Yeah, I’m a Mac user – and no, not out of lack of familiarity with Windows. Due to various bugs and other issues the last few years – more will be posted in the next couple days – I’ve been searching for viable replacements to using a Mac as my next computer, looking at both Windows and a number of Linux distros, and a close look at what pieces of software I’d have to find effective replacements for. Given that, it was interesting to find an article on another developer’s quest for the same [htt…
I’m still processing this one and don’t have much to add, but think this is worth reading [https://accordingtohoyt.com/2017/01/01/aspirational/] on The Room, over at Accordingtohoyt: > The point is that his move is pretty d*mn depressing. The main character is being cheated on by his fiance and best friend, has just been fired, and (no, trust me, it’s not a spoiler) ends up killing himself (I almost typed itself. You’d have to see it to understand.) BUT the thing is that through all the movi…
PDF and preview issues in Sierra are affecting what used to be long-standing features of the app and the API [https://tidbits.com/article/16966]. The kicker is this: > Apple wants to use a common foundation for both iOS and macOS. However, it was released way too early, and for the first time (at least in my experience) Apple deprecated several features without caring about compatibility. And to make things worse, lots of former features are now broken or not implemented at all, meaning that we…
While I was disappointed by the abrupt and somewhat Deus Ex ending to Ringo’s otherwise entertaining “Black Tide Rising” zombie series, there are a number of scenes in it (as well as a lot of dropped red and purple pill knowledge that can be seen through the placement of lampshading that authors buying into grrrrl power would never insert) that are just epic. Having lived near Jax, and visited the waterfront downtown where a critical scene takes place, I get a huge shit-eating whenever I think…
Tom Kratman, in his regular column delivers a meme laden post which starts out with TrigglyPuff setting us up the bomb, and comes up with an indecently funny proposal for inauguration day [http://www.everyjoe.com/2017/01/02/politics/trump-inauguration-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-inauguration-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us#1] . Go give him some eyeballs, but I have this ready in the spirit. [![](https://thelastredoubt.com/content/images/2017/…