Initial Charge

From the app’s webpage: Run Valve’s official Steam client in Big Picture mode on your Snapdragon handheld.

From the app’s webpage: The Hazel alternative for macOS.

Reddit licenses user-generated content.

Kev Quirk: My relationship with Mastodon has been somewhat tumultuous over the years, until I eventually stepped down from Fosstodon around 18 months ago.

I already had much of this setup or it wasn’t relevant to me — because I don’t use Apple Mail, for example.

I don’t like the update.

I agree with Ethan on this, using passkeys is not a good experience.

From the announcement: Nintendo of America is excited to announce the Customer Appreciation Sale, one of our largest promotions ever, featuring 30% off dozens of Nintendo Switch digital games and bundles, plus savings on select physical games, downloadable

We had a birthday party in our backyard again this year.

Some excellent features coming later this month to UnbrelOS.

I’ve been toying around with Windows XP on an old iMac, which I plan to use as a retro gaming system.

I like Riccardo’s thinking on the 11-inch MacBook Air.

Juli Clover, writing for MacRumors: Mozilla today said it is adding an ad blocker to Firefox for iOS, allowing users to block many third-party ads and ad-related trackers.

My wife, Becky, just launched a store on Teachers Pay Teachers with some resources to help teachers with their workflow in the classroom.

I’m using a Framework 13 as my personal computer now and it’s pretty darn close to what I’d describe as perfect.

In short, you can install Apple’s HomeKit Accessory Simulator app and add a Mac’s webcam as a HomeKit accessory. ➝ Source: reddit.com

From the Beeper weblog: It’s easy to get overwhelmed in Beeper once you add all your accounts and channels from different parts of life.

I migrated my writing and cloud document storage from iCloud to Dropbox last year. iCloud works fine, but it’s not a great fit when your primary computer runs Linux.

Marcin Wichary: Mac’s operating system has a peculiar way to install apps.

From the project’s readme: Apple’s AirPort Utility is not guaranteed to run on macOS 27 and newer, so I reverse engineered the application and have reimplemented it for macOS 27 and newer with Swift (front-end code) and Python (backend protocol code).

I write from my iPhone all the time.

From the overview: Coax turns your home media server into a linear cable channel guide.

The Pocket Casts design and development team has been working on an Apple TV version for months.

Rick Findlay, writing for Reclaim the Net: Brave shipped Containers this week.

From the readme: PaperWM is a GNOME Shell extension which provides scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces.

From Edovia’s weblog: Starting with Screens 5.8.8, remote access is built directly into Screens on Macs running macOS 14 or later.

LJPUK: Apple today increased their service pricing across the board and it was enough for me to realise Apple Music no longer makes sense when I’m already paying for YouTube Premium.

I’ve been using AT&T as my cellular service provider for over twenty years — back when it was Cingular.

I’d like to see more developers offer app icons that aren’t constrained by Apple’s squircle shape.

From the website: The open web is arguably the world’s most vital invisible utility – and it is under siege.

From the Declaration of Independence: We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of…

From the project’s readme: 240-MP is a retro VCR style frontend to play content on Raspberry Pi (preferably hooked up to a CRT TV).