chrisphin

dmoren, 2 days ago to random

This week at Macworld, my Stay Foolish column is all about how Apple's best improvements are often its most invisible. So much work spent on things that only ever get noticed when they don’t work right. (And remember, @sixcolors members can read the whole story for free over there too!) https://www.macworld.com/article/2348650/apple-invisible-breakthroughs-ipad-pro-oled-computational-photography-ai.html

chrisphin, 7 days ago to random

Why THE FUCK would you advertise a feature that skeevy men use to violate the boundaries and equanimity of women and other vulnerable people using a grab that feels exactly like an example of that? Like, I’m not making the argument that DMs are bad and shouldn’t exist (in this post), but why apparently lean into their worst feature??

chrisphin, 12 days ago to random

Good morning ☁️

craiggrannell, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to Emulation

I see with RetroArch on iOS, the “#emulation is illegal” rubbish has clawed its way back into the daylight. Emulators are legal. Yes, many files people load into them may not be legit but that doesn’t make the tech itself illegal any more than it makes e-readers, music players and video players illegal.

Maybe people should concentrate more on encouraging publishers to provide legal routes to play (and buy) old games than spreading rubbish about emulators.

#retrogaming

chrisphin, 24 days ago to random

God bless you, Glasgow. 😄

chrisphin, 30 days ago to random

Unsolicited recommendation for a hotel in central London. This is seconds from Tottenham Court Road, was a decent price, and just… everything I want, nothing I don’t. It’s cheap, I think, because it’s all subterranean, so no windows, but the bed’s comfy, its keyless entry via an app (smooth process, and you don’t even have to speak to anyone at reception 😄), and super-convenient. I’ll be back! https://www.zedwellhotels.com/tottenhamcourtroad

wonderofscience, 1 month ago to random

Timelapse of the Falkirk Wheel in action; the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world.

Video Credit: David Iliff / CC BY-SA 3.0
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel

Timelapse video of the Falkirk Wheel, with its curved arms cradling water-filled gondolas rotating around a central axis, seamlessly raising and lowering vessels between the joining canals, all under an overcast sky that casts a soft glow on the wheel and the green landscape.

danielpunkass, 1 month ago to random

Given the widespread reports of Apple ID problems, corroborated by articles in reputable publications, often by victims of the very problem, it's absurd that Apple's status page reflects no problems. There should be systemic change to prevent this: https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

chrisphin, 1 month ago to random

This is definitely phishing, right?

chrisphin, 1 month ago to random

I’m getting much better at not self-censoring. If you’re my friend, you’re gonna get occasional lovebombings and a constant drip-drip-drip of memes and random thoughts from when you pop into my head and make me smile. Never be afraid to politely tell me to tone it down; I’d so much rather hear it from you than from the poisonous little voice in my head that tells me you’re tired of me.

mwichary, 1 month ago to random

What would you consider as the most recognizable bitmap fonts in tech history?

I’m imagining stuff like:

• the arcade/Atari font
• Chicago (Mac, then iPod)
• VCR/video equipment fonts
• Minecraft font
• IBM PC fonts (MDA, VGA, stuff like that)
• perhaps System font from Windows 3.x
• Commodore 64, just because of the sheer popularity of the machine

What am I missing?

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girlonthenet, 1 month ago to random

My bf and I have been performing the important cultural work of ranking #ParksAndRec characters in order of hotness.

Poll in next post: did we get it right? (Comments and debate welcome)

chrisphin, 1 month ago to random

God, I hate and love shit like this. (Paging @ianbetteridge) https://prelaunch.com/projects/byok-bring-your-own-keyboard-the-ultimate-tool-for-distraction-free-writing

chrisphin, 1 month ago to Furry

Request that would be slightly weird anywhere except the fediverse:

Literally asking for a friend!

I have a friend who’s a phenomenal artist who might be interested in getting known for #furry #porn, especially for building a lil’ community that would let them do #commissions. What should I tell them to tempt them to Mastodon? Where should they be posting, what should they be doing? Who should they be following?

chrisphin, 1 month ago to random

“‘N’ is for neon”

Snapped this in passing today. I wanted to stop and play with the shutter speed so I didn’t get the strobing, but decided in retrospect that not only did I quite like the effect but that I also appreciated the reminder that sometimes photography can be about the narrative of taking a photo — at least for the photographer — rather than the technical excellence of the photo itself.

chrisphin, 1 month ago to random

Weather was beautiful yesterday morning so I set up my desk in the garden to work for the first time this year.

By the time I got round to taking photos the sun had hidden behind clouds but still interesting to show, hopefully. I had my nice camera set up with my Elgato Prompter, which I use for calls.

Could see it even in bright sun! 😍 But the panel is orientated such that I couldn’t use polarising sunglasses. 😕 Had to fit an ND1000 filter when it was sunny since I love shooting wide open! 🌞

What the camera saw: me sitting in my garden in a dark pink corduroy jacket, with a blurred background. I have a lav mic clipped to my jacket and I’m wearing AirPods.

chrisphin, 6 months ago to random

Absolutely skewered by the YouTube algo.