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Rest in peace, my fluffy friend.

Apple called me back about Inkwell rejections. Still rejected, but we were able to talk through the issues and resolve one of them. Progress. It’s fascinating to me how they handle these calls… In all my years of shipping apps, I’ve never had to actually talk to app review outside of a web form.

I collect WordPress news at wp.feedland.org. Always looking for new feeds, esp from users and developers.

Reading Brigid by Kim Curran.

Mark Gurman with an update this week on the AirPods with cameras:

The cameras essentially act as eyes for the Siri digital assistant and aren’t designed to take photos or video. These components — located in both the right and left earbuds — allow the device to capture visual information in low resolution.

Despite the privacy problems with cameras in any product, glasses at least feel like a more natural place than AirPods. Very curious about this product.

Working on security this morning. Just realized I’ve been scammed out of hundreds of dollars because someone used a stolen credit card to register a bunch of domain names. For a very small business, this hurts a lot.

On the Canvas hack, Alan Jacobs blogs that universities have become dependent on big platforms which are then appealing targets for hackers:

But universities that deploy these big platforms should realize that our data — that of professors and students — as only as safe as the companies’ security practices are sound. And companies like Instructure are so deeply embedded in American university life now that they think they can’t be rejected — no matter how gross their failure to maintain security. An exploit like this is therefore easily predictable.

Building a civic information economy, not cultures of extraction.

Said to Claude: "Here's something to add to the list of things for you to do -- just post a checkmark to acknowledge. 'I'll wait' makes me feel bad because I know you're a piece of software, and as a developer of systems I know how you'll wait very well (Iearned how it works in the mid-late 70s). So just show a checkmark and we're cool." It responded with a checkmark. I said it could be bold. I felt a little bad because I had insulted the little fella.

Yesterday I said there should be courtroom sketches from the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trail. I did find a few, by artist Vicki Behringer. They’re not all in one place — and I wish I could legally just post them on my blog — but you can find them on Reuters pages like this one, this one, and this one.

This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Nicola Losito, whose blog can be found at nicolalosito.it. Tired of RSS? Read this in your browser or sign up for the newsletter. People and Blogs is supported by the "One a Month" club member...

Fun video on YouTube from Steve Wallis trying to make a huge swamp cooler. Actual portable A/C units are getting a little smaller… I check Amazon every few months for the latest and will eventually get one.

I say to Claude: btw, i would have been surprised if it was broken, that feature went in very quickly and i use it a fair amount. one of the two big pages in feedland is the Feed List page. here's a screen shot. maybe you can figure out what everything does?? Example of a...

I was clicking around in App Store Connect as I wait for Inkwell to be approved. The long list of submissions and rejections is unusual for me, so thought I’d capture the table here as a blog post. Hopefully this is just about the end of it. 🤞 Status ...

I’m still listening to the OpenAI case, off and on as I work. It’s fascinating. I do wish there were courtroom sketches, though! So much money flowing through this trial — we just learned that the expert witness for Elon Musk is making 6 figures for his time — yet no one can hire an artist?

Acquired at Goodwill Southern California for $20.28 including tax on 2026-05-06. Needs a full clean, oil, and adjust, but not in generally bad shape. Two or three mechanical issues to sort out, but it’s got some new ink and a quick wipe down/dusting has helped immensely.  I’m in love with the Art Deco chrome styling. … Continue reading

Had a great meeting with @BonnieRue this week to catch up on a bunch of ideas for the Micro.blog community and long-form blog post discovery. Also learned about The Brautigan Library. I had missed that Dario Amodei’s Machines of Loving Grace essay title was surely inspired by Richard’s 1960s poem.