I've been writing online at various sites since 2003, mostly about a wide variety of topics including web development, tech, food and whatever else I feel like writing and sharing.
Today is the 20th anniversary of the first release of WordPress. None of us knew what we were getting into when it started, but we had a shared conviction that the four freedoms of the GPL combined with a mission to democratize publishing was something worth spending our time on.
While traditionally made in a stone pot, this is a take on Bibimbap that is cooked in a skillet.
Hint: It was all AI related.
Bluesky, the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social network, isnât publicly available yet but itâs already become one of the buzziest Twitter alternatives. Scoring an invite to the service, which has been in a closed beta for barely two months, has become a sought-after status symbol with invite codes selling for hundreds of dollars on eBay.
Brydge, a once thriving startup making popular keyboard accessories for iPad, Mac, and Microsoft Surface products, is ceasing operations.
The Halo Band, Halo View, and Halo Rise are no longer available on Amazon.
An appeals court on Monday mostly sided with Apple over its App Store rules in a suit with Epic Games. The decision signals that Appleâs control over the App Store and the fees it charges likely wonât significantly change as a result of an ongoing legal challenge by Epic Games.
Buzzfeed News, which began in 2012 announced they're shutting down as part of company-wide layoffs.
The April issues of Maximum PC and MacLife are currently on sale at a newsstand near youâassuming there is a newsstand near you. Theyâre the last print issues of these two venerable computer magazines, both of which date to 1996 (and were originally known, respectively, as Boot and MacAddict). Starting with their next editions, both publications will be available in digital form only.
At some point in the near future, Appleâs going to launch a mixed reality headset. That seems all but certain. The exact when and what and how much? All very up in the air. But one thing hasnât changed: Tim Cookâs vision for AR and VR. For almost a decade, Appleâs CEO has been banging the drum that AR is more important than VR and that AR is fundamentally about bringing people together. And heâs still at it.
General Motors plans to phase out widely-used Apple CarPlay and Android Auto technologies that allow drivers to bypass a vehicleâs infotainment systems, shifting instead to built-in infotainment systems developed with Google for future electric vehicles.
The first-generation headset is purportedly seen as a bridge to future products that require technological breakthroughs, but many employees are said to have worries about the device's $3,000 price point, utility, and unproven market. Skeptics have questioned if the device is "a solution in search of a problem," unlike the iPod and iPhone. The headset has apparently not been "driven by the same clarity" as Apple's other products.
Shazam! Fury of the Gods has arrived in theaters, and the event was marked by a resounding thud at the box office.
AI models are fascinating, I've been building a few sites as well as extensions, etc that use chatGPT, Dall-e, and others to accomplish various tasks.
âWhen youâre not working, what do you do to de-stress?â
Etsy says some sellers wonât receive their payments on time due to the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. In an email sent out to impacted shop owners, the company says it used the shuttered institution to send out deposits to âsome sellersâ and that they may not get their scheduled payments as a result, leaving shop owners worried about the future of their stores.
At It's heart, CowBoy Butter is garlic butter, but it's garlic butter at warp speed, the flavors all come together to make a quick dish to is great for dipping, spreading, and eating.
â The definition of âoverwhelmâ is pretty intenseâ
On Wednesday, Twitter employees had the tech equivalent of a snow day: the companyâs Slack instance was down for âroutine maintenance,â they were told, and the company was implementing a deployment freeze as a result.
These days, Fitbit users seem to be asking each other the same question: is it me, or is the app down for everybody else, too? Between frequent server outages and a recent decision to shutter popular social features, frustrated Fitbit customers say theyâre weighing their options.
You want to be comfortable if you wear a VR headset for long, and also having a backup battery or two doesn't hurt. This strap provides both of those features.
Make this Italian-inspired Creamy Instant Pot Tuscan Chicken. Tender chicken immersed in simple yet richly balanced creamy garlic sauce with caramelized mushrooms and sweet sun-dried tomatoes. Crazy satisfying easy weeknight meal!
In new statistics shared by the UKâs Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), weâve learned that Google Stadia had significantly fewer active users than most other cloud gaming services.
â To empower people to unlock the joy of discovery, feel the wonder of creation and better harness the worldâs knowledge, today weâre improving how the world benefits from the web by reinventing the tools billions of people use every day, the search engine and the browser.â
This creamy chicken dish is amily-friendly, and always a crowd-pleaser! All you need to make this wonderful dish are just a few ingredients and half an hour from your time.
âWeâve been working on an experimental conversational AI service, powered by LaMDA, that weâre calling Bardâ
When servers were in Swiss basements, all they had to serve was static HTML. Maybe, if you were lucky, you got an image.
I used to use Google Reader back in the day then from Google Reader I moved to Feedly like a lot of other people did, but I decided a few months back to look into a self-hosted solution and Miniflux won out.
Iâm a fan of VR, especially the meta quest 2 and pro, so when I was sent a pair of these to test out, I jumped at it.
AltspaceVR, a social VR platform founded in 2013 and acquired by Microsoft in 2017, has just announced that it will be closing permanently.
For years, TikTok has describedits powerful For You Page as a personalized feed ranked by an algorithm that predicts your interests based on your behavior in the app.
Twitterrific has been discontinued.
A trio of artists have launched a lawsuit against Stability AI and Midjourney, creators of AI art generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, and artist portfolio platform DeviantArt, which recently created its own AI art generator, DreamUp.
What bothers me about Twitterrificâs final day is that it was not dignified. There was no advance notice for its creators, customers just got a weird error, and no one is explaining whatâs going on. We had no chance to thank customers who have been with us for over a decade. Instead, itâs just another scene in their ongoing shit show.
If you see a 16 terabyte portable SSD on Amazon for $100 or less, don't buy it. Such a drive would cost thousands of dollars. These are nothing more than a scam, and don't work well at all. We bought one and got a glorified 64GB hard drive.
Late yesterday, The Information reported that it had seen internal Twitter Slack communications confirming that the company had intentionally cut off third-party Twitter app access to its APIs. The shut-down, which happened Thursday night US time, hasnât affected all apps and services that use the API but instead appears targeted at the most popular third-party Twitter clients.
Google is launching its final Stadia game today and is promising to release a tool next week to enable Bluetooth connections on its Stadia Controller. The last Stadia game to launch on the service is Worm Game, a test game that was technically available on Stadia before Stadia launched publicly in November 2019. Developers at Google have decided to release the game just before the streaming service disappears next week.
â2022 was a groundbreaking year for entertainment. At some point over the past year, you probably discovered a new app, a new song, a new TV show or movie, or game. An experience that made you laugh, taught you something new, or helped you see the world in a new way â and moved you to share it with others.â
Pommes Aligot is a slightly different take on mashed potatoes, this thick, stretchy, unbelievably rich dish from Aubrac, a once-volcanic region in south-central France. If you've never seen aligot before, imagine the perfect fusion of mashed potatoes with fondue, and you'll have just the right idea
The calendar has turned to January 1 and Apple has shut down popular weather app Dark Sky. The popular weather app had already been removed from the App Store in September and it stopped functioning for existing users starting today.