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Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro is finally a DWTS spin-off that works. Marshal Knight reviews—and gives it 10s across the board!
macOS Golden Gate and iOS/iPadOS/watchOS 27 are out in Public Beta. Jason Snell and Dan Moren have more over on Six Colors.
Didn't get out again in June due to some unforeseen demands at work and by the time those were out the way it had got too hot and oppressive to think about staying outdoors for too long. Did have a pleasant long weekend in the...
Most people would probably respond to these “Menthole XXtreme” Dude Wipes with these responses: Ewww! What is wrong with people?! Cool! Mint, brah! But my first thoughts were: Networking/cybersecurity: Now that there are menthol wipes to...
Jenny Holtzer’s Truisms (1978-87) I was in the first day of a two day away day at work and I was thinking of Jenny Holtzer’s truisms. They feel true (even if they might not be), which is what’s so cool about them. I think it’s the same...
...and no, it's not what you think. ::chuckle:: [ day in progress ]
In 2019, I reviewed and adored David Ely’s science fiction thriller Seconds (1963), the source material for John Frankenheimer’s similarly brilliant 1969 film. I did not know that Ely got his start in genre magazines under the editorship...
A return to form and function Image: Apple. In 2009, at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Bertrand Serlet walked onstage and presented an audacious claim: “Zero New Features,” the slide read. Serlet, Apple’s then-senior vice...
OpenAI’s GPT-5.6-Sol is finally here, along with the cheaper Terra and Luna. We’ve seen the early hype as reported on Thursday, but as always that is biased. As usual, the bulk of this is collecting a gestalt based on reactions. I...
Like many other projects, CPython is experiencing a huge increase in security reports. CVEs per year #Last month, PSF Security Developer-in-Residence Seth Larson posted a chart of CVEs per year, showing a large increase in 2026: But this...
At work, we use a standard Git workflow: develop on a feature branch, push to GitHub, and open a pull request to main. Once somebody else approves the PR, the changes get merged. At least once a week, I forget to branch and commit...
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It’s 2026 and people are still searching for answers on the Raspberry Pi 5 vs Raspberry Pi 4.. Well, the Pi 5 release was the biggest generational leap in Raspberry Pi’s history. That said, the Pi 4 is cheaper, and still very capable. So...