Replacing a Honeywell VisionPRO IAQ with an ecobee isn’t a normal thermostat swap. The hidden EIM changes everything. I documented the wiring, configuration, testing, and setup: absent.org/replace-honeywell…

Saturn through the eyepiece just now - wait until the zoom-in. Great conditions from southern UK (although feeling very muggy!)

Lunch project: A network IDF room explorer web app PoC, because why not? Try to get as much telemetry from 3D scans and photos EXIF as possible.

+1. First thing I noticed out of box: "Oh, it's a new iPhone *yawn*" And minutes later: "This 18 Pro is a lot faster than the 17!"

It's refreshing to see such candidness out of an Apple exec like Hardware VP Tom Marieb. Of course the press is going to run some negative takes, but it shows he's paying attention to the right things. See also his iPhone Duo statements. Hopefully, we'll see more of this from the new @Apple under @johnternus.

TEMPEST is a thing for a reason. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempes… (And yes, I worked with TEMPEST gear in the mil)

I built a Photoshop-like image editor. It’s called Compositor. robbietilton.com/compositor I originally built it for myself to get off my Adobe subscription, but decided to release it for free and make it open source. It has all the essential tools I need for compositing, with none of the BS. I know this workflow is kind of archaic in 2026, but I’m still using it until AI can actually get pixel-perfect on some of the details. The entire app is 12MB. Photoshop is 6,455MB on my machine.

I wanted to see how far I could push astra in threejs so I spent the last 2 weeks having astra 3D model every single piece in this scene interactive link in the thread!

The Shawn Ryan podcast: great story episodes punctuated by weird ass episodes like “I was possessed by demons for 5 months”/“Aliens are real and they stole my appliances”. Kinda just have to pick and choose episodes and hope none of the weird stuff spills on you.

Added three unique photos showing vice-president Cheney in the tunnel that led to the President's Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) underneath the White House on 9/11: electrospaces.net/2015/09/91…

Tired of seeing “Ask Siri” on every menu? Here's how to disable it. In macOS 27, after enabling Siri AI, all context menus include a persistent “Ask Siri” context menu item. Turns out you can actually disable it without turning off Siri AI. To disable, run the following commands in the Terminal app: codes=(soft apwn exit loca lock logo rlgo rcnt rrst rest rsdn shut slep spro syss) args=(-int 0) for code in "${codes[@]}"; do hex=$(printf %s "$code" | xxd -p -u) args+=(-int "$((16#$hex))") done defaults write -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems -array "${args[@]}" and give your Mac a restart. --- NSAppleMenuAllowedItems controls which items are visible in the  menu. For some reason, Apple decided that macOS shouldn't insert “Ask Siri” whenever the filter is active, even if nothing is actually disabled. The command allowlists all  menu items. It doesn't include "abtm" (About This Mac) because it is unconditionally visible in the current code. Re-enable with: defaults delete -g NSAppleMenuAllowedItems

I like this way better than my workaround for removing the Siri blob.

My personal bookmarking/pinboard/readwise/instapaper replacement is coming along nicely. I wrote an MVP with agents in about 2 hours from a spec doc I've been working on for months, on and off. Spent an additional 4 hours just on little tweaks here and there. 🤫 - Saves bookmarks, duh - Saves local copies of article using go-readability/v2 and bluemonday, which are working great. - Bookmarklet with popup to save ala Pinboard, for now. - RSS and APIs throughout - Uses an average of only ~13 MB memory on the server (Go + htmx4)

After updating to macOS Golden Gate, if the Siri “blob” popping up everywhere gets annoying, here’s a workaround to disable it: System Settings → Screen Time → Content & Privacy → Content & Privacy (enable it) → Siri → Writing Assistance (disable it)

Raymond Chen on “Why is the x86 undefined instruction called ud2? Why 2?” devblogs.microsoft.com/oldne…

I apologize here. I should have used the term "Missing" or something, instead of "Bad". The author has made tremendous progress on this new project and there's nothing "bad" about it at all.

As a long-time @Raycast user, I'm trying out tinycast from @abue_ammar. So, here's a Tinycast mini-review: Good: - Feels like home as a Raycast user. I often joke that Raycast is my OS. - It's native Swift! (Raycast 2.0 is web 😕) - It feels *MUCH* snappier than Raycast 2.0 - Supports *all* of the functionally I use. - Importing from Raycast was easy. (A selling point of Raycast, BTW: being able to export your data. 👍) - BYO AI. Bad: - No sync. Right now I export and import my Tinycast settings between a couple Macs. It's not any hassle really. - No iOS app. I actually use Raycast on iOS quite a bit -- primarily for snippets. Don't know if I'm ready to give that up. - Tinycast has existed for a month or few. Will it stay existing without a funding model? WTF: - So far, I haven't had my Hyper key hijacked by 1Password or whatever keeps hijacking it.

Thank you, @ChatGPT.

I would like to see how this fruit fly model does governing the US and engaging in foreign relations with Iran. My money's on the fly.