I released Unread 4.9, adding:
• Syncing with Gobbler
• Improvements to the Matter article action
• Improved display of Reddit posts
• More fine-grained controls for caching of webpage text and images
Details at: www.goldenhillsoftware.com/2026/05/u…
I had a 266-day streak of walking at least 10,000 steps per day. I lost that streak yesterday. Today is day 1 of my new streak.
CBS was founded in 1927. 99 years is quite a run. RIP.
Manton Reece details the obstacles Apple has thrown in his way while he tries to release Inkwell for iOS:
Dealing with the App Store is the worst part of developing for Apple platforms. I hope that Apple approves Inkwell for iOS soon.
I am seeing a bug involving keyboard shortcuts for menu items that have no modifier keys on macOS 26.5. I wrote it up at: www.virtualsanity.com/202605/bu…
A palette cleanser:
Celebrity sighting.
This sign made me laugh.
Good crowd for the No Kings protest in Boston.
For local friends: the state of Massachusetts now has a place to report misconduct by ICE or other federal agents.
Unread 4.8 significantly improved the reliability of its webpage text generation. I wrote a detailed description of these improvements in a new blog post:
I released Unread 4.8. Micro.blog users might be particularly interested in its ability to sync with Inkwell. This update also adds reliability improvements around webpage text generation and faster loading of link articles.
I have a blog post with additional details.
Waking up to find out that our government started a war with another country is just a thing we do now.
In December I wrote about the price and performance of Hetzner’s server instances. Hetzner recently announced a significant price increase effective April 1, 2026. I updated my blog post.
Good crowd protesting against ICE in Boston, where it is 15°F (-9°C).
A blog post: Murder
Unread’s MacStories Selects 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award arrived, and looks great on my desk.
Huge thanks to the MacStories team!
Protesting in Boston
Merry Christmas, you old building and loan.
I am so excited. Unread won the MacStories Selects 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award.
I have a 100-day streak of walking at least 10,000 steps per day.
I recently moved most of my servers from Linode to Hetzner. I wrote a blog post describing the pros and cons of each hosting service: virtualsanity.com/202512/mo…
Happy Thanksgiving!
I voted (early).
Tomorrow is the No Kings protest. I am going. If you are here in the United States, please consider attending.