Good morning! 🌅
Another 8AM wake-up. Kolby, our puppers, must’ve read my blog post a few weeks back complaining about him waking me up at 6:30AM on the weekend. 😄
Coffee in hand, time for links! Enjoy. ☕️
It sounded like a dream partnership when Apple Inc. reached out to Joe Kiani, the founder of a company that makes blood-oxygen measurement devices. He figured his technology was a perfect fit for the Apple Watch.
Sherlocking is an Apple tradition. Tim Cook comes across as a nice Southern Gentleman but under that demure exterior is a cold blooded killer. Hey, he’s the CEO of the most successful company in the world, I wouldn’t expect anything less. Other companies innovating on an Apple platform is great for Apple. It gives them a blueprint without having to do it themselves.
Lucky for me there’s no way Apple could Sherlock the advanced algorithm AI ML of Stream! It’s too powerful for anyone but me to understand! 🤣
How’s that for completely shameful self promotion? 👍🏼
Season three of Star Trek: Picard has been a hit for Paramount+. Fans love nostalgia, for good or bad, they do.
I’ve been thirsting to watch Picard since the original season but I’ve refused to add yet another streaming service to our mix. I’m hoping we’ll get some kind of licensing deal that allows other streamers access to it. 🤞🏼
But what got me thinking about this issue this week is the dumbest adware in iOS I’ve seen.
I hear this from folks from time to time. Apple is advertising in their apps now. I’m certain Steve Jobs has rolled over in his grave.
I’ve seen a couple myself but they’ve been very subtle and easily dismissible. Do I want to see ads in Apple products? Nope. It feels beneath them but they gotta add that shareholder value and squeeze every last penny out of their products.
In a move that brings to a close a pioneering era of online journalism, BuzzFeed is shutting down its namesake news division.
Not that I’m a huge BuzzFeed reader but this was very surprising. This media outlet with a funny name eventually became a Pulitzer winning company. That’s something to be proud of. I wish everyone well and hope they land on their feet. Tech has been a been a real mess lately. So many layoffs.
If you’re a transgender resident of Missouri, the next 10 months are set to be horrible. Under an emergency regulation from state Attorney General Andrew Bailey, it will soon become incredibly difficult, if not impossible, for many patients to receive any sort of gender-affirming care.
More GOP cruelty. They love, love, love, guns but hate people. I don’t know how else to say it. They’re control freaks who want a nation of drones who push buttons to churn out widgets to make them rich at the cost of their humanity. It’s really very disgusting. Let people live their lives with dignity and respect.
Andrew Toles hasn’t played for the Dodgers since Sept. 30, 2018. However, he just had his contract renewed for another year last week.
This is a class move by the Dodgers organization. Not many companies would be so thoughtful.
Public schools in Texas would have to prominently display the Ten Commandments in every classroom starting next school year under a bill the Texas Senate approved Thursday.
Here we are again. Yet another red state trying to make a ridiculous law infringing on Constitutional rights and freedoms. This will not holdup under judicial review but these assholes love to challenge law in hopes of overturning it. Maybe this is their retaliation for us normals wanting to revoke the Second Amendment.
The First Amendment reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Emphasis is mine. This should override any state sponsored law. It’s just a GOP game.
Twenty years ago today, March 27, 2003, I released VoodooPad 1.0.
I didn’t see this until this week. Congratulations Gus! Twenty years is a quite an accomplishment. 👍🏼
Volkswagen is pulling the cover off the ID.7 flagship electric vehicle that aims to rescue the sedan from the dustbin of vehicle history.
This is a really nice looking ride, not to mention great for consumer choice.
Traditional car companies have caught up with Tesla and are making better cars. The gravy train had to end at some point.🚂
A new state-funded project in the San Joaquin Valley hopes to find a new way to build drought resilience. The idea is simple: Cover the state’s canals and aqueducts with solar panels to both limit evaporation and generate renewable energy.
I grew up and spent most of my life in the San Joaquin Valley of California — hello Exeter — and saw canals everyday.
I recall a particular canal at the base of Rocky Hill, in Exeter, that had an underground section. Because it dove underground it provided and excellent hill for speeding and jumping down on our bikes.
This idea is really interesting but makes me wonder if they can pull it off? Canals are already extremely dangerous. What would adding covers to them do? Once you’re in one it’s extremely difficult to get out. In my experience folks are usually pulled out by someone who notices they’ve fallen in.
Roman has slowly but surely become a more competent businessman and human being throughout all four seasons of “Succession.”
Ah, Succession, my favorite 💩show of all time.
Of all the characters I’ve always found Roman the most likeable of all the Roy family — that’s not saying much as they’re all disgusting pigs — and I’m really anxious to see where we land at the season finale.
Some thoughts. Shiv aborts her baby. Tom murders Shiv and commits suicide. Kendal becomes a homeless drug addict. Roman starts an online dating service. Connor goes back to his life a solitude. Cousin Greg dupes them all and ends up in charge of the family fortune.
Sounds about right. How many of these will I get correct? Guess we’ll find out. 🤣
I’ll get right to it: Mark Zuckerberg is an ineffective, incompetent, and directionless executive, one bereft of complete or concrete ideas.
I feel like the only reason the Zuck is still CEO is because he has more than a 50% interest in the company with a handpicked board of sycophants.
Mark’s not going anywhere.
