Category Archives: Technology

A Worthwhile Degree

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Michael Cohen

Part of the current right-wing sneering about the student loan relief program that the President is setting up has to do with hard-working tax-payers being forced to finance “worthless” things like philosophy degrees. As one who worked toward two such … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Time Lapse Synchronicity

Posted on March 16, 2017 by MEC

I have one of those novelty cat clocks that has moving eyes and a wagging tail. I thought it might be fun to shoot about 20 minutes of time-lapse video of it so it would look like the cat was … Continue reading →

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“I Do Not Know”

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Michael Cohen

Lauren Goode, at writer at The Verge, says that Apple’s forthcoming watchOS 3 is “an admission that Apple had it all wrong when it came to interactions on the first-generation Apple Watch.” It is no such thing, although the headline makes … Continue reading →

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I’m loopy!

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Michael Cohen

I found a $16 knock-off of the space black Milanese loop band for Apple Watch on [Amazon][1], and, having a little gift certificate money left, ordered it. I like it so far. It’s obvious to the wearer that it ain’t … Continue reading →

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El Capitan and Fullscreen Spaces

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Michael Cohen

In the bad old days (i.e., the day before yesterday), when you made an app fullscreen on your Mac, the fullscreen app got added to a space in Mission Control at the far right. That was fine for users who never … Continue reading →

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