Watched 13 #WWDC20 videos today and I feel completely spent. So much great content though!
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Wow… My DTK application was accepted and some sweet Apple Silicon is on it’s way.
Guess I’ll plan to check out Big Sur tomorrow…
That new Xcode icon…
Here goes nothing…
Watched this year’s WWDC keynote with my 9 and 7 yo daughters. They loved seeing the iOS improvements.
I’ve been banging my head against a problem I was seeing in a new macOS app I’ve been using to learn SwiftUI. Moved the same code into a Swift Playground and it works immediately as expected. Hopefully WWDC brings a more reliable SwiftUI implementation on the Mac.
Bug submitted: FB7716258
Just pushed out XRG 2.8.2 with some bug fixes. Get it while the gettin’s good.
This bird keeps knocking on my office window. He’s been doing this for days now, and several hours at a time. Doesn’t get spooked by me being right inside. Wish I knew what he was thinking…
It’s been awhile, but nailed another perfect month. Maybe I’ll try it again for the month of May.
Years ago, I had a SPARC workstation running SunOS that used John Conway’s Game of Life as the screensaver. I loved watching it, and it’s one of the biggest things I’ve missed about using that workstation and OS. In 2018, I decided to write a screensaver for macOS that simulated the Game of Life. I’ve used it for the past couple of years on my own Macs, but never released it publicly. When I learned that Dr. Conway passed away earlier this week, on April 11, 2020, I decided to release this screensaver to the general public as a tribute.
The project is available on GitHub:
https://github.com/mikepj/GauchoLife
You can download the screensaver itself here:
https://download.gauchosoft.com/gaucholife/GauchoLife-1.0.0.zip
I wonder how many people will buy the set of Mac Pro wheels and just install 2 of them…picking up just one side of the Mac Pro when they want to move it.
Screw you, Apple Watch. I just got back from a 45 minute outside walk, which you counted as only 5 exercise minutes even though I started a “workout”.
I pushed XRG 2.8 out the door this evening. This update fixes the stock graph and fixes the battery display on some MacBook Pros when fully charged. I also added a reset graph option to each graph’s contextual menu.
We found this at the bottom of our grocery shopping list. Apparently our youngest thought we were running dangerously low on cereal.
Tonight I had the privilege of photographing Gina McCarthy, a former head of the EPA. Her talk on communicating climate change was excellent.
Neil Peart was one of the finest drummers I’ve ever heard. If you haven’t heard his solo of O Baterista, you’re missing out. Such an amazing talent lost…
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-rush-drummer-neil-peart-dead-at-67/
I recorded this a couple months back, but just getting around to posting it today. Check out an unboxing of a new PowerEdge R6515 server that I’ll be using to serve weather data to Seasonality users.
Spending time tonight learning Final Cut Pro. I’ve been meaning to try it out for years now, but never had a chance. I downloaded the trial version a couple days ago to give it a go. Loving it so far…
A “reasonable” configuration that I would configure if I was speccing my own desktop (16 core / 96GB / 2TB) comes in at just under $10k.