Here is the AppStore update for WeatherFast. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather-fast/id6757891543

The loading weather issues with my WeatherFast app should be corrected. You can get the TestFlight version from the following address. An App Store update should be available as quickly as Apple approves it. https://testflight.apple.com/join/QwMz3Hep

For anyone using the iOS version of my WeatherFast app, from the Appstore or Test Flight, I've discovered the app stopped retrieving data today and am investigating.

Build 1.4.1 for my WeatherFast app is available for those who like to use Test Flight builds. Changes include a streamed line way for browsing U.S. States and countries around the world, the ability to make states and countries favorites for browsing without having to add cities to your city list and a heading navigation mode for the 16 day and 24 hour weather details when viewing a city's weather. Get Test Flight versions from https://testflight.apple.com/join/QwMz3Hep. An Appstore version is a week or so away.

Captured: 1/3/2026 7:35A
Location: Richardson, Texas
GPS: 33.001225, -96.707489 (4/4)

In the foreground, a long, light gray concrete wall runs horizontally across the frame. Below the wall is a dark brown and gray textured ground with patches of light gray residue. The lighting is dim in the foreground and middle ground, contrasting with the bright light of the setting sun.

[Token Usage: 481 total (300 prompt + 181 completion) | Time: 5.19s]

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Provider: ollama
Model: gemma4:31b-cloud
Prompt: narrative
Created: 2026-04-04

--- Image Info --- (3/4)

Below the horizon is a dark, horizontal band of silhouette trees and distant industrial structures. In the middle ground, there are several clusters of multi-story residential buildings. These buildings are primarily white and light gray with dark rectangular windows and flat roofs. Interspersed among the buildings are dark brown, leafless trees. (2/4)

Impressive. Gemma4 used through Ollama’s cloud with my Image Description Toolkit is returning comprehensive descriptions in about seven seconds. Here's an example description.

Richardson, Texas - A wide-angle outdoor shot captures a skyline under a gradient sky. The upper portion of the sky is a pale peach color, transitioning into a deep orange and red hue toward the horizon. A bright, circular orange sun is positioned just above the horizon line, surrounded by a soft orange glow. (1/4)

No information coming from the Trump administration can be trusted without independent verification.

All claims of fact from the Trump administration should be attributed to the Trump administration, not simply restated as actual fact.

This should be Journalism 101 by now after years of proven Trump lies.

Here is the update to my WeatherFast app with the Glance Ahead feature.https://apps.apple.com/us/app/weather-fast/id6757891543

VoiceOver users, you can use a VoiceOver action to have these short Glance Ahead messages read, triple tap with one finger to bring up the menu for a city or press and hold as well.

***Changed***
WeatherFast now uses an Apple setting/API to understand how to set default measurement units for your WeatherFast settings. Where metric is the default, this will now be set. Note, existing users will not have settings changed but new installs will get this updated experience. (3/3)

Glance Ahead is a new feature that gives you a quick glimpse into the next few hours for a city. Press and Hold on a city to bring up a menu for that city. The menu will now also show you an idea of what's coming in weather. Configure the Glance Ahead time from one to eight hours in settings. The default is four hours. (2/3)

If you use Test Flight versions of my WeatherFast iOS app, version 1.3 has a new feature I call Glance Ahead and is available now. I'd expect it will be released in the AppStore early next week.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/QwMz3Hep

***New*** (1/3)

From there you can customize pretty much everything about the image description process. Pick different models, AI providers choose from multiple predefined prompts or create some of your own and more.

This tool has been great for me to browse descriptions of so many photos and relive memories from over the years.

I'm sure there are some rough spots and I continue to improve the project.

IDT supports both command line interaction and a graphical app. I also added a fairly extensive user guide as a part of this 4.2 beta release.

Once you have things installed, getting descriptions to start with is really as quick as either:

1. entering idt workflow <image directory> in a windows or Mac terminal or
2. Loading the ImageDescriber app, choosing a directory of images and videos and then choosing process all from the processing menu.

I recently generated descriptions for all my photos dating back to 2000 and it was something around 10,000 images and that used just 20% of the weekly limit from Ollama.

I know there are countless apps to get the occasional description. I use a bunch of them myself. I'm probably not 100% objective but in hunting around to solve my problem of describing hundreds and thousands of pictures, I never found a tool to do what I wanted, which is what lead me to start creating IDT.

Ollama has also started making more cloud models available. I have to say I'm finding Kimi-K2.5 to be really good at image descriptions. I've made the choice to subscribe to Ollama Pro for $20 a month to use this model for descriptions. Since cloud models are not gated by your local hardware, I'm getting excellent descriptions back in an average of 15 seconds per image on a wide range of equipment.

I have an updated release for my Image Description Toolkit. If you have the need to describe batches of images at all or want permanent descriptions, this can be a handy tool to add to your toolbox. The biggest change here is that the second beta takes advantage of Apple's Metal technology to run far more powerful AI models faster and still locally with Ollama. For more info see the rleease at https://github.com/kellylford/Image-Description-Toolkit/releases/tag/v4beta2.

I wrote a blog post at https://theideaplace.net/introducing-idt-4-0-beta-1-an-enhanced-way-to-describe-your-digital-images/ a bit ago as well.

Version 0.8 build 8 for this app is now available to test.

Changes include:
New:
A detailed strike zone exploration feature has been added to the Bench. Drag your finger around or touch directly to get an idea where a pitch would be in the strike zone. Chimes will play for the edges of the zone, home plate and a visual indication of the batter. I know the audio is still a bit like a video game from the 1980s and I'm working on that.

Fix:
A crash reported when navigating box scores in baseball.

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