New post at Shirt Pocket Watch - Hypercritical! https://www.shirtpocket.com/blog/hypercritical

Got $130? Want to use it on something utterly pointless but delightful?

You know you do.

Let me suggest a purchase of La Machine!

https://la-machine.fr

Erasure "Star" - 1990

In honour of William Orbit who made the Interstellar Mix of "Star".

#erasure #williamorbit #star #synthpop #electronicmusic #dance #vinyl #vinylrecords #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

★ App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours
https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/app_store_rejection_of_the_week_dark_hours

If you'd like to pre-order a *signed* copy of my upcoming book, ETERNITY'S TOMB (it's the tomb-iest), good news: you can do so AND support my local independent bookstore, Porter Square Books. https://portersquarebooks.com/book/9781915998026s

@dnanian ‘“I was on the beta and I love everything about this app” — J. Siracusa’* should be the only review anyone ever needs.

*parahrased

703: Part of a Healthy Breakfast
https://atp.fm/703

Overcast's busy betas, SuperDuper 4, Apple Upgrade, the worst power cables ever devised, and some totally very patient car-shopping.

Gizmodo asks “Will We Ever Solve the Problem of Losing Data?”

I love this answer: “I know of one data storage form that can be permanent: a library. Or rather, a world full of libraries. Libraries aren’t perfect storage devices (nothing is), but they are fiercely committed to self-repair. A good library is a collection of people, technologies, and practices that pass an obligation—to remember the things we must remember—from the last generation to the next.”
https://gizmodo.com/will-we-ever-solve-the-problem-of-losing-data-2000792386 #libraries

I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for These DEI Hires. “I’m just telling you that it’s getting hard out there for us blue-collar Nantucket lads when all the ships’ owners are catching the Abolitionist Mind Virus.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/id-be-lead-harpooner-on-the-pequod-if-it-wasnt-for-these-dei-hires

Released today 47 years ago:

🇬🇧 Bauhaus "Bela Lugosi's Dead" – 1979

A towering landmark in post-punk, Bela Lugosi's Dead redefined what rock music could be. Spanning over nine hypnotic minutes, the track unfolds with dub-influenced bass, echoing guitars, sparse percussion, and Peter Murphy’s haunting vocal, creating an atmosphere unlike anything that had come before...

#bauhaus #postpunk #gothicrock #dub #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

Looks like ATP is up with a Hypercritical review of SuperDuper 4.

https://atp.fm/703

(Thanks, guys!)

#SuperDuper #accidentaltechpodcast #hypercritical

The difficulty of properly walking a directory path longer than the normal APIs accept cannot be overstated.

#SuperDuper

RE: https://iconfactory.world/@Iconfactory/117044232251736514

The Iconfactory did a great job with the new SuperDuper! 4 icon, and I couldn't be more pleased. If you're looking for design services, check them out.

That's a ballsy choice for product name.

I really wish Apple sold a standalone TouchID button. I know there's that crazy hack where you can rip apart a keyboard and just use the TouchID button, but that's nuts. Just give us the button so we can use TouchID with our own mechanical keyboards!

New article about SuperDuper! 4 available at TidBits:

https://tidbits.com/2026/08/03/superduper-4s-radical-new-interface-explains-itself-as-you-use-it/

New post at Shirt Pocket Watch - Dog Dazed https://www.shirtpocket.com/blog/dog_dazed

OK, the inevitable 4.0.1 is out.

Which means I get a Saison Dupont.

If any of you out there are "Ulf" who sent in an email, your reply address is bouncing, so you're not only avoiding spam from me, you're avoiding real replies, too... :-)

Teaser key:

7 - The Ring (7 days)
6 - Groundhog Day (6am alarm)
5 - The Fifth Element (well, I mean, duh)
4 - The Princess Bride (Fezzik with four horses)
3 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

"And the Lord spake, saying, ''First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.”

2 - The Dark Knight (Two Face)
1 - The Matrix (Neo realizes he's The One)

followed by the four icon segments.