I also want to give major thanks (ou, devrais-je dire merci) to @dandu.be for their « incroyable » deep-dive back in 2015. It was very helpful to see Bruce across all the different FCP versions. The only question I have left is if Bruce's Yak Bites were translated beyond English (but I assume not).
I am actually working on something for this. Stay tuned!
You did it!
@ubillos.bsky.social l revived Bruce in his own macOS app for Apple's 50th. Would love to know if I captured his good side.
For Apple's 50th birthday, I revived and rebuilt Bruce the Wonder Yak as modern Swift. Whether you've missed him or just heard of him, you can now invite him to graze your screen and share his wisdom. #Apple50
To me, Bruce represented the unserious side of Apple I loved so much. Sadly, that all started vanishing when the iPhone-era took off.
A lot of old software was made for weirdos, by weirdos. I miss that, and I wanna do my part to fix it. I didn't understand it when it wasn't weird. #Apple50
Bruce was actually part of FCP from the very beginning, spreading wisdom and confusion until he disappeared in FCP 7. At this point, he's been gone for nearly 2 decades now, but I probably remember him better than anything I edited on FCP back then.
#Apple50
However, if you moved your cursor too close, Bruce’s eyes would get really big and he’d scurry off screen in a panic. To the uninitiated, you weren’t sure what you just saw or how you’d explain it without sounding crazy. It was like seeing the Macintosh-equivalent of Bigfoot.
#Apple50
Periodically, thought bubbles with "pearls of wisdom" would appear from its head, such as: “I'm glad it's getting weird again. I didn't understand it when it wasn't weird.”
Another revealed his name:
"You can call me Bruce the Wonder Yak"
#Apple50
If you left older versions of Final Cut Pro running for 12 hours or more, you might come back to a small brown creature grazing a patch of grass on your timeline. There were other ways to intentionally trigger him, but this was the most fun one.
#Apple50
On the Macintosh episode of Version History, @davidpierce.xyz & @reckless.bsky.social had fun riffing about Mr. Macintosh, Steve Job's idea for a digital cryptid who lives in your Mac.
But 15 years later Apple basically shipped this, and instead of a little man it was a yak named Bruce.
#Apple50
I don't scroll or post to LinkedIn as much as I used to, but on the occasion I do I have started to feel like most posts there are AI slop.
It made me wonder if my network would notice if I posted slop. They didn't.
Want to use on-device #AppleIntelligence models in #TypeScript but already have OpenAI/Ollama? The new Chat interface in TSFM v0.3.1 lets you keep your code (responses or completions). Just swap imports. 🔁
#OpenSource #MacDev
It’s not for every use case, especially prod ones, but this package makes it easy to use the on-device #AppleIntelligence models without a separate API gateway or model installation.
It just works. 🍎
#TypeScript #NodeJS #Apple #OpenSource
I don’t hold grudges against people, just kitchenware.
The blender blade that nicked me.
The Pyrex bowl without a lid that mocks me.
The lone champagne flute I accidentally orphaned.
They’re incapable of forgiveness, so I never forget.
Groovy, baby! Yeah!
Surely B2B SaaS is more important than a walkable city. People say they want bike lanes but all I’m hearing is “give me AI writing assistant features I’ve never asked for or used.” That eyesore of a parking lot? Why, it could be a data center! Maximizing value for shareholders is our national motto.
#UmActually, the “bus” more closely resembles a recreational vehicle (RV) than any form of public transit and retailers such as Walmart refer to the Barbie Dream Camper™ vehicle playset as a van.
Source: dimension20.fandom.com/wiki/On_a_Bu... #Dimension20
I realize this is not a new or novel take, but it was the first time it resonated with me. There have been seasons of my life when I avoided friction out of fear, and looking back on them I now see them as missed opportunities for growth.
It’s okay to fear the friction/change, but not to avoid it.
Recently I read something, somewhere (don’t remember where) that stuck with me. I’m paraphrasing, but it said: “… the amount of friction necessary for growth...” or something to that effect. It was written so matter of factly on the way to another idea, but it contained multitudes of its own.
Related: @tulsa.ok.wx.watch is now auto-posting alerts! My long-term goal is to build out full-federation, first with ActivityPub but eventually AT Proto too. Creating and maintaining individual accounts for all 12.2k+ NWS zones just isn't feasible, but I feel like there's a lot I will learn with 1.
wx.watch finally has the homepage I've always wanted to build. #wxusa #buildinpublic
When I was a DM I expected players to do dumb things for fun and stupid things as a joke, but often they did idiotic things thinking they had plot armor and that’s when I got pissy. The dumb kobolds you were fighting all turned and ran, calling in their Mindflayer overlords as reinforcements.
rip in pease 🥹
Hey! This one worked without any intervention from me! 💪
This post came about an hour too late, but that’s because I was under the hood finally getting @tulsa.ok.wx.watch LIVE on Bluesky! Follow it for Tulsa County, OK WX alerts! #okwx
The macOS app Dash (30 day trial or via #Setapp — no affiliation) helps you save docs offline in its "docset" format. Once you have some downloaded, my MCP server reads them independently of Dash. Use the instructions on GitHub to add the server to your IDE/client settings and you're ready to go!
