It is wild they keep selling it. Maybe everybody agrees we don't want a stand fan that plugs into the kitchen faucet!
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Twitter user https://twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now.
I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Paul McGrane
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Have the last operational F-14’s in the world been destroyed? It is plausible. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0ncKitYaJ2E
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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On a powerful Mac, what even is the point of "Game Mode"? (which all Apple Arcade games do force on). It seems to make no difference to anything, except it makes FireFox barely work in the background. (yes I am an Apple & Safari zealot, but Twitch works a lot better in FireFox). At least you can eventually screw around and find the button to turn it off in GameCenter. 🎮😔
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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@caseyliss@mastodon.social regarding your discussion of The F1 series of races on recent #ATP you tried to hypercorrect by saying Grands Prix. Similar to how it is correct to say Attorneys General. However for Grand Prix, the word Grand is not the noun so it isn't what should be pluralized even though the term is somewhat french-derived. No trouble, just wanted to mention! 🏆🏎️
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@caseyliss@mastodon.social @siracusa@mastodon.social @marcoarment@mastodon.social On ATP № 682 I was quite amused that Casey surprised John with the knowledge that CIE1931 does indeed refer to the year when it was established. I myself was astonished to learn that a couple days ago! Yeah, just a bit before LED TV’s. I suppose it is indeed time for AppleColorWhatever 2026!
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Be aware there is a counter-SOTU on meidastouch youtube
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@pmcg@mastodon.social @daringfireball@mastodon.social 2013 is when Apple made the apps available at no cost to anyone who purchased an iOS device or Mac, as a redeemable download in the App Store, per
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@flargh@mastodon.social @daringfireball@mastodon.social cool clarification — sorry to doubt John!
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online @gedeonm@mastodon.social @gruber@mastodon.social 5 years before Jaguar, you could hack MacOS 8 to have Both on Both Sides! Oh wait …
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@pmcg@mastodon.social @gedeonm@mastodon.social @gruber@mastodon.social Why does every classic mac os screenshot make me weep for what we’ve lost?
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online @gedeonm@mastodon.social @gruber@mastodon.social well, at least you don't have to keep the mouse clicker down while wandering around the panoply of icons in the menu bar …
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And *I’m* old enough to remember why the arrow wasn’t necessary in the first place: You used to put gas in the car behind the center rear license plate not on the left or the right. cc @gruber@mastodo
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@gedeonm@mastodon.social @gruber@mastodon.social I think even today a lot of Japanese cars (in US) do not have this feature
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And *I’m* old enough to remember why the arrow wasn’t necessary in the first place: You used to put gas in the car behind the center rear license plate not on the left or the right. cc @gruber@mastodo
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online @gedeonm@mastodon.social @gruber@mastodon.social 5 years before Jaguar, you could hack MacOS 8 to have Both on Both Sides! Oh wait …
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@pmcg@mastodon.social hmm. Don’t think I would sub with agave, as it’s a totally different profile. Perhaps agave with, say, something else that will give it a note other than a pretty flat ‘sweet’ ta
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online nah i think it's for me. But I will get back to you! Plus tons of butter.
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The film looks interesting to me, as does Fraser’s best ‘Tom Hanks in a dramatic role’ impression. You could just swap TH from 20 years ago in that trailer, and nothing would change. https://flipboard
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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Twitter user https:// twitter.com/pmcg №4,574,161 April 2007. Not happy to be here, but let's try it out. A hundred thousand tweets over there, for now. I like Macintosh computers, and airplanes, and politics. Once of NJ and TX, now of NC.
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@octothorpe@mastodon.online He was interesting on last night's Seth Meyers show, if you have a way to watch it!
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