David Ely

@davextreme
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Left-handed, corrective lenses, husband, father. Resides in Annandale, VA. Last name is “ee-Lee.”
Webloghttps://david.ely.fm/
@SensorLock Naturally. (Or, supernaturally?)
Apple has placed the new Sasquatch emoji alongside the very real gorilla and orangutan and not the fairies, elves, and mermaids. 🤔

like I said, exhausting

(Grogu, in this shot for a piece whose theme is “CGI BAD”, is computer graphics made by computer graphics artists)

@jamesthomson Leaving yourself little presents in the calendar is a treat. Several years ago (16 Feb 22) an event popped up on my calendar: Fort Knox, irradiated by Goldfinger, safe tomorrow.

Just posted on Six Colors: I’ll take ‘beach reading’ for $1000, Ken

https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/03/ill-take-beach-reading-for-1000-ken/

I’ll take ‘beach reading’ for $1000, Ken

So I had a pretty weird January. While planning for a week on vacation, two things happened that totally derailed me. The Wall Street Journal asked me to review David Pogue’s book “Appl…

Six Colors
@gruber I got some Trader Joe’s peanut butter cups. Definitely a better recipe + ingredients. My one knock would be I thank the standard size, 2–4 bite Reese’s Cup is superior to the mini as an eating experience separate from taste.
@daringfireball Apple: Chrome around content is bad. Louvre: we’re getting rid of frames.
@dmoren @sixcolors I’m not up on how device management works for education. If a student were issued a MacBook Neo, would their Mac be logged in as their k12 edu account, meaning their personal iPhone & AirPods wouldn’t participate in continuity with it? Or can this be worked around?

Breaking news: Max Headroom, one of the greatest TV shows ever made, is free on Tubi.

I find the terrible Tubi ads really enhance the dystopia.