Hallelujah! Physical Buttons Could Make a Comeback Due to New Safety Regulations
The buttons on the dashboard of my car are close together with little separating them. They're more like toggles so I have to look at them as I would a digital button. The difference is that they consume 3D space so it's not just about tapping the right square, the square takes more space in the Z-index if we're talking about a 3D model and that alone makes it easy to use.
When it comes to something like a radio or AC controls that you might use often and build up muscle memory for then for me the physical world wins over the digital world here. Bring buttons back to cars.
Posted 20th Mar 2024 @ 16:16
★ The Ludacris Drink Champs episode
I've been a fan of Ludacris' music for years but towards the end of this interview he really cemented his place as an ultimately good force in the world of hip hop. You can watch the whole thing below or skip to
The only other episode I've watched all the way through is Pharrell on Drink Champs which is also worth a watch.
Posted 19th Mar 2024 @ 11:48
★ Vanishing Clock
via Kottke
Posted 11th Mar 2024 @ 09:53
Julius Caesar and Leap Days
I'm a day late on this. I only became aware of the ending in 00 & divisible by 400 during the last leap year which is odd to me given that one of the leap years in my life time was for the year 2000! Maybe we were all to pre-occupied with the Y2K bug to worry about leap days.
Posted 1st Mar 2024 @ 08:56
Apple Cancels Electric Car Project
When the next version of CarPlay was originally announced, it left me scratching my head:
If Project Titan (Apple's rumoured car project) is real, then Apple have struck an amazing deal here to be able to integrate with an unbelievable number of cars that will be hitting the road from late-2023 onwards.
Turns out both Aston Martin and Porsche announced right at the end of 2023 that cars with the new CarPlay integration were coming in 2024. I was personally surprised it happened because there seemed to be a bit of resistance to the announcement back in 2022.
This outcome seems best to me, Apple do great software and hardware and are the best at bringing both together. The premium cost for an Apple device are palatable because of their performance and longevity but Apple aren't going to sell a family car for family car money which limits it's reach.
The Apple Vision Pro might be very expensive now, but with time and great adoption, the price will surely come down to make it more accessible. That never happens in the car industry.
Posted 28th Feb 2024 @ 09:55
Introducing Apple Sports, a new app for sports fans
I'm building my own, Liverpool specific, app at the moment using SwiftUI so the timing is terrible. Apple Sports in almost unbelievably basic when compared to Apple News, but it is content rich once you drill down into games.
My app is for a single club, so a smaller niche. I'll keep building anyway, it's useful for me if no one else.
Posted 22nd Feb 2024 @ 18:20
Things Unexpectedly Named After People
Of all of these, PageRank was the one that blew my mind. It was named after Larry Page! For more than 20 years I just assumed it referenced the rank of a page 🤦♂️.
Clicking through, I also didn't know Max Factor was named after Max Factor!
Posted 20th Feb 2024 @ 10:30