Nice visual improvements in iPadOS 26 beta 2. Apple apps with sidebars have that sidebar in an outlined section of the window. The control centre icons are darker and stand out more over the background image. MacTracker app now works. A neat upgrade.
Delivered today, a Logitech Casa pop-up desk that resembles a large book or photo album when closed. Opened, it reveals a Bluetooth keyboard, Bluetooth trackpad, USB-C charging cable and an angled stand ideal for tablets or laptops up to 17-in screen size. For the latter, it raised the laptop screen to a comfortable working height. The Casa Keys (keyboard) and Casa Touch (trackpad) both have three selectable Bluetooth channels for connecting immediately to three different devices. I have set them to work with my laptop on ch 1, iPad Air on ch 2 and iPad Mini on ch 3. https://amzn.asia/d/c9klpyr
There once was a girl from Purdue
Who kept a young cat in a pew
She taught it to speak
Alphabetical Greek
But it never got farther than μ.
@variablepulserate Originally had that on the list but didn't agree with the definitions
Some CONTRONYMS
“Words or terms that are their own opposites," Contronyms (Contronym is a variant spelling) are also known as Janus words, Antagonyms, and Autoantonym: These are words that have developed contradictory meanings.
Sanction - To permit or to penalise
Dust - To remove dust or to sprinkle dust
Left - Departed from or remaining behind
Seed - To plant seeds or to remove seeds
Oversight - Careful supervision or an error from neglect
Weather - To withstand (as in "weather a storm") or to erode
Bound - Going somewhere or tied/restricted from going
Clip - To attach or to cut off
Trim - To decorate or to remove excess
Fast - Quick or firmly fixed (immobile)
Strike - To hit or to miss (as in baseball)
Bolt - To secure in place or to flee quickly
Resign - To quit a job or to sign again
Finished - Completed or destroyed (as in "you're finished!”)
Execute - To carry out (a task) or to kill
Help - To assist or to prevent (e.g., “| can't help it”)
Screen - To display or to hide (as in screening a movie vs. screening from the sun)
Model - A replica to copy or an example to avoid
Trimmed - Decorated or reduced
Sick - Ill or awesome (slang)
Left off - Started again where you stopped, or excluded
Out - Visible (e.g., stars are out) or invisible (lights are out)
Off - Not functioning or activated (e.g., "The alarm went off”)
Sanguine - Cheerful or bloodthirsty (rare but contrasting meanings)
Out of - Lacking or originating from (e.g., "out of love”)
Strike down - To nullify (a law) or to enforce (as in striking down dissent)
Wind up - To end or to get started (as in winding up a toy)
Rent - To pay for use or to rip apart (e.g., an idea)
Peer - Equal or look closely
Throw out - To discard or to propose (e.g., an idea)
Scour - To search thoroughly or to scrub vigorously
Flog - To promote aggressively or to beat severely
Dust-off - To clean or to reuse something old
Stone - To pelt with stones or to remove stones (as in fruit)
Disciplined - Well-behaved or punished
Trip - To stumble or to travel
Consult - To offer advice or to ask for it
Pop - To suddenly appear or disappear
Blunt - To dull or to speak sharply
Hold up - To support or to delay
Messing about with the 2012 Mac mini again. It runs macOS 12.7.6 Monterey, can’t go any higher that that OS. Consequently I need some way other than Safari to access my numerous social media feeds. On the mac App Store several years ago I found Friendly Social Browser, which is a way of creating individual web apps within the overall structure of Friendly Social. It’s mostly effective except for put.io and Nextdoor. For the former there’s a good app called Apero on the Mac App Store, but Nextdoor is proving difficult.
I always see more people walking into Costco than out of it.
But the meat is cheap, so I don't ask questions.