Phil Nickinson
@nickinson.net
Old man yells at AI slop in the sky
Google News has always been suspect when it comes to using good sources. Google Discover made us lazy. And AI slop is only making everything worse.
https://blog.nickinson.net/old-man-yells-at-ai-slop-in-the-sky/
Google News has always been suspect when it comes to using good sources. Google Discover made us lazy. And AI slop is only making everything worse.
https://blog.nickinson.net/old-man-yells-at-ai-slop-in-the-sky/
Old man yells at AI slop in the sky
Google News has always been suspect when it comes to using good sources. Google Discover made us lazy. And AI slop is only making everything worse.
blog.nickinson.net
June 28, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Old man yells at AI slop in the sky
Google News has always been suspect when it comes to using good sources. Google Discover made us lazy. And AI slop is only making everything worse.
https://blog.nickinson.net/old-man-yells-at-ai-slop-in-the-sky/
Google News has always been suspect when it comes to using good sources. Google Discover made us lazy. And AI slop is only making everything worse.
https://blog.nickinson.net/old-man-yells-at-ai-slop-in-the-sky/
My isn't to become a coder — my job is to do my job. blog.nickinson.net/my-job-is-to...
My job is to do my job
The back and forth about vibe coding versus being an actual software engineer is fascinating. But my job isn’t to know how to code. My job is to do my job.
blog.nickinson.net
June 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
My isn't to become a coder — my job is to do my job. blog.nickinson.net/my-job-is-to...
It feels weird not having 100 channels anymore. blog.nickinson.net/vote-with-yo...
Vote with your wallet
I'd subscribed to YouTube TV since it was first available. But the math just isn't mathing anymore.
blog.nickinson.net
June 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
It feels weird not having 100 channels anymore. blog.nickinson.net/vote-with-yo...
Reposted by Phil Nickinson
We are very happy that today Apple issued a patch and a security advisory. This comes following 404 Media reporting that the FBI accessed Signal message notification content via iOS despite the app being deleted.
April 22, 2026 at 10:38 PM
We are very happy that today Apple issued a patch and a security advisory. This comes following 404 Media reporting that the FBI accessed Signal message notification content via iOS despite the app being deleted.
Reposted by Phil Nickinson
Cool. Atlanta’s alarm sounds like a red alert.
Nobody has moved despite it going off for ten minutes.
Nobody has moved despite it going off for ten minutes.
April 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Cool. Atlanta’s alarm sounds like a red alert.
Nobody has moved despite it going off for ten minutes.
Nobody has moved despite it going off for ten minutes.
It’ll take Meta about 13 hours to make back that revenue in New Mexico. And about 4 and a half minutes to make back the fine in Los Angeles. (Google owes about 19 seconds worth of revenue.)
These fines are in no way punitive.
These fines are in no way punitive.
March 25, 2026 at 6:44 PM
It’ll take Meta about 13 hours to make back that revenue in New Mexico. And about 4 and a half minutes to make back the fine in Los Angeles. (Google owes about 19 seconds worth of revenue.)
These fines are in no way punitive.
These fines are in no way punitive.
RIP to the car that was never going to come to market anyway. Gonna leave a big Sony-sized hole at CES though. www.engadget.com/transportati...
March 25, 2026 at 11:03 AM
RIP to the car that was never going to come to market anyway. Gonna leave a big Sony-sized hole at CES though. www.engadget.com/transportati...
Project Hail Mary was really well done. It was nice to feel something good for a couple hours. 👎👎
March 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Project Hail Mary was really well done. It was nice to feel something good for a couple hours. 👎👎
Fun fact: The Amazon Fire Phone lived longer than the Samsung Galaxy Tri-Fold.
March 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Fun fact: The Amazon Fire Phone lived longer than the Samsung Galaxy Tri-Fold.
They … weren’t already?
March 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
They … weren’t already?
Went to bed with the moon shining brightly through my window. Woke up to most of it missing on the drive to the gym. Briefly concerned that the age of Seveneves was upon us.
March 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Went to bed with the moon shining brightly through my window. Woke up to most of it missing on the drive to the gym. Briefly concerned that the age of Seveneves was upon us.
Thank you, Amazon, for the product safety alert for the grill brus I bought more than a decade ago. … That was a close call.
February 27, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Thank you, Amazon, for the product safety alert for the grill brus I bought more than a decade ago. … That was a close call.
Oooooo. This might get me to finally kill the legacy blogblogblog cruft that’s still in my feeds. techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/c...
Current is a new RSS reader that's more like a river than an inbox | TechCrunch
Current introduces a stress-free, totally reimagined RSS news reading app as a one-time paid download.
techcrunch.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Oooooo. This might get me to finally kill the legacy blogblogblog cruft that’s still in my feeds. techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/c...
Time to pause our YoutubeTV subscription and try to go antenna-only for a while. Just can’t justify $83 a month when we’re only home for maybe 5 hours a day in which we might watch.
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Time to pause our YoutubeTV subscription and try to go antenna-only for a while. Just can’t justify $83 a month when we’re only home for maybe 5 hours a day in which we might watch.
The irony of quitting drinking on Groundhog Day is not lost of me. Kinda poetic, actually. Anyway, six years down. One day at a time to go.
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The irony of quitting drinking on Groundhog Day is not lost of me. Kinda poetic, actually. Anyway, six years down. One day at a time to go.
The soccer in Shrinking is better than the soccer in Ted Lasso.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
January 31, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The soccer in Shrinking is better than the soccer in Ted Lasso.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
The soccer in Shrinking is better than the soccer in Ted Lasso.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
January 31, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The soccer in Shrinking is better than the soccer in Ted Lasso.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
Switched to Carrd for ye olde family landing pages. Ghost was awesome — and I still definitely recommend it if you’re gonna #blogblogblog. But it’s way more than I need. Carrd was super easy and you can’t beat $19 a year.
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Switched to Carrd for ye olde family landing pages. Ghost was awesome — and I still definitely recommend it if you’re gonna #blogblogblog. But it’s way more than I need. Carrd was super easy and you can’t beat $19 a year.
Snow. Again. In Florida.
January 18, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Snow. Again. In Florida.
As I was saying … daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...
January 17, 2026 at 1:14 AM
As I was saying … daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...
Why, exactly, is the Verizon bill credit opt-in?
January 16, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Why, exactly, is the Verizon bill credit opt-in?
Even Apple’s almost-certainly offshored support chat has just about had it.
January 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Even Apple’s almost-certainly offshored support chat has just about had it.
Even Apple’s almost-certainly offshored support chat has just about had it.
January 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Even Apple’s almost-certainly offshored support chat has just about had it.
In: Brand-new 14-inch M4 Pro
Out: 2019 16-inch Intel i9
It’s like a whole new world. The good: Smaller bag. Less weight. Things … work. Fast. SD card reader.
Unclear: Less RAM. Maybe should have gone 2TB or more.
Out: 2019 16-inch Intel i9
It’s like a whole new world. The good: Smaller bag. Less weight. Things … work. Fast. SD card reader.
Unclear: Less RAM. Maybe should have gone 2TB or more.
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
In: Brand-new 14-inch M4 Pro
Out: 2019 16-inch Intel i9
It’s like a whole new world. The good: Smaller bag. Less weight. Things … work. Fast. SD card reader.
Unclear: Less RAM. Maybe should have gone 2TB or more.
Out: 2019 16-inch Intel i9
It’s like a whole new world. The good: Smaller bag. Less weight. Things … work. Fast. SD card reader.
Unclear: Less RAM. Maybe should have gone 2TB or more.