mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Alsatian at heart. Not as cool as David Bowie.
Currently: iOS Lead at Drawboard
Previously: VMkernel @ VMware, iOS @ , Bit Wrangler @ Itty Bitty Apps
There are still numerous corners of the Internet that still resist the relentless onslaught of bloated Javascript frameworks, that present themselves with simple, plain 90s-era markup and who are happy to let the browser display their elements natively.
And these, of course, are Unsubscribe pages for mailing lists.
The “Mister F” chime from Arrested Development lives rent free in my head every time I have to use the letter in isolation in a sentence.
A glyph so uncommon the BBC had to deploy another font just for it
PSA: if you've used Xcode 26.4 and found that the Simulator would hang for a while attaching to your app, it seems like updating to macOS 26.4 (finally!) fixes that problem.
"[...] using a ticketing system as old as the BlackBerry and Blu-Ray player [...]"
That's... considered... old tech?
“Oxygène” by Jean-Michel Jarre is such a perfect album. If you’ve never heard it, do yourself a treat, it’s just 40 minutes long.
Then once you’ve finished it, ponder the fact that this was recorded in *1976* in a *studio apartment*. Visualise a tiny Parisian flat filled with bulky synthesizers, recording equipment, and dirty dishes piling up. Just wild.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/oxyg%C3%A8ne/1719812323
Things you can’t unsee: HBO and Ubiquiti share a logo.
RE: https://newsie.social/@Tendar/116520426368741330
In case you've forgotten what's going on in Eastern Europe: Ukraine is now a military superpower and is regularly striking targets deep inside Russia. Only Trump can save Putin.
