Apparently I’m a super @gruber fan today. Two posts on my site:
Apple Developer Relations Over the Years: shapeof.com/archives/202...
Gruber and Snell on Liquid Glass: shapeof.com/archives/202...
macOS Taco
Those look amazing.
Just got the new Incase Sculpt Ergonomic keyboard, "Designed by Microsoft". So far it's a 1:1 swap in replacement and I'm super happy to have options now.
Changing keyboards is really really hard, I'm glad I don't have to eventually find a different model. (I also have two backups in the closet!)
I've just updated flyingmeat.com/acorn/docs-8... "ACTN002: Acorn's File Format" with a Python script to export layers as png/tiff/plist.
Acorn is technically a proprietary format, but I'm not big into lock-in, so I'll always make it easy to get your data out.
Yep - there's a group of folks who have been hacking on it for years: appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
Yesterday I got Myth II: Soulblighter updated on my Mac, and I just ran through a training session for the alpha of Marathon on my Xbox and I'm wondering what decade is it again?
Well this brings back big old feelings - Java running in the browser via WASM. And there's a live Swing demo on the page as well: labs.leaningtech.com/blog/cheerpj...
A quick little tip from me: How to Bake in PDF Redactions Using Retrobatch: shapeof.com/archives/202...
Some recent posts by me:
The Subjective Charms of Objective-C: shapeof.com/archives/202...
Building WebGL Gradients, Zero to 60: shapeof.com/archives/202...
Geoffrey Litt's Stevens AI Assistant: shapeof.com/archives/202...
A little post by me: Acorn's File Format Documented:
shapeof.com/archives/202...
The database schema it's been using is 16 years old now, and I don't think it's going to change anytime soon.
Fixed a very, very old bug in Acorn today.
I never thought it was my fault, but it was. So hurray it’s fixed! But also WTF, Gus.
I've got it down on my calendar.
This Amazing Little Machine: shapeof.com/archives/202...
(I bought a M4 MacBook Air)
Loaves of bread.
Here's some bread I baked yesterday. It was good.
One of these days I'll get back to writing about it again and my current techniques.
#breadsky
Just did the "set an alarm so I can get some crazy tech gadget the second it's released" thing, but it's a pizza oven. Because I'm me. Got a Gozney Tread headed my way. (And if you want one, here's a 10% off: <https://gozney.mention-me.com/m/ol/ye6nk-august-mueller>)
This Stratechary interview with Bobby Healy from Manna, a drone delivery company, was awesome and amazing: stratechery.com/2025/an-inte...
I want it so much in the US.
New pizza oven alert. The Gozney Tread is a $499 super portable oven for … adventures? The stand is pretty amazing, and the magnetic mantel is A+ design work.
The designs coming out of Gozney has gotten so good, I love it: www.gozney.com/collections/...
PSA: If you're a fan of Brandon Sanderson, his first four books of The Stormlight Archive only $2.99 each on Kindle: amzn.to/4hWXt61
Lunatic Fringe on the web: github.com/jackinloadup...
Very cool, but … it doesn't play like I remember. Probably a Safari problem.
I'm forcing myself to use Acorn (and all other apps) in Dark Aqua mode on MacOS to fix some stuff, and … how the heck do people do this? The eye strain comes on so fast. It can't be a generational thing, can it? Eye strain?
Maybe Pizza Roundup 003:
maybepizza.com/archives/2024/11/pizza_r...
Some dumb links, Black Friday sales, and My Friend Derek's is relocating!
Acorn, Retrobatch, and Gus Updates:
shapeof.com/archives/2024/11/acorn_r...
Bake Notes 2024.10.21: Oven Experiments With Bread Part 13, where I kind of go back to the drawing board with good results:
maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_no...
Bake Notes 2024.10.14 Oven Experiments With Bread Part 10:
maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_no...
I had to rush the bake unfortunately.
Buns in the sun.
This bake was good and repeated the success from the other day. I might have the basics for doing multiple loaves in this oven down. Now I get to experiment in different ways.
Rosemary sourdough: maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_no...
The bake for today's bread could have been so much better, but I think my oven decided to turn off the heat instead of turning it down:
maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_no...
I've been making a ton of bread lately to try and figure out the best setup to bake six loaves at once in my oven. I got a really good bake today and I'm hoping I found something that works:
maybepizza.com/archives/202...
Dark chocolate sourdough loaves.
Awww yea. Finally got my oven dong what I've been wanting it to do for a couple of weeks now. I'll have to write up a post this evening.