Alan Jones (the nice one)

What???
They threw a former Wallabies Captain out of their Parliamentary sporting club because he spoke up about gambling!!!! What???
#auspol #4Corners > www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Somebody please vibecode me an app that unsubscribes from emails and unfollows from socials any hospitality venue that invites me to book a Melbourne Cup lunch.

Dear original product designer of stumbling blocks. What’s your problem, man?

Didi ❤️

Always get someone to check your page before hitting publish

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“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” - Etta B. Ehrlich www.instagram.com/ettabehrlich/ from the episode “Etta” by www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/hea...

Screenshot of an iPhone home screen showing four app icons in the top row. From left to right: Calendar app with a red badge showing 8 notifications and the date “Tue 23”, Preview app with no badge, Messenger app with a red badge showing 1 notification, and Find My app with no badge.

Today’s iOS 26 gripe: the Preview icon - why the hell is it a loupe (who under the age of 40 knows what a loupe is?) and why is it on a blue background instead of something neutral (like the grey background of the Find My app it’s next to?). Old man waves fist at sky!

I’m so over “deep insights”. I just don’t have the time. Can’t some of the insights your platform delivers just be shallow? Little ‘insightlets’ would be fine, thank you.

By the way if you’re wondering how my alt-text is so good, here’s my secret: I ask ChatGPT to draft alt-text for the images I post. Don’t know what alt-text is? You should, go ask ChatGPT.

Alt text: A newspaper obituary page from The Economist featuring Steve Shirley. The headline reads “Obituary: Steve Shirley” with a subheading noting she was a pioneer of jobs for women in tech and died on August 9th, aged 91. The page shows a black-and-white portrait of Shirley seated, wearing a light-coloured suit with short hair. The article text begins by recounting her early life and career, including her original name Vera Buchthal, and her contributions to computing and opportunities for women in technology. The newspaper is resting on a wooden table with part of a white brick wall and timber floor visible in the background.

If you possibly can, get a hold of the obituary of Steve Shirley in the 6 Sept issue of The Economist. Incredible life story I’d never heard before. Pioneer of women in tech and autism care.

No way I could just stand and watch without joining in on the baritone part. “BISMILLAH!” 🤘🎸

Well done Apple Store, not allowing me to compare the iPhone 17 Pro to my current 16 Pro. Nothing to see here, move along please

I don’t understand how a company the size of Apple which needs to compete with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace (and now, Canva) can’t do a better job of importing a Word doc with all the formatting intact. Pages is the worst. They’re encouraging me to use Google Docs.

RFKjr: for a guy who supposed to be all about improving the nation’s health he has the most “I am about to die of something undiagnosed” voice I have ever heard in public discourse.

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I just backed Blisstil Serenade | Over-Ear ANC Sleep & Travel Headphones on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bli...

Butter made from carbon tastes like the real thing, gets backing from Bill Gates A company in Batavia, Illinois is making butter in a way you've never seen before. No animals, no plants, no oils; this butter is made from carbon.

They can make butter from air now. Nothing’s gonna stop me now! www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

French is such a great language. In English, we say “founder”. In French, it’s “fondateur”. Just one more syllable but it sounds so good. To me it sounds like you’re lovingly crafting a dessert, not building a unicorn.

Next, Bluepulse, by founder Ben Keighran, arguably the first mobile-native social messaging app in the world, certainly the first to make it easy for publishers to repurpose their content for mobile.

... a history of the Australian tech startup industry told in logins and passwords? 😆

The oldest login and password in my 1Password repository for an Aussie startup was a login to Zookoda, a blog-to-email service cofounded by Nick McNaughton. Zookoda was acquired by PayPerPost.

Per month:
407 ÷ 12 ≈ 34 passwords/month

Per week:
407 ÷ 52 ≈ 7.8 passwords/week

Per day:
407 ÷ 365 ≈ 1.1 passwords/day

I started using 1Password soon after its release in May 2006. That’s a span of about 19.1 years (from June 2006 to August 2025).

I’ve got 7,770 passwords and I only delete superceded passwords. So on average:

Per year:
7,770 ÷ 19.1 ≈ 407 passwords/year

Wow.

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Australia hosts military drills with US and other nations, likely to draw Chinese surveillance Australia is hosting its largest-ever military drills, Exercise Talisman Sabre, involving over 35,000 personnel from 19 nations.

There’s a big multinational war game going on up north at the moment, it’s probably everybody’s fighters flying up for that. apnews.com/article/aust...

Yeah look sorry Renata but it’s not a 1 bedroom apartment when it doesn’t have a bedroom

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