Year: 2024

The commercial news industry is incapable of fulfilling its constitutional duties

December 11, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

The commercial news industry is incapable of fulfilling its constitutional duties:

To be clear: The advertisers want to connect with the affluent, not the working class. The rich can afford subscriptions and get through paywalls. The marketing? It’s directed at people with disposable income.

Who do the journalists at our top news organizations have in mind when they write and produce? Affluent, well-educated readers and viewers. Not the average person on the street.

TOMORROW: Part two: How a nonprofit news organization would cover national politics

Wallace & Gromit. Shot on iPhone

November 29, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

Wallace & Gromit. Shot on iPhone

Discover how Academy Award-winning creators Aardman used the powerful camera system to turn their 23-centimetre characters into a 101-metre projection for Battersea Power Station

Also, download the Aardman Animator app…

a speech-to-text blog post post

November 19, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

I’d like to write a blog post by just recording my voice and have it appear here in WordPress.

Then I’d like to send it everywhere.

A Federated Blog Post Using Just My Voice

November 19, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

A snippet of a presentation I’m working on…

I want to write a microblog post using just my voice and then see all the places we can send it.

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Final Cut Pro 11

November 13, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

Final Cut Pro for Mac – Apple:

With optimizations for Apple silicon and the power of its Metal engine, Final Cut Pro allows you to edit more complex projects and work with larger frame sizes, higher frame rates, and more effects — all at incredible speeds. And it’s built to harness the extreme power of Mac Pro, Mac Studio or MacBook Pro for next-level performance.

WordPress 6.7 and the Twenty Twenty-Five Theme

November 12, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

Today is the day – WordPress 6.7 and the Twenty Twenty-Five theme…

Introducing Twenty Twenty-Five – Make WordPress Core:

Twenty Twenty-Five embodies ultimate flexibility and adaptability, showcasing the many ways WordPress enables people to tell their stories with many patterns and styles to choose from. The glimpses of natural beauty and ancestry woven into the theme evoke ideas of impermanence, the passage of time, and continuous evolution.

I’m not going to make the joke about introducing you to my little friend. However, I have been installing apps and configuring my new Mac Mini M4 Pro, as well as making some screencasts about what I configure and install. Knowing the past me, those will just sit around, but I’m feeling hopeful that there’s motivation to post them soon. We’ll see.

A couple of notes:

The 512GB SSD is fast. Almost as fast as the Mac Studio Max that I purchased at UNF – 4GB write speed and 5GB read! – Thanks to the Blackmagic Design Disk Speed Test app.
The power button is a total non-issue – just slightly tip it up if I ever need to push that button.
The built-in speaker is surprisingly good. As I say I’ve recorded screencasts and hearing the videos playback, sound is not bad.

Still putting it through it’s paces, but it’s fun to see how much has improved since the M1 from 2020 entered the household.

A new home for Pixelmator – Pixelmator Blog

November 1, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

Holy Moly!

My favorite photo editor/manager acquired by Apple!!!

A new home for Pixelmator – Pixelmator Blog:

Pixelmator has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, subject to regulatory approval. There will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time. Stay tuned for exciting updates to come.

I’m stunned!

Mac mini – Yes, Please

October 29, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

Mac Mini? Yes, please!

Mac mini – Apple:

Introducing the far mightier, way tinier, all-new Mac mini. Five by five inches of pure power and purpose. Redesigned around Apple silicon to unleash the full speed and capabilities of M4 and M4 Pro chips. With a wide array of ports, now on the front and back. Mac mini is the definition of efficiency — and the first carbon neutral Mac. It truly is the little Mac that could.

5 Reasons to Get Excited About the New Mac Mini – MacRumors

October 23, 2024 / admin / 0 Comments

Yes. A Mac Mini Pro is in my future!

5 Reasons to Get Excited About the New Mac Mini – MacRumors:

The new Mac mini will be the first major design change to the machine since 2010, and is expected to become Apple’s smallest ever desktop computer. The slimmed down machine will retain its aluminum casing and be comparable in size to the Apple TV, though it is expected to be taller. Individuals working on the new device reportedly say that it is “essentially an iPad Pro in a small box.”