Looking over stats for the Mac app. 90% of users on macOS 26 or 27. 98% on Apple Silicon. Only thing I’d like to change going forward is to check for new versions a little more aggressively, so people don’t miss out on improvements. I’m not sure the 2006-era Sparkle UI is the best in 2026.

I took this shot of the stars from Puget Sound a few days ago, then didn’t even look at the result on my phone because I just assumed it would be blurry. Actually it turned out pretty neat. If I had known, I’d have tried again and fiddled with the exposure.

In John Gruber’s initial thoughts on the HomeView, he wonders about the odd $300 pricing for both the regular HomeView and the wall-mounted version:

So the wall-mounted version, when you include a mount, costs more but sounds worse? This doesn’t make sense.

I was thinking about this too. All I can come up with is that Apple doesn’t want you to buy the wall-mounted version unless you’re really sure that’s what you need. If the wall-mounted version was cheaper, some people might buy it based on price, then be unhappy because it’s too much trouble to install.

No wi-fi and intermittent cell coverage for this trip, as expected. Somehow I managed to upload a video when we got back near a town. I used the offline time to write some code by hand (gasp!) and do yet more editing on the book.

Morning in Montana. 🚂

On the Empire Builder. Starting to turn east, with the moon in the sky. 🚂

Seattle light rail.

John Gruber blogging about the Duo pre-orders:

…pre-orders always start before reviews appear. People are left to guess whether they’re going to like it without any word from people who’ve used it.

At least Apple is generous with returns. $2k is a lot to put down on faith, though.

At the hotel lobby, a bunch of LEGOs to play with.

Happy iPhone Duo pre-order day. I’m skipping it, and looks like serious delays anyway. Current expected delivery is well into January. I’ll be updating the Micro.blog suite of apps with very basic folding screen support in the next minor updates.