Mastodawn

As a proud owner of a pico-mac-nano, I had to write an app to demo it. Download from brooker.mobi/hello
#vintagemac #vintagemacs #VintageMacintosh

Guy Brooker Oct 3

@gruber How do you celebrate?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/03/how-do-you-celebrate-james-bond-day-when-you-dont-know-who-the-next-007-will-be?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

How do you celebrate James Bond Day when you don’t know who the next 007 will be?

All things Bond will be commemorated on October 5. But while the new movie has a director and writer attached, we’re still none the wiser as to who will play the super-spy

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Guy Brooker Jun 23, 2025

Is this awfully ugly liquid glass finder window toolbar what everyone is seeing in macOS 26 beta 1 or is this some kind of artifact of running in a virtual machine (virtual buddy) ? #macos #tahoe #macOS26

Guy Brooker Dec 12, 2024

Oh dear it’s that time of year where I have to jump through the certificate obstacle course again… but looks like it’s not just me who doesn’t understand what Apple wants me to do…
#xcode #appstore #swift #siri #chatgpt

Guy Brooker Nov 5, 2024

Ryan Christoffel Nov 5, 2024

The M4 Mac mini packs so much value, it could be Apple’s best offer ever for PC switchers. https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/05/the-m4-mac-mini-could-be-the-best-offer-apple-has-ever-made-pc-switchers/

The M4 Mac mini could be the best offer Apple has ever made PC switchers - 9to5Mac

Apple’s M4 Mac mini offers tons of powerful, modern technology at a compelling price point. Here’s why that makes it great for PC switchers.

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Guy Brooker Oct 30, 2024

Matt Massicotte Oct 29, 2024

Thank you all for the ideas! Here's my (slightly shallow) look at some Swift concurrency patterns that can be a problem.

https://www.massicotte.org/problematic-patterns

Problematic Swift Concurrency Patterns

Recently, someone asked me about best practices when using Swift concurrency. I have mixed feelings about the concept of a “best practice”. I’ll get to that in a bit. But, in this case, I said that the technology is still very young and we’re all still figuring it out.

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Guy Brooker Oct 30, 2024

Daniel Saidi Oct 29, 2024

It's pretty annoying that Apple are adding all these new, memory intense AI features to the system, while keyboard extensions are still memory capped at ~50-70 MB. Even just rendering a LazyHGrid-based emoji keyboard with category scrolling pushes the limits of an iPhone 14.

Guy Brooker Oct 8, 2024

Christopher Horrell Oct 5, 2024

Someone has submitted a working turing machine to Lego Ideas and I'm loosing my mind over how cool it is: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/10a3239f-4562-4d23-ba8e-f4fc94eef5c7 #lego

Turing Machine – Working Lego Computer

What is a Turing machine?It's an abstract model of an algorithmic machine. Although it was not designed to be implemented in real life, some people ...