Jimmy Grewal

Internet Explorer 5 for Mac: twentieth anniversary Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the unveiling of Internet Explorer 5 Macintosh Edition, the first major product I worked on at Microsoft. Join me as I provide some backstory on the develop…

It feels like both yesterday and a lifetime ago. On January 5th, 2000, Jobs demoed Internet Explorer 5 for Mac during his Macworld Expo keynote—the first product I worked on.

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Time lapse video using the same images.

Star trails image captured on December 21, 2024, at Boschendal Wine Estate near Cape Town, oriented southward. The composite was created by stacking 600 individual 30-second exposures, illustrating the apparent rotation of stars around the southern celestial pole due to Earth’s rotation. Color variations in the trails correspond to stellar temperatures, with cooler stars appearing redder and hotter stars appearing bluer or white. Straight horizontal streaks across the frame are primarily satellites in stable orbits, accompanied by occasional bright meteors. The image shows minor camera movement artifacts resulting from windy conditions and the absence of a tripod. This technique visualizes Earth’s rotation. Leica Q3 camera, 600 x 30s exposures, 28mm @ ƒ/1.7, ISO 100. Edited in Lightroom, stacked in StarStaX for Mac, final touches in Photoshop.

Star trails over the Western Cape, South Africa. More details in the alt text.

I never get bored of coming here. 

Next stop: Cupertino! 

(Yes I realize I’m one day late…but you know how the saying goes…)

Printers are so cool!

Took the same data I had captured for the two Milky Way time lapse videos and used them to generate some star trails images.

The Milky Way rising over a lake in Wisconsin.

My first evening of astrophotography this year was very relaxing…and the beautiful setting certainly helped. This photo was taken at Lake Montanis, near Rice Lake, Wisconsin.

A man and a woman standing together in front a rocket in a parking lot in Hawthorne, California 🇺🇸

Today was fun…my wife and I saw a Dragon and a Falcon, Merlin and a Raptor, and witnessed the birth of hundreds of Starlinks. It was 🤯

Man standing in front of a rocket.

As a car enthusiast, I often scan the parking lot when I visit partners or customers to see what vehicles people are driving…this one takes the cake.

A photo of a photographer at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California.

I love going to Disneyland…unfortunately it took 35 years for me to come back.

Middle aged man standing in front of a circular building.

My favorite selfie spot.

Boy holding an iPad to view an AR experience at the Apple Park Visitor Center in Cupertino, California.

Indoctrinate them young and often…that’s the key to brainwashing the youths.

I may have missed WWDC, but the best part of visiting the Bay Area is spending time with the people who helped me so much when I began my career. It was amazing to work with them then, and it’s a blessing to still be friends all these years later.

Photograph of a Microsoft HoloLens, Google Glass, and Oculus headset on display in my office.

Quite a few people have asked me about my thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro headset announcement at #WWDC23 and whether I’m going to get one…

The Apple Vision Pro costs half as much (inflation-adjusted) as the original 1984 Macintosh. The original Mac was ground breaking and led to a very successful product line, but that first version wasn’t a commercial success. Will be interesting to see if Vision Pro is the first Mac or first Newton.

I’m not going to make it to WWDC this year, but my wife is in town and will be tasked with grabbing some swag from the Apple Park store. Anyone know if there are any special WWDC-only shirts like last year?

Parenting, coercing Chat GPT to write Python code, and contemplating a camera upgrade. Typical Saturday.