Paris Buttfield-Addison: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence … Paris Buttfield-Addison’s Apple Account Is in Kafka ModeRead more
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Apple at the AWS re:Invent 2025 Keynote
Six-minute segment from Amazon’s AWS re:Invent keynote last week: Payam Mirrashidi, VP, Cloud Systems & Platforms, … Apple at the AWS re:Invent 2025 KeynoteRead more
Daring Fireball Weekly Sponsorships, End of Year and Q1 2026
Weekly sponsorships have been the top source of revenue for Daring Fireball ever since I started … Daring Fireball Weekly Sponsorships, End of Year and Q1 2026Read more
Special Dyslexia Fonts Are Based on Voodoo Pseudoscience
Youki Terada, writing for Edutopia in 2022 (via Jens Kutílek): Under close scrutiny, the evidence for … Special Dyslexia Fonts Are Based on Voodoo PseudoscienceRead more
iMessage Doesn’t Use APNs for Attachments
Small follow-up point re: my post this week on iMessage’s delivery architecture being built atop the … iMessage Doesn’t Use APNs for AttachmentsRead more
Bari Weiss’s A Charlie Brown Christmas
Sixty years ago, A Charlie Brown Christmas made its debut on CBS. Today, as part of … Bari Weiss’s A Charlie Brown ChristmasRead more
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.2
OpenAI: In ChatGPT, GPT‑5.2 Instant, Thinking, and Pro will begin rolling out today, starting with paid … OpenAI Releases GPT-5.2Read more
Excerpts from The Believer: Vanessa Bell Is Not at Home
Still Life with Plaster Head, 1947 by Vanessa Bell. Oil on board. 53.5 44.5 cm. Estate … Excerpts from The Believer: Vanessa Bell Is Not at HomeRead more
I’m the Ponytail Guy from Good Will Hunting, and I Can’t Enjoy Fries Anymore
Honestly, I don’t know to whom this letter is directed. God? Harvard? (I’m taking a deep, … I’m the Ponytail Guy from Good Will Hunting, and I Can’t Enjoy Fries AnymoreRead more
Times New Roman Turns Right
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to [Calibri] ‘wasteful,’ casting the return to … Times New Roman Turns RightRead more
