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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2026

Sometimes I want to attach a name to a rando number, but don't want it in my contacts. iOS 26 supports this! When you tap on a recent call in the Phone app, scroll down and tap "Add Name." This puts them in a special "Other Known" section in the Contacts app that doesn't mingle with your main list.

1 of 4. The detail screen for a phone call in the Phone app. A control labeled "Add Name" is highlighted.

2 of 4. The "Add Name" dialog window, where you can type any name you like. I've entered "Jane Doe" in the text field.

3 of 4. The phone call is now now from someone named "Jane Doe."

4 of 4. The Contacts app, on the "Lists" screen where you can choose "All Contacts," "All iCloud," or "Other Known" (highlighted).

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026

I almost never use AI image generators, though I keep thinking about this stupid genmoji I made of a “big huge spherical round shoe”

An AI-generated emoji of a brown, thick-soled waterproof boot. But instead of an opening where the foot would go in, it turns into a perfect sphere? With no opening? It defies description. It looks sort of like it might be a really tall boot curling perfectly circularly in on itself, as if a coil. A coiled brown boot. That’s all I got

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/12/2025

Someone: What's this? 👀 Looks like you got a quaint little envelope – the address looks hand-written and it even has a real stamp! 🤭 There's no name, wonder who it could be? 😇 USPS Informed Delivery: it's AT&T

A screenshot of an email from USPS Informed Delivery. The attached image of the envelope is designed to look like it could be from an individual at a glance, but USPS reveals the sender to be AT&T due to incompetence on the part of their marketing department.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/12/2025

Have you hosted your web app? It’s on Nodion. It’s literally on Kloudbean. It’s on Zeabur with ads. It’s literally on Cloudzy. You can probably run it on Railway. Dude it’s on Elest.io. It’s a Northflank original. It’s on PikaPods. You can run it on PikaPods […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

A screenshot of a webpage with a headline and several buttons:

Hosting providers
Deploy to Nodion
Deploy on Kloudbean
Deploy to Northflank
Deploy on Railway
Run on PikaPods
Deploy on Elest.io
Deploy to Zeabur
Cloudzy One-Click Deploy
* listmonk has no affiliation with these providers

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/11/2025

Also yes I know you can do it without unlocking your phone. If you’re standing in line in an airport you’re probably already using your phone - in that case double-clicking the side button to get to the wallet isn’t going to save you. Requiring a passcode to […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

Snippet from Apple’s press release:

Only the information needed for a transaction is presented, and the user has the opportunity to review and authorize the information being requested with Face ID or Touch ID before it is shared. Users do not need to unlock, show, or hand over their device to present their ID.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2025

I wonder how many “App Store Clashes With Entity]” images [@macrumors has on standby

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2025

App Store keeping everyone safe from scams 🥰

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2025

Apple should sell sheets of lil SF Symbols decals that you can stick to your light switch plates to disambiguate them

A collection of light gray icons from the SF Symbols library placed on a simple white background depicting various kinds of household lights and fans.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2025

hey menlo park, if you lost a stethoscope it’s at the corner of santa cruz and el camino

A stethoscope sitting on the ground on a brick walkway outside. Its chest piece is missing.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2025

kicking gravel and belching diesel exhaust all over my hot gooey pizza

A screenshot of Mario Kart World. Toad, wearing a burger hat, is dragging a pizza directly behind the all-terrain tires and exhaust pipes of his monster truck go-kart on a road at night.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2025

“Link in bio URL” We need a more derogatory name for these. How about weaksites

An email from Squarespace.

“Claim your free link in bio URL

Not ready for a website? Start with our free link in bio tool. Create a Bio Site, add it on Instagram, TikTok, or to any social bio, and connect your audience to everything — all in one link.

Create a free Bio Site”

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2025

The only reason Safari is a viable browser on macOS is because webdevs are forced to support it on iOS

Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech”: a blue‑collar farmer in a worn plaid jacket rises to speak at a 1940s town meeting; suited townsmen sit and listen intently, one holding the annual report.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2025

Bullshit. I know a key when I see one

A silver key that has LAMP embossed on it

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2025

Seen after starting a new App Store subscription. I'm guessing someone at Apple hates how many subscription cancellations result from reminder emails? But they didn't think they could get away with turning them off for everyone, so… 😅

iOS App Store dialog box:
Turn Off Renewal Receipt Emails?
Get fewer emails by turning off renewal receipts for subscriptions. Your receipts will still be available in App Store settings › Purchase History.
The choices are "Turn Off Renewal Emails" or "Keep Renewal Emails."

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2025

I just got home from a work trip and saw that @hevromero left me an adorable early valentine 😭 (She’s also traveling but left me this before her departure)

A Valentines Day card featuring a handcrafted illustration. An adorable owl with pink and purple plumage is perched on a branch, its head turned toward the viewer and smiling cutely. It’s painted in watercolors with a faint blue background, and has hand-drawn outlines. The handwriting on the top left of the card says “Happy Valentine’s Day!”

A wider view of the scene, showing the card propped up next to a bouquet of purple and yellow flowers on a granite countertop.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/12/2024

did you know that if figma can’t initialize webgl it starts leaking memory like a waterfall

A macOS dialog that says: Your system has run out of application memory. To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using.

In the list of apps, Figma is using 209.29 GB of memory (rapidly increasing).

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2024

Upgraded to the new MacBook Pro and decided to revisit my desk setup a bit. Moved the Thunderbolt dock under the desk and it feels more streamlined now

A bamboo standing desk dominated by a single 57" ultra widescreen monitor with a webcam on top and an abstract blue and purple wallpaper. The items on the desk are, from left to right: A 16" Space Black MacBook Pro, lid closed; an external SSD backup drive; a wide mouse mat with a trackpad, backlit keyboard, and small wireless mouse on top; a Beats Pill speaker; a USB hub; and a black HomePod mini. The photo is in a warmly lit office setting at night.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2024

macOS Sequoia lets you run extensions inside saved web apps, which means I can banish these dinguses inside Discord to the shadow realm

Two screenshots of Discord's web app. The "before" screenshot shows Nitro and Shop in the sidebar, the latter of which has a loud and tacky Spongebob-themed promo and a bright red "NEW" badge. The "after" screenshot shows that both sections have been evicted from the sidebar.

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