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craiggrannell

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#Writer for hire. Mostly #tech, #Apple, #games, #retrogaming, design. Smashes out words for #Wired, #Stuff, TapSmart and others. Writes #DailyRetroGame here on Mastodon. He/him. GF/DF. Likes #Lego and Mini #Schnauzers. Email: hello at craiggrannell dot com // https://linktr.ee/craiggrannell

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craiggrannell, to random
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This Reddit thread does not inspire confidence about the future of Bartender. And that sucks, because Bartender is a great app.

From: @lapcatsoftware
https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/112559634359309136

craiggrannell, (edited ) to Netflix
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I mean, if ever I needed more persuading that my #Netflix sub can go away, this is it. (We still have two pre-4K Apple TVs. One is used on my tiny office TV. It works perfectly well with every other service, and so Netflix can go do one.)

Edit: to clarify, HD onwards will work with Netflix. Pre-HD (and pre-tvOS) will not. It’ll be interesting to see how rapidly everyone else does the same. (IIRC, Prime still worked on those old boxes.)

craiggrannell,
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@kkolakowski It’s quite possible. I mean, these things don’t last forever. But who knows?

craiggrannell,
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@DJDarren No idea, TBH.

craiggrannell,
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@kkolakowski @alexjsp Yeah, I have one new Apple TV and one HD, and older units, which I guess are now basically scrap.

craiggrannell,
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@DJDarren I do recall atV Fire (sp?), the precursor to Infuse was all about those boxes. I guess ultimately these things are now just more fodder for ‘recycling’. Or at best units for AirPlay from a phone.

craiggrannell,
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@kkolakowski You’d hope so, for sure. But who knows these days? Netflix is weird.

craiggrannell, to random
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Given that Meta responded to my AI opt-out request instantly, that’s gotta be automated. Probably, ironically, by some kind of ‘AI’.

craiggrannell,
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@CTD Most people will delete that email without a second thought.

craiggrannell, to random
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One of my posts just went semi-viral on Threads and that is slightly terrifying.

craiggrannell,
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  • makes tiny whimpering noises*
craiggrannell,
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@MuseumShuffle That post is spreading like crazy. My mentions are a bin fire.

Hopefully it’ll calm down soon and I get get back to posting and being resolutely ignored by 99.99999% of the Threads audience! :D

craiggrannell,
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@MuseumShuffle I mean, it could be worse. I once mentioned on Twitter that it’d be nice if cyclists wouldn’t recklessly zoom along without giving a shit on the path near our train station, given that I’d just got home after one nearly ran over my dog. I got WEEKS of shit from that.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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In case you weren’t already sick of iPadOS takes, here’s another great video about just how broken this experience can be

https://youtu.be/xNv2EOc6ma0?si=D9el_T_9OLJH97QA

craiggrannell,
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@stroughtonsmith “And we’re calling it… Apple OS.”

craiggrannell, to random
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Went to Spain for a few days. It was very nice. But also, even their cheapest GF bread from a local supermarket was leagues ahead of what we have in the UK. Nice GF muffins and LF yoghurt too. Just need a teleporter now so I can order this stuff to the UK. (Or, you know, move to Spain…)

craiggrannell, to random
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@baldur While away, I read your thoughtful piece on social media and reply guys. Almost never happens to me here. Not sure why. But on Threads today now that Apple TV post went vital: OH MY GOD.

RIP my mentions. :/

flargh, to random
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today's weather is too nice for pants

craiggrannell,
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@flargh Turns out my internal US > UK English translator is running behind my double-take-o-meter, given that it’s late on a Friday.

craiggrannell,
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@flargh Now I don't know what to think.

bens, to tinnitus
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Wow, just read this reply suggesting https://tonaltherapy.app to a person considering self-harm.

“It literally saved me”

Hard to put into words how happy it makes me that a little thing I created has such an impact.

#Tinnitus

craiggrannell,
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@bens Interesting idea. I have annoying multiple tones in each ear. May well give your app a go.

craiggrannell,
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@bens To be clear, I wasn’t suggesting you should target them all at once. That would be… challenging for my ears. I’d like to tackle a couple of particularly nasty tones in each ear. But one at a time might do the trick.

craiggrannell,
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@bens Ooh. Saved settings you can name would be useful.

craiggrannell, to random
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It’s been quite something to see Americans and Brits discover in real time how much of their systems rely heavily on the “good chap” theory of government. And also whether the safeguards are strong enough to withstand major assaults from bad actors. (To date: barely.)

craiggrannell, to random
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Had a big, late lunch and now I’m sitting in front of my computer, staring at Scrivener, while every bone in my body is screaming that I should go for a sneaky nap.

craiggrannell, to random
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Having trouble sleeping of late. Not sure why. Might be the light waking me. But I’m always awake around 5 and then I just doze for a bit until it’s time to get up. But I also have tinnitus that’s been quite bad of late and so have a quiet audio thing running on my iPhone every night.

Mrs G just send over a link to this: https://www.snoozeband.co.uk/products/snoozeband™-deluxe-sleep-mask-with-headphones

Tempting. Anyone tried one of these (or similar)? If so, any good?

craiggrannell,
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@rustypro I've not tried it yet, no. Tinnitus has reduced somewhat (or at least changed to tones that are less annoying). Light still an issue, mind.

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