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Happy New Year, Y'all. Start Today Banner Image Happy New Year, Y'all. Start Today 2015 is gone. 2016 is here. There are a lot of posts about the new year floating around the internet this week. Iโ€™ve never been a โ€œresolutionโ€ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ December 31, 2015 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Opinion๐Ÿท๏ธ Holiday Perfectly Reasonable? Banner Image Perfectly Reasonable? Donโ€™t get me wrong. A Lightning nubbin on the Apple Pencil makes sense and is a great way to charge on the go. It requires no extra hardware, ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ December 15, 2015 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple๐Ÿท๏ธ iPad Pro๐Ÿท๏ธ Pencil While you're wrapping and unpacking... While youโ€™re wrapping and unpacking all those fancy holiday gifts, take a second to set aside all those annoying Silica Gel packets in an airtight ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ December 13, 2015 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Holiday๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro De-Evolution of the Language Banner Image De-Evolution of the Language Truly Monsterous Rachel Feltman, in the Washington Post: Ending your texts with a period is truly monstrous. We all know this. Grammar be darned, it just doesnโ€™t ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ December 9, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— The Washington Post ๐Ÿท๏ธ Grammar๐Ÿท๏ธ Texting Open Always Wins, Vol. 32 Banner Image Open Always Wins, Vol. 32 Your pants are locked From the We Live Security blog: After clicking on the button, the userโ€™s device is doomed: the Trojan app has obtained Administrator rights ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ December 4, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— We Live Security ๐Ÿท๏ธ Android๐Ÿท๏ธ Malware Worlds.  Largest.  Explosion. Banner Image Worlds. Largest. Explosion. 'B O O M' Academy Award winning effects designer Chris Corbold just broke another Guinness record by blowing some stuff up for the new Bond movie, SPECTRE. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ November 24, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— Guiness World Records ๐Ÿท๏ธ James Bond๐Ÿท๏ธ Explosion๐Ÿท๏ธ Video iPad Pro First Impressions Early thoughts on a new paradigm I bought an iPad Pro. Itโ€™s ridiculously huge, and ridiculously gold. Iโ€™ve had it for a few days, and here are my current thoughts. Notes in slide ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ November 16, 2015 ๐Ÿท๏ธ iPad Pro๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple Productive Watch Faces Banner Image Productive Watch Faces Using different faces for different situations. Everyone knows the Apple Watch allows you to have several different watch faces, but a lot of people donโ€™t use the faces effectively, and some ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ November 13, 2015 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple Watch๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple๐Ÿท๏ธ Productivity More Malware Fun Banner Image More Malware Fun Dan Goodin, over at Ars Technicaโ€™s Risk Assessment, writes about a fun new way jerky hackers want to jank up your computer. An analytics company had ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ November 9, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— Ars Technica ๐Ÿท๏ธ Windows๐Ÿท๏ธ Malware 'Breaking News: Ads Are Now Annoying' Banner Image 'Breaking News: Ads Are Now Annoying' Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) SVP Scott Cunningham has released a statement regarding the current state of online ads: As technologist, ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ October 15, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— IAB ๐Ÿท๏ธ Ads๐Ÿท๏ธ Linked List Hey Siri, Buy Sony Banner Image Hey Siri, Buy Sony It makes sense to me! What if Apple buys Sony? Like the WHOLE THING. Apple has an event next week, and rumor has it that they will announce an AppleTV that will basically ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ September 2, 2015 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple๐Ÿท๏ธ AppleTV๐Ÿท๏ธ Media Space Mountain! Banner Image Space Mountain! ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ July 3, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Disney๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro Manhattans and Mickey Banner Image Manhattans and Mickey Like ya do ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ June 30, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Disney๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro We may or may not be eating chili out of a cone Banner Image We may or may not be eating chili out of a cone ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ June 29, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Disney๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro If you chew your paws, you get the cone Banner Image If you chew your paws, you get the cone ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ June 14, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Dogs๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro Santa Monica Banner Image Santa Monica ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ May 28, 2015 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Personal๐Ÿท๏ธ Dogs๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro Using Your Apple Watch To Trigger Your Screensaver Banner Image Using Your Apple Watch To Trigger Your Screensaver Do more with that little computer on your wrist I sometimes work in a corporate-y office. I also tend to walk around a lot, and leaving your computer unlocked can be dangerous. Naturally, I have a ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ May 27, 2015 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple Watch๐Ÿท๏ธ Mac๐Ÿท๏ธ Automation๐Ÿท๏ธ Launch Center Pro๐Ÿท๏ธ iOS๐Ÿท๏ธ Dropbox๐Ÿท๏ธ Hazel New Tricks Banner Image New Tricks What do you do when your dog goes deaf? Learn some new tricks. They say you canโ€™t teach an old dog new tricks. Iโ€™m betting that they is wrong. Isabelle (better known publicly as The Bug Dog), is about to start ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ March 3, 2015 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Dogs May or may not be out-posing a snow man Banner Image May or may not be out-posing a snow man @carlybracco may or may not be out-posing a snowman. #timehop ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ December 30, 2014 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Personal๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro I am Groot? Banner Image I am Groot? ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ December 17, 2014 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Marvel๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro The Irony Is Lost on Verizon Banner Image The Irony Is Lost on Verizon Writing for the Verizon-owned SugarString โ€œnewsโ€ site, Nick Douglas begins: Hungaryโ€™s parliament is considering a bill that would impose a tax on ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ October 29, 2014 ๐Ÿ”— SugarString ๐Ÿท๏ธ Internet๐Ÿท๏ธ Taxes๐Ÿท๏ธ Linked List Apple September Event Banner Image Apple September Event Regarding tomorrowโ€™s Apple event at the Flint Center in Cupertinoโ€ฆ Well, Iโ€™ve put it off yet again. In about 12 hours, all will be revealed. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ September 9, 2014 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple๐Ÿท๏ธ iPhone It's real flat out here. Banner Image It's real flat out here. #NYtoLA @carlybracco @TheBugDog ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ July 16, 2014 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Travel๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro The Obligatory pre-WWDC Prognostication We know (based on posted pictures) that Apple will announce iOS 8 and the next version of OSX. (Thatโ€™s OS Ten, not OS โ€œXโ€, people. Letโ€™s get it ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ June 1, 2014 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple๐Ÿท๏ธ WWDC Why Do People Give Money To Trip Chowdhry? Banner Image Why Do People Give Money To Trip Chowdhry? From a CNBC story on March 20, 2014: โ€œThey only have 60 days left to either come up with something or they will disappear,โ€ said Trip Chowdhry, ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ May 20, 2014 ๐Ÿ”— CNBC ๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple๐Ÿท๏ธ Linked List New wine! Banner Image New wine! @carlybracco found me a new wine ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ May 17, 2014 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Cocktails๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro Somebody at USPTO Should Be Fired Banner Image Somebody at USPTO Should Be Fired On March 18, 2014 the US Patent and Trademark Office officially jumped the shark. Amazon has patented photography against a white background. Yep. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ May 13, 2014 ๐Ÿ”— USPTO ๐Ÿท๏ธ Amazon๐Ÿท๏ธ Patent Using Keyboard Maestro for Print Layout in Sketchup Banner Image Using Keyboard Maestro for Print Layout in Sketchup In my โ€œreal jobโ€ as a carpenter, I use SketchUp pretty heavily to do quick and dirty drawings and 3D models to visualize complex pieces. This is a ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ May 9, 2014 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Keyboard Maestro๐Ÿท๏ธ Automation Font or Typeface? Banner Image Font or Typeface? Fast Company explains it well. Even type experts agree: Typeface and font can be used interchangeably at this point. But if you come across an ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ May 8, 2014 ๐Ÿ”— Fast Company ๐Ÿท๏ธ Font๐Ÿท๏ธ Graphic Design Hostile UX on Tech Websites, Part 1 Banner Image Hostile UX on Tech Websites, Part 1 As I tweeted earlier today, it seems that many websites are putting their advertisers in front of their users. Literally. Iโ€™ve started ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ May 5, 2014 If THIS, then THAT Banner Image If THIS, then THAT Do you internet? If you do, you should check out If This Then That. IFTTT rhymes with โ€œliftโ€ without the L if you ever find a need to say it out ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ February 22, 2014 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Automation๐Ÿท๏ธ Hazel๐Ÿท๏ธ IFTTT Date night! Banner Image Date night! ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ February 2, 2014 ๐Ÿ”— Instagram ๐Ÿท๏ธ Personal๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro My Ex-iPad Banner Image My Ex-iPad My first Apple return... I have a lot of Apple stuff. Like, an unhealthy amount. Iโ€™ve owned every iPad. Iโ€™ve had two generations of iPod, an iPod mini, three generations of ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ November 10, 2013 ๐Ÿท๏ธ iPad Is Mavericks Screwing Up Your PDFs? Banner Image Is Mavericks Screwing Up Your PDFs? OSX Mavericks is here. It has been for a few weeks. And itโ€™s still broken in places. When you click on a PDF in Safari, you used to get a preview in ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ November 7, 2013 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Mavericks Daylight Saving and Security Banner Image Daylight Saving and Security I know, I know. I hate Daylight Savingtime, too. Itโ€™s outdated and stupid. There is no reason to move our clocks around twice a year anymore. We ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ November 3, 2013 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Security Dancing Jimmy Banner Image Dancing Jimmy Jimmyโ€™s smooth moves set to terrible music. Youโ€™re welcome ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ August 7, 2013 ๐Ÿ”— YouTube ๐Ÿท๏ธ Fun๐Ÿท๏ธ Video Happy Birthday, America. Banner Image Happy Birthday, America. John Adams knows how to party. John Adams: I believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival, It ought to be celebrated by pomp and ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ July 3, 2013 ๐Ÿท๏ธ America I think it's weird when people say Happy Memorial Day... Banner Image I think it's weird when people say Happy Memorial Day... I think itโ€™s weird when people say โ€œHappy Memorial Dayโ€. Theyโ€™re kind of missing the point ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ May 27, 2013 ๐Ÿท๏ธ Holiday๐Ÿท๏ธ Micro That's A Lot of Plusses! Banner Image That's A Lot of Plusses! Paul Thorrott, on his Supersite for Windows: Iโ€™ve often described Windows 8 as Windows 7++, because โ€” and contrary to a peculiarly widespread ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ March 31, 2013 ๐Ÿ”— Supersite for Windows ๐Ÿท๏ธ Windows๐Ÿท๏ธ Linked List 'And you wonder why...' Banner Image 'And you wonder why...' Mike Woodward, President of HTC North America, speaking about the Samsung Galaxy S4: Weโ€™re pleased to see no innovation in the design itself This ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ March 16, 2013 ๐Ÿ”— Business Insider ๐Ÿท๏ธ Apple๐Ÿท๏ธ Samsung
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