The Jolly Teapot
The Jolly Teapot
Nicolas Magand
The Jolly Teapot is the place on the web where I write and comment mainly on software, the internet, Apple, and media news. My name is Nicolas Magand, and I currently live in the Greater Strasbourg area, France.
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In the last couple of months, we have seen plenty of rants, reports, analysis, and other exposés about the state of Apple software, whether it is about their bad icon design, bad icon implementation, neglect, more neglect, and plain...
My latest post mentioned how perfect my current setup seems to be. Today, a week or two later, I must admit, this post holds up pretty well. I was expecting the post (and therefore the setup) to be updated drastically the minute I...
Some links don’t call for a full blog post, but sometimes I still want to share some of the good stuff I encounter on the web. ¶ Our Algorithmic Grey-Beige World – Excellent column from Om Malik, on how algorithms, among other things,...
No matter how I look at the list of apps I currently use, whether first-party or third-party, I can’t find anything to change, not a program to replace, not a service to swap for another. I think I am happy with my setup. It feels...
Since we’re at the start of a new year, I will stop fine-tuning everything on this blog and let it live as the receptacle it’s supposed to be. With my mind cleared of HTML and CSS concerns, I now have energy to waste on new optimisations...
I almost missed the deadline with this one, didn’t I? At least it gives me a chance to wish every one of you a happy New Year’s Eve, and new year. In 2026, I’ll write less about CSS, fonts, HTML, and text editors, and more about… well,...
In 2022, I wrote a post called The Lotus philosophy applied to blog design, in which I was trying to explain how the Lotus philosophy of lighter cars for improved performance could apply to web design, and to my blog in particular. I...
After seeing this news, I have spent an unusual amount of my week thinking and reading about Times New Roman. 1 In an ocean of opinions, mine probably won’t register, but I think the Times New Roman typeface is, by itself, fine. It looks...
Some links don’t call for a full blog post, but sometimes I still want to share some of the good stuff I encounter on the web. Music of Wellness (From Severance: Season 1) By Theodore Shapiro・Right next to the music from GoldenEye for...
Well, that was a fun weekend. I have spent half of my time reinstalling MacOS Sequoia, and trying to get it back the way it was, while trying to avoid losing important files. You see, on that chilly Saturday afternoon, I wanted to take...
There is a line from a scene in Community (my favourite TV show) that seems to live rent-free in my head: And who the hell are you always texting? Everyone you know is here. I am reminded of this scene almost every day when I look at...
Some links don’t call for a full blog post, but sometimes I still want to share some of the good stuff I encounter on the web. Why it is so hard to tax the super-rich・Very interesting and informative video, to the point that I wish it...
Yesterday, OpenAI unveiled Atlas, their new app, which is, in a nutshell, a Chromium-based browser that integrates ChatGPT and connects web pages and the A.I. in all kinds of smart ways. Atlas is not the first browser like this, as some...
Maybe this experiment won’t last, but this week, I decided to remove Wipr from my Mac and my iPhone. I wanted to see what my web browsing experience would be like without it. Wipr is arguably the best content blocker for Safari — I’ve...
Some links don’t call for a full blog post, but sometimes I still want to share some of the good stuff I encounter on the web. Maria Ressa talks with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show・A video featuring Maria Ressa and Jon Stewart is bound to...