I saw a headline today that Best Buy currently has Apple’s HomePod for $199. Since we’ve been eating at our dining table more recently (instead of in front of the TV), listening to music on the Amazon Echo, we thought we’d get a HomePod for better sound.
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The answer to today’s What’s It Wednesday question, as correctly guessed by some people on Micro.blog: a Turn Touch wooden smart home remote with pedestal. (Fun fact / disclaimer: I work on the Mac and iOS apps for it.) #WhatsItWednesday
Rounding out my mini-series of Mac throwback pictures from 2004, my two Apple Cinema Displays for my Power Mac G5. #ThrowbackThursday
Back around 2004, computers didn’t have a tiny built-in camera; Apple introduced a relatively massive iSight camera that could be stuck to the back of your Mac. #ThrowbackThursday
Something geeky for this Throwback Thursday: unboxing and setting up my Power Mac G5 in 2003. #ThrowbackThursday
Late to the party, but I just got a new gadget: the 12.9” iPad Pro Magic Keyboard. Loving it so far. Though may need stands to raise up my iMacs, since it obscures the bottom third of the cams.
Antique cameras. 📷
Speaking of Pippin, apparently his purr is 39 decibels (according to the Noise complication on my Apple Watch).
On the homestead blog: installed a weather station to help with the greenhouse, and for more local weather conditions.
Since the new iPad keyboard with trackpad won’t be available until May, and I prefer to use my iPad with a keyboard, I dug out an old 2009 keyboard to use in the meantime, which should work with it.
