LLM pricing has never made sense
April 22, 2026
Yesterday, Claude Code disappeared from the $20/month subscription tier on Anthropic’s website. Well, for some people. Then it came back. As Simon Willison put it, it’s all very confusing.
Tim's Time
April 21, 2026
Yesterday, Tim Cook announced his timeline for stepping down as Apple’s CEO . I felt like I should write something about this, but I wasn’t sure what. I fell back into thinking about Cook’s time by the numbers.
Scritchy Raccone and the Pylon Wars
April 19, 2026
I live in a weird place. Happily, it’s often a good type of weird. Sadly, it’s also a place where, in general, motorists aren’t very concerned with things like “obeying laws” or “not hitting people”.
The Atkinson Polaroids
April 4, 2026
I’ve been reading (slowly) David Pogue’s Apple: The First 50 Years, and really enjoying it. I’ve previously read quite a few books about Apple’s history, but Pogue has put together something really special with this one.
Apple at 50: My journey to the Mac
April 1, 2026
Growing up, I hated Apple the way only an arrogant teenager could. Who in their right mind would buy an overpriced toy instead of a “real computer”? Here’s how I switched to the Mac, and haven’t looked back… despite some recent reservations.
Two more Liquid Glass fixes in macOS 26.4
March 30, 2026
I wrote yesterday about some visual changes I’d noticed in Apple’s 26.4 series of OSs. Today I noticed that I’d missed a couple of real doozies, both related to the new mega-corners in macOS Tahoe.
Liquid Glass updates in 26.4
March 29, 2026
Apple recently updated all their OSs to 26.4, and there were plenty of Liquid Glass updates. Most of them for the better! Here are some of the changes that stood out to me, as well as a bit more grumbling about Liquid Glass in general (sorry).
Reckoning with Liquid Glass
January 20, 2026
When Apple released its new operating systems last year, I wasn’t in a hurry to upgrade. I had initially come away from WWDC 2025 excited about the new Liquid Glass design language, but then became grumpy. The visual effects looked nice to me, but they functioned more poorly than I’d hoped. Well, I’ve finally updated all my devices and I have some feelings.