We really liked The Afterparty (both seasons). Sad to hear it won’t be getting a third season, but it’s also great as it was so hopefully Apple doesn’t just remove it completely one day.

Elgato announced new teleprompter hardware, creatively called “Prompter”. Paired with their webcam, naturally, it makes for a nice eye line for zoom calls, presentations, or live streams.

Parenting tip: iOS17’s Assistive Access mode is great for accessibility (seniors, etc.) but also great as a consequence for a teen using their phone in a way they aren’t supposed to.

Screenshot of an iOS 17 layout with Assistive Access enabled which has massive buttons for basic apps only (Camera, Messages, Calls, Photos, Music)

I don’t like my sausage half cocked. 😆

FB post showing sausages wrapped with a caption reading “Fully cocked beef sausage Mennonite style.”

One of the things I didn’t appreciate about an e-reader is how having the book cover on the device reminds me that I have a book to read in a way that Libby on my iPhone never has. My iPhone reminds me of the time. Of messages. Of reminders.

My Kobo reminds me of a story to be read.

A coffee mug sits next to a Kobo Libra 2 with the cover of “When Women Were Dragons” by Kelly Barnhill on its display.

“Have no Sphere, all of us and you too are here.” Hockey Night in Canada with the bad U2 puns following a “Beautiful Day” intro.

I picked up a 3 pack of the eero 6+ wifi routers and I’m just annoyed I didn’t do it sooner to help fix some dead zones in our house.

I know it isn’t Apple’s way of doing business, but I still maintain that selling Apple TV hardware at a loss would benefit their entire ecosystem. If there were Apple TV’s most places there’s an iPhone, game developers would want to develop for the platform like an Xbox or Switch.

I love the idea of being able to blog with WordPress on an iPad mini 34,000 feet in the air.

Threads has added the ability to dictate a voice “thread” and edit the transcription so naturally I posted the wicked witch argument audio as a thread, as one does.

Amazing. Brad Frost wants to celebrate his 40th in his hometown of Pittsburgh next August, and is doing it by putting on Frostapalooza. I’m tempted to try and make it work, if only to finally meet some of my clients in person that I’ve worked with for almost 10 years and have never actually met.

“We should probably cancel our Netflix subscription. We’re not really using it.”

(opens up Netflix to find account details)

“Oh there’s this Beckham documentary I heard about. Maybe after we finish this.”

(repeat 12x)

Does anyone enjoy “albums” on Apple Music that have videos mixed with music? I don’t know what the best way is to have videos from artists, but it feels like for playability the videos could be somewhere else?

Apple Music screenshot of a recent Jason Isobel album with 3 songs and 3 videos.

If you’re curious about Micro.blog, check out the latest episode of ShopTalk Show where Dave and Chris interview Micro.blog’s creator, Manton Reece. They talk about features I didn’t know Micro.blog had, and I’ve been using it for a few years already.

Tempted to pick up the Elgato Wave XLR that’s on sale at Amazon for an updated USB-C preamp for my Heil PR40 mic, but the macOS support seems to be iffy in reviews. Anyone else in #podcast land have one on a Mac?

Game Boy Mom meme traced back to Saskatchewan. 💜

I haven’t been bitten by an iCloud bug like Dan Moran details here yet? For my business I pay for Dropbox & Drive as well, and I wish iCloud Drive had the manual control of those two services.

Let the 3D printing commence. I’ll never have to buy a guitar pic again!

A 3D printer with a printed guitar pic on the side of it while a headphone holder is being printed.

Just in time for Halloween, my brother-in-law has a sweet tutorial and pattern for making turtle shells out of foam floor mats.

I’m really happy iPhone camera reviews like this exist, but I’d be down to review iPhones from the perspective of someone who takes sunset photos through their window because it’s too cold outside. Call me, Apple.