Posts for 2019-03-06

APOD: 2019 March 5 – X Ray Superbubbles in Galaxy NGC 3079

Reminder: the universe is amazing and beautiful, if you take the time to look.

Been listening to the All My Relations podcast the last few days. I knew of Matika Wilbur, one of the hosts, from Project 562 which I backed on Kickstarter several years ago and have followed since. Recommended.

I’ve got a list in my task manager of choice called ‘Buying Decisions’, where I put in links to items I might be interested in purchasing. I periodically review that list, and anything that doesn’t really fill a need gets removed. Great for overcoming retail therapy impulses.

2019 Prediction #1 — Apple under Tim Cook emulates GE under Jack Welch

Robert X Cringely, in what he says will probably be his last—and most forward looking—predictions, suggests one way Apple could weather out changing technological and market fortunes.

Reda Lemeden | We Need Chrome No More

I saw this in action earlier today. A website informed me that my browser (Safari 12 on Mac) was ‘unsupported’, so functionality would be reduced. Open Developer Menu, changes user agent to Chrome, same site works just fine.

Cory Doctorow: Terra Nullius – Locus Online

Cory’s latest article for Locus, on John Locke, property rights, colonisation and the (ab)use of copyright and trademark law.