Tuned in to the news today at lunch as Biden was in the middle of a heartfelt, powerful speech. About the nurses, delivery drivers, grocery store clerks, and other workers on the front line of the virus: “They were giving their all, while the president was giving up.”
Great post from @gruber going through how Trump was played by McConnell. It’s now 7 days until the election and Trump still doesn’t seem to have a coherent campaign strategy.
I’m going to make time to call voters this week. If you haven’t voted yet, do it soon. Don’t wait. I think election night is going to be extraordinary, but it’s also not too late to blow this. No complacency. Show up, please. 🇺🇸
On the latest Core Int, we talk about whether we’re buying new iPhones, getting stuck in our ways, how Apple takes risks when redesigning phones and Macs, and more.
Picked a couple of our oranges that are starting to turn orange. It’s a little bit early but the first one was still delicious.
5G mmWave still seems like the wrong priority to me. Ridiculously fast, but too difficult to deploy. From the iPhone 12 review in the New York Times:
But the locations where I tracked down ultrafast 5G were far less satisfying. At one point, I found the speedy connection in the back of a Safeway parking lot. Another time I was in front of a Pet Food Express. What would I do with an incredibly fast internet connection there?
I voted. Waited in line about 40 minutes. Just 2 weeks to go! 🇺🇸
Gowalla returns! Excited to see how they’ve reinvented it. Just in time… My old Gowalla shirt was getting faded. “…while our communities have plenty of work ahead to rebound from 2020, we believe 2021 will be a year like no other to rediscover your city.”
Because of a glitch with the @coreint feed after switching servers, some people may not have seen last week’s episode show up. It’s now fixed. Thanks for listening!
If you like to tinker with HTML, @DoctorMac is looking to hire someone to help with a custom Micro.blog theme. See this thread. (I wonder if we need a directory of theme developers.)
I’ve fallen behind on support email again, and getting more spam isn’t helping. So tired of those “I see you wrote about Topic X, can you link to my blog post too?” emails. (Except for other people’s blog posts and conversations on Micro.blog, not even my own posts.)
Protesters outside Disneyland are a reminder of how inconsistent the response to COVID has been. Inside seating at restaurants is allowed, but outside at a theme park — where masks, temperature checks, and distancing are required, with plenty of fresh air — is not okay?
On this week’s Core Intuition, @danielpunkass and I talk about the Apple event, new iPhones, and HomePod Mini.
A couple more photos from our trip earlier this week, at the Airbnb and the view on the Canyon Lake dam.
So great to see all the photos for the A Day In The Life challenge. Thanks everyone who was able to participate! You should also have a new pin on the Account → “Show All” pins page.
As the 24-hour photo challenge was getting underway, we were driving back from a couple days at Canyon Lake, a mix of vacation-ing and working. Stopped at Summer Moon in Buda, then picked up Chick-fil-a back in Austin around 1pm with the kayaks still on the roof.
Earlier today, stopped for coffee while on the road.
Catching up a little on the iPhone 12 news. This is probably the first time in 20 years that I haven’t followed an Apple event live. Busy week.
Micro.blog’s 24-hour photo challenge is coming up tomorrow, starting at noon central time. You only have to post 1 photo to participate, from wherever you are on that day. Looking forward to seeing everyone’s photos!
Kawhi giving up on the Spurs has ended up working out pretty well for Danny Green. What a weird season… Already excited for 2021. 🏀
Sunlit 3.1 for iOS is now available, adding push notifications, improving the blog settings, and fixing several bugs.
On the latest Core Intuition, we talk about @danielpunkass’s 20-year wait for a domain name and a surprise package that showed up at my door.
What a game. Basketball season isn’t over yet. Congrats (and thanks) to the Heat for giving us at least another game. 🏀
Really impressed with MJ Hegar in the debate tonight. She showed up to win. 🇺🇸
Today is the last day to register to vote in Texas. I double-checked my registration today just in case. All good. Planning to early vote next week. Let’s do this. 🇺🇸