Mastodawn

Damnit, I will not be updating my personal devices to OS26. I do not like it at all. Besides horribly unreadable, inconsistent and buggy the mere fact that Apple is trying so hard to force me makes me angry.

Make it good and people will flock to it. Make it shitty and you have to trick people into using it (pulling a Meta).

😡

Peter N Lewis 1d ago

TidBITS 2d ago

Apple Offers iOS 18.7.7 Security Update as Alternative to iOS 26.4 Upgrade
https://tidbits.com/2026/04/01/apple-offers-ios-18-7-7-security-update-as-alternative-to-ios-26-4-upgrade

Apple Offers iOS 18.7.7 Security Update as Alternative to iOS 26.4 Upgrade - TidBITS

To address the DarkSword exploit, Apple now lets iOS 18 users install the iOS 18.7.7 security update instead of upgrading to iOS 26.4. If you’re still using iOS 18, update immediately.

TidBITS

Peter N Lewis 1d ago

I was just about to cave and install 26 on my iPhone. So glad I held out a few extra days.

Peter N Lewis 1d ago

Phillip Upton 2d ago

Updates for ipads and iphones that can run the 26 series but are still on 18 are now out.

#fyi #finally

Peter N Lewis 1d ago

Good to see Keyboard Maestro working hard for me! It is nice that for once Apple’s security system is actually helping to market my program to my customers! ;-)

Peter N Lewis 3d ago

Glenn Fleishman 3d ago

I got tired of not having a Wikipedia because of my…notability…so I wrote a Not Wikipedia page that I’m self-hosting. https://glog.glennf.com/blog/2026/3/30/not-wikipedia-entry

Not Wikipedia Entry

I had an entry at Wikipedia for years, then it was removed in what I think was a 1–1 vote. Big ups for the person opposed to my notability . People have tried in the years since to add an article about me back, but they continue to be challenged on that issue. You’re supposed to be covered by med

Glenn Fleishman interrogates the past

Peter N Lewis 4d ago

The fact that tech folks can make a company with 150 million users and not be able to figure out how to make it profitable boggles my mind.

Peter N Lewis 4d ago

it does make it hard to tell the scam emails from the legitimate emails when the legitimate ones are so bad.

Peter N Lewis 5d ago

Why does vim keep defaulting to new and more ugly color schemes. And WTF did it decide to switch to dark mode. I use vi because I want the same editing experience I had 30 years ago, not because I want new fangled crap added to it! And yes, get off my damn lawn!

Peter N Lewis Mar 24

So just so we're clear, my iPhone running last years iOS and I get to choose: Upgrade to Ugly Glass or risk exposing basically everything on the phone including passwords to any web site. Wow, that's really an impressive new low for Apple.