So I’ve been after the “perfect” matte screen protector for my iPad Air 4th gen for a while. I tried a cheapy, alphabet soup brand from Amazon and hated it. Tried the Paperlike and it was okayish. But just got the Astropad “Rock Paper Pencil” version 3 screen cover with special Apple Pencil tips and woah. Game changer. Ever since trying out a ReMarkable at Best Buy I’ve been dying for something that’s that quality and this comes pretty damn close: https://a.co/d/i2MLAke

I have a Wi-Fi-only iPad Air and iPadOS 26 now asks if you want to always tether to your iPhone’s hotspot and WOW what an amazing quality-of-life improvement

New stuff for the SE/30 came! BlueSCSI mount, FlexiSCSI cable, new rivets, new feet, ROM-inator II Carbon, a case for the Wombat, AND a Mini’app’les sticker! (Bad photo attached lol) I was 100% positive I was running System 7.1 until I got the ROM-inator in and then realized I was 100% running System 7.5. Time for some new images and a fresh install…

I’m obsessed with iPadOS 26. The windowing system seems like a real solution to a problem that has existed on the iPad since forever and the way that the OS emulates glass in the UI is quite impressive. Clearly still a beta (especially with UI transitions), but man I’m really digging this update

Loving the combo of Termius and Tailscale on the iPad: Was able to bang out a new bash-powered backup script for the home lab server during my lunch!

Anyone using iPadOS 26 beta? How is it? Thinking of installing it on my iPad because I don’t use the iPad much but want to know if it’s a normal level of unstable or if it’s really rough…