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I learned what bimbofication was, and I am not kidding, from a book about the Mac’s cultural impact that included a chapter featuring Apple themed erotic fan art.
(Homescreens, amirite? Super secret unlisted link as buffer goes burrrr: https://youtu.be/e8et07vScxc)
RE: https://defcon.social/@macdougal/116322530388918733
Also known as boring gossip
Last chance for you sickos to send me your homescreens: https://forms.gle/FMbjhR3nu8qsQ6QK9
Please appreciate the rabbit hole I went down ensuring I was properly using e.g., which stands for exempli gratia (Latin for “for example”), and i.e., which stands for id est (Latin for “that is”).
Please also appreciate my consultation of both the Do By Friday style guide and the Chicago Manual of Style to copyedit the previous sentence.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@kcase/116321075544465015
The past year, I’ve felt like I’ve had more agency over my hardware and software since jailbreaking my first iPhone. There’s less friction and more little sparks of delight that start something that ends up feeling magical.
This week’s episode of Upgrade is something really special, and it would mean a lot to me if you’d take a listen and let us know what you think.
As part of our celebrations of their 50th, this is the story of the Origin of Apple.
Big news!
I'm launching a tiny Mac app 🥺🔍🤏
It's called TinyStart, and it's a lightweight Launcher and Emoji picker for macOS!
Unlike Spotlight, TinyStart is super fast at showing results and launching apps. It never becomes overcrowded with search results you don't need, and it lets you open URLs, perform web searches with custom search engines, and quickly open folders in Finder.
Oh and yes, I think the Emoji picker is pretty good too. It's everything the default macOS Emoji picker isn't: it's fast, it lets you insert Emojis in any text field, it isn't picky about keywords, and it learns your favorite Emojis over time.
Get TinyStart at https://tinystart.app: it's €5, you pay for it once and future updates are free!
also I made a lil' video to show you what it looks like:
Some accuse me of having “too many books about Apple.”
Well, in my defense, all I’ll say is “okay, maybe.”
New here and no idea what’s going on? One day in 2010, I asked people on Twitter to share their homescreens. I thought it would be funny to judge them with the confidence and unearned certainty of most tech bros.
Every year I befriended nerds who went with the bit and also made a useful block list of men who started using slurs when I told them their email app was misplaced.
Even post Twitter, I still think it’s fun to tell people why they need to change their wallpapers and resize a widgets.
Myke Hurley
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