Notes from my week.
- Installed macOS Monterey. It seems to have fixed my bluetooth mouse issues, but now my AirPods sound terrible in Microsoft Teams.
- Attended the virtual Next.js Conf and Adobe MAX conference.
- Worked on my dotfiles.
- Completed my Hacktoberfest 2021 pull requests.
- Started the Wes Bos JavaScript30 course.
- Josie is losing teeth so fast that the Tooth Fairy is having trouble keeping up! 😂
- Lots of trick-or-treating with the kids. Our family dressed up as the Bluey family this year.
Links
- macOS Monterey is now available to download
- MacBook Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max impressions: giving the people what they want
- Apple MacBook Pro 14 and 16 review: return to form
- Apple AirPods (third-gen) review: new design, same appeal
- Age of Empires 4 revives the series’ brilliance
- A Prototype Original iPod
- The crew of the freighter Ever Given is still stuck at sea
- Winners of the 2021 Close-Up Photographer of the Year Competition
- Apple’s MacBook Pro is a GPU-shaped warning to Nvidia and AMD
- Lightyear’s new trailer turns a cute toy into a sci-fi hero
- Apple Music officially launches on the PS5
- Rise of the Tomb Raider is free on PC to celebrate Lara Croft’s 25th
- Sony now uses PlayStation PC label for its PC games
- Dropbox clarifies that a native Apple Silicon app is coming in 2022 after forum outrage
- Wyze’s cameras can now be a monitored home security system
- Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 11 to more PCs
- Facebook just revealed its new name: Meta
- Teenage Engineering’s new PC case is gorgeous, expensive… and bendable
- New Biden plan would give e-bike buyers up to $1,500 in tax credits
- No love is forbidden
- Mindbending Lego Sculpture
- DOOMSDAY — 😢
- FDA clears Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages five to 11
- Microsoft overtakes Apple to become the world’s most valuable company
Podcasts
- ShopTalk Show — 486: Keeping Up the New Web Things, Dealing with Spicy Sections, a Cloudinary Follow-Up, and some Apple Problems Persist
- Syntax — 399: Hasty Treat – Hasty Horror Stories
- Syntax — 400: Horror Web Dev Stories – 2021
- The CSS Podcast — Text and Typography
Reading
- Continued Iron Gold
- Started The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
Watched
- NHL: Penguins-Lightning
- Ted Lasso
- NHL: Penguins-Flames
- LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales
- NCAA football: K-State-TCU
- NHL: Penguins-Devils
- Zombieland
Played
- NHL 21 (PS4)