 18 looks nice but feels unfinished as a feature. It doesn’t adjust for day and night, no accommodation for badges fading into the background, and Calendar doesn’t change the date—dealbreaker!
Evolutionary tradition has the first Camellia bloom signaling the beginning of Autumn. Unfortunately, evolution didn’t get the memo regarding climate change, at least in my front yard, where it will be 85°F/29.4°C today. Still, pretty though.
As of WatchOS 11, the Siri face is no more. No doubt its many fans–all five or so of us–will be disappointed. It has been replaced by Smart Stack, but this is a feature, not a face, requiring action beyond a glance. Perhaps Apple Intelligence will bring a smarter Siri back next year.
Jean-Paul Sartre troubleshoots my printing problem.
I returned the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro. Hefty and awkward in the lap, cantilever design engineered with a millimeter of its tipping point, it’s too little magic for too much money. I mourn for the Smart Keyboard Folio.
