AnthonyBaker

AnthonyBaker, 28 days ago to design

👋 For those interested, the brilliant and lovely @cameronmoll did a talk at the 2024 Front-End Design Conference. Wasn't there, but looks like it was wonderful. Here's a link to a PDF of his slides. Worth checking out. He also created a colophon, which is an idea I might steal…

And he quoted our own @scottboms!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_2Lcpy7uZ85cuLQdHaWueYYE5-dOCI3f/view

#design #FrontEndDesignConf

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AnthonyBaker, 1 month ago to Fonts

A comic book font with a custom emphasis axis to make it easy to embiggen text? And $24? Yes please take my money now!

cc @Luke

https://djr.com/notes/indoor-kid-font-of-the-month

#fonts #comicbooks

AnthonyBaker, 1 month ago to apple

@chris @mako Speaking of Apple and privacy — you may have seen this from yesterday:

“Apple makes it really hard for users to completely stop it from collecting data"

> Apple's default apps are collecting user data even if users try disabling them, research from Aalto University claims, with it being an almost impossible task to properly accomplish.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/04/10/apple-makes-it-really-hard-for-users-to-completely-stop-it-from-collecting-data?utm_medium=rss

#apple #privacy

AnthonyBaker, 1 month ago to random

Having the first coffee of the day.

Picked up Blue Bottle Coffee espresso beans to give a try.

Used to live in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, years ago and they had a cafe near us that was lovely. At the time I wasn't a coffee drinker. Now I am.

#coffeeislife

AnthonyBaker, 1 month ago to random

I never envisioned becoming a keyboard nerd, but somewhere along the way I started down the path. To wit, I didn't need to buy the NuPhy Air75 v2 low profile mechanical keyboard, but OMG I'm so glad I did.

Is buttery-goodness a phrase applied to keyboards? If not, I take credit. Such a delight to use. Works brilliantly for the Mac. Can't rave enough.

https://nuphy.com/products/air75-v2

AnthonyBaker, 2 months ago to random

Uh, I definitely like the UK cover for Cal Newport’s new book more than the US cover.

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AnthonyBaker, 2 months ago to random

Great piece of reporting from Johnathan Katz on the WHOPPING LIE that Katie Britt told on national television in her SOTU rebuttal. And folks, he did it following some basic critical thinking and web searching. Dear god I hope he wasn’t the only one who found this out or dug into the claim. And holy hell — that this was even uttered on TV shows the depths of rubbish the GOP is willing to throw on air. #sotu

https://www.tiktok.com/@katzonearth/video/7344090454985624862

AnthonyBaker, 2 months ago to random

Apple Podcasts downloads the most recent FIVE episodes of a podcast when you subscribe. I subscribe to a lot, and this ends up chewing through a huge amount of my phones HD. I now set to none every time. Wonder how many “downloads” shows get stem from this default…

AnthonyBaker, 3 months ago to Fonts

OMG — Did not know this was possible either until I read it on Kottke:

HOW TO INSTALL YOUR OWN CUSTOM FONTS ON THE KINDLE

#fonts #kindle #geekery

https://www.howtogeek.com/734645/how-to-install-custom-fonts-on-your-kindle/

AnthonyBaker, 4 months ago to ai

AI models that don’t violate copyright are getting a new certification label https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/17/24041518/generative-ai-copyright-violation-fair-training-label-certification

> Fairly Trained said in a blog post that it has already certified nine generative AI companies that work in image, music, and voice generation. These include Beatoven.ai, Boomy, BRIA.ai, Endel, LifeScore, Rightsify, SOMMS.AI, Soundful, and Tuney.

#ai #llms #imageai

AnthonyBaker, 4 months ago to ai

Can we please just create a non-carbon, clean and low-cost perpetual energy source that we can make available for all humans and call it a day?

"Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence”

> OpenAI's stated mission is to create the artificial general intelligence, or AGI. Demis Hassabis, the leader of Google's AI efforts, has the same goal. Now, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is entering the race.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/18/24042354/mark-zuckerberg-meta-agi-reorg-interview

#ai #zuckerberg #idiocracy

AnthonyBaker, 4 months ago to random

@Luke Uh... is Espresso STILL AROUND??? It has a most recent release — 5.9.1 — from 2022.

https://espressoapp.com

AnthonyBaker, 4 months ago to random

@Luke My original Last.fm account goes back to when my 20-year/old son was a tyke. I will never escape how popular The Wiggles were.

AnthonyBaker, 4 months ago to random

I can agree with this.

#tacos

AnthonyBaker, 4 months ago to random

So is there a cheaper version of Amazon Prime where I can just get the shipping and ditch the online video crap altogether?

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to Starwars

Grab it while it's hot — the Star Wars Christmas special upscaled for 4K. Available on YouTube until The Mouse Empire finds the rebel base...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJBN0p4Dlqs

#christmas #lifeday #starwars

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to random

@Brilliantcrank @Luke @scottboms @Mako So, I’ve been thinking. As we continue to re-wild the Internet and move back to RSS and blogs and whatnot — does there exist a collective site that promotes/categorizes good follows/reads? With RSS links?

If not, might be a good side project for 2024. And no, I’m not talking about building Yahoo again. 😁

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to environment

“Oh Good, Hurricanes Are Now Made of Microplastics”

When Hurricane Larry made landfall two years ago, it dropped over 100,000 microplastics per sq m of land per day.

Larry had picked up the microplastics at sea, lofted them into the air, and dumped them on Newfoundland. A Newfoundland study notes that Larry happened to pass over the garbage patch of the North Atlantic Gyre, where currents accumulate floating plastic.

https://www.wired.com/story/oh-good-hurricanes-are-now-made-of-microplastics/

#microplastics #environment

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to mastodon

Just wanted to pop in and say how much I love #mastodon, the #fediverse, #activitypub and all the great things arising out of the social media dumpster fire of late.

Love seeing the re-wilding of the internet, the rise of blogging and RSS again, people posting things they’re interested in versus trying to take advantage of some algorithm…

Looking forward to seeing where this is all going in 2024 and doing my best to help along the way.

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to apple

Anyone know why, when I delete a text from my Mac, that same text isn’t deleted from Apple Watch or iOS devices? Is there some setting I’m missing to do so? Thanks in advance. #apple

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to random

Vegas tomorrow to see #U2UVSphere with my wife for our 20th wedding anniversary and to fulfill a bucket list concert for me. Then two weeks off. Today is off to a great start with mood and anticipation high -- so looking forward to an end-of-year wind down. Much needed. Very grateful.

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to apple

For those looking for a BRILLIANT show to watch, I can't recommend Apple TV's "Slow Horses" enough. Each season (third is in progress) is under 10 episodes and the cast and storylines are fantastic.

Gary Oldman chews all kinds of scenery.

Do yourself a BIG FAVOR and watch.

#SlowHorses #appletv #tv #recommendedviewing

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to Parenting

My wife and I were having a conversation the other day and this popped out of her mouth. Decided to make some art out of it.

And, yes, I can relate to this statement. 😁

#parenting #marriage #selfcare

AnthonyBaker, 5 months ago to ai

Oh, this is delightful.

Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots

AI chatbots can convince other chatbots to instruct users how to build bombs and cook meth

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/jailbroken-ai-chatbots-can-jailbreak-other-chatbots/

#ai #chatbots

AnthonyBaker, 6 months ago to random

@Luke Here's some inspiration for you. Going through old photos and caught this screenshot I took of a logo from 2012. No idea who did it, but look at that typography.