Last week I discovered some nifty features of Apple Podcast (verbatim transcript with active links to Apple Music). I’m no big user of podcasts – last time I listened to a podcast about data science was 8 or 10 years ago, maybe.

/me is listening to “Tomorrow’s calling” by Andy Sex Gang

I bought an Homepod today. It’s the second time I get into an Apple center, btw. It’s quite cool as my (also) new Apple TV 4K can use the Homepod as its audio output. The sound is fairly well-balanced (though the bass is a bit heavy at times) and spatialization is really good – I wonder if using two such devices would improve the overall feeling of immersion. When I use it as my audio output from my MacBook, I’ll get full control from my iPhone as well. Ah, and it comes with temperature and humidity sensors. My previous setup was based on an old Apple TV connected to a DAC with an optical cable.

Last week I succumbed to Apple’s harassment and upgraded macOS 15 to 27. I only skipped one major version, Apple skipped 10! And today I discovered that Apple had removed the “no” switch. — I said no and Apple said yes

Seeing circles, sines, and signals: A compact primer on digital signal processing. Full of nice (dynamic) illustrations.

The Millennium Problems for Biology.

Probably the last one for this year.

Mac Shortcuts Automation: The Practitioner’s Reference. #apple

Backups aren’t simple.

Even if you knew 9/10 tricks, that 10th doc or technique might save you some time! And one trick per day was the right number to avoid overwhelming people with knowledge, and it could occasionally spark useful discussion. If you’re a more senior engineer at your company, you might think about doing something similar. — Small Programming Tricks