To celebrate their new Montreal store, in an historic location, Apple has made a custom wallpaper for the Mac and iPhone available on the store page.
-"Apple Store Moving in Montréal, Get the Mac and iPhone Wallpaper Now" via MacRumors.com
The first-ever Canadian word of the year, chosen by national poll, is maplewash: making things appear more Canadian than they actually are.
Hot tip for iPhone UX designers but the option to reset keyboard settings should not appear in a dangerous menu where I can accidentally reset my whole phone, right below the option to “delete all E-Sims”. That’s just asking for disaster, considering the keyboard is currently so bad I have to reset it like once a month.
Played a fun game of “is this cute or have I fallen too far down the vintage Northern Reflections collection rabbit hole” this morning.
I’ve posted before about having aphantasia, in that I always thought “picture this” was a metaphor; I can’t call up images of things in my mind, and when I close my eyes I just see the back of my eyes.
However I definitely miss people when I haven’t seen them for a bit. The person who describes people as no longer existing when they’re not around, that’s very strange to me.
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound. “I do not miss people when they are not there. My children and grandchildren are dear to me, in a muffled way.” https://kottke.org/25/11/meet-the-aphantasics-those-who-cant-see-mental-images
Me when I change my sheets mid week
Raise your hand if you expected 9/11 to be the example of unforeseen risk in this project management course
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— The New York Times ([@nytimes.com](http://nytimes.com)) Oct 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🎶iiiiiiiii…. Have become… uncomfortably full #onelinesongparody
