Author Archives: Michael Cohen

Turning and turning

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Michael Cohen

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Apple Park to be born?

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Amusements for Insomniacs

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Michael Cohen

I happened to be awake just before 2AM this morning, so I put on my Apple Watch and watched to see what happened when 2AM rolled around and Daylight Saving Time ended. At exactly 2, as the second hand passed … Continue reading →

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My Official 2020 Halloween Portrait

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Michael Cohen

Here it is, such as it is.

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The Star Spangled Banana

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Michael Cohen

There’s been talk lately about changing the national anthem because the song’s lyricist was a slaveholder. Good enough, but, honestly, it should be replaced on its own lack of merit. First, the song has four verses, though almost nobody knows … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse of Rivendell on My Wrist

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Michael Cohen

I recently replaced my original model Apple Watch (sometimes referred to as a “Series 0” model) with a Series 4. I really liked my old watch, but Apple stopped issuing system updates for that model so I knew its days … Continue reading →

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Great Moments in Discoverability: Away in Slack

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Michael Cohen

My colleagues at TidBITS and I use the Slack app so we can discuss article ideas and production. Ordinarily, I have Slack open on my Mac when I’m working and, ordinarily, I have my state set to “Active” (the default … Continue reading →

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The Day I Didn’t Take the Pledge

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Michael Cohen

I saw this story about a boy who was arrested for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance, and it reminded me of a similar transgression from my youth. When I was in high school, we had to say the Pledge … Continue reading →

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My New Low-Impact Drinking Game

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Michael Cohen

Because I hate myself, I have begun to dip into the seemingly endless parade of made-for-TV Christmas movies currently running on the Hallmark channels. Furthermore, because the stories are so contrived and because the acting and direction are so pedestrian … Continue reading →

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I need a flux capacitor to fix this…

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Michael Cohen

I recently wrote an article for TidBITS about the app’s resurrected text-box-linking feature. A reader responded with complaints about Pages 7: Whatever, it is still the most ignorant word processing software. I can open a document in Word I made in … Continue reading →

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I am not David Redux

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Michael Cohen

[Author’s Note: A couple of decades ago, I wrote the following essay after I was called, yet again, “David” instead of “Michael” during a meeting. It lived on a site of mine for a while until the site, and the … Continue reading →

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