I have a #Macbook Air M1 (on top, the last one with wedge design) and I STILL think it looks thinner and more modern.
If the M3 brought more ports, I’d be interested, but the M1 serves me both as a laptop and a desktop (Acer 27” display with built-in hub, I just connect one USB-C cable). Normally I’d want the new oooh shiny. But… I prefer my old shiny… It will need battery replacement soon. Still won’t be upgrading until there’s FaceID or cheap (‘lol’) 16GB RAM in M4.
@kcarruthers Now, if I could get the 12” Retina Macbook with M3 and a real keyboard… I still have the 2016 in my drawer, the battery is shot, the keyboard is, uh, it is, but it still blows me away with how small and thin it is.
Once I become Apple’s CEO, which I am sure will be very soon, I’ll rename the current Airs to “Macbook” and introduce new versions of that rMB calling them Air.
@anathema_device I really really like the 15” but I also found a VERY comfortable position on the sofa with the 13”… I’d like the 15” screen in the 13” body, please. I am sure this is a reasonable request.
I keep getting SEO ads through my commission form. I wonder if it's a bot or a person typing everything because there is a (simple) anti-bot measure implemented but it's annoying as fuck!
But I LOVE getting real commission requests, 1000 words for €69 is still on 🙂
Yes, but did YOUR husband bring you flowers for the fifth anniversary of your debut novel, ‘Storytellers’, which you can download for FREE between March 20-22 at https://www.bjornlarssen.com/s43
because he probably didn’t and you need a distraction?
We’re exclusively an Apple household, because there’s no f’ing way my husband could cope with Windows, let alone Linux, and also because I’ve always loved their stuff. This has nothing to do with admiration for Steve Jobs, whom I’ve never really read up on much but I sort of knew was a bit of a shit.
But I didn’t know how much of a shit! Yesterday I listened to 1.5 of the currently 3 episodes on the “Behind the Bastards” podcast talking about Jobs.He was appalling
@anathema_device He was from the start, too. When they completed ‘Breakout’ for Atari, the money was split half-half… except the hefty bonus for finishing early. Guess who was the one who finished early. Guess who pocketed the bonus.
@anathema_device He wasn’t even upset, just confused (iWoz is amazing, nerding out with breaks for “oh and then we got rich but here’s how many memory chips I used”)
I was like, “no way I’d give this away” and then law was like "The [landowner] sent a legal document saying they wouldn't take action on the condition that the sword was passed to a museum" and I was like, now I have to break into a museum (but in a very nice #research related way).
#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 9: Do you invent places in your work? Are any based on real locations?
Norse fantasy set in the Nine Worlds aside, Klettafjörður in Storytellers is completely invented. I was going to use an existing Icelandic village, then realised the book doesn’t really make its inhabitants look great, and I intend to spend considerably more time in #Iceland than I already have…
For #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm introducing African deities in my daily god toots. #Anubis is the god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide of souls in #ancientEgyptian religion. He is commonly depicted with the head of a jackal as jackals had been strongly associated with cemeteries. The Greeks associated him with #Hermes because they both guided souls to the afterlife, resulting in the syncretic god #Hermanubis.
@autism101@actuallyautistic My brain switches off and I have to lie down with earplugs, face mask, weighted blanket, in a room with black-out curtains. The fewer of those requirements can be fulfilled, the longer my shutdowns last.
It was such a relief when I was reading about autism post-diagnosis to find out it’s not just me.
For #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm introducing African deities in my daily god toots. #Ra was an ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun. All forms of life were believed to have been created by Ra. He drives the #Sun cross the sky on his solar barque and passes through the underworld at night. Every night the giant snake #Apophis attacks Ra to stop the barque's journey. After defeating Apophis, Ra leaves the underworld, emerging in the East at dawn. #mythology
@AimeeMaroux Have you seen that woman who tried to sue another author for coming up with a deity of Sun, which is a totally original idea nobody has ever had before, like, ever?
It’s time for a minute of silence for us #TaylorSwift fans. The Queen only has one album in the UK top 10 this week. (Plus four more between #11-#20, but Brits are failing me here.)
Also, this is probably a controversial take, but I’d prefer Reputation TV instead of a new album that will drop before the Eras Tour is over. If I were her, cackles in Laura Dern WHICH CLEARLY I AM NOT, I’d complete the TVs and drop the new album on the last day of the tour before taking a Very Kelce Vacation.