The folks at Fastmail know how to make awesome web tools. They’ve made a freely available HTML5 based text editor called Squire and it’s available on Github
The general philosophy of Squire is to allow the browser to do as much as it can (which unfortunately is not very much), but take control anywhere it deviates from what is required, or there are significant cross-browser differences. As such, the document.
I don’t really agree with the rankings but it’s hard to argue with a blind tasting, not to mention these are some of the best IPAs on the planet.
From the Hulu press release:
Today Hulu is offering a commercial-free option to subscribers. Viewers now have the choice to watch Hulu commercial free for $11.99 per month or with limited commercials for $7.99 per month
The primary reason I don’t like Hulu is that their commercials are far too repetitive and there were too many of them for what it cost. At $12 per month, this could be an excellent supplement to HBO Now and cutting premium channels on cable TV.
Crystal is an upcoming ad blocker for iOS 9. Even early results are staggering.
On average, pages loaded 3.9x faster with Crystal and used 53% less bandwidth. Just by having Crystal installed, I saved a total of 70 seconds and 35MB of data on these 10 pages.
This is a big deal and it’s difficult to ignore the huge benefit to mobile users.
From Wired:
Like a jealous ex, Spotify wants to see (and collect) your photos and see who you’re talking to. What kind of media files Spotify will collect from you is vague, and why the company needs it is unclear, but it’s doing it regardless. Also, the fact that Spotify expects you to go through your contact list and ask everyone for their consent in sharing their data with Spotify is–what’s the word?
From Consumer Reports:
Car insurers didn’t use credit scores until the mid 1990s. That’s when several of them, working with the company that created the FICO score, started testing the theory that the scores might help to predict claim losses. They kept what they were doing hush-hush. By 2006, almost every insurer was using credit scores to set prices. But two-thirds of consumers surveyed by the Government Accountability Office at about the same time said they had no idea that their credit could affect what they paid for insurance.
I’m not a designer or artist, but I know what a good app does. It should make it easy for a non-expert to do something great. Acorn does that for me. It’s the application I turn to on my Mac when I need to fuss with images. It’s also incredibly powerful. It probably has everything you think you need in Photoshop but it’s easy to use and has terrific support (where you actually get a response from a real person with a real answer).
From The Nerdist:
Due out exclusively from Amazon on November 17th, The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki contains each of the maestro’s eleven feature films: Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo, and The Wind Rises.
I already own all of these on several formats but I will definitely be acquiring this collection.
Basically, Western Digital is still way better than Seagate even with a smaller sample size for WD. Seagate drives have failed me so often that I refuse to buy anything with one of their platter drives in it.
Monoprice sells high-quality alternatives to many of the major manufacturers of geek utility hardware.
These hard cases are great for storing all kinds of stuff.
They also carry quite a few USB-C cables and connectors now too.
I still think their Zinc-alloy Lightning cable is one of the best I’ve owned.
