June 8, 2023

⌘ Did anyone else notice Safari will create Site Specific “apps”

It was a quick part of the Safari demo, but did others notice the new feature of creating site specific browser apps? It looks like Safari will support the ability to make apps out of websites like we see in Webcatalog, and CoherenceX. It also looked very fast and easy, with a simple drag and drop action, then it appeared in the Dock. I’ve been using that feature with Webcatalog, and Waterfox, and it’s very handy. I can keep things organized and out of the way. It’s easy to replicate in Webcatalog, but obviously there is a fair bit of overhead. I wonder how much ram and disk space Safari uses to pull off the same trick? You have to wonder, how long until Firefox, and Chrome support the feature natively?

June 7, 2023

🏝️ Mac Studio on the far, distant horizon

Now that an Apple Silicon Mac Pro has returned to the lineup, it’s time to work toward a new Mac Studio. The Studio and Pro are the same machine, except for expansion slots. They have the exact same high end configuration for ram, cores, and GPU. Since the Pro doesn’t support extended ram, or adding video cards, I don’t have a need for the expansion slots. This means a fully loaded Mac Studio is my destination, but it’s going to take quite some time to get there. Even saving $1k per month, a Mac Studio is more than 8 months away (don’t forget taxes, which will be a massive hit at that level). That puts us in 2024 for starters. That also puts a new machine within sight of the M3, or does it? Will there be talk of an M3 Ultra coming in June 2024? Is that model 18 months away? Regardless, a lot can and will happen in […]

June 6, 2023

The WWDC 2023 – Mac Pro and Vision Pro

The announcements for WWDC were pretty impressive, even though the long awaited, much debated, often leaked, Mac Pro got 2 minutes in the spotlight. It was a quick overview of the specs, then on to the next item. It was a quick update for the Mac Pro and the Mac Studio. The new Mac Pro is basically the Mac Studio with expansion slots. The Mac Studio gets a bump to the same Ultra chip. I expected the Pro to either get 2 Ultra sockets, or 4 of the Max chips woven together. I was being a little nutty. At least they kept the 2019 Mac Pro case, since that’s a good design. At least the questions of what the Mac Pro has to offer has been answered. It supports certain kinds of expansion cards for certain kinds of tasks. Since I don’t have a need for that sort of thing, looks like the Mac Studio will be my next upgrade. […]

June 4, 2023

📭 SpamSieve, worth it?

Let’s circle back to SpamSieve. To be fair, the initial problem with SpamSieve not detecting spam messages was a configuration issue on my part. Simply put, I missed a step, which prevented the filtering of messages. It’s now up and running correctly, tossing away 40+ messages a day with only two or three being false positives. And to be honest, those are kind of spammy, even though not actual spam. After realizing my mistake, I deleted the Blocklist and started over. None of those rules were worth keeping as they were too specific. They would never catch another message. Checking for a sender of 3CZDP1KyZ@animadelvino.it or bills150@host-91-192-173-197.avantel.ru is pointless. The likelihood of that triggering again? I still think that’s an issue with the way SpamSieve builds rules when you Train as Spam. They are too specific and will work once, then never again. If you keep that up, SpamSieve will be so choked with rules it will suffocate under its […]

May 29, 2023

🖥️ Say hello to my brand new Mac Pro… from 2013

So, here it is! After several blunders from FedEx, I’ve taken possession of, and set up my brand new, old Mac Pro from 2013! It’s a beefy machine with 12 cores, 128GB ram, 4TB NVMe drive, and the dual D700 video cards. It came in at just north of $1000, which I think is a fantastic deal for a machine that will still be going strong several years from now. Yes, a new machine from 2013. I can hear the questions and complaints now: Why buy a machine from 2013? A machine that already can’t update to the latest OS. Why buy an Intel machine instead of an M series machine? What the hell are you going to do with it? Let’s start at the beginning. The Mac Pro is a workstation, it’s built to last and tackle heavy load tasks. It’s not the machine you buy for checking mail, web browsing, and writing the occasional recipe. It’s meant to […]

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