Nearly 6 months after the group buy on Massdrop ended, my Planck has finally arrived!
Anodized purple plate, Planck PCB, Universal Plate.
The case looks especially gorgeous, ordering purple was definitely the right call.
Compared to even a 60% board, this think is tiny! I’m so excited to get it built.
Typed on my White Alps64
I received my KeyKollectiv MeowCap a few days ago. It’s not my first artisan keycap, but it is the first one I’ve purchased. I’m such a cat lover that I couldn’t NOT buy it.
I’m quite happy with my decision, the keycap is ADORABLE! It’s certainly not the most detailed artisan ever, but I don’t typically go for the over-sculpted, way out there keycaps anyway. It’s got the perfect amount of detail, and the pink in the paw pads just pops. I think its permanent place will be somewhere on a dark board just to give the board some color and eye-draw.
The cap is thick and well molded, but I did experience some issues with how tight the MX mount is. Right away when putting on a board part of the mount broke off. I can certainly live with it, but I hope no other part of it breaks.
After speaking with KeyKollectiv, they’re sending me a replacement cap for the one that was damaged. I’m over the moon. You expect this sort of ‘customer’ service when dealing with a large seller or company, but to be taken care of so well by an Artisan is something else entirely. A++
I received my replacement Meowcap yesterday (01/15/16). This time I got it mounted on a board with no issues. KeyKollectiv shipped the replacement for free, and didn’t even make me ship the old one back. I feel so well taken care of, I will definitely be buying more of their work in the future.
Typed on my Orange alps64
Apple shipping new features in iOS 9.3
This latest iOS release adds numerous innovations to the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. There are improvements to a wide range of apps, along with great new additions to CarPlay. iOS 9.3 may even help you get a good night’s sleep. And you’ll find a preview of new features that will make using iPad in schools easier and better for students and admins.
This is the first time since the original iPad and iOS 3.2 that I can recall Apple doing a mid-cycle iOS update with new features. Every September with the release of that year’s iOS there is always a slew of new features, but in the interim it seems Apple’s most popular OS can feel a bit stale. This mid-cycle feature update is by no means indication for a trend, but I might like to see more of it. After all, Google (through a different deployment strategy) is able to stay on top of things throughout the year, so it would be great if Apple started doing this sorta thing.
If you’ve heard of f.lux, either on your Mac or through jail breaking, it looks like Apple is finally Sherlocking this app.
Notes is finally going secure, either with a password, or with Touch ID. Obviously there are numerous note taking apps out there, but I like Notes best. It’s simple, it syncs among all my devices, and as of iOS 9 has a robust enough feature-set for most. As a privacy-wonk it’s great to see another level of protection applied to the notes app.
Apple has been talking the talk about Car Play for a while, but they’re not walking the walk. This year a few companies might be on board, but I doubt this feature is going anywhere.
Apple, stop trying to make fetch happen. Fetch isn’t going to happen.
Shared iPad
When a 1:1 student-to-iPad ratio isn’t possible, Shared iPad offers an elegant solution that lets students enjoy the benefits of having their own iPad in whatever classroom they’re in. They simply log in to any iPad, and their content is ready to go.
Folks, especially families, have been pining to multi-user iOS for ages. It is so incredibly common to hear of families and their children sharing a communal iPad that it boggles the mind that Apple hasn’t introduced this feature yet.
This looks like a step in the right direction, but I’m afraid Apple might drop the ball on this and only make it available for educators. It’s all well and good to have an education-centric feature like this, but it would be far far more loved and used by the common person than educators alone. Perhaps it’ll be a pillar of iOS 10.
The iOS 9.3 developer beta was released today. I’m on the consumer beta track, so I should have access in a few weeks. I’ll make a post about my thoughts after I get a chance to test it out.
Typically the time from dev beta to public release is 4-6 weeks, so tentatively expect 9.3 to be ready in February.
Typed on Octopage
Yup! Powerball will be at 1.3 billion dollars by Wednesday’s drawing. At least 1.3 billion dollars.
That’s definitely a dollar amount where winning would become terrifying. If you were to win a dollar amount that’s life-changing but still well below what a dope could squander away, you could choose to remain anonymous and make it stick. The only people who’d know would be your closest friends. And only the observant ones. “Andy never orders guac on his burrito; that’s, like, a $2.50 upcharge” would be the first loose thread that would unravel my cloak of lies.
Andy Ihnatko on Wednesday’s Powerball.
It’s amazing to think of all the good that one could do with that sum of money, but the thought of that much wealth is as Andy says: terrifying.
Typed on my Orange alps64
By Morgan • January 7, 2016
Did you think that was an Apple Watch? You’d be wrong.
The first thing you’ll notice about the Swiss Alp Watch is that it, well, looks exactly like the Apple Watch.You’ve got that beautiful, rounded, rectangular-shaped case that oozes the great Jony Ive-led Apple Design team. But instead of a touch screen with any number of apps, you have a gorgeous grey fume dial, something for which Moser is well known among watch aficionados. The lugs, which look just like the wire lugs found on the higher end Apple Watches, actually use a spring bar, but the effect is there.
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Only 50 pieces will be made, all in white gold, and at a price of $24,900 – only a little bit more than the all-rose-gold Apple Watch Edition.
If the watch costs that much, I wonder how much the photocopier was.
Typed on Octopage
