Tag: writing

• The China-Apple Cold War Heats Up (Daring Fireball)
• Using AirPods as a Hearing Aid (Daring Fireball)
• Weeknotes 23:29 (Jeff Bridgforth)
• Weekend Project: Smashburgers in Bend Microsite with View Transitions (Chris Coyier)
• Anyone can dig up a road (Dave Rupert)
• Dissocial Media (Naz Hamid)
• Post by post. (Ethan Marcotte)
• McDonald’s at the Movies and on TV (kottke.org)
• Personality Buckets (Chris Coyier)
• How the Race Was Won (kottke.org)
• Relocating a Floating Island (kottke.org)
• Two Events (Chris Coyier)
• Why US Malls Are Dying (And European Malls Aren’t) (kottke.org)
• Bird Buddy (Chris Coyier)
• $38,000 (Chris Coyier)
• Some blogging myths (Julia Evans, via Chris Coyier)
• All of the 8,291 License Plates in America (kottke.org)
• Student-Built EV Car Goes 0-62 mph in Record 0.956 Seconds (kottke.org)
• Disney+ to Air a Real-Time Toy Story Version of an NFL Game (kottke.org)
• Tool Picks (Chris Coyier)
• Reviewing Things That Are Too Big To Review (Chris Coyier)
• Link Categorization (Chris Coyier)
• The 2023 Fall Foliage Prediction Map (kottke.org)
• Movies That Began As Short Films (kottke.org)
• My Favorite Mac Apps in 2023 (Matthias Ott)
• Paradise Lost ’06 (cabel.com)
• Wonder Is Steven Spielberg’s Blockbuster Secret Ingredient (kottke.org)
• “How Do You Know When to Cut?” (kottke.org)
• Doing Essential Things Makes Time For Everything Else (kottke.org)
• 368 Broadway: the NYC Building That Nurtured the Film Careers of Greta Gerwig, Lena Dunham, the Safdie Brothers, and More (kottke.org)
• Multi-page web apps (Jeremy Keith)
• Live Coding Interviews (Chris Coyier)

News

• ESPN’s standalone streaming channel is included in Charter and Disney’s new deal
• FDA approves Pfizer and Moderna covid vaccines with new formula
• Internet Archive appeals loss in library ebook lawsuit
• Apple’s port changing timeline
• Drop’s own-brand keyboards are getting a customizability upgrade
• The next Sims will be free and won’t replace The Sims 4
• Intel makes Thunderbolt 5 official, promising speeds of up to 120Gbps
• 10 years ago, Apple’s Touch ID finally convinced us to lock our phones
• Disney Lorcana asked Disney animators to bring their best for Disney100
• Steam just turned 20 years old and Valve is celebrating
• Flic’s Twist smart home button is now available to preorder
• Lego Venator Attack Cruiser: available Oct. 1 for Lego Insiders
• Sony’s new PS5 update includes Dolby Atmos and the ability to mute the startup beep
• Adobe Premiere Pro adds automatic ‘um’ and background noise removal
• Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5 is a technically complicated but still enjoyable experience
• PS Remote Play now works on Google’s 4K Chromecast
• Don’t buy a Chromecast just to play PS5
• A key cold medicine ingredient is basically worthless
• Google’s emoji mashup maker is now available in Search
• Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge are patched for a big security vulnerability
• Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy – The Verge
• Twelve South’s new HiRise 3 Deluxe is for StandBy Mode and charging all your Apple stuff
• Best gaming headsets: wired and wireless options
• The best new sci-fi and fantasy books to read in fall 2023
• Disney Parks Unveils Future Projects, Surprises at Destination D23 — Some good news in here — re-theming Test Track at EPCOT and replacing the old Dinoland U.S.A. with a tropical land in Animal Kingdom.
• Disney reportedly held talks about selling ABC
• Emoji 15.1 includes head shakes and a phoenix
• X still throttles links to Facebook, Instagram, and other competitors

Apple news

News from this week’s iPhone event.

• Apple’s Vision Pro headset is on track to ship early next year
• Apple announces Apple Watch Series 9, and it has a handy double-tap feature
• Apple’s watchOS 10 is coming September 18th
• Apple announces iPhone 15 with USB-C, a camera upgrade, and the Dynamic Island
• Apple is switching the AirPods Pro charging case to USB-C
• iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max in titanium: price, features, and release date
• Apple brings satellite-powered Roadside Assistance to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 14
• The iPhone 13 Mini is dead
• Apple is releasing iOS 17 on September 18th
• macOS Sonoma comes out on September 26th
• Apple has added Thread to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone Pro Max
• The iPhone 15 is the first phone to (almost) support Qi2 charging
• The iPhone is getting new ringtones with iOS 17
• Apple brings Grid Forecast to Apple Home to tell you when you’re using clean energy
• Why Apple put a Thread radio in the iPhone 15 Pro
• The iPhone Mini is officially gone, long live the iPhone Mini