This is a fun ranking system for Apple products. I voted on a bunch. But in the results, how can the original Macintosh not be permanently in the top few spots?

The Verge

Rank the 50 best Apple products

Pick your favorite Apple product...if you can.

Carpet patterns.

Over the weekend I released another update to Inkwell for Mac. It improves a few things with Reading Recap, fixing bugs too.

Micro.blog Help Center

ℹ️ Inkwell for Mac

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I thought it was fine that they left Tom Bombadil out of The Lord of the Rings movies, but great to hear that Stephen Colbert’s script will give more attention to those early chapters of Fellowship. Could be fun. https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5760799/stephen-colbert-lord-of-the-rings

Trying to practice my Spanish, I repeat phrases like “con leche de almendra” in my head as I walk to the coffee shop… But then they speak in English anyway. One of these days I will learn the language for real. Need to ramp up my Duolingo time.

Catching up on this news from Mark Gurman about the upcoming Siri redesign, with a dedicated app and more conversational interface: "The app’s main interface will display prior conversations in either a list or a grid of rounded rectangles with text previews. Users can pin favorite chats, save older conversations, search across interactions and start new chats via a prominent plus button." This all sounds pretty reasonable.

Bloomberg.com

Apple Plans AI Reboot With Siri App, New Look and ‘Ask Siri’ Button in iOS 27

Apple Inc. is testing a standalone app for its Siri voice assistant alongside a new “Ask Siri” feature that will work across the company’s so...

Hello from Spain! Just arrived and found a nice little coffee shop in Cádiz. How did I get here…? I recorded a new episode of Timetable to share the first part of my trip. 🇪🇸

Timetable - Episode 138: Transatlantic

Compared the transcript from Apple Podcasts with the transcript we generate in Micro.blog using GPT. They’re both good, but ours is nearly flawless, while Apple Podcasts has a few minor mistakes. It’s great that apps have transcripts. I still want to control this and have my own (editable) copy.

This looks like a great update to the Post Stats plug-in. Thanks @amit!

Revamping Post Stats - Amit Gawande

Excursions from Amit Gawande

Micro.blog - @amit

If your blog is on Micro.blog and you’ve been blogging for a while, try the new setting on the Design page to upgrade to Hugo 0.158. For my blog — almost 10k posts — the new version makes a huge difference in speed. We’re now using Hugo’s new renderSegments feature to optimize publishing.

It has been six years since the start of Covid, and I still catch myself trying to hold my breath in crowded spaces like an elevator. It doesn’t make any sense! I hope my brain hasn’t been permanently rewired for fear. 😷

Wemby was close to getting a 5x5 last night. 19 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 7 blocks. Whenever he has a few steals there’s a chance. Can’t believe the playoffs are next month! 🏀

Years ago I made a rule to never use Git submodules, after too many headaches with Subversion externals before switching to Git. More trouble than they’re worth. I broke that rule once and it still trips me up.

Terry Godier has a new blog in addition to his main site of longer essays. It looks great. Hosted by Micro.blog. 🎉

Terry Godier

Terry Godier

This is cool: Bridgy Fed now supports long-form blog posts in AT Protocol via the standard.site lexicon. I guess I need to hurry up with my own implementation of this.

A New Social

Long-Form Comes To Bridgy Fed

Up until now, Bridgy Fed has only supported the bridging of microblogging content. Even when we bridged articles from the web or from Article types...

I like this framing about the Rabbit R1: "Humane’s AI Pin followed that trajectory almost exactly, discontinued in early 2025 after HP acquired the company. The R1 did not follow it, though the reasons why have less to do with any brilliant pivot than with stubbornness, incremental software updates, and a fair amount of luck." Do not underestimate stubbornness and incremental updates. That’s practically my whole strategy.

Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News

Rabbit R1’s OpenClaw Update Could Be Its Most Important Moment Yet - Yanko Design

https://youtu.be/-MjzTj_e6K8 There is a version of the Rabbit R1 story that ends in 2024. The device launches to enormous hype off the back of a vi...

Multiple apps or one superapp

Manton Reece - Multiple apps or one superapp

It’s a small thing but when I’m a regular at a coffee shop and they know my order when I walk in, it gives me so much joy. Great way to start the day. This sometimes even happens when traveling after a few days at the same place. ☕️

Slop and robot follow-up

Manton Reece - Slop and robot follow-up

Sam Altman blogged last year about Sora: "The majority of users, looking back on the past 6 months, should feel that their life is better for using Sora that it would have been if they hadn’t. If that’s not the case, we will make significant changes (and if we can’t fix it, we would discontinue offering the service)." Guess what? That was written almost exactly six months ago. They tried it, it was a distraction, too expensive to run, and now the experiment is over. Good call not dragging it out. I wouldn’t be surprised if the video model returns later, just without the social app.

Sam Altman

Sora 2

We are launching a new app called Sora. This is a combination of a new model called Sora 2, and a new product that makes it easy to create, share, ...