Yours truly, over on MacStories:
Over the last 37 years, Apple has shipped 46 different models of standalone display.
I nearly drowned in a sea of beige to pull out some gems.
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Living Large with the 17-inch PowerBook and MacBook Pro⇢
The 17-inch PowerBooks and MacBook Pros are big, heavy slabs of Mac history. They may be gone, but they left their mark on Apple’s notebooks in a very real way.
WWDC 2017: June 5-9 in San Jose⇢
Big news this morning out of Apple:
Apple today announced its 28th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) — hosting the world’s most talented developer community — will be held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. The conference, kicking off June 5, will inspire developers from all walks of life to turn their passions into the next great innovations and apps that customers use every day across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Mac.
TWiM⇢
TWiM is a new (free) iPhone app that turns Twitter direct messages into an instant messaging service.
It comes with an iMessage-like interface, support for rich links, interactive notifications, 3D Touch and even SiriKit. Simply say “Send a message to Craig with TwIM,” and Siri will ask what you want to tell Craig about your busted-ass Mac Pro.
I don’t know about other people, but I rarely use Twitter DMs. iMessage and Slack are how I communicate with most people, but TWiM is so well done, I’m keeping it around and have turned off DM notifications in Tweetbot.
Kbase Article of the Week: Mac OS X Server 10.1: How to Install on Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002) or iMac (Flat Panel) Computer⇢
The Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002), iMac (Flat Panel), and eMac computers come with Mac OS X 10.1.2 or later preinstalled. If you want to install Mac OS X Server on one of these computers, then you must follow the steps listed in this document to ensure proper software installation.
Seems like a blast.
Ungeniused #19: The Caning of Charles Sumner⇢
If you think politics today are a mess, the new episode of Ungeniused is here to set you straight:
On May 22, 1856, Preston Brooks attacked Charles Sumner on the floor of the U.S. Senate, striking him repeatedly with a cane until he was unconscious.
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Liftoff #40: A Gradient of Space News⇢
This fortnight, Proxima B breaks our hearts, SpaceX is on historic ground and a Europa lander begins to take shape.
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How To Properly Handle an Outage
Last week, Instapaper experienced a big outage that left users without access to the service for more than a day. They were able to get the service back up and running within 31 hours, with a full recovery taking place just this morning.
I — like many other Instapaper users — were worried over this. The service has changed hands a few times, and I wondered if it was time to look for another read-it-later service.
Connected #129: Game of Sorrow⇢
Stephen tries something new, Federico talks about camping, and Myke looks forward to a new television show.
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Kickstarter for new Twitterrific Mac Client Launched⇢
The Iconfactory has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund development of a new version of its Mac Twitter client:
Twitterrific for Mac was first released 10 years ago way back in 2007 and had regular updates until 2013. Development of Twitterrific has continued exclusively on iOS since then, but many of us still use Twitterrific on the desktop - despite it missing many recent Twitter features and Twitterrific for iOS refinements. It is time we fixed this, but we need your help!
Rube Goldberg Museum Exhibit⇢
Rube Goldberg machines are one of my favorite things in the world.