Today is Earth day. I sat at my computer and opened up TextSoap for some text clean up and basic Regex work. The icon below is what appeared in my dock.
It is such a little thing. But the developer continues to take a little extra time to add these surprises in here, and there is the delight we miss from a lot of Apple software now.
I use TextSoap for a lot of cleanup actions. I was running it two weeks ago after upgrading to Big Sur and I saw this in my dock and was convinced it was a bug.
I looked in my logs and captured the steps I was doing to reproduce it. I figured the next day I would contact the developer. Then the next day it was gone and I did not think much about it. Today I went back and look at the screenshot I captured to see if there was any other information I could pass on.
Created: April 1, 2021 at 10:55 AM
Good one!
I came across this concept from Nissan the other day for a mobile office. At first I thought it was silly but then I realized I have been thinking about the same thing in the form of a camper or Airstream that I do not move anywhere. Just use it as another area to work in. This has the added benefit of being able to relocate your work anytime you want.
It feel very much to me like how boats, RV’s and tiny homes great creative with the use of the space they have.
Via Core77
Finally you can have ice cream at home thanks to ice cream pods – The Verge:
Photo: ColdSnap
We’ve had pod coffee, pod juices, pod lipstick, pod weed, pod cocktails, pod cookies, pod tortillas, and so much more thanks to the VC- and Kickstarter-backed rise of pod technologies in recent years. Now, we’re finally getting to the good stuff: pod-based ice cream.A new device called the ColdSnap, spotted by Gizmodo, can take pods filled with some unknown ingredients and turn them into soft-serve ice cream on demand. While ice cream is the ColdSnap’s main selling point, the company also plans to offer frozen yogurt pods, frozen coffee pods, frozen smoothie pods, frozen “healthy shakes” pods, and slushie pods.
I am honestly thinking about the time and effort that went into this and who actually needs it. File this under NOPE!
via The Verge
Below are the books I read in 2020. Considering COIVD, I had thought the list would be greater. There are also a few work-related books that I did not add to my Goodreads account. I will be better about that this year.
I do all of my reading digitally on Kindle or iPad. The links included are for Kindle versions, but most are available in Apple Books as well.
This is one of the silliest and most interesting uses of machine learning I have seen recently and I kind of love it.
Elizabeth Sergan writing for Fast Company:
These might just be the ugliest shoes we’ve seen all year
Or ever.
While it might sound surprising that 3.5-inch floppy disks are still in use on airplanes today, many of Boeing’s 737s have also been using floppy disks to load avionics software for years.
Let that sink in for a few minutes. No, really I will wait.
A Boeing 747-400 in the most common configuration holds 416 passengers.
First question that comes to mind is where are they buying floppy discs today.
I just finished reading Dan Cedarholms’ book Twenty Bits I Learned About Design, Business & Community. If you are not familiar with Dan, he was the co-founder of Dribbble. It’s a simple and fast fun read with lots of tidbits of his experience. There are a few chapters that I just found myself laughing out loud as I read them.
“Start with a t-shirt.
Every good thing starts with a t-shirt. No really, hear me out. Don’t put the book down yet. There’s just something about the venerable t-shirt that evokes happiness.”
I read it digitally but enjoyed it so much I am going to get the hardcover for my collection.
If you need help look for me. I will be wearing this when I do tech support for friends and family.
The new Memoji badges are designed to help store employees express themselves in a world wearing masks. They’re sure to be conversation starters and add a pop of color and fun to the store experience. For long-time Apple enthusiasts, they’re a throwback to old times. Earlier badges promoted Apple’s in-store services and announcements, like Personal Pickup or The Beatles arriving on iTunes.
