🍎 First World Problems with the new Apple devices

The commentary coming out about the new Apple devices is pretty tragic. Not the devices, the actual commentary. Reviewers and “experts” have become petty and trite. It’s nothing but first world problems and cry baby whining. It’s not fast enough It’s not a new design The colors don’t match the iMac It’s too small It’s too big It’s not running M1 The bezels don’t sit right with me Not a single piece of commentary about it not performing a task or failing to run a critical piece of software. They are utterly superficial comments. It’s pretty sad that Apple has achieved such a level of engineering prowess that people complain about bezels.

🍏 Disappointing Apple Event?

No surprise, the web is abuzz with reactions to the Apple event. Oddly, a lot of them are filled with disappointment. People are disappointed because there wasn’t enough “stuff.” The upgrades weren’t “big enough.” That makes me laugh. They’re disappointed not because there was something wrong with the event or the offerings. They’re disappointed because they listened to a bunch of “leakers” who hyped up expectations for products that never existed. People go into these events expecting the world because some “leaker” also known as someone who “guesses,” made a 3D render of something he thought was cool. Or made the claim, they knew a guy, who knew a guy, who overheard another guy talking about Apple. They have no insight into what’s going to be released. People feel cheated, not because Apple promised something and didn’t deliver. They feel cheated because they didn’t get a feature they can’t name and was never listed in the first place. So they […]

📱Where is the iPad mini Pro?

I thought the California Streaming event was quite enjoyable. I’m also amused at the off target guesses by the experts. Not to mention the pointless commentary on how Apple didn’t release “The next big thing.” Sure, anyone can release the next big thing year after year after year. It’s totally easy. Anyway, I see that Apple Watch 7 in my future. The others offerings were solid upgrades for people who haven’t updated in awhile. Seriously, you can’t upgrade every year. I really liked the camera array for the iPhone 13 Pro. It made me think, why not make an iPad mini Pro and give it that same camera configuration? While watching the segment where they make a video with the iPhone, I thought the iPad mini would be the perfect size to use. It has a great screen for viewing and editing. Easy to mount, or use with one hand. You could confirm your rack focus shots more easily too. […]

🕵️‍♂️ Personal VPN as standard issue

With all the privacy concerns, data mining, data snooping, and companies selling out their users to the highest bidder, a VPN connection is becoming a necessity. It’s not about connecting to an unknown network, it’s about flipping the finger to ISPs, advertisers, marketers, data miners, and everyone else that’s spying and logging. It’s about encrypted and unlogged DNS that says mind your own damn business. Even Microsoft is selling users out, the OS is a platform to gather user data and sell it off. Surfshark was my first foray into personal VPN. Now I have services on each computer and tablet. My main machines use AdGuard and Surfshark with encrypted DNS going through the Surfshark tunnel. The tablets use AdGuard Pro and AdGuard VPN with AdGuard providing protected DNS lookup. My ISP and everyone else doesn’t need to know what I read, what I look up, what my hobbies are, where I shop, what gifts I might be interested in, […]