Craig Grannell
@craiggrannell.bsky.social
Writer for hire. Mostly tech, Apple, games, retrogaming, design. Smashes out words for Stuff, Wired, TapSmart and others. He/him. GF/DF. Likes Lego and Mini Schnauzers. Email: hello at craiggrannell dot com // https://linktr.ee/craiggrannell
Came back from lunch. iMac sounded like a jet engine. Several seconds to respond to any click. Somehow managed to get Activity Monitor open. Shell (Wallpaper) was eating CPU like nobody’s business. My wallpaper is… a plain colour. Perhaps the purple iMac took offence at the purple background.
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Came back from lunch. iMac sounded like a jet engine. Several seconds to respond to any click. Somehow managed to get Activity Monitor open. Shell (Wallpaper) was eating CPU like nobody’s business. My wallpaper is… a plain colour. Perhaps the purple iMac took offence at the purple background.
175(!) item Image Comics Humble Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/image-...
Humble Comic Bundle: Image Comics in the '10s
Get a collection of 100+ badass Image Comics featuring SAGA, Paper Girls, and more. Pay what you want & support the BINC Foundation!
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November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
175(!) item Image Comics Humble Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/image-...
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
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Literally!! The right wing papers Hate You Anyway!! Why not give them something to Really Hate You For, and know - at least - people will thank you in ten years time???
Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Literally!! The right wing papers Hate You Anyway!! Why not give them something to Really Hate You For, and know - at least - people will thank you in ten years time???
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My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
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Really happy with this one: I add the superb Color Splash to my iPhone classics series, and nab an interview with the app’s creator, Hendrik Kueck.
www.tapsmart.com/apps/photo-v...
www.tapsmart.com/apps/photo-v...
Classics: why fingertip photo fixer Color Splash became an App Store icon
The latest entry in our classic iPhone app series let you bring a touch of color back into a grayscale photographic world.
www.tapsmart.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Really happy with this one: I add the superb Color Splash to my iPhone classics series, and nab an interview with the app’s creator, Hendrik Kueck.
www.tapsmart.com/apps/photo-v...
www.tapsmart.com/apps/photo-v...
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Imagine China occupying California, Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon and then the EU telling America: “Make a deal with the occupier or we won’t support you.”
Absurd, right? No country would accept that.
Yet this is exactly what Ukraine is being told today.
Absurd, right? No country would accept that.
Yet this is exactly what Ukraine is being told today.
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Imagine China occupying California, Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon and then the EU telling America: “Make a deal with the occupier or we won’t support you.”
Absurd, right? No country would accept that.
Yet this is exactly what Ukraine is being told today.
Absurd, right? No country would accept that.
Yet this is exactly what Ukraine is being told today.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Weeknote!
💾 Windows hits 40
🫧 The magnificence of Bubble Bobble
🍎 The online App Store is the best and worst of Apple
📷 Best iPhone photo editors
📱 2025’s best & worst iPhones
🎞️ Managing huge photo libraries
✈️ Gifts for frequent flyers
⌨️ Type-in listings are back!
reverttosaved.com/2025/11/24/w...
💾 Windows hits 40
🫧 The magnificence of Bubble Bobble
🍎 The online App Store is the best and worst of Apple
📷 Best iPhone photo editors
📱 2025’s best & worst iPhones
🎞️ Managing huge photo libraries
✈️ Gifts for frequent flyers
⌨️ Type-in listings are back!
reverttosaved.com/2025/11/24/w...
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Weeknote!
💾 Windows hits 40
🫧 The magnificence of Bubble Bobble
🍎 The online App Store is the best and worst of Apple
📷 Best iPhone photo editors
📱 2025’s best & worst iPhones
🎞️ Managing huge photo libraries
✈️ Gifts for frequent flyers
⌨️ Type-in listings are back!
reverttosaved.com/2025/11/24/w...
💾 Windows hits 40
🫧 The magnificence of Bubble Bobble
🍎 The online App Store is the best and worst of Apple
📷 Best iPhone photo editors
📱 2025’s best & worst iPhones
🎞️ Managing huge photo libraries
✈️ Gifts for frequent flyers
⌨️ Type-in listings are back!
reverttosaved.com/2025/11/24/w...
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It’s probably not great the vast majority of American journalists and other media zeitgeist people are letting their brains marinate in this toxic sludge
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s probably not great the vast majority of American journalists and other media zeitgeist people are letting their brains marinate in this toxic sludge
I guess Massimo Belardinelli was a fan of Battlestar Galactica back in the day.
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I guess Massimo Belardinelli was a fan of Battlestar Galactica back in the day.
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My column this week: I always wanted a full-size arcade machine, but this is even better
Basically a love letter to the best arcade game ever (Bubble Bobble – don’t @ me) and how the new Evercade Alpha properly scratches that itch. www.stuff.tv/features/i-a...
Basically a love letter to the best arcade game ever (Bubble Bobble – don’t @ me) and how the new Evercade Alpha properly scratches that itch. www.stuff.tv/features/i-a...
I always wanted a full-size arcade machine, but this is even better | Stuff
Evercade Alpha Taito Bartop Arcade puts my favourite arcade game on my desk and proves I don’t need a mansion to live the arcade dream.
www.stuff.tv
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My column this week: I always wanted a full-size arcade machine, but this is even better
Basically a love letter to the best arcade game ever (Bubble Bobble – don’t @ me) and how the new Evercade Alpha properly scratches that itch. www.stuff.tv/features/i-a...
Basically a love letter to the best arcade game ever (Bubble Bobble – don’t @ me) and how the new Evercade Alpha properly scratches that itch. www.stuff.tv/features/i-a...
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Tusk slips the knife in right at the end.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Tusk slips the knife in right at the end.
Someone on Reddit claims to have iPadOS 26 running on an iPhone, allowing it to do an Android 16. (External display. Windows. Proper multitasking.) www.reddit.com/r/iphone/s/3...
From the iphone community on Reddit: My hacked iPhone running iPadOS! And running a Mac-like experience on the external monitor! It can multitask + run iPad apps. Apple doesn't allow this as it would ...
Explore this post and more from the iphone community
www.reddit.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Someone on Reddit claims to have iPadOS 26 running on an iPhone, allowing it to do an Android 16. (External display. Windows. Proper multitasking.) www.reddit.com/r/iphone/s/3...
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This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
My column this week: I always wanted a full-size arcade machine, but this is even better
Basically a love letter to the best arcade game ever (Bubble Bobble – don’t @ me) and how the new Evercade Alpha properly scratches that itch. www.stuff.tv/features/i-a...
Basically a love letter to the best arcade game ever (Bubble Bobble – don’t @ me) and how the new Evercade Alpha properly scratches that itch. www.stuff.tv/features/i-a...
I always wanted a full-size arcade machine, but this is even better | Stuff
Evercade Alpha Taito Bartop Arcade puts my favourite arcade game on my desk and proves I don’t need a mansion to live the arcade dream.
www.stuff.tv
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My column this week: I always wanted a full-size arcade machine, but this is even better
Basically a love letter to the best arcade game ever (Bubble Bobble – don’t @ me) and how the new Evercade Alpha properly scratches that itch. www.stuff.tv/features/i-a...
Basically a love letter to the best arcade game ever (Bubble Bobble – don’t @ me) and how the new Evercade Alpha properly scratches that itch. www.stuff.tv/features/i-a...
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"A Cornerstone Of Gaming History" - Microsoft, Xbox, & Activision Team Up To Make Original Zork Trilogy Open-Source. (Repost)
"A Cornerstone Of Gaming History" - Microsoft, Xbox, & Activision Team Up To Make Original Zork Trilogy Open-Source
You are likely to be eaten by a grue
www.timeextension.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"A Cornerstone Of Gaming History" - Microsoft, Xbox, & Activision Team Up To Make Original Zork Trilogy Open-Source. (Repost)
Taito Super Pocket is now a smidgeon under 40 quid at Amazon UK. That’s a very good price for what you get, if you fancy an instant blast of 1980s arcade goodness. www.amazon.co.uk/Blaze-Entert...
Blaze Entertainment Hyper Mega Tech Super Pocket Taito Edition Arcade Handheld Gaming Device
Product Description Your Arcade in your pocket. From the makers of Evercade comes Hyper Mega Tech and the brand-new Taito Super Pocket. A portable gaming device that you can take anywhere in your pocket that doesn’t sacrifice power or playability. 18 amazing arcade games, fully licensed from classic arcade publisher Taito, including Space Invaders, Bubble Bobble, Puzzle Bobble, Elevator Action, The New Zealand Story, Rastan, and more along with support for Evercade’s Cartridges to make this the ultimate arcade companion. Also Available: Capcom Super Pocket Safety Warning If you've experience epilepsy or seizures, consult your doctor before use.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Taito Super Pocket is now a smidgeon under 40 quid at Amazon UK. That’s a very good price for what you get, if you fancy an instant blast of 1980s arcade goodness. www.amazon.co.uk/Blaze-Entert...
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It's Friday afternoon, so who wouldn't want to enter the weekend with one more round of my patented bubble plots of British politics? In this final (one hopes) of my mini-series I look at who the 'odd ones out' of British politics are. Who is 'out of touch' with the rest of the public. Let's see 1/n
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's Friday afternoon, so who wouldn't want to enter the weekend with one more round of my patented bubble plots of British politics? In this final (one hopes) of my mini-series I look at who the 'odd ones out' of British politics are. Who is 'out of touch' with the rest of the public. Let's see 1/n
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One of the hardest parts of being an indie developer is deciding which feature requests to follow and which ones to let go.
People often assume that every suggestion should become part of the roadmap, but that is not how a product grows.
People often assume that every suggestion should become part of the roadmap, but that is not how a product grows.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
One of the hardest parts of being an indie developer is deciding which feature requests to follow and which ones to let go.
People often assume that every suggestion should become part of the roadmap, but that is not how a product grows.
People often assume that every suggestion should become part of the roadmap, but that is not how a product grows.
It is also excellent.
Nodded along so vigorously to this that I may have given myself whiplash. Or an exciting new career as a novelty toy dog that you stick in the back window of a Ford Fiesta.
Nodded along so vigorously to this that I may have given myself whiplash. Or an exciting new career as a novelty toy dog that you stick in the back window of a Ford Fiesta.
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It is also excellent.
Nodded along so vigorously to this that I may have given myself whiplash. Or an exciting new career as a novelty toy dog that you stick in the back window of a Ford Fiesta.
Nodded along so vigorously to this that I may have given myself whiplash. Or an exciting new career as a novelty toy dog that you stick in the back window of a Ford Fiesta.
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You can add exemptions to immigration rules for different groups, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference. When you say that migrants are second class and "less than" others, as this government is doing, that feeds through to everyone. Migrants aren't a disposable resource to pick and choose from.
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
You can add exemptions to immigration rules for different groups, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference. When you say that migrants are second class and "less than" others, as this government is doing, that feeds through to everyone. Migrants aren't a disposable resource to pick and choose from.