Apple to GNU/Linux Journal: Food and exercise tracking with LibreOffice Calc

Transitioning my health tracking from proprietary apps on Apple devices to Free Software on GNU+Linux has proven fairly easy. The result is a simple spreadsheet that is private, future-proof, easy to update and back-up.

#Apple#Computing#Health#Fitness#FreeSoftware#GNU + #Linux#LibreOffice

https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-07-17.html

Flick it!!!

The watchOS 26 flick gesture works well (see attached).

Dismisses whatever I bring up, even if it's not a notification. Distinctive enough a gesture that I have yet to accidentally trigger it.

#Apple

Richard Stallman ruined my computing. I want to thank him for it.

When I moved my computing to GNU+Linux in February I still didn’t have a clue about the change of thinking that was coming for me in the next six months. And, frankly, I’ve got Richard Stallman to thank for that. Once I began tapping into his many articles and speeches, my entire understanding of my personal computing shifted to the degree...

#Apple#Google#Computing#FSF#FreeSoftware#GNU + #Linux

https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-07-15.html

Why are #Apple and #Samsung phones becoming the same thing?

I'd like to see Apple make a Samsung fridge next.

Apple's "81 Emmy nominations" video.

Some pretty great shows in there. Congrats to all involved...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLmcPU80Glo
#Apple#Emmys#AppleTV

Apple:

"81 Emmy® nominations. A huge congratulations to everyone involved."

Apple TV+ on some kind of run lately.

And no surprise, show with the most nominations? "Severance", with 27.

Here's the complete list of nominations. It is looooong...

https://www.televisionacademy.com/files/assets/Downloads/77thnominations-network-platform-v1.pdf
#Apple#Emmys#AppleTV

Apple commits $500M for cutting-edge rare earth recycling line:

"Apple is committed to buying American-made rare earth magnets developed at MP Materials’ flagship Independence facility in Fort Worth, Texas"

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/07/apple-expands-us-supply-chain-with-500-million-usd-commitment/
#Apple

I'll never buy another device and am computing with GNULinux 100% now. All my data is local, secure and synced between two GNULinux computers with Syncthing. Both also backed-up.
#Apple#GNU + #Linux

Just had a really poor support experience with #Apple

Logging into my #AppleID is possible using a #Passkey - great!

Except: I want to remove the passkey but I can't. Passwords app is showing Passkeys: 0. Now this is fun.

The behavior is reproducible with a fresh test user: login via passkey: yay

Show passkey in passwords app: nay

So no I am stuck with a passkey which is out of my control but which can be used to log into my AppleID.

In my book that is a serious concern, but Apple doesn't seem to care. They called back and told me they don't have any additional info. Then I nerver heard back. I also filed this via Feedback and never heard back.

Called them again today and they were not helpful. So what now? Migrating an Apple ID is possible but if you then delete the old Apple ID your tranferred purchases are no longer transferred.

All this feels really bad. This mess drove me to begin using #Linux Mint in my daily work and I am really liking it.

Fun little "Apple Lisa" emulator.

- Tap the link below
- Wait a bit
- Click the Continue button
- Click "Try LisaGui"

NOTE: To close a window, double-click/tap in window's upper left corner.

https://alpha.lisagui.com
#Apple#History

Mark Gurman:

"There's no question Cook bears responsibility for Apple's current struggles. That includes the company's AI missteps, an aging product lineup, the erosion of its design-focused culture, a decade-long drought of breakthrough mainstream hardware, and its growing tensions with developers and regulators. But there's also no question that the board still sees him as the only person capable of turning things around."

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/14/research-firm-says-tim-cook-should-be-replaced/
#Apple

Yet another iOS 26 Lock Screen.

Just a small thing, but I really love the effect of the time being rendered in liquid glass, hidden by part of the image, and yet perfectly readable.

Thoughtful detail. Image from Limerick, Ireland.

#Apple #Photography

Sul fronte social, #Citiverse si propone come la città digitale dei social liberi, offrendo un’alternativa decentralizzata ai gruppi #Facebook. #Apple, si trova in ritardo nella corsa all’#AI, con ritardi nei suoi assistenti vocali e la necessità di rilancio. Infine, la misurazione dei #LargeLanguageModel resta una sfida complessa, con benchmark che evolvono per valutare non solo la precisione ma anche la creatività e l’adattabilità dei modelli.

@informatica

https://bit.ly/4kF4Gb0

"The intent of proprietary computing is that everything users do should come under the dictates of the owners of the code...

You can agree to your own subjugation, that’s your choice. It may seem more convenient. It may seem comfortable. It may even seem pleasurable and safe. But in the end, you’re handing over your own fate."

#fsf#FreeSoftware#GNU + #Linux#Freedom#Democracy#Computing#Apple#Microsoft#Google#Amazon#Ethics#Libre

https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-07-04.html

Sci-Fi fan? This is a great (relatively short) read.

All about reading the seminal, highly influential book Neurumancer for the first time.

Thoughtful, and timely, with the Apple TV+ adaptation announced and in production.

https://mbh4h.substack.com/p/neuromancer-2025-review-william-gibson
#Apple#Scifi

Apple dogtags from WWDC 2003 (see pic).

I miss the days when WWDC was in person, a lottery driven hot ticket, and crammed full of food, snacks, and Jamba Juice, and incredible excitement and promise.

#Apple#WWDC

New Dalrymple Report is live!😎

Hand injury backstory, Apple's talent turmoil, Meta's audacious glasses play, lots more.

Dig in, and thanks for listening. 🙏🏻❤️

https://www.loopinsight.com/2025/07/11/the-dalrymple-report-ai-talent-meta-and-coo/
#Apple#TheDalrympleReport

Gotta love good ol' 1-bit pixel dithering (ordered, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.) 💚

𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙-80𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮

https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macpaint.html

#PixelArt#RetroComputing#VintageComputing #retro #apple #BlackAndWhite #computers #computing #1980s #macOS#Mac#tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #old #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #digital #DigitalArt #art #artist #arte #arts#GraphicDesign #MastoArt#FediArt #CreativeToots#ArtistsOnMastodon