Monthly Archives: July 2018

i9 in Name Only

Mike Wuerthele, writing for AppleInsider: After several back-to-back tests, keeping the processors warm and the fans running, we were able to regularly get impressive scores of up to 916. Using Intel Power Gadget, we clocked the processor speed averaging around 2.3Ghz and 2.6GHz, almost exactly what we were getting with the i9. Regardless of whether […]

Apple to deploy 1Password to all 123,000 employees, acquisition talks underway

From Jonathan S. Geller at bgr.com: Apple is planning an interesting partnership and a potential acquisition of AgileBits, maker of the popular password manager 1Password… According to our source, after many months of planning, Apple plans to deploy 1Password internally to all 123,000 employees. While the details seem somewhat suspect (overheard conversations), this makes total […]

Microsoft’s $399 Surface Go

From Peter Bright at Ars Technica: Compared to the Surface Pro, it has a smaller screen (10in, 1800×1200) And Even with the reduced price, it retains all the major Surface design elements: a variable position kickstand, 8MP rear/5MP front cameras with Windows Hello facial recognition, the Surface Connect magnetic charging and dock port, and a […]

TextExpander Snippets with Variables

Just over two years after my snippet renaissance, I’ve finally put some time into working together a hack to address one of my biggest wants — snippet variables. As someone who heavily uses TextExpander’s Script Snippets feature, the benefit of being able to pass a variable to a snippet has long seemed obvious. Nothing illustrates […]