agiletortoise

agiletortoise, 1 day ago to random

My recent Geology grad is doing fieldwork in Wyoming and found a substantial-sized dinosaur fossil.

So, anyway, kids, when we grown-ups say if you work at it, your dreams can come true, we’re not lying.

agiletortoise, 1 day ago to random

Us: Son, we’d really like to buy you something nice that will last you years for graduation.

Son:

agiletortoise, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

I just binged watched Severance (finally), and liked it, but it made me come to the sad conclusion that I mostly find Christopher Walken is more distracting than interesting in recent performances. I also thought he was the weakest casting in the new Dune movies.

Which is not a feeling I like, because I love Christopher Walken. Too much pop culture baggage with his voice? Don't know.

agiletortoise, 3 days ago to random

The thing a lot of people miss about old blues is, it’s not all who done you wrong. Sometimes it’s magical one minute spelling lessons about trying to catch dinner. https://youtu.be/AnMaJm8ieYg?si=2pmFlUnzadEfVL2T

agiletortoise, 5 days ago to random

Turned off the school alarm for the year. My youngest is now a senior. His older brothers are college graduates. I am in possession of emotions.

agiletortoise, 8 days ago to random

AI voice assistant with the Peanut’s adult voice

agiletortoise, 9 days ago to random

I looked at a list of movies coming out this Summer to figure out what was going to get me to the theater, and as far as I could tell it was all sequels. I’m sure some of them will be good, but where’s the new stuff?

agiletortoise, 10 days ago to random

I’m so old I remember when the web was useful.

agiletortoise, 12 days ago to random

So, if Apple outsources AI to Open AI, or Google, or whatever, do they sidestep having to count that energy consumption in their Apple 2030 initiative reports?

agiletortoise, 14 days ago to random

I wish Google’s vision aligned more with being the water treatment plant of the Internet, and less with providing the dehydrated, condensed poop version.

agiletortoise, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to random

I don’t look at the App Store app much anymore. It has become irrelevant to both my personal and business life, which is unfortunate.

I just scrolled through maybe 8-10 screens on the “Today” tab before I found anything I could identify as an indie app…or much of anything that wasn’t just entertainment/games.

agiletortoise, 18 days ago to random

all Airbnbs should have plungers.

agiletortoise, 20 days ago to random

RIP, Steve Albini. He had his touch on so much of the most important music in my life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Albini_discography

agiletortoise, 21 days ago to random

Jimmie Dale Gilmore is one of the most magical voices of American music. Built-in fragility. https://youtu.be/tIgg_QjJCxQ?si=I6fi7Ruyqiu66wL3

agiletortoise, 21 days ago to random

When your geology major is packing up his place and realizes maybe their rock collection would have been better packed in multiple small boxes than a few large ones.

agiletortoise, 21 days ago to random

does m4 make doing crosswords and reading the news better

agiletortoise, 22 days ago to random

Apple TV Remote is now only in control center on iPhone.

And only an app on Apple Watch.

If Apple’s differentiates itself with deep hardware-software integration, it sometimes has glaringly odd software-software integration failures.

agiletortoise, 22 days ago to random

I call this “Portrait of cat who doesn’t care I need to pee”

agiletortoise, 22 days ago to random

Honest talk? Apple Stores are pretty, but not well designed for the purposes they serve. They would work better accepting the sales-service dichotomy like a car dealer.

Yes, leave us in the showroom when we need our phone fixed to look at the new shit, but don’t park us waiting on someone with no way to know when we are going to be helped and scared if we go look at the new shiny they won’t find us.

agiletortoise, 24 days ago to random

Commencement weekend one is well underway.

agiletortoise, 27 days ago to random

I’m not so sure the NYT is configuring their audio session correctly when I can catch the congrats fanfare when finishing a puzzle in now playing.

agiletortoise, 28 days ago to random

The only thing I display on my Safari start page is iCloud tabs, but I still have to use the dropdown menu to select between my other devices. 😕

agiletortoise, 28 days ago to random

I kinda want to try Playdate development just see if I could make a Rabbit R1 spoof game.

agiletortoise, 29 days ago to random

I should not use AI.

agiletortoise, 29 days ago to random

I still haven't declared my trader status in App Store Connect. Any one else ignoring the problem for now? Seems like as long as I'm not trying to submit new apps, there's no effect so far.