In today's announcements, Apple provided a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Mac mini short film. I think it's interesting that the artists are working on physical animations instead of digital ones. Apple also did this with the new Apple TV opening sequence.
https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/25/apple-shares-behind-the-scenes-video-for-its-fun-new-mac-mini-ad/
Came across Bubbles.town yesterday and started exploring it. Is it a clone of Hacker News? I'll let you judge. Meanwhile, I'm contemplating creating an account, just for fun. It's nice and light, and apparently genuinely honest.
How traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is adapting to war. Very telling infographics by CNN. ๐ฑ
This must be a bad joke, right? Tell me it was a mistake, BMW!
If this story about the US Army missile stocks being dangerously low is true, it might explain a few things: why Trump often calls off the "mother of all attacks' on Iran (he's bluffing) and the drop in support for the Ukrainian army (on top of Trump's devotion to Putin).
If you want to tone something down, move the slider to the left, not to the right. Is this bad UI design that goes against normal expectations? I'm referring to the volume level in Apple Music, for example.
https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-27-tone-down-liquid-glass-transparency
A rare and vastly positive post on Reddit about Claude Code and how magic this has been for someone. And on top of that, responses to this post are also vastly positive. It is so refreshing these days to see positivity in a public space.
A great piece by Mike Elgan writing for Machine Society (on Substack). Stay smart, be smart, don't become a slop zombie.
https://www.machinesociety.ai/i/206480706/the-trouble-with-slop-zombies
A very touching story by Scott Knaster about his brother's passing. First, Scott doesn't share these very personal stories often; second, the relationship he depicts with his brother reminds me of mine with my brother. It's probably why I find this story touching.
https://open.substack.com/pub/scottknaster/p/kenneth-howard-knaster
The venerable DPReview website was rebuilt from the ground up, and I like what I see. I especially digg the typeface selection. Same content quality, just a modernized look built on a new platform. People seem to like it, generally speaking.
https://www.dpreview.com/site-news/welcome-to-the-new-dpreview/
Great interview with Craig and Woz from Apple. Craig shares an interesting perspective on his childhood encounter with computers (40:42-43:49). Initially, as a 10-year-old, he was deeply skeptical of computer classes, believing they were for "posers" who just wanted to look cool. Craig, according to rumours, was reluctant to talk about generative AI until OpenAI popularized it as a product. Is this a character trait? His change of heart about generative AI looks promising and I like the way he talks about AI in general.
Cool little blog post about animating UI elements or UI state transitions. Sometimes, when using an app, there is a weird feeling that something is wrong. It might come from bad animations. Apple, are you reading this post?
I hope Apple will provide enough changes and tweaks to Liquid Glass tomorrow so I can update this project.
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/