Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️
I’m back and feeling much better! This week was a mix of recovering from being sick and trying to ease back into work. Next week we kick off the next phase of the project I’m working on and I’m looking forward to seeing what we’re gonna do.
Coffee is in and links are linked. Enjoy! 😃
John Brayton • Golden Hill Software
2024 was a big year for Unread. The highlight of the year was the release of Unread for Mac. I first announced that I would be working on a Mac version at the start of 2023. I released the first public beta at the start of 2024. I released the final version in July 2024.
A big congratulations to my friend, John! I had the fortune to be a beta site for Unread and give John a little feedback over the course of it.
The Mac version of Unread is 100% a “Mac assed Mac app.” It’s beautifully designed, fast, and feature rich.
Unread’s biggest unlock is its syncing service. No need to purchase a third party service for sync, it’s built right in.
Highly recommended.👍🏼
I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations—and some differences—about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.
This is absolutely pathetic. I would really love to see Bezos sell the Washington Post. The billionaire class in America needs to be dismantled. They’re not helping the country, at all. They’re just as bad, if not worse, than Russian Oligarchs. I never thought I’d see our country come to this in my lifetime. Pathetic.
Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1 million to Trump inauguration
Boy-oh-boy CEO’s are lining up to kiss Marmalade Messiah’s ass.
I really, really, hate this. Cook is an openly gay man and Orange dude wants the LGBTQ+ community to disappear. He’s supporting a man, and a movement, that hates him with everything in their being.
All these CEO’s are playing right into the authoritarian playbook. They’re obeying in advance. Not good for our nation.
If someone signs up for Micro.one and they later need the extra advanced features and cross-posting, they can upgrade from the $1 Micro.one subscription to the standard $5 Micro.blog subscription. It’s a natural upgrade without gimmicks.
This is an amazing deal for a blogging/micro blogging service.
Congratulations Manton and team!
The more I learn about Lua’s design and implementation, the more impressed I am. It’s very rare to see software that does so much with so little code.
Lua is an extremely cool little language. You can run it standalone and you can embed it into your application. When I was at Pelco one of our developers wrote a test harness for our media pipeline that embedded Lua and he used it to drive integration tests. It was an excellent use of Lua. I’m a fan.
Corey LaJoie not expected to return to Rick Ware Racing
This is a real bummer but not unexpected. LaJoie had a rough year and was out performed by his Rookie of the Year teammate, Carson Hocevar.
I could tell there was something off with Corey on his podcast, Stacking Pennies. There were times when he came across angry or down.
I like Corey LaJoie and I hope he finds a seat for the 2025 Cup, Xfinity, or Truck Series. He certainly is an underdog who’s never been in good equipment until the 2024 season.
Remy Tumin • The New York Times
The end of the year may be associated with the holiday season for many, but Daniel Stern refers to it as something else: the “Home Alone” time.
Daniel Stern’s Marv in Home Alone is unforgettable. My favorite scene with him is the tarantula scene. That scream was surprising and way higher pitched than I expected.
It’s neat to see talented folks like him go off and explore other things. I’d love to have one of his sculptures!
Naoko Nishimoto vowed to give up driving when she reached the age of 80. That meant finding a new home for her treasured Mazda RX-7, which she ordered new 25 years ago.
Just look at that RX-7. It’s pristine. It’s also really cool of Mazda to buy it back.
Yesterday, the team at Lux announced that they are working on the next major release of their pro camera app, Halide, which will be dubbed Halide Mark III. The next iteration of Halide, which Lux hopes to release in 2025 will focus on three areas
This tiny team has done some incredible work over the years and done stuff with photos I had no idea was possible. Last I checked it was three folks doing all this incredible work! Talented Indie shops like this are so impressive and I hope they’re able to operate for as long as they want.
Spotify, the rumor had it, was filling its most popular playlists with stock music attributed to pseudonymous musicians—variously called ghost or fake artists—presumably in an effort to reduce its royalty payouts.
This is kind of disgusting and deceiving. If Spotify wants to do this, fine, do it. But at least have the guts to tell your listeners it was created by Spotify and don’t play this dishonest game of making up artists.
Old cars with modern drivetrains are often terrible. People go too far in their restomods, turning classic muscle cars into the automotive equivalent of those LED-ridden black leather couches.
I love the idea of converting a traditional gas powered vehicle to all electric. I wish I had a bunch of money that would allow me to quit my job so I could experiment with all kinds of things. Something I’ve always wanted to do is get a beater car, rebuild the motor, transmission, and rear differential (the drive train) to create a mechanically sound, aesthetically unmodified car.
Why not make it an EV? 😃
The Delta gaming emulator is now providing a link to sign up for Patreon-exclusive membership perks directly within the iOS app in Apple’s US App Store.
How in the world are they getting away with this?
I have to believe if all iOS Developer knew they could get away with this they’d choose to do their own payment system to avoid the 15-30% they have to give Apple. Seems a no brainer business decision. As it is the 15-30% is the cost of doing business with Apple.
Jonathan M. Gitlin • Ars Technica
Honda and Nissan to merge, Honda will take the lead
This was a big surprise when I read it. It will be very interesting to see their car lineup once they’ve settled down.
I hope they keep Nissan trucks, they’re really nice.
