We have so much to tell you about, but I want to start by sharing one of my favorite images from our collection. It’s Steve in 1984, spotting a new Macintosh in the wild.
Happy Birthday Steve.
★What I Think About LeBron Breaking My NBA Scoring Record
Kareem Abdul Jabbar on Lebron James breaking his all time scoring record:
In the months leading up to LeBron breaking my record, so much was written about how I would feel on the day he sank that record-breaking shot that I had to laugh. I’d already written several times stating exactly how I felt so there really wasn’t much to speculate about. It’s as if I won a billion dollars in a lottery and 39 years later someone won two billion dollars. How would I feel? Grateful that I won and happy that the next person also won. His winning in no way affects my winning.
What a gracious answer. It’s not zero sum, we can all appreciate what both have done.
★Thursday Hike
Took a hike in the trails behind our place.
Rainbow
Apple Plans New Encryption System to Ward Off Hackers and Protect iCloud Data
The new encryption system, which will be tested by early users starting Wednesday, will roll out as an option in the U.S. by year’s end, and then worldwide including China in 2023, Mr. Federighi said.
This is great news. Be sure to watch the interview, Joanna Stern does a great job asking difficult questions.
★There Is No Road Map for the Longest Phase of Parenthood
Yet, once children reach adulthood, the instruction abruptly stops—even though, for many families, that period is the longest, and in some ways the most anxious and uncertain, stage of parenthood.
I’m torn. We are in the trenches with raising our kids, but those years will fly by and our later years will seem even longer.
★The Getty
McDonald’s
Why the Philippines Has Lots of Guns But Few Mass Shootings
For now, however, hiyâ means you cannot “just start shooting people,” Narag says. “Because if that happens, you know the community won’t support you.”
As a Filipino American, this absolutely makes sense. The concept of “hiya” or shame or embarrassment, is strong in our culture. Contrasting that idea to American culture, especially American gun culture, it feels like the idea of shame or embarrassment does not exist.
★The 2022 Mazda MX-30 misses the market, but does it matter?
We reported before that Mazda made the MX-30 slower “to feel more like a gas car.” Throughout the drive, we did not find acceleration and power delivery to be particularly inspiring. Mazda told us that its reason is that EVs with instant torque can be too “herky-jerky,” which can ruin the passenger experience. So Mazda muted the “jerkiness” of acceleration to follow the same curve as an ICE car.
This is absolutely baffling. The instant torque is one of the benefits of owning an electric vehicle.
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