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Teenage Beta

I just found out both my teenage kids are running iOS 26 Developer Beta on their phones. I tried explaining the pros and cons and what a developer beta is for, but it’s in one ear out the other. “My friends are doing it, dad. Why can’t I?”

The Talk Show 2025

I attended The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2025 in San Jose last week. It was the first time I ever attended a taping, and it happened to coincide with the first time in the last 10 years where there wasn’t an Apple executive on the panel. It was still a good show, slightly over 2 hours long, covering Apple’s announcements the day prior. I took this photo using the iPhone 16 Pro Max, about 10 rows back, stage right.

Not bad, right?

The full video is on YouTube.

Nilay Patel, Joanna Stern, and John Gruber at The Talk Show Live

Getting New Tires Today

My MINI stripped of its wheels. Don’t worry, she’ll be getting some new ones soon.

Nighttime Photo with iPhone XS Max

This nighttime photo was taken with iPhone XS Max. It turned out OK, didn’t it?

Garbage at The Fox Theater

Concert photo of Garbage at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California last night. They played a lot of obscure or b-side tracks.

My Eclipse Time-lapse

My Eclipse Time-lapse

Not much of a timelapse. I’m impressed by the clouds more than the partial eclipse.

Breakfast the Other Day

The girls and I went to breakfast at the local diner the other day. They find eating at a diner so comforting. 📷

More Beach Time

Enjoyed the beach today with the family.

Hawaii Time

The beach last week.

Thank You, Mr President

Goodbye Mr. Spock

I always felt great knowing I shared a birthday with Mr. Spock. As has been said on the interwebs today, he did live long and prosper.

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.  LLAP

Conversing with Graecyn

I took this 90-second video when I picked up Graecyn and Mia at Mama and Papa’s house. Graecyn was in a conversating mood.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

Not too sure how I feel about this. I suppose it could be a worse title, right? I’m hoping that when the movie comes out that the only thing we needed to worry about is the title.

Mia Jumping

Mia having fun during Susana’s birthday celebration. We were upstairs just finishing watching Susana open her presents when Mia decided to leap from a chair to a few pillows. This was captured with an iPhone 5S. Sure wish I had an iPhone 6, which can do 240fps vs the 120fps an iPhone 5S can do.