FSF Announces the LibrePhone Project - Slashdot

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched the LibrePhone Project, an initiative to create a fully free and open-source mobile operating system that eliminates proprietary firmware and binary blobs.

Will it ever work?

Apple teases M5 MacBook by Jay Peters

Apple is teasing the imminent launch of a new MacBook with an M5 chip. In an X post, Apple SVP of worldwide marketing Greg Joswiak wrote that “something powerful is coming,” and a short video in the post includes the words “coming soon” and a silhouette of an Apple laptop.

I think Apple has settled on two events per year - wwdc and the iPhone event. Everything else is just these product videos and announcements. I love the Mac and feel a little sad about how Apple perceives its importance.

Netflix is making a big bet on video podcasts by Emma Roth

Netflix is no longer just a home for TV shows, movies, documentaries, and live WWE matches — soon, you’ll be able to stream video podcasts, too. The streaming giant announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with Spotify’s podcast studio and The Ringer to offer 16 series on its platform, including The Bill Simmons Podcast, Conspiracy Theories, as well as The Ringer’s shows on the NFL, NBA, Fantasy Football, and F1.

I was thinking about this a couple days ago - about how YouTube has full control over the video podcast market and how Netflix was not competing on it.

Seems like now they are.

Learn Powershell in a month of lunches was one of my favourite books to learn PowerShell. I still recommend it whole heartedly.

I never got the shtick though.

Until today, when I was reading Time management for system administrators. By chance I have been reading one chapter per day, per lunch hour.

And finally it clicked. I can finish one chapter per lunch hour - learn powershell in a month of lunches.