π‘β¨ Liquid Glass Level
Here is my Liquid Glass toning-down level, which I find perfect for me. What's yours?
Past Blips
2026
π‘β¨ Third Try
Well, it appears that my Mac is not as in a hurry as I am to install macOS 27 Golden Gate. This is the third...
π‘β¨ 32 GB
A side effect of yesterday's announcements by Apple: my next MacBook Air will have 32 GB of RAM instead of 24 GB, which means a...
π‘ β¨ Snappier
Of course iPadOS 27 beta 1 on my M4 iPad Pro (with only 8 GB of system RAM) feels snappier⦠Apple Intelligence is turned off...
π‘β¨ AI-free?
A few years from now, I wouldn't be surprised to see AI-free products, just like we have sugar-free stuff today.
β Links π Liquid Glass v2.0 ?
I hope Apple will provide enough changes and tweaks to Liquid Glass tomorrow so I can update this project. https://crafted.numericcitizen.me/apple-liquid-glass-fails
π‘β¨ Buttons
While exploring the Halide Mark III camera app, I realized that I never use the iPhone action button. I wonder if the iPhone 18 Pro...
π‘β¨ Relaxing
After a busy and challenging day at the office with Windows, using a Mac at home seems like a vacation, very relaxing.
β Link π Scary
Something is going on with AI companies and their opaque financials. I'm not an expert, but something doesn't add up here. https://om.co/2026/05/29/anthropic-ai-and-the-numbers-problem/
π‘β¨ On Opus 4.8
I see no difference. But who am I to judge?
π Now β Started Codex
It's cold and rainy outside, so it seems like a great time to start Codex and the Vibe Code Things 3 replacement (yes, I'm going...
π Now β Coffee Shop
I'm currently in a coffee shop, and someone outside, just the other side of the window where I'm sitting, is having a FaceTime call. I'm...
β Link π On The Reimagined Google Search
Search came to ChatGPT, here, now AI comes to Google Search. I'm not sure that I like Google's take, coupled with ads all over the...
π‘β¨ Deleted
This morning, after 16 years on Vimeo, I deleted my account because I wasn't using it anymore. Honestly, beyond very niche visual and video domains,...
π‘β¨ Auto-completion
IDE brought code auto-completion. AI brings app auto-completion.
π‘β¨ Extensions
And just like that, I realized it's easy to build a Chrome extension to serve as a front end for my bookmark manager web app....
π‘β¨ Features
Similarly, for Steve Jobs, Dropbox was a feature rather than a full product. That's when Dropbox approached Apple for a buyout. He would probably suggest...
π‘β¨ Trails
I just had a clear idea for my next web application: a site to share, in chronological order, the places visited during a trip. It...
β Links π iOS Version Releases History
This website was not functioning or being updated for some time until recently. I'm glad to see it back and active. Although I don't want...
β Links π Are You OK Digg?
Digg is back... well, sort of. After a failed rebirth attempt, now they try again, but this time, it's quite different. It seems all about...