💻 Endpoints Engineer @ MIT
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Last Notes npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…f3z2 I decided over the pandemic, while I was reencoding all of the my audio for the last time using FLAC, the I was the weakest link. I am only getting older, my hearing is only getting worse, and I am more likely to listen to music on the go than in ideal conditions. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…f3z2 but when you can't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana or wet mud does it even matter? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand This shit just made me switch to @nprofile…60xv npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…f3z2 my next TV will be a commercial 60 inch monitor and a speaker bar. No spyware. No OS. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…ccqa mmmm toast npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand My ornament has large eyes. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…j4v2 I don't know, Shatner is still wearing all of his uniform. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Mac OS 8 was the first and last release of Mac OS that was released on a 8-track cartridge. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Who else remembers how we used to sync our iPods 24 years ago? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…4mkg I would totally use it if I used any of those services. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…4mkg its mostly a man making love to Ruby in Podcast form, and I am here for that. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…4mkg should have gone with the slip n slide. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…8c6a you forgot to mention that Apple is coming out with a suite of operating systems where this is an acceptable icon. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…3wy7 the MIB2 post office scene was memorable. (I forget the rest of the movie.) npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…ee4l light behaves differently in Apple Park. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Oh no, I just dialed in from my Newton, and you would not believe the fax Apple sent me. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…4mkg I think you mean 2014. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…4mkg Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda appreciates your support. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Guys, I think I downloaded the wrong developer release. My Mac OS GUI is looking a lot more polished and refined than what I am seeing on apple.com npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…4mkg I'm calling for Tim to appear on @nprofile…gftj's The Talk Show. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…de2h @nprofile…0k5k I like the PEZ dispensers npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Apple Vision Junior npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…md38 is taking his 2019 Mac Pro to Craig's house. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…de2h clearly it's time to upgrade to Windows Vista. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…4mkg let's just hope your family doesn't suddenly aquire a taste for pineapple on pizza. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…de2h If I didn't get AWS credits from work I would host my FreeBSD instances elsewhere. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand I want to ride the Internet Expressway powered by Mac OS 9.0.4 npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…de2h BRO DO YOU EVEN DEBIAN? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Apple has always been serious about casual Newton gaming. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand The brain worm is contemplating its next move. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…fv4z I hope you are not wearing a skirt. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Tiger unleashed. Peak web design. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…sr9k but graphics glitches are part of the BSD experience. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Who else misses System Preferences? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…km2r @nprofile…fv4z I am disappointed you were not named WOPR. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…aqq5 I use Miniflux. It is a web app I use with a screen reader on multiple platforms. https://miniflux.app/ npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @nprofile…de2h I send almost everything to a read it later service. I generally catch up once or twice a week. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand The iMac is your digital hub. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Apple Resumes Advertising on X npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand So my cat found the Christmas tree. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand What if Sun Microsystems released a Zune digital media player? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1l3g…vu48 still beats Sourceforge npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub13le…6saf FORBIDDEN COFFEE npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand If Steve Jobs was born in 1996 the App Store would be his protest. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr BUT YOU OWE APPLE 30% FOR EXISTING! npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand I have been using a Snapdragon Plus powered Dell Latitude 7455 for the last week. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m I always thought Bolognese was a meat sauce? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m is that what happened with the computer store? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m so does this mean TUAW can use your byline? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1238…g63g I am still recovering from how far my jaw dropped after discovering this. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m whoa, Knot's Berry Farm had a canteen truck? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Giving Budgie a go. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1sen…ycjl PIRATE npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1l3g…vu48 Of course it runs NetBSD... npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m the three genders npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1l3g…vu48 they advertise some sort of surround sound feature. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand It's good to know now all laptop manufacturers are cowards. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m I feel crushed by this recent Apple advertisement. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr but how will you ever encounter dinosaurs? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1l3g…vu48 so what's the LossyPNG tag for npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr mine runs Fedora Silverblue npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub15ml…2w4s any plans to bring the winged 2013 Mac Pro shirt?(a personal favorite) npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m WHERE ARE THE SCIENTOLOGISTS??? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1fxp…eccu why can't we have nice things in OS X. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1sen…ycjl npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1l3g…vu48 I'm sorry for your loss. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m Phil Schiller looks a lot different than how I remember him. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr @npub1l6a…r7w6 shhh Apple is green now. (Don’t tell the user hostile repair process.) npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1p9k…865w $1,000? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand I bought a Blue 10th Gen iPad. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1sen…ycjl I just remember they sold poorly. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1sen…ycjl everybody makes mistakes. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand I couldn’t afford the Apple Vision Pro, so I got the Apple Vision Junior instead. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand My Apple Vision Pro came with this app, Encounter Jeff Goldblum? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m so were you wearing a Brian May amount of red crepe paper or a Freddie Mercury amount of red crepe paper? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1sen…ycjl I remember syncing MacTracker.ca to my iPod back in the day. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1c0m…xqjl you can't even sell girl scout cookies outside my local supermarket without a permit. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1src…fms4 wait until you hear about bookmarks… npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Who will be the first to shower with Apple Vision Pro? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr @npub1ym9…f8c3 isn't using an iDevice with a NAS or SAN a PITA. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr Luckily for us Apple has a "Sweet Solution" from a past playbook.. https://www.macstories.net/stories/before-the-app-store-the-sweet-solution-of-web-apps-and-developers-relentless-passion/ npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr a launch event is additional marketing, and I am not convinced an additional marketing is warranted given the limited quantities of Vision Pros ready to be sold. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1sen…ycjl what, you don't sleep with it under your pillow like me? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1e0x…d30u @npub1c0m…xqjl who does his almond counting? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr I want to give the Deck a try but my legally blind diagnosis makes it seem like a bad idea. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr how did you play PC or console? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Doom Eternal might be my favorite game of 2023. (Yeah I am late to the party.) npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand With Android you are the product. If you don't believe me just look at the number of requests my mostly idle Pixel 4 makes to Google Ad Services and DoubleClick while sitting unused on its charger. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1c0m…xqjl my almonds won’t count themselves! npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Extreme Newton Gaming npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1kyl…9jzs I am pretty sure some app proposed this. Hipstamatic maybe? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1utv…87lr @npub1src…fms4 we concentrate on the serious issues like how black is Space Black? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand Which is worth more, a Bluesky invite or a JPEG of a bored boat monkey? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1sen…ycjl I can't remember having any trouble finding .xci files. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand I have bad news for those of you that play the finger cymbals and are interested in the new double tap gesture available with the Apple Watch Series 9. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand I am still the only one who would buy an iPhone without a camera if it was $200 cheaper. npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m is there a strong divide between East and West Milton? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand @npub1qw5…037m where in Mass did you grow up? npub1ellrrdc7qtplxkvcy5h57dtwg4eqm4np4fc0ex0lm98n6t93vjjqaevmwg Thomas Brand What if instead of the dynamic island, the iPhone 15 Pro comes with the dynamic submarine?
