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Oh Meatbag, Carrot Weather now has a CarPlay App
I was going to write about this a few days ago. Carrot Weather now has a CarPlay App. It is a Map with Weather; and it has turn by turn directions. It still needs a lot of work, but for meatbags like me, it is definitely amusing to use.
Bird and Box
From the archive, taken on November 13, 2020 using Canon EOS 60D. This is from the memory card I left in the camera. The last time I used it was sometimes in August 2022.
Piece of Mind, Painkiller, and Divine Intervention
On December 7, 2025 Iron Maiden shared the news of Nicko McBrains’s retirement from touring. While perusing Iron Maiden’s catalogue, I started listening to these records one after another for a reason. These three records have two things in common and they are:
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Homebrew – brew.sh
For information on how to renew an existing AppleCare plan: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210580
Mac Hardware Diagnostic ToolPress and hold “D” key while booting up.
macOS Software Update, command line:
softwareupdate -ia
softwareupdate -ia –include-config-data
Highlight Stack Items on Hover in Mac OS X Dock
To turn on:
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilite-stack -boolean yes;killall Dock
To turn off
defaults write com.apple.dock mouse-over-hilite-stack -boolean no;killall Dock
How to fix the iCloud APLZOD.dll error in Outlook
Slipstick Systems
Microsoft Service Agreement, May 1, 2018