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  • How to Ditch Apple Completely

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    I’ve seen lots of articles that describe how to move from Windows to Mac or Android to iPhone. Since they are usually not directly dependant or interconnected, it’s usually straightforward. Going the other way is not. Apple has interconnected everything… Read More ›

  • Bólido

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    Bólido was intended to be bold and out of step. Adding a second rotative axis not only tilts the face of the watch to facilitate time-reading in situations like car-driving, etc., it also increases the case height at the top… Read More ›

  • the joy of text and todo

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    My current favorite equivalent of Notepad.exe is Simplenote – it is cloud based but beautifully minimalist, I run the native app on iOS and MacOS (and can get to a webpage with all my info when on someone else’s computer.)… Read More ›

  • Wileyfox Spark + Add-X: £69.99

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    Pay for a chunk of your Wileyfox Spark + Add-X with lockscreen offers and ads. On your lockscreen, simply swipe right to unlock your phone and swipe left to discover more. Offers and ads appear on the phone’s lockscreen while… Read More ›

  • DUT-DUT-DUT-DAH

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    Many people try to play sheet music on the piano, but what about trying to play a drawing on the piano? The idea seems bizarre at first, but it’s central to a movement that began in the 1950s, where composers… Read More ›

  • Apple Anniversary Skins

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    Celebrate ten years of beautifully elegant Apple design. You can now protect your iPhone X or any other iPhone going back to the 5 with the Anniversary Skin from Slickwraps. Constructed of two individual pieces, you will receive a black… Read More ›

  • Amazon Prime comes to Apple TV, a little too late

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    As announced in the Amazon Prime Video iOS app release notes, the Apple TV Amazon Prime Video app is now rolling out. The release notes say users have to download a separate tvOS app, which apparently will work on the… Read More ›

  • Android keyboard app leaks personal data of 31 million users

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    Personal data for more than 31 million users of an Android keyboard app called AI.type has leaked online, according to ZDNet and researchers at the Kromtech Security Center. The app’s database server wasn’t password-protected, which meant anyone could access more… Read More ›

  • Can you hear this silent gif bouncing?

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    Synesthesia is likely what’s happening with the “noisy GIF” phenomenon, which Fassnidge’s lab calls the “visually-evoked auditory response,” or vEAR for short. (His lab is running a survey on vEAR, if you’d like to take part.) More at The Verge…. Read More ›

  • Transient

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    “Transient” is a compilation of the best shots from my storm chasing adventures of summer 2017. Most of the lightning footage was captured in uncompressed raw at 1000 frames per second with our Phantom Flex4K. This summer I chased for… Read More ›