Daniel Jalkut
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  • Made me look twice.

    Airport shuttle bus with a label on the side reading “Apple Commuter, Inc.”

    12 September 2025
  • Just posted MarsEdit 5.3.5 with a fix for a crash on macOS 26 Tahoe, and some other bug fixes. redsweater.com/blog/4230…

    12 September 2025
  • My town has been at work all summer, scrambling to adopt the Liquid Granite design language.

    Picture of several slabs of granite, cut with a circular corner shape.

    9 September 2025
  • I don’t know if proximal-fascist shaming is a thing, but it should be. And Cheryl Hines should be very ashamed. I think at some point you can’t remain silent, you have to speak out: “Am I with my husband, or do I have my own take?”

    7 September 2025
  • Just heard @marcoarment@mastodon.social acknowledging on ATP that he benefits from therapy, and I want to throw 1000 positive awesome strokes in his direction for normalizing what we all can benefit from.

    7 September 2025
  • I’ve always been a huge CCR fan, but this video of John Fogerty playing with his kids only drives home how pure and cool he is. www.youtube.com/watch

    7 September 2025
  • It’s probably obvious to any peace-loving individual, but the “Department of Defense” spoke to America’s desire to be non-combative. Why would such a successful, rich country, want to be combative with anybody? Trump’s change to “Department of War” only serves to stir up potential rivalries.

    6 September 2025
  • I felt something on my hand, and found this little bug crawling around. So little. This is the tip of my index finger. iPhone camera did pretty well considering it was moving (!) while I took this.

    A tiny ladybug-like beetle with yellow shell and black spots. The size of the bug is only a fraction of the tip of my finger, where it rests.

    6 September 2025
  • A friend shared this video with me, from a recent competition. It’s not my fastest time in competition (21s) but it’s pretty good for a full-grown man!

    5 September 2025
  • Just posted FastScripts 3.3.8, with improvements to the handling of arrow keys for menu navigation, and refinements to the appearance of the search field. redsweater.com/blog/4228…

    3 September 2025
  • Has anybody else ever been surprised that your rock stars get old at the same rate that you do?

    1 September 2025
  • I’ve been haunted by Ben Gibbard’s “Farmer Chords” for a long time, but I finally decided to look up the chords and try to play it. Pretty satisfying. I can’t do the fancy fingerwork yet, but I’m going to make it a priority! www.youtube.com/watch

    31 August 2025
  • I recently turned 50. I recently solved a 2x2 cube in competition in 4.14 seconds. There are no official rankings for old people, but on the unofficial “senior” rankings, I’m #40 in the world in the 50+ age group. wca-seniors.org/Senior_Ra…

    31 August 2025
  • There are many things AI still can’t answer. Some, like the vagaries of Apple’s OSAKit API, can only be answered by swamp-dwelling jedi knights like Mark Alldritt. Thanks @alldritt@mstdn.ca

    30 August 2025
  • I wonder is Lake Tahoe will sue Apple for diminishing its brand. So much anti-Tahoe on social media.

    26 August 2025
  • Determining that a given task is better suited to a machine than a human is an age-old challenge. AI is the latest factor. Your success depends less on using AI than knowing when to use AI.

    24 August 2025
  • Whenever Claude or another LLM says “I see the problem!” I imagine Dora the Explorer bouncing in front of me with a fixed smile.

    22 August 2025
  • I got sucked into an anti-trans thread rooted in one of J.K. Rowling’s utterly deplorable, obsessive takes on trans people. So many people are worried about trans women seeing cis women undressing. Why aren’t they equally worried about any person seeing another person undressing?

    20 August 2025
  • My coach’s DMs to God were answered. Beer Boys are 2025 champions, two years in a row!

    Selfie of a caucasian man with white hair, glasses, smiling while holding a trophy in the shape of a softball mitt with a yellow ball in it.

    13 August 2025
  • One of the most ordinary things I do is play for a local softball team in my town. We’re “The Beer Boys”, our coach is a sober Christian, and if his DMs to God have gone through as expected, we’re going to be returning champions after we win tomorrow’s game.

    Selfie of a caucasian man with glasses, short grey hair styled up, wearing a baseball jersey with the name "BEER BOYS" across the chest.

    12 August 2025
  • I will start using SwiftUI for Mac apps when one full week elapses where I don’t see somebody at their wit’s end about how to achieve something with SwiftUI that is trivial with AppKit.

    11 August 2025
  • Imagine spending years of your life preparing for, applying to, and ultimately being accepted to the FBI, the most prestigious police force in the world, so that Trump can send you out on night shift to kick homeless people while they sleep.

    11 August 2025
  • Upon enrolling in AppleCare One, Apple informed me I would be receiving $hundreds in credit by transferring my Apple Vision Pro’s one-time AppleCare coverage in. It occurs to me that AppleCare One is an opportunity to rethink any one-time payment for AppleCare that you might be unsure about.

    9 August 2025
  • Easiest NYT Saturday crossword ever?

    9 August 2025
  • Rejoice, macOS Tahoe beta testers who also use Black Ink. With the 2.4.3 update, it’s “out of icon jail”! redsweater.com/blog/4219…

    8 August 2025

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