PlayStation Vue, Sony’s streaming TV service, is closing down in January. There had been rumors they were trying to sell that business but I’m not surprised they couldn’t. I think it is the first major casualty of the streaming TV wars. AT&T could be next.
The problem both political parties have been avoiding for over a decade. Bet your healthcare isn’t 2.3x better now.
10 year old son burning junk food for science 🧪
Red? Or Blue?
N.B. Rain drops on our cars. I was struck by how similar they were, though of course different colors.
The elementary school and middle school I attended are total losses from the tornado. They’re not yet sure whether my high school is a total loss because they weren’t allowed to inspect the building yet. Odd feelings about the schools. 🌪
TFW a tornado warning goes off in the middle of the night and its a mad scramble to get everyone awake and into the safe room. 🌪
We’re fine. But an earlier tornado south of us collapsed several buildings and destroyed homes. I can’t tell for sure but it looks widespread.
It’s a chill night for me: watching a DJ set from Vancouver on Twitch. 🎶
I find I’m using Catalina’s Sidecar feature a lot more than I thought I would. It’s so smooth and painless I’m willing to connect my iPad at the drop of a hat.
The bad news: our microwave just died
The good news: it is still in warranty
Other bad news: 10 days to get a service tech out. Our kids are 😭
I didn’t feel well the past 2 days and I ended up opening the Twitch app to kill some time. It reminds me of the Internet a couple decades ago before it became all corporate and content-ified. Full of people doing all kinds of things, some good, some bad, and some WTH is that.
The macOS Catalina update was painless on my MBP so I decided to update our iMac today. We purged ourselves of Adobe apps late last year and I already jumped the hoops to get Steam to 64 bit so I’m not expecting issues. But it will be a slow update given a Fusion drive.
After having no fall weather and the warmest and driest September on record, our temperature has been cut in half going from over 90F yesterday afternoon to 45F this morning. Also rain is added to the mix this morning. And all the hoodie fans rejoice!
This has been one of those days where it is hard to see any good news
In less happy news today, my AirPods v1 basically died (got v2s).
My health insurance open enrollment showed a cost increase by 22%. I think I had a heartache. Only good news is after calling in this is almost certainly a mistake so the case was escalated. Waiting hopefully.
Upgraded my MBP to Catalina this morning and it was a flawless experience. Downloaded quickly and installed in the normal time frame. So far everything seems to be working fine, including Sidecar (which I think I’m going to love).
I had already dealt with 32 bit apps. 💻
A launch, framed. 🎈 📷 🌳
A half dozen hot air balloons launched while I was exercising this morning. The past month has been hot and humid with still air. Virtually every day when I take my son to school we see at least one floating by.
Hmm, could there be a glimmer of hope in this?
Romney blasts Trump over ‘wrong and appalling’ call for China to probe Bidens
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Sony finally opened up the PS4 for cross-play.
One thing I appreciate in iPadOS is the Face ID improvements. I use it not only to unlock my iPad but also in several apps. It is definitely faster for me and with better range. I use Apple’s keyboard 90% of the time and don’t have to lean in like I used to.
I’ve adopted a suggestion from DayOne to create an end of the day entry with the following headings. I’ve found it very helpful.
Any notable things happen today?
_ I’ve been thinking about… _
What’s next?
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Of all the games our 10 year old has played in Apple Arcade, he seems most addicted to this one. 🎮 Cat Quest II
Mail on iPadOS 13.1.2 seems whack, more whack than previously. My Inbox refuses to update with actions, like filing a message, I took on my MBP. My iPhone shows my Inbox correctly but Mail refuses to update. Rebooted iPad, killed Mail, all to no avail. 😠
I think I literally said “What The Golf?” by the second hole. It is a very addicting game with a fun sense of humor. As soon as my son saw it he was hooked too. 🎮
Has anyone created iOS Shortcuts for posting to Micro.blog? I did some searching and couldn’t find any.❔