Rich Stroffolino


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: What is the motivation for OEMs to make 3rd party Windows Link hardware? Even more than a …

: Anyone I know using a Copilot+ PC? Just curious about the experience and what specific AI features …

: I had a pretty typical stress dream of being a DJ at WRUW and not being able to find any music to …

: When I was 11 I read the book Dragonwings and it took me half way until I realized this was …

: Whatever AI app can automatically organize the 15-25 TextEdit documents I have open at any given …

: The Teenage Engineering OP XY might get the hype, but way more excited for the Bastl Wizard. Looks …

: Openvibe seems like a good cross posting solution, but happy to keep paying for Microblog. After …

: Found my vibe in the kindergarten art room

: Apple’s default Mail is fine as a client, but the animations are extremely bad

: Making nail dryer #cyanotypes

: It’s the 18th of Brumaire in the French Republican calendar, so it’s the best time to revisit The …

: Revisiting “Turning Back the Clock” by Umberto Eco. Reflections on Italy experiencing the return of …

: Lunch break jam setup

: Very minor Apple Intelligence fail but this info is so far from what I’d want in an email …

: Been using Anthropic’s Claude a lot more and generally liking the output, but on the free tier …

: For as small as the new Mac Mini is, Intel and Asus have been making significantly smaller NUCs for …

: Forget OpenAI, we live in the Monster energy drink bubble

: Is there a way to use the Apple Intelligence writing features in Google Docs? Google’s menu …

: The whole Apple Intelligence rollout is infuriating. I keep seeing ads on Apple’s website …

: Picked up a Bell Labs classic. Does your book have a display technology flow chart? #design

: So does macOS Sequoia 15.1 come with Apple Intelligence features or do I still need to join the …

: Still living in the future

: Very weird that the base M4 iMac has less core count than the iPad Pro. Maybe runs at a faster clock …

: “Consistency beats intensity every time.” Heard this quote from Shawn Bowen and it is a …

: Perhaps the album I’ve enjoyed the most from 2004. Low-fi pop perfection from Mario Hernandez …

: The bear gets it

: So I love looking up the judges on my ballot. This year I couldn’t find info on one candidate, their …

: Nice to be reminded how incredibly expensive this thing still is after the price cut. …

: One interesting use case I’ve come across with ChatGPT is for comparing changes in EULAs, …

: I came across Tokyo Olympiad on TCM right before the open ceremonies in Paris this year. I …

: Excited for this camera. Only way to get a good lens for Instax wide was the Mint RF or the …

: “My qualifications include being dead inside”

: I want to open the Raising Cane’s of coffee shops. Like we just have one coffee on the menu and all …

: Beautiful day for football yesterday, shame about the Browns being there.

: The lobbying discussion is getting all the attention but the best part is clearly …

: Deshaun Watson getting injured every year after objectively terrible performance only to be replaced …

: Aaron Rodger’s performed at “aggregate Browns quarterback” level.

: Good gravy, thank you @thedextriarchy@mastodon.social for recommending Paprika! A buy once recipe …

: My kids have their own personal Bruce Gilden

: I just discovered that Facebook Groups will let you @ everyone in comments. And now I’ve …

: Found a 2004 pic that appropriately features my Something Corporate Rolling Rock shirt. What a week …

: Happy David Fryeday

: Mural at the Beck Center in Lakewood

: Waiting for the Guardians to get a clutch hit like

: The Sigma DP1 Merrill has a “Foveon Blue” color preset that sometimes just goes insane. …

: Winamp took down its code from GitHub. It’s almost like doing lip service to open source and …

: This breaks my brain. AMD and Intel working together on x86 development.

: The reason I never wanted to go back to DirecTV Stream was the terrible process of unsubscribing, …

: 2004 was really where I started to get comfortable with my musical tastes. I was doing radio on WRUW …

: Back in 2004, I remember my parents still had dial-up. I wanted to download Microsoft Office that my …

: I very much enjoy Micro Blog, but it stopped posting to Bluesky and LinkedIn with no warning. Still …

: Been playing around with a Sigma DP1 Merrill and it’s such a weird little camera. A complete …

: Turning off the Guardians to watch something less depressing (turns on Grizzly Man)

: I made this in 2013 and the Browns keep living up to it

: Just realized my ideal mechanical keyboard is just Batman Returns

: I genuinely love that the Manningcast brings the production quality of a zoom call to sports …

: Playoff baseball is a mood

: The Browns despair this year feels a like 2009 under the abysmal Eric Mangini regime. That was the …

: Not sure if ChatGPT is the best LLM out there, but it’s consistently the one with which I can …

: Just tried using Gemini for image generation and I can’t seem to get it to output any other …

: Did you know you can catch the live video version of It’s a Thing with Molly Wood and Tom …

: Excited for this week’s Cyber Security Headlines Week in Review with Jason Shockey. Talking …

: I hadn’t updated my Micro Blog sources in a while and didn’t realize I can crosspost to …

: Thoughts on Microsoft, Arm, and Macs A few thoughts on Microsoft’s recent AI-PC and Surface announcements: It’s weird to …

: Intel’s chip making business lost $222 a second in 2023.

: I enjoy that the Verge’s AI content policy is to only include it sarcastically on Brother …

: “Instagram founders' news app acquired by Yahoo” is the most ignoble form of death.

: I continue to be impressed by 404 Media. Full text RSS is definitely a feature I’d pay for.

: I was very tempted to get this two-year lease deal on an Hyundai Ioniq 6. I’ve been wanting to …

: Extremely good vibes on the CISO Series Week in Review with Gerald Auger. He brought the Simply …

: I can buy Topo Chico hard seltzer and mixers in Cleveland, but not regular Topo Chico

: The launch of Threads is proof that Meta can keep shipping good usable products. But I often …

: Considering how easy it is to compost coffee and paper filters, I’m glad to see Keurig finally …

: It’s amazing how little space in my head is left for this social network. Saw that X is doing …

: Making Sense of Nikon Buying RED With Nikon buying the cinema camera maker RED, I was trying to research what this deal would mean. …

: Camera manuals are never not great

: The lunatics at Lomography made a new 110 camera Lomography often gets chided by some in the film photography community. The rub is usually something …

: Linux Desktop Marketshare Hits 4% Saw this report of Linux desktop marketshare hitting 4%, up 1% in less than a year. Curiously it …

: Made this as part of a game to choose which Disney princess or villain would make the best CISO. …

: So it turns out buying white label IoT devices from anonymous Chinese firms isn’t the best …

: This is the memorial that TinyLetter deserved. I never used the service as a writer. Arguably I …

: Libraries are the last video store Not that we need another example of why libraries rule, but I recently realized it’s the last …

: SBOMs for AI Models Talking a lot on the CISO Series about software bill of materials, or SBOMs, as a way to get more …

: Where Did CNET's Search Go? CNET was one of the foundational sites for me in my early interneting. It had high-volume and …

: Glad to see Samsung guaranteeing seven years of OS updates on it’s latest Galaxy flagship …

: HIPB Finds Fresh Emails Troy Hunt just added a new data breach to Have I Been Pwned that includes 33% unique email …

: Yamaha Remembers the QY-Series Glory Yamaha just announced an interesting little groovebox, the SEQTRAK. It’s billed as an OP-Z …

: The Internet Archive is always kind of amazing. Just a 50TB free upload with no notice and everyone …

: Thank you health insurance. The cost of a visit is either a bargain or on average.

: On the one hand, the external eye thing is still deeply unsettling as presented in all Apple …

: Recently I switched from TinyLetter (RIP) to WordPress Newsletters. Only regret so far is that I …

: I really though Apple would announce plans to offer in-store demos ahead of the launch to further …

: Every once in a while, I’m tempted to log into my Nextdoor account.

: Microsoft deprecates Mixed Reality It’s kind of crazy that given the VR boom Meta saw in the pandemic that Microsoft …

: Stacking the AI Turtles A lot of times when dealing with complicated systems, it’s easy to get to a “turtles all …

: Hacking with Mr. Cooper Just 14 million people with social security numbers and banking information exposed. It’s …

: So I was recently on DTNS talking about migrating away from TinyLetter. One thing I forgot to …

: Patreon showing some middle child energy here

: My small (ha) issue with Micro Blog: I want my posts on my site to have titles, but if I add one, it …

: The Yak Bak Is the Exception to 90s Nostalgia We’ve reached the point of 90s nostalgia that I’m shocked when there’s something …

: Amazon re-released a Fire TV Cube as an AWS thin client. It costs $199, while you can pick up a Fire …

: Replying to a text with a voice memo is a profound breach of the social contract

: Teenage engineering has justifiably gotten flack for creating designer audio gear that is …

: I though this would seen Altman start a new venture and then Microsoft eventually acquire it. But …

: My son got this from the school library and I hope he gets the series

: I am evidently a podcast hoarder

: I’ve been using Artifact as kind of a recreational news reader. I don’t like it for …

: I love Descript but it has no chill

: Microsoft’s Copilot Studio announcement makes how it will differentiate itself from OpenAI …

: It’s a bummer that my kid’s school PTA uses Facebook Groups for everything. Not even an …

: The class system in Beauty and the Beast is messed up because my reaction to getting turned back …

: Using Continuity Camera on macOS is a better option than a dedicated mirrorless camera. Where you …

: I’m ripping a CD to my computer for the first time in at least 7 years. Middle Cyclone by Neko …

: Just realized the Humane AI pin has strong iPhone 5 vibes.

: My kid just won a Kindle Paperwhite from our library. Last time I had one was my 2nd gen kindle. The …

: Will Spatial Video Be The Thing? The spatial video aspects of the Vision Pro have been a big question for me since Apple previewed …

: Well I’m done with Beeper for messaging. Seeing messages across services failing and not getting any …

: What Am I To Make Of The Humane AI Pin The Humane AI Pin is genuinely weird. I don’t want to diminish it because of that. In fact, …

: Always love a good Windows error screen on a ticketing kiosk

: The Instagram share sheet is weirdly the last bird site holdout

: Goodnight Sweet Final Cut? I really hope this isn’t the start of the end for Final Cut on desktop. While I’ve got editor …

: Recently I’ve seen more engagement on Threads, even though I post there way less. There may be …

: The New MacBook Is What I Wanted But Not What I Would Buy When I bought my MacBook Pro 14, I was coming off a Thinkpad. I’d used the USB-C only MacBooks …

: This edition of the Idaho Times News sounds amazing

: Having a multi-platform messaging app like Beeper is wonderful. But it’s main failing is …

: I cannot begin to tell you how much “LiveJournal Reuters” delights me. All thanks to …

: Leica adds image verification hardware Interesting new tech from Leica of all companies! Their latest M11 variant adds in dedicated …

: Do not name something you want to be successful Pebble. Pebble (watch) Pebble (social network) …

: I love the passive-aggressive move of referring to something as “laudable.” Like I could …

: Is there a list of UVC/UAC compliant mirrorless cameras? For Cyber Security Headlines’ Week in Review show, I’ve been using a prompter and my Fuji X-T30. …

: Cinestill, Trademarks, and Quality Reporting In the analog photography world, there’s been a growing rumor mill around efforts by Cinestill …

: For the CISO Series, I get to brainstorm ideas for podcast titles. I was told by David Spark in no …

: Upgraded to macOS Sonoma and my machine didn’t launch Magnet on reboot. Made me realize how …

: I’ve said I’m a single-issue phone buyer and the new Pixel’s are now viable. Seven …

: GPU Driver Exploit On Flagship Android Devices Driver exploits like this make me hesitant to move back to Android. Given, this seems like a very …

: I subscribed to get the Sunday NYT at home because I’m becoming an old man and the Plain Dealer is …

: My son discovered the movie Cars which means I am now listening to non-zero amounts of Rascal …

: Does the Raspberry Pi 5 Lose the Plot? There’s a new Raspberry Pi out! And it finally adds PCIExpress connectivity, the biggest bottleneck …

: I am a YouTube Music subscriber and generally like the service. However searching for YouTube Music …

: This visualization on the increase in Kia-Hyundai thefts is insane. Good roundup by Motherboard on …

: This is odd phrasing from Logitech: 2023 has been an exciting year for Logitech. Following its …

: For all the fun to be had poking fun at Apple calling a phone Pro, the iPhone 15 Pro does let you …

: Well due to my healthcare provider using the MoveIT MFT, both my kids have now had data leaked. So …

: I’m sorry T2, there can only be one Pebble in my heart.

: iPhone 15 Pro or a Honda Motocompacto e-scooter for a cool grand? I know I’m going cool mod scooter.

: X and the FTC Consent Decree So in 10 minutes, I read two amazing things. From this Guardian piece on X potentially violating its …

: The Surface Duo was an experimental form factor and I appreciate Microsoft taking a swing at it. But …

: Going live at 3:30pm ET with VillageMD CISO Dan Walsh for the Cyber Security Headlines Week in …

: Polaroid actually made a high-end camera again! Polaroid just announced the I-2, a high-end instant camera like they haven’t made since the …

: A Single-Issue Phone Buyer I’ve seen a little bit of Android versus iPhone talk come up lately. MKBHD recently did a …

: Microsoft is forced to unbundle Teams in the EU, just over two years after Slack was acquired by …

: Death, taxes, and…

: Pleasantly surprised that the Beeper cross messaging app doesn’t break or punish you for switching …

: Why is the Washington Post offering an 11% discount to not subscribe annually? Their monthly special …

: The former e-bike giant VanMoof found a buyer, the private equity-owned former tech arm of McLaren. …

: One of the under appreciated joys of the Aeropress is that it’s almost more difficult to leave it …

: There’s been reporting on this before but people are being trafficked and forced to run cyber …

: I’ve really been enjoying using Micro.blog. Something about having a little bit ownership of …

: It is always funny to me that Nissan does not own nissan.com. It belongs to some kind of computer …

: What’s the oldest piece of tech you use regularly? I started thinking of this when I saw my …

: It’s amazing the coverage Bluesky gets from where it is at as a network. It saw outages and …

: So Cyber Security Headlines just turned 3! It’s really weird to think I started this deep in …

: Zoom and The Case of Overly Zealous Lawyers Zoom caused a minor internet kerfuffle with some overly broad ToS. These terms made it sound like …

: Celebrities on Social I’m speaking from total ignorance here, but how big of a factor is this with social networks? …

: We’re just naming threat groups from old Reddit usernames: Our analysis attributes the email …

: I hate that every time I go to open a Microsoft Office app, it reminds me that I don’t own the …

: AMD Isn't a PC Chip Company Anymore AMD posted it’s Q2 earnings, with revenue down everywhere except it’s embedded unit. …

: Canon even took the joy out of throwing away a printer: Canon is warning users of home, office, and …

: Dark Sun: Shattered Lands was one of the games that I spent the most time on growing up. My brother …

: As far as puns related to Peloton security bugs, I feel like we can do better: People could …

: I am a big fan of the Arc browser, so happy to see it’s no longer behind what seemed like a …

: Starting a New Job Where I’m Going So I haven’t done a great job of announcing it, but I officially started …

: A movie in its third round of reshoots being edited by screening committees, what could go wrong! …

: Forget Oppenheimer, we need a movie about Edward Teller’s dream of nuking Alaska to create a …

: Intel Finally Licenses The NUC When Intel announced it was discontinuing its diminutive NUC PCs last week, my first thought was why …

: Wow, a man working for a company that had it’s revenue slashed by an Apple privacy change …

: I’m not saying this Bustle piece is written by a LLM, but writing like this is why GPTZero …

: It’s not often you see product reviews or previews where the excitement for the product is …

: VanMoof Goes Bankrupt Well that happened quick, a court declared VanMoof bankrupt. Where does this put bike owners? It …

: VueScan and Paying For Software The recent trend to make all software a subscription is irksome. I am sympathetic to the fact that …

: Purely anecdotal but I asked my two teenage nephews about if they tried Threads. Neither had heard …

: I don’t need a phone to be exciting. I use an iPhone because it’s the Toyota Camry of …

: Twitter's Unique Ad-Rev Share Twitter rolled out ad-revenue sharing and the setup of it is unique: “This means that …

: Just installed the watchOS beta and I’m shocked how much the Snoopy watch face delights me.

: Archive.org is an amazing resource. I recently found a collection of old arcade posters. Included is …

: Just got a notice from Teenage Engineering that they restocked some of their Pocket Operator models, …

: White Hats Love Them Some Chatbots An interesting study on how generative AI tools are being used in …

: The Threads app is a week old and Meta is still on version 1.0 on iOS. Like I don’t expect …

: Broadcom-VMware Gets EU Thumbs Up Since this is a revenue diversification play for Broadcom, its in their interest to not restrict …

: I can’t tell you how much you messed up when the open source community is using Oracle as a …

: Orange Cassidy Is Why I Love Wrestling I love wrestling. I love goofy wrestling. Orange Cassidy is my favorite goofy wrestler. His whole …

: Four Black and White Album Covers Sometimes the internet can still be fun. Recently I saw a thread going around on Bluesky, people …

: Adding “Snapchat share sheet” to my list of tech tongue twisters.

: Testing Out Claude 2 Anthropic released its Claude 2 chatbot. I asked it to rewrite the US Constitution as a boy band …

: Tech forward e-bike maker VanMoof hits the breaks VanMoof tried to best the Apple of e-bikes. They …

: DNS Rank Vs Traffic Tanking or declining? This tweet from Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince is making the rounds on …

: No Dignity in Journalism I’m assuming Martin Pengelly went to a good school, studied hard, …

: Testing out micro.blog. I evidently signed up for it a while ago but never posted anything. Now I …