Placing a late bet on the beta of #iPadOS 18 had an immediate payoff, a more whimsical home screen of textless icons arranged to allow the wallpaper to peek out. The beta is solid on my M4 #iPadPro, so much so I’m thinking of trying 18.1 for a (very) little #Apple Intelligence.

Bambi stopped by the backyard, posing for about three seconds before realizing its mother was more than fifty feet away and ran off.

The new iPad Pro in All Its Splendor​ has made my top five #Apple devices.

  • Nano Edition iPad Pro
  • Unibody MacBook
  • OG iPhone​
  • Sunflower iMac
  • ​Apple IIGS ​

Five years ago I bet on a root canal over tooth extraction, odds 6 to 1 in my favor of it lasting ten years. Today, I lost, so I’m looking forward to a long and intermittently painful and costly process: extraction, buildup, screw insertion, implant, crown.

Butter chicken tacos with pico de gallo and fries at Urban Turban combine Indian, Mexican, and French cuisine into a sublime lunch!

A last vestigial limb of the Steve Ballmer era at Microsoft has withered a bit more. Surface division reported another YOY sales drop, despite the last best hope of new ARM chips–next quarter for sure! If not, the Restless Eye of Nadella may finally focus on Surface. Like a laser.

#Microsoft

Fox and Raccoon was not quite the Disney short I expected.

Downy woodpecker is not well pleased with me watching her eat.

The bird feeder seemed a bit “light” in the mornings recently, but overnight footage from the security camera showed nothing, so, logically, I thought it ghosts. It was not. Upon flipping the outdoor light on before stepping out to bring the feeder in, I spied the culprit.