Rewatching Contagion with the family tonight. I was surprised to see that Apple now includes a COVID-19 PSA from the actors and health experts in the iTunes version of the movie.
Rewatching Contagion with the family tonight. I was surprised to see that Apple now includes a COVID-19 PSA from the actors and health experts in the iTunes version of the movie.
Reviving an old, personal Objective-C app. It still compiles several years after its last update. Giving it dark mode support in macOS was a breeze.
One of the things I miss about Texas is Whataburger. A very good friend learned about this and sent me a surprise package. No burgers but this is perfect!
Saturday mornings with some ongoing tech nerdery is an enjoyable activity. But in these times, it helps take my mind off things. Still, I do recognize I am very blessed at the moment.
Unpacked my 2014 Mac mini and set it up as a kind of “lite” server. Trying different things, but the first script I have running every X minutes is an Amazon stock checker for quarantine goodies.
Next up is to unpack my real PC server with lots of storage for Plex and more.
“You know, if we’re to catch the coronavirus, it would be here because people from all over the world visit this place, right?”
That’s what I told my father late in January at Disney World when news of its spread in China and quarantines really started making the headlines.
Not surprised at all that WWDC has gone online for 2020. The question is whether there’s going to be virtual labs at a cost or not. Very interested to hear details.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a Pixar movie with my family. Onward was the perfect movie to rectify that. My not-so-inner nerd enjoyed the portrayal of fantasy beings in a modern, albeit family-friendly, setting.
And on that note, Apple’s CallKit framework is interesting. Too soon for me to decide whether I love it or hate it, though 🙃
Feeling satisfied with a weekend project: I built a phone replacement app using Twilio. It’s unpolished and very niche, so I don’t think I’ll release it. Besides, there are bigger apps that do this better already. I just didn’t find any to my liking. Happy about this one, though.
As I was making a connecting flight in Mexico City, they separated a lot of people from an incoming flight and seemed to be testing them for the coronavirus or something. Good to see them being proactive, but also kind of scary to see it in person.
Good and caring customer service is always important, no matter where. (Emphasis on caring when things go sideways.)
Hands down, Disney beats Universal in this. This was evident in their parks, rides, and services in general… night and day difference.
Here’s me trying to grab some quick video of the broken down Rise of the Resistance ride after we’d been evacuated from the transport cart. It was an interesting perspective, after all. Only to be shut down by cast members 😂
It took three attempts on the same(!) day to experience Star Wars Rise of the Resistance in WDW because the first two times the ride broke and evacuated us. One time was halfway through the ride. Because of this, I don’t have the best impression of it. But it is good, I’d say.
Finally made my little app Pinstachio to be fully compatible with Catalina by notarizing it. Progress!
Thanks to two very good friends, a maxed out (except storage) 16” MBP was waiting for me at home. One of the first things I did was to install Xcode and create a new build for an existing project. Too bad I no longer have my older MBP for comparison, but it feels very fast.
The “Silence Unknown Callers” feature in iOS 13 is probably the best thing about it. Turned it off for a while and it didn’t take long for me to turn it back on.
One of the few Christmas traditions my family has is watching The Muppet Christmas Carol. I can’t complain!
Episode IX was great. I did go into the movie theater with very low expectations after the reviews, though. Got tickets again for Sunday.
I am now officially convinced that both Apple and Google just want to make your life hard when a holiday approaches.
Tickets for Star Wars: acquired. (Finally!)
Thanks to a friend I was able to get my hands on the new AirPods Pro. Been using them a good portion of the day at work. As someone who likes to stay attentive to their coworkers, the transparency mode works great in an office environment. I honestly expected that to be awful.
The Mandalorian was great. I have spoken.
Disney+ does have all Star Wars movies, just in time to do a marathon in preparation for episode IX. But for now, let’s start with the first episode of The Mandalorian.
This is not a drill. The Disney+ app is now available in the App Store.