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How Concert LED Wristbands Work

In my last post about the Karol G concert, I wondered how the Cyalume (LED Wristband) works. And I found the answer. Though I prefer NYT to WSJ, I believe WSJ has been doing great work on their YouTube channel. The beauty of its videos is the short playtime: 5

Threads from Instagram

While Twitter is devastating itself, Meta announced its Twitter killer wannabe: Threads, an Instagram app. I'm uncertain if this is the primary reason for the unusual PvP clash between two tech celebrities, but I am also optimistic about Threads. While I appreciate Mastodon and the elegant Ivory, they haven't quite

WWDC 2023

Now it is my annual ritual to complain online-only WWDC. Four years have passed since the last in-person WWDC (2019). I'm so sorry that I couldn't complain about sad bagels - bagels without the toaster. However, the "no innovations at WWDC" phrase wouldn't be proper this year; now we have

SVB Down

Silicon Valley Bank fell down last Friday. The shocking news swirled in my company's Slack channel Friday morning. I didn't have much regard for it because I didn't have any accounts in SVB. But I realized it was not others' affair when I saw a message: "Do we bank with

Flattening

Mark Zuckerberg said that this year would be his "Year of Efficiency." Eliminating redundancies and improving efficiency by flattening sounds reasonable strategy. At least, he looks like a working CEO - although there seemed to be some back blasts. But I believe the layers in Meta haven't been made for

Miorine

I couldn't put down anything last week, partly because of the 49er's loss, but the root cause was I was busy setting up my new M2 Macbook Pro - her name is Miorine. I've been trying to separate my work environment from a private setting. And I used M1 Macbook

Mastofeed

Ivory made me pleasant to use Mastodon in terms of the UX. But I had used Twitter mainly as a news provider, and I couldn't make a progress with it. I could add (@macrumors@mastodon.social) and 9to5Mac (@9to5Mac@mastodon.online) to my list, but still, I have only so

Ivory

Ivory was released today as an early access (iOS); it was much faster than I expected. I downloaded it immediately and subscribed Premier Yearly Plan ($24.99). They also have a Pro Yearly Plan ($14.99), and both plans have totally the same features. Premier only gave the developer more

A New Act of Twitter

Elon Musk finalized his $44B deal last Thursday. He brought a sink to Twitter HQ last Wednesday. I'm not sure what he wanted to sink in, but I got that he thought Twitter was stuck with something and wanted to show off himself as a savior. Many worried about layoff

The Auto Mouse

Speaking of Lineage, there was a period when the "auto mouse" was a big headache. The auto mouse (or auto clicker) was the software or hardware that automated the mouse's point-and-click, so enabling automatic farming (monster hunting). I was so surprised when I learned it: it even could recognize the

Twitter, Finally?

"Twitter set to accept Musk's $43 billion offer." [https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-twitter-set-accept-musks-best-final-offer-sources-2022-04-25/] So be it. Congratulations on the Twitter board - it's not sarcastic. I can understand them if they think it is a perfect chance to 'exit' from a labyrinth. Welcome, and good luck to Mr. Musk.