Last night I participated in an adult spelling bee via Zoom (running from a macOS volume dedicated to Zoom and without access to my data). Apparently liaison has two i’s.

It looks like I cannot avoid Zoom, so I created a dedicated APFS volume and macOS installation for it.

This is an interesting new Inoreader feature. Convert Almost Any Webpage Into RSS Feed With Inoreader’s Web Feeds

Hoping that the next iPhone adds Mask ID.

Thanks to Macworld for reviewing Unread 2.

Congratulations to Stefan Reitshamer on the release of Arq 6. I have been using Arq to back up my Macs since before version 1.0.

Is it weird that my way of unwinding at the end of the day recently has been to watch Andrew Cuomo’s press briefings?

My smoke detectors did not get the memo that this is not the best time to demand new batteries.

I ran out of coffee a few days ago. Today I finally have a reason important enough to go into a store. I can get coffee now!

Watching Back to the Future. In 1985, 1955 looked like a much more innocent time.

Pete Buttigieg guest-hosted Jimmy Kimmel last night. The monologue is hilarious.

Tonight we had our Boston CocoaHeads meeting online. I missed the in-person interaction of our regular meetings, but it went well.

In line at grocery store. There is one line snaked all the way to the back of the store. This is far beyond even a just-before-Thanksgiving crowd.

“Because a lot of people depend on the White House getting stuff right.” www.youtube.com/watch

New CDC guidance says older adults should ‘stay at home as much as possible’ due to coronavirus

I voted.

Lets Encrypt is revoking some certificates on March 4. You can use an online tool to determine whether your certificate is affected.

My Primary Vote

I vote in the primary tomorrow. I decided to vote for Elizabeth Warren. Since I do not have a registered party affiliation I can vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary. I seriously considered voting in the Republican primary for Bill Weld, a decent Republican (really!) challenging Trump …

Safari Rejecting Long-Lived HTTPS Certificates

The most recent episode of ATP has a good discussion regarding browsers rejecting certificates with lifetimes longer than 13 months. In the late 90’s and for the first few years of this millennium I ran my own mail server, mostly as a hobby. When I started doing this it was easy and fun, but it …

Joe Biden is projected to win South Carolina. My streak of incorrect predictions regarding US politics is still going strong.

Congratulations to @mattie on the launch of Chime, a Go editor for macOS.

I shipped Unread 2! Improvements include: Automatic webpage text (Readability) for feeds that contain only article summaries Subscription management Hardware keyboard support Multiple windows New article list layout Details in this blog post.

This debate is by far the most fiery thus far.

Interesting post: iOS Performance tips you probably didn’t know

This episode of Stay Tuned is a fascinating interview of Dan Goldman, the lawyer who led the Democrats’ public questioning of impeachment witnesses.