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Jon Mitchell

@ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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Writer-technologist making websites since 2003. Father of three, rabbi’s husband, giver and recipient of many blessings. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@ablaze, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h
I am one 32GB high-endurance microSD card away from a working Macintosh SE on my desk.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h
If Sonumi isn’t your alert sound, you are wrong
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
OH, FUCK YOU techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is…
techcrunch.com
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Apple interface copy now has Zoomer ellipses in it, and it’s going to break me
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
My children are learning the computer trade in the traditional manner, by apprenticing with their father
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Progress
An M5 Pro Mac mini and a Macintosh SE next to each other on a desk
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
It is time for me to Retvrn to Desktop
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
I have ordered the $50 SD-to-SCSI adapter that will make it possible for me to boot the Mac SE that is now at the copilot station of my desk.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Amazing social.erambert.me/@macthemes/11729…
social.erambert.me
Macintosh Themes (@macthemes@erambert.me)
Attached: 1 image MadMac - Geoffrey Hamilton and Mike Yrabedra https://macthemes.garden/themes/36174172a2b1-MadMac
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
There is something to me about the green flag lights at Bristol at night that is the most intimidating view in all of racing
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
So stoked for my weekly usage reset at 4 AM
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
AT&T has apparently arrived at a price point of $100 per line (before autopay/bank account discounts etc.) at which you get everything you’d expect, without throttling, and cellular data for one tablet and one watch per line with no additional cost, and you know what? Fine.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
New iOS 27 feature: I got a “Get ready for your new iPhone” notification that then said I was “eligible for extra iCloud space” or something to that effect to prepare for my transfer. I have enough space and a fresh backup — and my Wi-Fi is fast enough that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
An icon of a computer screen and a cloud with an arrow pointing up appears on a light gray background. Below the icon, a white rounded rectangle displays black text reading “iCloud Backup In Progress”. The text also includes “35% complete. About 4 hours remaining.”
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
What could possibly go wrong www.techmeme.com/260915/p16#a260915…
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
Did you know you can just take off MagSafe phone cases and use the phone with them off, and then you can just put them back on again? I am just realizing this
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
I’m no longer sure it’s a good idea to talk about technology
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
I can’t wait to take receipt of my first Mac mini ever and my first desktop Mac since the iMac DV
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Someday I’ll have to tell the story of how hard the release I’ve been working on for the past month was to ship
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Hell yeah social.erambert.me/@macthemes/11724…
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Macintosh Themes (@macthemes@erambert.me)
Attached: 1 image MineShaft - Ann Lindsay https://macthemes.garden/themes/a5aab3f1383f-MineShaft
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
Even the “bunch of giant iPads and browser tabs floating in space” version of visionOS — which, to listen to app developers, is the only version we will ever have — is the best computing paradigm ever created
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
I have never been happier with my Apple software design, to be completely honest
A screenshot of an iPhone home screen in dark mode
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
It’s so funny that I have to use one precariously balanced app to post tweets on one of two totally different tweeting protocols depending on genre in order to keep tweeting in Q3 2026
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
Love to get on my computer 400X a day to post about how much I hate computers
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
There is nothing like a new model release to demonstrate the extent to which the last model was willing to lie about following your specifications.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
When will the Apple Music Classical app be killed
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
Damn, son www.macrumors.com/2026/09/01/mac-ap…
macrumors.com
Mac App Store Apps Can Now Drop Support for Intel Macs
Apple today informed developers that universal Mac App Store apps that require macOS 13 or later can remove support for Intel-based Mac computers. We're reaching out to let you know that universal macOS apps on the Mac App Store that require macOS 13 or later can now remove support for Intel-based Mac computers. By removing support for Intel-based Mac computers, you can simplify your development and optimize your download and on-device size.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
Thinking X is necessary or useful for any reason is the only thing about Apple that I truly don’t understand 9to5mac.com/2026/09/01/new-apple-ce…
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New Apple CEO John Ternus now has his own X account - 9to5Mac
The new Apple CEO has just launched their social media presence on X, with the handle @johnternus. His bio is...
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
RE: social.erambert.me/@macthemes/11719… I would do anything for a computer that looked like this
social.erambert.me
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
I became “I will pay $24.99/year to this app if it makes the robots stop calling me on the phone” years old today
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
This is my 10-years-in-a-cave period, professionally, I think
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
I could cry actual tears of joy www.macrumors.com/2026/08/24/new-ma…
macrumors.com
New Mac Mini Reportedly Set to Launch Before iPhone 18 Pro Event
Apple plans to unveil a new Mac mini in the "coming days," according to the latest word from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The new Mac mini will potentially be unveiled before the iPhone 18 Pro event, which is likely to take place on Wednesday, September 9, the report said. Gurman said the new Mac mini will likely be Apple's final new product unveiled before Tim Cook steps down as CEO on September 1, and if so, then it would need to be announced before August ends.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
I haven’t been able to update my sites in a month because I am Scottish-coastlining a refactor that significanr, which of course I decided to attempt because no one reads the sites
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
A media company that does something as dumb as going back to 𝕏 a short time after making a huge deal out of leaving it was already fucked before doing that dumb thing. I doubt it will be long before the Incredible Journey post.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
Excuse me, where is GitHub? I was using that
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
Okay, I just had my first grade-A magical moment with Apple Intelligence. I hit the 🧩 extension button in the Safari bar to see if I could easily browse the App Store for an X > XCancel extension, but the most convenient option was “Describe Extension,” so I decided to try that. The Siri […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
My whole stack started with Astro, but I have since rendered anything that isn’t a blog directly, and at this point I have done enough routing work that soon I’m going to begin feeling burdened by Astro’s presence.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
I do have use for a foldable phone. It sounds profoundly good, actually. But it’s not a higher priority for me than having the best camera system possible. And I guess that’s why Apple makes the big bucks
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026
I just can’t believe that dude has been named “Demis” and not “Dennis” this entire time
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
It is under-discussed that there are no longer any valuable web search providers in Safari for iOS. If you want to enter literal search terms and search the web for websites, you’re out of luck.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
Years ago, my wife called my attention to the fact that I have this curse where restaurants are always out of the one thing I want on the menu. I guess I must always naturally gravitate towards the thing that management doesn’t understand is good, so they don’t stock it up and are always […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
Token vacaaaaaatiooooon
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
You know what doesn’t need a lot of memory? Websites. GOOD websites. Actual websites.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026
Turning it up to "Ultra" to see if that does anything
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
There has always, only, ever been exactly one business model problem with publishing, offline or online. Do you know what it is? It’s planning to become popular.
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
Wow, there are still people who haven’t given up writing if-you-aren’t-the-customer-you’re-the-product posts yet?
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Jon @jon.turningfortune.com · 29/07/2026
Epic handshake meme: My racing Bluesky feed / My web dev Mastodon feed: “I love SVG”
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
At this point, I’m just like, let’s throw the kitchen sink at it. Let’s put in an .epub renderer for entire blogs. Let’s have an entire protocol adapter layer so that I can just write one adapter and give every site native publishing on whatever new nerd shit gets invented. Let’s make an entire […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
Longest build time in my repertoire, for a site with 2,000 pages on it: 8 seconds
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
The level of ambient dumb about Apple may have actually exceeded when I first bought stock for the first time, and adjusted for Apple’s strategic position, it’s off the charts
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Jon Mitchell @ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
Oh, you’ve been telling everyone Google traffic will go away someday for years, and no one listened to you? Well, I’ve been telling everyone that they shouldn’t build their websites to depend on traffic at all, and they didn’t listen to me either
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