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• John Gruber

New MacBook Air With M5

apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-the-new-macbook-air-with-m5/

Apple Newsroom: MacBook Air now comes standard with double the starting storage at 512GB with faster SSD technology, and is configurable up to 4TB, so customers can keep their most important work on hand. Apple’s N1 wireless chip delivers Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 for seam...

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• John Gruber

Apple Might Have Prematurely Leaked the Name ‘MacBook Neo’

macrumors.com/2026/03/03/apple-accidentally-leaks-macbook-neo/

Joe Rossignol, MacRumors:

A regulatory document for a “MacBook Neo” (Model A3404) has appeared on Apple’s website. Unfortunately, there are no further details or images available yet. While the PDF file does not contain the “MacBook Neo” name, it briefly appeared in a link on Apple’s regulatory website for EU compliance purposes.

My money was on just plain “MacBook”, but I like “MacBook Neo”.

Link: macrumors.com/2026/03/03/apple-accidentally-leaks-macbook…

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Jason Kottke

HyperCard Changed Everything

This video traces the history of Apple’s HyperCard from Vannevar Bush’s idea of the Memex to the Mother of All Demos to the Xerox PARC Alto to Bill Atkinson, the inventor of HyperCard, who said:

HyperCard is a software erector set. It lets people put things together without having to know how to solder.

There’s a ton of information about HyperCard at hypercard.org, including this HyperCard simulator that runs in your browser.

Tags: Apple · Bill Atkinson · computing · HyperCard · Vannevar Bush · video

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• John Gruber

Apple Introduces MacBook Pro Models With M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips

apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-macbook-pro-with-all-new-m5-pro-and-m5-max/

Apple Newsroom: Apple today announced the latest 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max, bringing game-changing performance and AI capabilities to the world’s best pro laptop. With M5 Pro and M5 Max, MacBook Pro features a new CPU with the world’s...

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Jason Kottke

Does Your Country Need Regime Change? A Quiz. “Is...

Does Your Country Need Regime Change? A Quiz. “Is your country a notorious bad actor in the Middle East? Has your leader deployed the country’s military domestically against civilians who were protesting peacefully?”

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Jason Kottke

Takashi Murakami Remixes Monet

As part of his show called Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme’s Genesis, currently on display in LA, Takashi Murakami painted his own version of Claude Monet’s Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son. The painting is paired with Murakami’s copies ...

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• John Gruber

Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max, and Renames Its M-Series CPU Cores

apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-debuts-m5-pro-and-m5-max-to-supercharge-the-most-demanding-pro-workflows/

Apple Newsroom: Apple today announced M5 Pro and M5 Max, the world’s most advanced chips for pro laptops, powering the new MacBook Pro. The chips are built using a new Apple-designed Fusion Architecture. This innovative design combines two dies into a single system on a ...

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Jason Kottke

Remember the “scroll lock” key on your...

Remember the “scroll lock” key on your keyboard? What the heck was it for? And why is the same scrolling mechanic showing up in streaming service interfaces?

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Jason Kottke

New Rembrandt Painting Discovered

A painting from 1633 called Vision of Zacharias in the Temple has been newly identified by Rijksmuseum researchers as an authentic Rembrandt van Rijn. It had been decades since the painting was examined — art historians have access to all kinds of new techniques and inform...

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Jason Kottke

Can You Draw All 50 States From Memory?

Time State Map

Per Betteridge’s law of headlines and also the map above, my answer is clearly no. You can try it yourself here…you draw them one at a time and it adds them to the map automagically. I’m going to blame my trackpad use a little, but I’m not sure I would have done much better had I drawn with a pencil and looked a map beforehand.

Update: Your periodic reminder that Senator Al Franken can draw all 50 US states from memory with astonishing accuracy.

(thx, eric)

[This is a vintage post originally from Jul 2017.]

Tags: Al Franken · geography · maps · timeless posts · USA · video

Global News Podcast

Israel hits Tehran and Beirut with 'simultaneous strikes'

26:19
The Israeli defence minister says he has told troops to "take control" of new positions in Lebanon. The IDF says it's targeting Hezbollah. Israel says it's bombed Iran's presidential office and the US claims to have destroyed command facilities and missile launch sites across...

Dan’s Polaroids

03.03.2026

A slightly overexposed image of my shadow projected onto a tree
      trunk. More trees and buildings in the background.
Me on overexposed tree.

Dan’s Polaroids

02.03.2026

A speedy cyclist in the low evening sun. Parts of a bike in the
      foreground.
Speedy

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Jason Kottke

Recent advances in science have revolutionized our...

Recent advances in science have revolutionized our understanding of the Maya, e.g. there’s evidence that “more people lived in the classic-era Maya lowlands than on the Italian peninsula during the peak of the Roman empire…”

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Jason Kottke

“ Boredom is the price we pay for a life rich with...

Boredom is the price we pay for a life rich with meaning. Recognizing this makes the feeling more endurable.”

The Rewatchables

'Sicario' With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey

02:05:55

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey form a special task force and head to El Paso to revisit Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 crime thriller, ‘Sicario,’ starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Matt Pevic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Iran widens retaliatory attacks in Gulf countries

26:46
On the fourth day of the US and Israel's war against Iran, Tehran has widened its retaliatory attacks in the Gulf region, with two of its drones hitting the US embassy in Saudi Arabia. Iran has threatened to ''set fire'' to any ship passing the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oi...

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Electric Vehicles

Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.

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• Daring Fireball Department of Commerce

[Sponsor] npx workos: An AI Agent That Writes Auth Directly Into Your Codebase

workos.com/docs/authkit/cli-installer?utm_source=tldrdev&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q12026

npx workos launches an AI agent, powered by Claude, that reads your project, detects your framework, and writes a complete auth integration directly into your existing codebase. It’s not a template generator. It reads your code, understands your stack, and writes an integration that fits.

The WorkOS agent then typechecks and builds, feeding any errors back to itself to fix.

See how it works →

Link: workos.com/docs/authkit/cli-installer?utm_source=tldrdev…

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• John Gruber

★ HazeOver — Mac Utility for Highlighting the Frontmost Window

Back in December I linked to a sort-of stunt project from Tyler Hall called Alan.app — a simple Mac utility that draws a bold rectangle around the current active window. Alan.app lets you set the thickness and color of the frame. I used it for an hour or so before calling it...