Category Archives: Asides

When did all the tech publications turn into Valleywag?

Coincidentally, I deleted Twitter’s app from my iPhone yesterday, which I was only using for notifications. I enabled SMS notifications for the things I wanted and installed Twitterrific instead. https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/14/twitter-app-tracking-transparency-support/

Yesterday, I wrote about crypto without mentioning Elon Musk or DOGE. Weird, eh? https://initialcharge.net/2021/05/crypto-portfolio/

The Mac apps I work with most: Chrome, Slack, Things, Simplenote, and Reeder. https://twitter.com/shawnblanc/status/1393238484698157060

Anyone have a good alternative to Panic’s Code Editor? I’m unlikely to switch now, but would like to be aware of my options.

Just paid about a billion dollars for gas, how’s your day going?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf

I wish Safari handled RSS feeds better. I just want to see a preview of the feed and then copy the URL.

I nominate this tweet from Chris to the Twitter Hall of Fame. https://twitter.com/chrishannah/status/1391912871651598342

First sunburn reference is in the last episode of season 4. But it’s just a joke. No one actually has a sunburn. https://mike.rockwell.mx/asides/1459