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Sadly, the Cauzin Softstrip—which let computer magazines run software as scannable strips that looked, in retrospect, like the world’s tallest, densest QR codes—never caught on.

\"Vintage

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Is it possible that Mitch McConnell’s issue is that an extended stay in the hospital and rehabilitation has led to him being temporarily delusional, as has happened to several elderly relatives of mine? Able to smile for a photo, but not guaranteed to make sense in a live call/video appearance.

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Is it normal for a plane ticket’s cost to be mostly taxes and fees?

\"Payment

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I paid for Wi-Fi on a United flight yesterday, and got some use out of it, but it eventually conked out. The airline just proactively issued a refund, without me having to ask for it. I didn’t know that ever happened!

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I wrote about how and why Nvidia redesigned its Vera Rubin platform to eliminate dozens of cables—something I didn’t even realize was possible. https://www.fastcompany.com/91578917/nvidia-vera-rubin

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@hoagie Wow!

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@gare @musevg I’ve certainly always understood the two Dvoraks to have been related.

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@mikesax No, a big plane flying from DC to SF.

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@fkorling Technologizer.com

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Flight attendant on this United plane just announced they’re going to treat us like next of kin and that, in case of emergency, their goal is that we not look like a deer in the headlights or sound like Scooby Doo. She also said we should send any complaints about the flight to Delta.com.

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I’m working on an article on John C. Dvorak, the king of computer magazine columnists—RIP—but in the interim, here he is from February 1984 on Macworld and computer magazines in general.

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The NY Post’s California Post is up and running and sharing misleading headlines like an old pro. It turns out Book Soup was spared damage and is hoping to reopen in a few days, which seems like good news?

(My beloved Bullwinkle statue, also near the water main break, is also OK.)

\"News

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There have always been junky apps on the App Store. Seems to me that the upside of vibecoding is far greater than the downside. Many useful apps that never would have existed now have a shot at finding an audience. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/apple-app-store-vibecoding.html

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@hoagie They wouldn’t make something exactly like this, but I’m surprised they haven’t dabbled with the idea.

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@hoagie Yes, it uses the Photo and Portrait face formats, both of which can create matted images, thereby opening up the possibility of layers. I’m not the first person to think of using that for artwork, but I don’t think anyone else has created a full-on face creation app this way.

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@PenguinToot We got at least a couple of volumes of a Disney encyclopedia at the supermarket in the 1970s.

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I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say Mooseface lets you do things with an Apple Watch that weren’t possible until now. (I used both Claude Code and Codex to build it.) It’s in beta— if you give it a try, let me know what you think and alert me to any problems. https://mooseface.app

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Mooseface has sample faces you can edit, a Watch Preview feature that lets you see your face on real Apple Watches, and a Share with Harry feature that lets you send your creations to me (I’m looking forward to seeing what people come up with).

\"Mooseface

\"Apple

\"Mooseface

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You can move the time around and change its size, font, and color. You can add text, emoji, and shapes, put a frame around your creations, and use up to 14 layers.

\"Mooseface

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Mooseface has extensive tools for painting and drawing with brushes, pencils, and pens. If you’ve got an iPad and Apple Pencil, it supports it, with pressure sensitivity. You can also import images or use the built-in search to find drawings and photos.

\"Mooseface

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Hello! I made something. Mooseface is a studio for designing custom Apple Watch faces that you can put on your own watch or share. It’s free and works in any browser, including on the iPhone. https://mooseface.app

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Tragically, my father never returned his claim check for his share of the Encyclopedia of Photography’s $99,500 giveaway, whose total, I assume, was based on some theory about unusual amounts of money being more exciting than obvious ones.

\"Vintage

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Devin Wenig, the former eBay CEO whose culture apparently led the company to pour an incredible amount of energy into harassing a Massachusetts couple, is STILL on the GM board. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/technology/ebay-documentary-scandal-whatever-it-takes.html

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I captured the screen on the left and was going to praise the Times for the headline, but before I got around to it, they changed it.

\n\"NYT\"News\n
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How many influential accounts does Truth Social have? I can think of one. I can’t think of two.

\"Truth

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It’s bizarre. If I didn’t know any better, I’d question whether this guy knows how to do his job. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/us/politics/hegseth-troops-testosterone.html

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Has anyone ever made a good ad for AI? https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/anthropics-newest-ad-is-creeping-people-out/

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Put a screen on this thing, allow it to make phone calls, and make it pocket-sized, and you’d have a breakthrough product. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/openai-s-first-device-will-be-moveable-screenless-speaker-built-as-ai-companion

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There is a name for these sorts of payments. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/trump-south-korea-aluminum.html

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This guy was an artist and commentator of the first rank. There are still some people doing good political cartoons today, but I’m sorry the medium is not what it once was. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/arts/pat-oliphant-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xlA.a-yp.H5jU7c63JP8f&smid=url-share

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I have a question:

Why do hotels leave the TVs on in their rooms, and would the world save vast amounts of energy if they didn’t do that?

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Bidding anything for Scooby-Doo is overbidding for Scooby-Doo. https://deadline.com/2026/07/bbc-review-acquisitions-outbidding-rivals-scooby-doo-1236976761/

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This just doesn’t feel like something that White House Press Correspondents Association dinner guest Donald Trump would do. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/white-house-patel-investigation-times.html

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We might all have forgotten about this book sometime in 2025 if Meta wasn’t giving it all this free publicity. https://www.wired.com/story/metas-pursuit-of-the-careless-people-author-is-relentless-and-self-defeating/

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I’m astounded these stations aren’t Trump-branded. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/us/freedom-fuel-gas-stations.html

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I wrote about RAMageddon, and resisted the temptation to talk about that time when a spike in RAM prices meant I couldn’t afford a 1MB upgrade for my Amiga (which I think would have cost $800). https://www.fastcompany.com/91571454/ramageddon

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In the last few years of theatrical cartoon shorts, things got kind of weird.

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I think it’s possible to construct one that cycles through different images, but I haven’t tried yet.

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Unfortunately, the Safari extension-building feature doesn’t seem to let you go back to your prompt. But I basically told it I wanted a simple text version of the page and to both download it and put it in the clipboard.

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@mwichary I’ve always considered Shakespeare to be an honorary 1946 baby.

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I’ll be on TWiT today with @film_girl, @richcampbell, and @leo. (I don’t think we’ll run out of stuff to discuss.)

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One of the great things about the CHM is the audiences generally being full of people who lived the history in question. I’ve been interested in the cube since I saw Steve Jobs demo it for the Boston Computer Society, and am sorry I still haven’t used one.

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I was visiting NYC for work, and got booked into a hotel on the LES. Thanks for the tip!

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@jsit That takes up 45% of my time!

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A nicely done web-based word processor that later added spreadsheet stuff. Originally from a startup cofounded by Bret Taylor. Salesforce bought it and he became co-CEO, but later left.

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I think my father’s office had a Qwip machine. A division of Exxon!

I own a Quip toothbrush, no relation to the word processor.

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FOUR panels, I mean.

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I like my Brother label printer, but yes, there’s some wasted tape.

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It’s the rare tech retailer that has gotten better over the years rather than worse and worse until the business collapsed.

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Pretty new, in Santa Clara. Opened last year.

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