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July 26, 2026July 27, 2026

2026 Midsummer Day of the Ox

July 26, 2026 is the Midsummer Day of the Ox, or per Wikipedia entry Midsummer Ox Day.

Midsummer Ox Day (土用の丑の日, Doyō no ushi no hi) is the day associated with the Ox sign in the traditional Japanese calendar. The most famous Ox Day in Japan (one or two days with an interval of 12 days) are on the hottest time of the year (late July – early August), which is also characterized by high humidity. The main dish of this day is kabayaki, baked or fried eel (unagi) with sweet teriyaki sauce. This high-fat food is said to help maintain strength during this hot season.

Note:
The photo was taken by yours truly back in February 13, 2010 and posted on Flickr.

Another Note:
There are projects that we’re working on with references to “Day of the Ox” and “Procrastinating with Friends”. We are for sure thinking about launching said projects.

July 13, 2026

Retro-Prime: October 14, 2008

While working on numerous hard drives, I found an iPhone screenshot of 37Prime.com from October 14, 2008. Well, the screenshot was actually taken on October 18, 2008.

The page featured the new Unibody Aluminum MacBook Pro.

July 12, 2026

Blast from the Past: Mozilla Firefox 3 CD for $2.99

I was going through numerous hard drives that I stored and found a lot of photos from 2006 through 2009. One of them was taken on November 14, 2009 at Micro Center in Tustin, California.

It’s a photo of Firefox 3 CD, priced at $2.99 (USD). If you were having trouble downloading Mozilla Firefox off the Internet, this CD might have been really useful.

July 6, 2026

Living on the Apple 27 Beta Edge

Today, Apple released Developer OS 27 Beta 3 for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, macOS, and visionOS. Did I miss any? Oh yeah, there’s watchOS.

As usual, I’m crazy enough to install these Beta Operating Systems on my main devices. Previous two beta releases had their own share of issues and I’m hoping its third iteration would be much more stable.

Some time ago, I wrote a lot about Apple Beta releases here. Then, there was this thing called “job” that took most of my time and energy, thus rendering me into a much more efficient slacker in my off time. Instead of paying attention to this site, I spent my time trying to relax and dealing with daily stress.

Anyway, since there’s a huge change in my daily routine, I might be motivated to write more here; however irrelevant the contents would be.

Anyway, what was I writing about? Apple Beta releases.

iOS 27 Beta 3 now enables new Siri Voice customization.