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NASA Selects Two New Robotic Missions⇢

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NASA:

NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar system – a time less than 10 million years after the birth of our sun. The missions, known as Lucy and Psyche, were chosen from five finalists and will proceed to mission formulation, with the goal of launching in 2021 and 2023, respectively.

Lucy will study the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit, while Psyche will be the first spacecraft to visit a metal asteroid.

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Another Approach⇢

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Dr. Drang also dislikes window shadows in screenshots:

The problem arose because I was including the drop shadow in window screenshots. There are some, like Dan Benjamin, who think this is an abomination. I agree that the shadows are too big, but don’t like the “open” edges of window screenshots that don’t have the shadow.

Drang’s solution solves the main problems some people have with both sides of the com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool coin. I may poke around in this a bit.

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Disable Window Shadows on macOS Screenshots

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I really dislike that the shadows on macOS windows appear in screenshots. It makes the overall image larger, making the content of the window less prominent. In this example, I’ve opened a photo in Preview and made a full-window screenshot:

Shadow

For any screenshot, the shadow can be disabled by holding the option key while taking the screenshot.

Thankfully, the shadow can be excluded from screenshots for good with a quick trip to Terminal.

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An AirPods Story⇢

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Casey Liss:

I happened to wake up at around 11:30, and at that point figured I may as well stay up to see the ball drop. I quietly grabbed my phone, started my Slingbox and tuned it to ABC. When the time came for the ball to drop, I wanted Erin and I to share the moment, but that would be hard without disturbing the sleeping toddler between us.

Luckily, I had a solution.

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RSS Sponsor: Micro.blog and Indie Microblogging⇢

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Micro.blog is a new platform for independent microblogs: blogs with short text, links, and photos that you control. It’s launching this week with a book called Indie Microblogging on Kickstarter.

Indie Microblogging covers setting up a new microblog with WordPress, cross-posting to Twitter, standards for microblogging, and more. If you back the project on Kickstarter, you’ll get early access to Micro.blog so you can reserve your username.

Micro.blog is a new kind of social network, built on RSS and the open web. It’s as easy to use as Twitter, but you can publish to your own web site. Micro.blog has favorites, replies, an iPhone app, and hosting at yourname.micro.blog or your own domain name.

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An Apple Watch Story⇢

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Zac Hall:

Last New Year’s Day I decided to start eating healthy, exercising daily, and filling the Activity Rings on my Apple Watch as a way to get in shape. I broke my New Year’s resolution by January 4, but I started again on April 1 and ultimately lost over 50 pounds in 2016.

Apple Watch didn’t lose the weight for me — it took a lot of dedication and really changing my lifestyle — but the fitness tracking features and Apple’s Activity app helped quantify my effort without me doing too little or going overboard.

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