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.
Hot and dry for weeks, three of ten or so birds were bathing and drinking from the lawn sprinkler this morning. I usually give up in July and reseed in September, but this year I may water for the birds. Unless drought is declared. Sorry, birds.
A squirrel at rest, possibily pondering the record temperature in the Raleigh metro area of 103 °F (39.44 °C), but luckily low humidity meant the (lethal) heat index was only 105 °F (40.56 °C). Squirrel gets this. Why don’t we?
Two weeks since I scrounged my last six pack of Pepsi Made with Real Sugar, I find Pepsi-Cola Soda Shop. It’s probably just a rebrand, but it tastes a bit less sweet to me, though still 90 calories. Either way, hurray for sugar soda! And now I know how the Chicago Tribune felt in 1948.
Challenge rejected, as Pepsi-Cola Made with Real Sugar follows Coca-Cola Life into the recycling bin of cola history. A little sugar in a little can, 7.5 oz. (222 mL), tastes sweeter and less chemically to me than whatever zero calorie soda everyone else drinks. Pour one out for Pepsi RS.
My wife likes counting rabbits on walks in the neighborhood. I like walking as little as possible. What makes a good walk for us both? The Bunny Satisfaction Index divides the number of rabbits sighted by distance, thus 1 mile and 7 rabbits (7) is superior to 2 miles and 12 rabbits (6).
A dear deer friend stopped by for dinner.
Fearless Hummingbird Moth on a Butterfly Bush would make a decent kaiju if it were 10,000 times or so bigger.
I love the minimalism of the iPhone mini, except for the camera, this duck and duckling photo demonstrating the lacking. If rumors of the iPhone 16 Pro Max having a telephoto periscope camera are true, that and Apple Intelligence may be enough to move me to upsize my iPhone.
Oh, Apple Maps! It’s been two years since those trees were removed to make room for more unbridled consumerism in Cary, NC. Did Tim Apple forget to update the satellite imagery subscription?
#AppleMaps
Lots of tech enthusiasts hyping new Surface devices as plunky rebels fighting the Apple Empire, but the real enemy is OEMs. Steve Jobs understood you couldn’t compete with the clones, Microsoft and the Jedis never did. Order 66 incoming from Darth Nadella sooner or later.
#Microsoft #Surface
I’m pouring one out (Caffè Misto) for the Smart Keyboard Folio. After eight years and three keyboards, the latest skinned with leather and topped with white keycaps, it will be replaced with a Magic Keyboard because the magnets won’t align with an M4 iPad Pro.
#Apple #iPadPro
How I solved the “No AirPrint Printers Found” problem with my Nest Wifi mesh network.
#WiFi #Google #Linksys
Mr. Turtle does not seem well pleased by my attention.
I thought it was plastic.
A few very rare yard lilies not (yet) eaten by our dear deer friends.
From a forest near Asheville, I think this is a Flame Azalea, but if not it should use that as a nom de guerre or porn name because as flowers go, totally hot.
