John Gruber
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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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@gruber@mastodon.social since we’re on the subject of possessives, and we both have adult children with the same name, do you write Jonas’ or Jonas’s? (plz excuse me jumping on this thread — the origi
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Feb 28, 2026
@isaiah@mastodon.social Jonas’s, always.
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@gruber@mastodon.social @MisterMoo@mstdn.social Not that it's the Bible or anything, but you're throwing the AP Stylebook out the window here, my dude. For singular proper names ending in s: Use only
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Feb 28, 2026
@flargh@mastodon.social @MisterMoo@mstdn.social True, but I’m not a fan of AP Style. It almost always errs on the side of omitting characters, I think from their history as a literal wire service.
https://www.reddit.com/r/grammar/comments/1esvji9/ap_uses_harris_and_walzs_while_ny_times/
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@gruber@mastodon.social I personally like the haunted mansion design the best. 😅
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Feb 25, 2026
@gedeonm@mastodon.social I like the one I can read better (dark).
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@gruber@mastodon.social “It’s so bad — or at least, so much worse than MacOS 15 Sequoia — that I’m refusing to install it.” I wonder how long holdouts can last. Every day here now involves me swatting
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John Gruber
@gruber@mastodon.social
I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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John Gruber
@gruber@mastodon.social
I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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Feb 25, 2026
@craiggrannell@mastodon.social There’s a solution for that.
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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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Jan 25, 2026
RE: https://masto.ai/@rbreich/115953160828314923
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.”
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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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John Gruber
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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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Jan 08, 2026
Callenson had the courage and conviction to stay with the scene and keep filming. Not to run away, but instead to follow the scene. To continue documenting what was unfolding.
I’d like to think I’d have done the same. I’m not sure at all that I would have.
https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/lets_call_a_murder_a_murder
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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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John Gruber
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I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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Nov 05, 2025
If you, like me, are keeping a Mac on MacOS 15 Sequoia for now (I tend not to upgrade my work Machine until the .1 or .2 releases at the earliest), be careful with Software Update. It sure looks like clicking the “Update Tonight” or “Update Now” buttons next to the available 15.7.2 update will update to that, but if you click the little (i) info button, it sure looks like what will happen is that you'll install the upgrade to 26.1 Tahoe.
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@gruber@mastodon.social
I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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John Gruber
@gruber@mastodon.social
I write Daring Fireball, host The Talk Show, and created Markdown.
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Feb 10, 2025
New Fox chyron is excellent.
Team names: huge.
Score: huge.
Logos: none. Colors say enough.
Needless chrome: none.
Timeouts remaining: prominent but not distracting.
Down and yards to go indicator: conveys which team has the ball.
Typography: classic, legible, bold, timeless.
Outstanding design.
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