I enjoy reading old magazines and enjoy looking at their ads as well. There's something about the way they're pitched – the images, the layouts, the specs – that still gets me. I often fall into the trap of looking at the prices and marveling at them, thinking about how "cheap" or "expensive" various systems are. I …
Ruminations on the Low-Cost MacBook
I bought an M1 MacBook Air in 2020 for $1,249. It provided a significant performance boost over my 2016 MacBook Pro, even when running applications that weren't optimized for it. Since then. Apple has released four more generations of its M-series Apple Silicon, nearly doubling performance, but that M1 MacBook Air is still on sale. Not on Apple’s website …
Hot Take: Pluribus
Pluribus is a recently-released show on Apple TV by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. Critics and podcast hosts are raving about it. I've been watching it and I just... don't get it. It's a sci-fi story with comedy elements to it and it can be entertaining, it's just... slow. It's kind of like Severance in …
Autumn Photos
Autumn is my favorite season but the leaves are not guaranteed. When there is ample rain the leaves change slowly through vibrant green, yellow, and red hues, creating a satisfying, long, and beautiful season. When there is less rain, the leaves quickly turn brown and fall off, leaving entire trees barren and making the season …
What I’m Listening To: Simple Beep
I discovered Simple Beep from an article on 512 Pixels about the iMac G3. It’s a podcast that ran from 2014 to 2021 covering the history of the Macintosh. I started listening from the beginning, learning and reminiscing about the Macintosh startup sound, Hyper Card, Kaleidoscope, At Ease, Apple keyboards, the early internet, icons, Adium, and the …
What I Watched: Foundation
I started using the elliptical 5 mornings a week as a way to shave off some extra calories and allow myself a little more flexibility in my diet. I “ellipticate” for about 25 minutes and needed something to watch. I decided that a series would be better than trying to string together a bunch of …
What I Read: The PowerPC Macintosh Book
Apple transitioned to Apple Silicon starting in 2020, replacing the Intel CPUs transitioned to from PowerPC 2006. This book was written during Apple’s first transition: from Motorola 68K to PowerPC in 1994. Why the heck would I read a book from 1994 about a microprocessor that's now two transitions defunct? History! I love history and …
What I Watched: Alien Earth
Alien Earth is an 8 episode series set in the Alien universe that takes place on, you guessed it, Earth. I wasn’t sure how Alien would work as a long form series, but it works and it works well. It explores the relationship of Wayland Utani and other mega corporations fighting for scientific supremacy while …
Consumption vs Production
I live in a constant state of tension between consumption and production. Consumption includes things like reading, researching, purchasing, exploring, and even taking pictures. Production is much narrower and boils down to writing about whatever I was consuming. There are phases where I just want to consume everything - reading old magazines, reading current news, …
September Interests
As summer winds into fall I've been doing a mix of things: a bit of organization and a lot of customization. Notion I’ve been using Google Sheets to keep track of my retro museum for at least a decade. I inventory what I buy to understand what I own, what I want to own, and …
Relatively Ambitious 