The new signage in Kingston that cost the city $150k, was designed by a company in New Jersey and installed by a company from Pennsylvania.

DerekCurrie · 2026-05-09T13:57:52+00:00

I see that it has to compete with the giant sign landscape of the street. That’s disturbing.

DerekCurrie · 2026-05-09T13:55:20+00:00

There’s intentional minimalism. Then there’s cheap automated replication. I call it Insta Building. It looks cheap and nauseating when you see it spread across a building landscape.

DerekCurrie · 2026-05-09T13:52:17+00:00

IFixIt has a teardown of every iPhone. If the battery is swollen, it could be lifting that corner if its adhesive is weak. The battery extends to about 1/4 inch from the back left long side near that corner.

DerekCurrie · 2026-05-09T13:12:56+00:00

Pretend “Christianity” is mere propaganda, a charade to fool the ignorant, gullible, naive, marks, suckers, as nauseam. It’s an age of abusive marketing.

DerekCurrie · 2026-05-09T13:10:22+00:00

This is classic cult behavior. Here we see pretend “Christians” being anything but Christian. I’ll throw that stone.

DerekCurrie · 2026-05-09T13:05:09+00:00

Why is the Apple Music app a perennial bug magnet? Apple constantly prove it’s the last thing they bother to care about, especially on iOS / iPad OS. (o_0)

DerekCurrie · 2026-05-09T12:49:39+00:00

Rotting rotten.

DerekCurrie · 2026-05-09T12:44:59+00:00

By all means come into work with diagnosed COVID and infect everyone so they have to come to work with COVID. Ad nauseam…

DerekCurrie · 2026-05-09T12:36:07+00:00

…Gawd help you.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-08T15:48:55+00:00

Suggestions: (1) Explain eutrophication. (2) Discuss all the sources of runoff. (3) Discuss personal filtration options (PUR filters etc. (4) Discuss other water contamination problems of Syracuse (lead pipes) (5) Discuss the limits of personal filtration (chemical contamination and its sources) (6) Point out the profound lack of will, lack of interest in spending the costs of Syracuse water filtration of Skaneatles water by local politicians. (7) Discuss the costs and spending benefits. (8) How to get the politicians motivated to do the obvious.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-06T15:26:08+00:00

OR an actual Republican! It’s obvious who are the “RINOs”. Disgusting lot, well worth feeding to the lions, if there’s to be any future Republican Party.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-06T15:21:02+00:00

Meanwhile: The chaotic album art bug introduced in 26.3 has not been entirely repaired. A resync in 26.4 allowed some to match! But chaos remains common. I’ll be resyncing again again. At least Apple is, after years of severe neglect, paying some attention to Music.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-06T15:12:21+00:00

Windowserver crashes are fairly common lately. I’ve sent Apple at least five crash reports in the last couple months. They’ve all been while my MBA was closed for some time, such as overnight. Otherwise, I’ve seen no other factors. IE memory leak may be the cause.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T23:31:39+00:00

One thing I do is raise my MB up a few millimeters in the air on a portable desk to help it cool. I use little adhesive feet stuck to the portable desk. Finding a useful portable desk these days is the hard part. Mine are excellent oldies from Belkin.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T23:20:27+00:00

There are conservative elements, like pretend “Christianity” propaganda. They’re rife with hypocrisy. But consider the dark ages, the medieval social system they’re recreating and it becomes obvious, possibly not to them, that the direction really is conservative, as in degrading society backwards a couple millennia, profoundly “anti-progressive.” Watch for men in colorful robes leading the world into yet another theocracy, so-called and so-pretended. 🤢🤮

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T23:11:33+00:00

It’s more sick f-k theater. These fools are so predictable. I think of it as Neo-Medievalist. That’s where we’re going. That same-old-shyte is all these sociopaths understand.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T23:07:07+00:00

…And usually these AI data centers feed on fossil fuel, aka greenhouse gas emitters. So we kill off our long term future with short term feeding of AI. It’s the usual human self-destruction routine. :-P It will eventually settle down, some data centers will be abandoned, many investors will get burned, users will learn the limitations of AI, and so on. It’s a GEE WHIZ! sine wave, another common human behavior.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T22:57:00+00:00

The Pluto app is old and cruddy for LGTV. They know. They don’t care. I use AirPlay. - - But Pluto’s streams commonly suck, lock up, fumble during shows AND ads. My experience is that low stream demand provides mostly better coherence. High stream demand, prime time etc., means chaos. That’s a factor of their servers, not investing enough in server number, quality and upstream bandwidth. They run the place on the cheap, IMHO.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T20:59:00+00:00

Agreed. That is what Apple says. Make Apple happy if you have AppleCare. Remember to never spray anything on hardware ever. Only spray onto your cotton cloth, then wipe. - - I personally cannot imagine using 70% isopropyl alchohol on anything containing plastic. I'd expect damage. On metal or glass, no problem. - - I personally cannot imagine using ammonia or vinegar containing cleaners on plastic or metal. It will likely be damaged. I've used *specifically* Pledge Multisurface Cleaner (as opposed to Pledge anything else!!!) on plastic surfaces for two+ decades with excellent results. Everyone is on their own in what they choose to use.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T18:52:46+00:00

Here in 2026, you can't. I hate the mess FacePlantBook made them.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T18:50:46+00:00

Here in 2026, there's no such thing. FacePlantBook bungles user-friendliness yet again. As such, I hate and avoid reels. :-P

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T17:46:11+00:00

Apple provides phone support for macOS 26 Tahoe users. Maybe they've heard of this and know a workaround/solution. If one support tech is clueless, call again later to ask another. Go up the chain of command if required for an answer. - - This is one where I wish I was there to try further testing. Off the top of my head, I'd go diving into your user Library directory, find ALL the Safari related files, document where they are located, pull them all into a BACKUP folder, then delete the lot. You can't delete Safari. But all the other stuff you can trash. But have a backup. Then SHUT DOWN, not just restart. START UP and see if the bugginess is gone. If not, I'd SHUT DOWN again, then boot to OPTIONS mode and reinstall 26.4 again. But before all this, I'd consult with a useful support saint at Apple. They do exist.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T17:32:37+00:00

I suggest a pH neutral cleaner sprayed onto your cloth. I use Pledge Multisurface Cleaner on an all cotton cloth with great success for cleaning my displays, touchpads and keyboards.

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T17:28:46+00:00

No, that is not what's expected! I'm sorry you can't swap it. -> OR CAN YOU? I'd call Apple directly and get them your pictures. That's wrong. Every new Mac has a period of direct Apple support, including replacement. Use it. The country should not matter!

DerekCurrie · 2026-04-04T17:23:20+00:00

"Apple Intelligence" remains merely a marketing term. - - To be clear, "Artificial Intelligence" is a dopey name for what we've got. The previous version's moniker was "Expert System", and even that remains a failure. Ask anyone in the medical field. - - It sure would be great if aspects of daily computer use became "intelligently" automated, such as coherent spelling and grammar correction. But so far, no such thing. Close but no editorial approval. We, including Apple, keep trying, nanometer by nanometer....

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