Infinite Diaries

I don’t know who made this website (click the title and go see it for yourself), but this it has a few perfect examples of the App Store’s inconsistencies in their guidelines.

One of the most amazing castles in Europe — a must-see.

My set of GMK White-on-Black Hiragana finally arrived!

Constructed between 1911 and 1913, while Wrocław was part of the German Empire, Centennial Hall was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006.

As some of you may know, I lost both my parents to cancer a few years ago.

This is one of my favourite shots of my home town, taken in 2004 from the top of St Elizabeth’s Basilica.

I don’t recall why I entered this particular building in the older part of Wrocław’s city centre, but I’m glad I did, because this old staircase was truly stunning.

I took this shot in November 2003, somewhere close to Książ Castle.

L0vetodream on Twitter: apple did not give up on butterfly keyboard, they are trying to improve on the structure, and solve the issue, we might see it comes back again in future.

This is a security update, so you might want to get it installed as soon as possible. iOS 13.5.1 (Build 17F80) for: iPad mini 4 (Wi-Fi) (iPad5,1) — Download iPad mini 4 (Cellular) (iPad5,2) — Download iPad Air 2 (Wi-Fi) (iPad5,3) — Download iPad Air 2 (Ce…

Taylor Lyles, for The Verge: The price increase is actually a price correction […] The price to upgrade RAM from 8GB to 16GB is $200 on other Macs, including the iMac and MacBook Air, and this change is meant to keep the fee consistent.

Bhavuk Jain: In the month of April, I found a zero-day in Sign in with Apple that affected third-party applications which were using it and didn’t implement their own additional security measures.

Apple Support: On your Mac, you can fine-tune the current calibration of your Apple Pro Display XDR by adjusting the white point and luminance to more precisely match your own in-house display calibration target.

Jason Snell, on Six Colours: Here was the plan: Find a device that could be controlled by my Mac and press the volume-up button on my iPod Hi-Fi every morning when I started up the computer.

Please watch the whole video, from beginning to end — it’s extremely entertaining.

Brilliant.

Filipe Espósito, for 9to5Mac: […] we have found evidence that Apple is working to completely replace the Messages app on macOS with a Catalyst version, based on iOS 14 code.

This is the “pandemic” update but there a number of security patches too, so make sure to get this as soon as possible. iOS 13.5 (Build 17L562) for: Apple TV 4 (AppleTV5,3) — Download iOS 13.5 (Build 17F75) for: iPad mini 4 (Wi-Fi) (iPad5,1) — Download iP…

Wrocław’s zoo is one of the most beautiful ones in Europe, assuming you don’t mind seeing animals in captivity.

MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections: This repository contains the source code for a 1977 version of Zork, an interactive fiction game created at MIT by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling.

The Apple I was the original Apple computer built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, so naturally every Apple fanatic has dreamed of playing around with an Apple I or even having their own.

I forgot to post these earlier, so here they are… iOS 13.4.1 (Build 17E262) for: iPad mini 4 (Wi-Fi) (iPad5,1) — Download iPad mini 4 (Cellular) (iPad5,2) — Download iPad Air 2 (Wi-Fi) (iPad5,3) — Download iPad Air 2 (Cellular) (iPad5,4) — Download iPad P…

Associated Press: A new work by the elusive street artist Banksy, honoring health workers, has been unveiled at a British hospital.

Ruth Franklin: From the jury selection process that took place over three days in June for the trial of Martin Shkreli, an investor and hedge fund founder who is facing eight counts of securities and wire fraud.

By Keren Blankfeld, for The New York Times: For a few months, they managed to be each other’s escape, but they knew these visits wouldn’t last.

This keyboard design is an extremely cool design, if it had some way to attach an iPad to it.

James Thomson, on 512 Pixels: I visited Infinite Loop for the first time around twenty years ago, and decided to properly document my visit.

Everything you need to know about this wonderful keyboard.

We took the morning train from Kandy to Ella and it wasn’t an easy journey — the train was full packed with people.

We arrived early, around 6:00 in the morning, hoping to get some nice shots before the sun came out, but that wasn’t necessary.

John Gruber, on Daring Fireball: The high-end 13-inch MacBook Pro is the professional model.

Cyril Diagne: An AR+ML prototype that allows cutting elements from your surroundings and pasting them in an image editing software.

Carlos Fenollosa: When the keyboard finally arrived, I tried to type on it, and unfortunately I didn’t like its sound at all.

John Gruber, on Daring Fireball: But the whole thing with 3D Touch and Haptic Touch is so confusing, and has been handled so poorly by Apple in terms of how 3D Touch was used in iOS and which devices had it and which did not […] that you can’t possibly ex…

First of all, as you may have noticed, I love me a good keyboard.

Christopher Bing: The bug, which also exists on iPads, was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics company, while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client that took place in late 2019.

No.

David Gilbert: Poland: The current regime is seeking to force through the presidential election next month, despite a ban on campaigning due to the health crisis — a move the opposition says highly favors the incumbent, President Andrzej Duda.

Ryan Pickren: This vulnerability allowed malicious websites to masquerade as trusted websites when viewed on Desktop Safari (like on Mac computers) or Mobile Safari (like on iPhones or iPads).

Zac Hall: Based on the new information 9to5Mac has learned, Apple will simply call the new entry-level model “iPhone SE” while referencing the new hardware as the 2020 version.

Now that I’m looking through all of my older DSLR photos, I can see how much work I put into experimenting with long exposures at various times of day — something which I avoided doing on film (I was too impatient to wait for the film to be developed and…

Rob Griffiths, on Robservatory: Yesterday, instead of having a productive afternoon at home, I had the privilege of sitting at the bank for a couple of hours, resolving a problem completely of my own doing: I fell for a phone scammer.

This was one of my first proper long exposure shots ever.

Drew Stewart, for Wired: Nearly eight years ago, Disney gave George Lucas $4 billion for what is arguably the biggest film franchise in the world.

Adam Grossman: Today we have some important and exciting news to share: Dark Sky has joined Apple.

I bought my first DSLR in 2003 — the Canon 300D with its EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens — and was amazed at the quality of the shots it took.

I prepared a few simple WWDC-themed wallpapers for 2020, based on the assets Apple is using this year.

Ever since June rolled over last year, I have been thinking how to commemorate the Apollo 11’s mission’s 50th anniversary.

I posted my new hackintosh’s hardware spec a month or so ago and since then, I have been running OpenCore 0.5.4 with a config I made myself.

Udawalawe National Park in southern Sri Lanka is home to 500-600 elephants.