Kirk McElhearn
@kirkville.com
Lapsed New Yorker in Shakespeare's home town. Writer, podcaster, photographer, shakuhachi player, cat whisperer. I write and podcast about Apple, Scrivener, computer security, music, and photography.
kirkville.com
kirkville.com
I didn’t think Apple News ads could get any worse. But I was wrong.
December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I didn’t think Apple News ads could get any worse. But I was wrong.
Twelve years ago today, I received my best Christmas gift ever.
December 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Twelve years ago today, I received my best Christmas gift ever.
Capitalists hope that people will panic and spend money.
December 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Capitalists hope that people will panic and spend money.
Dang, 1980 had a lot of good music.
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Dang, 1980 had a lot of good music.
Seen on Reddit: Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon spotted on Epstein's bookshelves. It's the big, brown book near the left. It is recognizable because of its distinctive typeface.
preview.redd.it/mason-dixon-...
preview.redd.it/mason-dixon-...
December 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Seen on Reddit: Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon spotted on Epstein's bookshelves. It's the big, brown book near the left. It is recognizable because of its distinctive typeface.
preview.redd.it/mason-dixon-...
preview.redd.it/mason-dixon-...
A tech journalist complaining about notifications on the Apple Watch. If he can’t figure out how to turn them off he’s not very good at his job.
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A tech journalist complaining about notifications on the Apple Watch. If he can’t figure out how to turn them off he’s not very good at his job.
lol. He blocked me because I pointed out that his article about a nazi promoting social network was published on another nazi promoting social network.
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
lol. He blocked me because I pointed out that his article about a nazi promoting social network was published on another nazi promoting social network.
It's amazing how bad Apple News ads are, and bigger than any story.
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's amazing how bad Apple News ads are, and bigger than any story.
Gee, it's almost like we can't trust Cloudflare any more to do anything other than break the internet.
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Gee, it's almost like we can't trust Cloudflare any more to do anything other than break the internet.
Reading this column today by @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social I thought this was satire. The stupidity of the political class, particularly the Tories, is truly astonishing.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Reading this column today by @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social I thought this was satire. The stupidity of the political class, particularly the Tories, is truly astonishing.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Spotted on Apple Music; this may be the stupidest album artwork I've seen in a long time.
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Spotted on Apple Music; this may be the stupidest album artwork I've seen in a long time.
In my Scrivener coaching sessions, this is one of the features that impresses the most. Most people don't know about it, and using this makes editing dialog for flow much easier.
For info about my one-to-one Scrivener coaching:
kirkville.com/scrivener-co...
For info about my one-to-one Scrivener coaching:
kirkville.com/scrivener-co...
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In my Scrivener coaching sessions, this is one of the features that impresses the most. Most people don't know about it, and using this makes editing dialog for flow much easier.
For info about my one-to-one Scrivener coaching:
kirkville.com/scrivener-co...
For info about my one-to-one Scrivener coaching:
kirkville.com/scrivener-co...
What gets interesting is when you see which boards of directors key people sit on. This is the CEO of Axel Springer. There's a big network of people on boards of big content and communication companies.
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What gets interesting is when you see which boards of directors key people sit on. This is the CEO of Axel Springer. There's a big network of people on boards of big content and communication companies.
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It shows all these button is the toolbar, which makes it look more like a layout app, but you can customize the toolbar and remove them.
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It shows all these button is the toolbar, which makes it look more like a layout app, but you can customize the toolbar and remove them.
Released 50 years ago today.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Released 50 years ago today.
In French, most are masculine. An AI tool suggests these are the only ones that are feminine; I can't find a proper list.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
In French, most are masculine. An AI tool suggests these are the only ones that are feminine; I can't find a proper list.
It feels kind of sleazy seeing an ad like this on the front page of the iPhone App Store.
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It feels kind of sleazy seeing an ad like this on the front page of the iPhone App Store.
True. Not a big fruit juice drinker, but when I do buy some, it's pure juice.
I just went to the little farm shop next door to my house to get some broccoli and snapped this photo. It is a luxury having this right next to me. Not fancy, but fresh stuff from right nearby.
I just went to the little farm shop next door to my house to get some broccoli and snapped this photo. It is a luxury having this right next to me. Not fancy, but fresh stuff from right nearby.
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
True. Not a big fruit juice drinker, but when I do buy some, it's pure juice.
I just went to the little farm shop next door to my house to get some broccoli and snapped this photo. It is a luxury having this right next to me. Not fancy, but fresh stuff from right nearby.
I just went to the little farm shop next door to my house to get some broccoli and snapped this photo. It is a luxury having this right next to me. Not fancy, but fresh stuff from right nearby.
Browsing through my library’s magazine app. Out of 6000+ magazines, it looks like half of them are these one off special issues. I wonder what the economics of this is? I wonder how much of this is just repurposed content, made for digital downloads, specifically for libraries.
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Browsing through my library’s magazine app. Out of 6000+ magazines, it looks like half of them are these one off special issues. I wonder what the economics of this is? I wonder how much of this is just repurposed content, made for digital downloads, specifically for libraries.
This seems a lot more important than it looks according to is position on the NYT home page.
October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This seems a lot more important than it looks according to is position on the NYT home page.
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM