corbin

corbin, 13 days ago to apple

It was fun trying to use the original iPod again! I didn't expect the hardest part to be getting music onto the iPod. #apple #ipod

https://www.spacebar.news/original-ipod-hands-on-2024/

corbin, 13 days ago to random

New iPad Pro looks neat! I still can't do my job or most of my hobbies from an iPad but it seems good for the people who can do that. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-unveils-stunning-new-ipad-pro-with-m4-chip-and-apple-pencil-pro/

corbin, 19 days ago to random

my favorite Pokémon is Firefox

corbin, 1 month ago to tech

RIP Beeper. Everything Automattic buys goes into maintenance mode for all eternity. #tech https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/wordpress-com-owner-automattic-acquires-multi-service-messaging-app-beeper-for-125m/

corbin, 1 month ago to random

Every publisher, blog, and newsletter not on Fediverse platforms is making a mistake. The simple fact that external links won’t punish you in the algorithm™️ here is so, so important.

corbin, 1 month ago to random

waiting for apple to update the magic keyboard with usb-C

corbin, 2 months ago to Mac

The Software Update servers for Mac OS X 10.4.0 are still alive! #mac #apple

corbin, 2 months ago to random

The era of Apple slowly opening up its devices and playing nice with the competition has seemingly ended. Malicious compliance is now the name of the game. https://www.spacebar.news/mr-cook-tear-down-that-wall/

corbin, 3 months ago to random

bUt tHe aPP sToRe iS thE oNLy wAY to kEep uSers sAfe https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/08/fake-lastpass-app-in-apple-app-store/

corbin, 3 months ago to random

Spotlight on Mac is so great, especially with the ability to search for text inside documents (even text in Excel worksheets and other stuff). It’s one of those things macOS figured out years ago and Windows still hasn’t matched.

corbin, 3 months ago to random

I wrote about everything wrong with Opera Browser and Opera GX, and why you should never use anything made by current-day Opera. (please boost for visibility!)

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-opera-browser/

corbin, 4 months ago to random

PHP was a mistake.

corbin, 4 months ago to retrocomputing

I've rolled out an update for ImageShare, my open-source image upload tool for low-end and legacy web browsers (originally designed for the 3DS web browser). There are new features and lots of improvements for self-hosting! #retrocomputing #3ds #wiiu #webdev

https://blog.corbin.io/post/739426697614639104/the-new-imageshare

corbin, 4 months ago to gpt

I made a working concept for an alt text generator browser extension using the GPT-4 API, it’s pretty cool! The low detail option in the API seems to work fine for this, so each processed image is less than $0.01 in API billing.

I’m not sure if this could be released on the Chrome Web Store because it would need an API key from the user to run. Maybe it would be better as a PWA anyway so it could be used on other platforms? #gpt #tech

video/mp4

corbin, 4 months ago to random

New year, same old capitalism.

corbin, 4 months ago to random

“There are only two demographics that are willing to pay for good software: corporations and video gamers. We’ve somehow blundered our way into a world where everyone else expects software to be free.” 👏 https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/12/25/is-software-getting-worse/

corbin, 5 months ago to random

I’m not really a watch person outside of smartwatches, but I really like the Casio W-217H. It’s so light I forget it’s on my arm sometimes.

Only issue is that I had to replace the stock band because it kept pinching me, now I have a cool orange band. 😎

corbin, 5 months ago to random

Does anyone have examples of personal sites/portfolio sites that are good? My https://corbin.io site is due for a rework soon and I could use some inspiration :)

corbin, 6 months ago to random

Everyone: hey microsoft can you not leave millions of PCs on an unsupported and insecure OS in two years just because they don't meet windows 11's weird requirements

Microsoft: best I can do is copilot AI

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/11/16/releasing-windows-10-build-19045-3754-to-release-preview-channel/

corbin, 6 months ago to random

Everything old is new again.

Screenshot of macOS Sonoma with desktop widgets

corbin, 6 months ago to random

I just released an update for my Peek browser extension! It can now show previews for links to posts on Mastodon, Facebook, and Threads, in addition to the existing support for PDFs, Office documents, YouTube videos, and more.

There’s also a new pop-out button that opens the preview in a new pop-up window. The update is rolling out.

Google Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/peek/bfpogemllmpcpclnadighnpeeaegigjk

Mozilla Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/peek-preview/

Microsoft Edge: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/dgpocgoebbbfmliabbfhobcmphodhdaf

More info: https://github.com/corbindavenport/peek

corbin, 6 months ago to random

Found a Netscape CD at Goodwill, now I can finally get on the net!

Back of CD case

corbin, 6 months ago to tech

I wrote about the ASUS Eee PC and the heyday of netbooks on @thespacebar! #tech

https://www.spacebar.news/p/the-asus-eee-pc-and-the-netbook-revolution

corbin, 6 months ago to random

I know a lot of people still hold off on updates for a long time because they might break something, but that's increasingly not a good idea. Leave auto update on!

https://www.howtogeek.com/its-time-to-stop-avoiding-updates/

corbin, 6 months ago to random

It’s wild that there’s still no social media tools for most of the Twitter replacements. Buffer has great native Mastodon support, and you can make Mastodon text posts work with IFTTT using Webhooks (which is what I’m doing for @thespacebar), but that’s pretty much it.

Bluesky, Threads, Post News, Substack Notes, etc all have basically nothing outside of very limited enterprise-level stuff or API scripts. I guess everyone’s waiting to see which ones aren’t a fad?