Scott Hill
Scott Hill
Scott W. Hill
I believe that one should control one’s writing and photographs, and this site is my home on the web for those things. I frequently post them other places too, but they generally start here. Other platforms are ephemeral—as evidenced by the many broken links here to things I found interesting in the past, but which weren’t cared for by their publisher—so I try not to post elsewhere, except as a copy.
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No shit. Ticketmaster has to be one of the most-loathed middlemen ever to exist. Let’s see what kind of accountability they come up with.“A jury found what we have long known to be true: Live Nation and Ticketmaster are breaking the law...
In my quest to make our over-the-air TV experience, almost purely to watch Jeopardy!, I came across Channels. I’ve heard of it before, but never really looked into it. It’s generally considered to be better than Plex, which I’m using...
Me: Walks away from the house, wearing my Airpods ProSiri (In my Airpods): Would you like me to run automation “last to leave home”?Me: YesSiri: Sorry, I didn’t understand that.🤦♂️
“Grandpap” is how I knew my maternal grandfather, William Stevenson, Sr. He would have been 100 years old today. He passed away on May 17, 2018, at the age of 92. I spoke at his memorial service, but didn’t write a post about him at the...
If you use Quarry Park, please take a moment to complete the survey.San Mateo County Parks is working with Avid Trails to develop Single-track Mountain Bike Trail Standards that will guide the planning of sustainable, safe, and enjoyable...
Hana Kiros, writing at The Atlantic:TrendForce, a consumer-research firm, anticipates that laptop prices will rise by more than a third in the next few years. Computers under $500 will be extinct by 2028, according to a report from...
I wondered, while watching the live coverage of Artemis II yesterday, why they were taking photos with Nikon D5s, which is an older, discontinued camera. This article answers that question. tl;dr: Known quantity; build quality; still...
NASA is uploading photos from Artemis II to Flickr. Here are some of my favorites. “Peeking at the Earth” was shot with the D5, as mentioned in my last post, but “Artemis II in Eclipse” was done with the Z9, and “Spaceship Earth” with...
Amy Thomson, Justin Hu-Nguyen, Claire Amable, and Warren Wells, writing at Streetsblog San Francisco:This past January, New Jersey legislators swung a regulatory sledgehammer that threatens the future of sustainable transportation across...
Just about 10 minutes until the launch window opens, so now’s the time to tune in to the live feed.
This is the 50th anniversary of Apple Computer, and the sites you’d expect are publishing their love letters to Apple’s early products, including the Apple ][.As I was reading these articles and listening to a related podcast yesterday,...
Seen: Somehow this manages to be both nerdy in that only-in-San Francisco manner, and also thoroughly tasteless.
Sorry for so many links to Daring Fireball, but Gruber is on a roll this weekend.I sort of agree that Apple should have required apps to use the system player, but it would really have had to be customizable in a way that Apple doesn’t...
John Gruber, writing at Daring Fireball:But more and more it’s becoming clear that while Apple’s devotion to protecting user privacy remains as high as ever, their devotion to delivering the best possible user experience does not. Here’s...