Author: Jack Wellborn

Coder who dabbles in writing and is currently Austin-based after stints in New York City and Connecticut. You can find my writings at both this microblog as well as on my long form blog found at the totally trustworthy wormsandviruses.com.

Does anyone know the body responsible for the standard used by car and shorts manufacturers that ensures my phone will, without fail, slide down gracefully in between the seat and the arm rest?

I would like to have a word with them.

Using Safari 15, I am surprised how many sites already have a theme color. For Worms and Viruses, I decided on a vibrant orange and also brightened the orange used for links to match. I might change it later, but right now my thinking is you either go bold or go home.

Hearing Yoko Kanno is scoring the new Cowboy Bebop is like hearing J.K. Simmons is playing J. Jonah Jameson in a new Spider-Man, but times 1000. Neither feels complete without them, but you can tell a Spider-Man story without Jameson. In Cowboy Bebop, music is the main character.

Six features that I am excited about:

  • Screen sharing in i(Pad)OS

  • Universal Control

  • Shortcuts on Mac with advanced scripting

  • iCloud Private Relay

  • Mail Privacy Protection

  • “Don’t call it a menu bar” keyboard shortcuts view in iPadOS

Three questions:

  • Can you access the “don’t call it a menu bar” keyboard shortcuts view without a keyboard in iPadOS?

  • Have there been any improvements to command-tab on iPadOS?

  • What are the hardware requirements for Universal Control?

So where’s that new keyboard shortcuts/menu bar thing-y?

At the bottom.

Okay, and that new shelf thing-y?

Also at the bottom.

But what about the dock?

Oh that’s still at the bottom.

(I look forward to someone explaining how this all works together in practice.)