August “Gus” Mueller

Apparently I’m a super @gruber fan today. Two posts on my site:

Apple Developer Relations Over the Years: shapeof.com/archives/202...

Gruber and Snell on Liquid Glass: shapeof.com/archives/202...

Paging @panz.bsky.social : www.instagram.com/p/DLFk6E_ROAc/

macOS Taco

Those look amazing.

Just got the new Incase Sculpt Ergonomic keyboard, "Designed by Microsoft". So far it's a 1:1 swap in replacement and I'm super happy to have options now.

Changing keyboards is really really hard, I'm glad I don't have to eventually find a different model. (I also have two backups in the closet!)

I've just updated flyingmeat.com/acorn/docs-8... "ACTN002: Acorn's File Format" with a Python script to export layers as png/tiff/plist.

Acorn is technically a proprietary format, but I'm not big into lock-in, so I'll always make it easy to get your data out.

Bungie's 'Myth' resurrected by fans for modern Mac gamers An old Bungie favorite has been remastered by fans, with "Myth" now using a new upscaled way to play the franchise on the modern Mac.

Yep - there's a group of folks who have been hacking on it for years: appleinsider.com/articles/25/...

Yesterday I got Myth II: Soulblighter updated on my Mac, and I just ran through a training session for the alpha of Marathon on my Xbox and I'm wondering what decade is it again?

CheerpJ 4.0: WebAssembly JVM for the browser, now with Java 11 and JNI support The latest release of our state-of-the-art Java runtime that runs completely in the browser via WebAssembly, is now available!

Well this brings back big old feelings - Java running in the browser via WASM. And there's a live Swing demo on the page as well: labs.leaningtech.com/blog/cheerpj...

A quick little tip from me: How to Bake in PDF Redactions Using Retrobatch: shapeof.com/archives/202...

Geoffrey Litt's Stevens AI Assistant SQLite, cron, and open APIs. This is the type of hacking that I really dig and I've considered putting together as well.

Some recent posts by me:

The Subjective Charms of Objective-C: shapeof.com/archives/202...

Building WebGL Gradients, Zero to 60: shapeof.com/archives/202...

Geoffrey Litt's Stevens AI Assistant: shapeof.com/archives/202...

A little post by me: Acorn's File Format Documented:
shapeof.com/archives/202...

The database schema it's been using is 16 years old now, and I don't think it's going to change anytime soon.

Fixed a very, very old bug in Acorn today.

I never thought it was my fault, but it was. So hurray it’s fixed! But also WTF, Gus.

I've got it down on my calendar.

This Amazing Little Machine: shapeof.com/archives/202...

(I bought a M4 MacBook Air)

Loaves of bread.

Here's some bread I baked yesterday. It was good.

One of these days I'll get back to writing about it again and my current techniques.

#breadsky

Just did the "set an alarm so I can get some crazy tech gadget the second it's released" thing, but it's a pizza oven. Because I'm me. Got a Gozney Tread headed my way. (And if you want one, here's a 10% off: <https://gozney.mention-me.com/m/ol/ye6nk-august-mueller>)

An Interview with Manna Founder and CEO Bobby Healy About Drone Delivery An interview with Manna founder and CEO Bobby Healy about drone delivery: how does it work, what is the regulatory landscape, and why the suburbs will be the place to be.

This Stratechary interview with Bobby Healy from Manna, a drone delivery company, was awesome and amazing: stratechery.com/2025/an-inte...

I want it so much in the US.

Trail Blaze Gozney - the home of innovation. Discover our range of premium home and commercial pizza ovens.

New pizza oven alert. The Gozney Tread is a $499 super portable oven for … adventures? The stand is pretty amazing, and the magnetic mantel is A+ design work.

The designs coming out of Gozney has gotten so good, I love it: www.gozney.com/collections/...

The Stormlight Archive Visit Amazon's The Stormlight Archive Page and shop for all The Stormlight Archive books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Stormlight Archive

PSA: If you're a fan of Brandon Sanderson, his first four books of The Stormlight Archive only $2.99 each on Kindle: amzn.to/4hWXt61

GitHub - jackinloadup/lunatic-fringe: Lunatic Fringe is a game originally distributed as an AfterDark screensaver Lunatic Fringe is a game originally distributed as an AfterDark screensaver - jackinloadup/lunatic-fringe

Lunatic Fringe on the web: github.com/jackinloadup...

Very cool, but … it doesn't play like I remember. Probably a Safari problem.

I'm forcing myself to use Acorn (and all other apps) in Dark Aqua mode on MacOS to fix some stuff, and … how the heck do people do this? The eye strain comes on so fast. It can't be a generational thing, can it? Eye strain?

Maybe Pizza Roundup 003:

https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/11/pizza_roundup_003.html

Some dumb links, Black Friday sales, and My Friend Derek's is relocating!

Acorn, Retrobatch, and Gus Updates:

https://shapeof.com/archives/2024/11/acorn_retrobatch_and_gus_updates.html

Bake Notes 2024.10.21: Oven Experiments With Bread Part 13, where I kind of go back to the drawing board with good results:

https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_notes_2024.10.21_oven_experiments_with_bread_part_13.html

Bake Notes 2024.10.14 Oven Experiments With Bread Part 10:
https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_notes_2024.10.14_oven_experiments_with_bread_part_10.html

I had to rush the bake unfortunately.

Buns in the sun.

This bake was good and repeated the success from the other day. I might have the basics for doing multiple loaves in this oven down. Now I get to experiment in different ways.

Rosemary sourdough: https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_notes_2024.10.10_oven_experiments_with_bread_part_9.html

The bake for today's bread could have been so much better, but I think my oven decided to turn off the heat instead of turning it down:

https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_notes_2024.10.08_oven_experiments_with_bread_part_8.html

I've been making a ton of bread lately to try and figure out the best setup to bake six loaves at once in my oven. I got a really good bake today and I'm hoping I found something that works:
maybepizza.com/archives/202...

Dark chocolate sourdough loaves.

Awww yea. Finally got my oven dong what I've been wanting it to do for a couple of weeks now. I'll have to write up a post this evening.