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  • Your apps (Bob and vboelema)

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    Since I’ve retired, I spend much more time on my desktop Mac than on my iPhone or iPad. And some of my Mac apps are reflections of the apps I use on my iPhone, and vice versa. To specifics: Todo… Read More ›

  • S-Town Podcast

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    How to ascertain if a new network offers decent coverage and what are your rights if not? John despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks a reporter to investigate the son of a wealthy… Read More ›

  • In praise of cash

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    In the economist’s imagining of an idealised free market, rational individuals enter into monetary-exchange contracts with each other for their mutual benefit. One party – called the ‘buyer’ – passes money tokens to another party – called the ‘seller’ –… Read More ›

  • Lens vs. Lens

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    Lens vs. Lens is an app that allows you to compare different kinds lenses and filter photos pulled from flickr by aperture and focal length… More here. What a clever idea.

  • Your apps (Neil)

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    Much of what I do uses Apple’s own apps, and I can’t think of many, if any, cases where I have replaced a default app with something else. I’ve limited this to iOS, in line with Shaun’s post. Mail: it… Read More ›

  • The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45

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    The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 is not just a new smartwatch, but also a totally new concept from TAG Heuer. The watch will be able to host both digital and mechanical modules that attach to the watch’s lugs. Users… Read More ›

  • A Large-Scale Analysis of Technical Support Scams

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    In this paper, we perform a three-pronged analysis of the increasingly serious problem of technical support scams. First, we build a reliable, distributed crawling infrastructure that can identify technical support scam pages and use it to collect technical support scam… Read More ›

  • Stop Auto-Play Videos from Annoying You On A Mac

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    Auto-play videos suck. They use bandwidth, and their annoying sounds get in the way when you’re listening to music and open a web page. I happen to write for a website that uses them, and it annoys me to no… Read More ›

  • This Book Left Me in Tears

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    When Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2013, he was a 36-year-old on the verge of making big contributions to the world with his mind and hands. He was a gifted doctor—a chief resident in neurosurgery at Stanford… Read More ›

  • Micro-Scale Modeling

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    Joshua Smith, a miniaturist and former stencil artist based in South Australia, constructs tiny, intricate worlds for a living. His work, which exhibits astonishing observational and representational skills, focuses on the “overlooked aspects of the urban environment – such as… Read More ›