This seems like a whole mess of bugs. (Trying to update to macOS 26 Tahoe. Perhaps this is telling me it’s a bad idea?…)

PASSWORD_ALERT_TITLE_WITH_USERNAME_OSX_REBRAND_SERVICE_ICLOUD
PASSWORD_ALERT_MESSAGE_WITH_USERNAME_OSX_REBRAND
FOLLOWUP_RENEW_CREDENTIALS_TITLE_RERAND
FOLLOWUP_RENEW_CREDENTIALS_MESSAGE
SU_FOLLOW_UP_TITLE

And more…

We left our home in London exactly a year ago for my sabbatical abroad. After stints in Japan & New York, tomorrow we depart from our last long-term stop — a temporary but already much-loved home — in Leiden, the Netherlands, with still a few weeks to go before our final return.

Very impressed that Apple’s autocorrect knows that it’s apostrophes and not quotes in “rock ’n’ roll”.

I love the Netherlands, and I especially love cycling in the Netherlands. I don’t love the various motorized vehicles that are allowed to share the cycle lanes in the Netherlands.

Well, now I have a story about the time I went to see The Mekons but accidentally saw a very loud hardcore band with two drummers instead. This was not my desired outcome. (The Mekons were upstairs. I am kind of bereft.)

Apparently, my fingerprints are almost worn down (according to biometric scans of the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND).

Starting the final leg of my sabbatical — back in Europe for the first time since leaving last July. A quick stop through Madrid and then Leiden through most of the summer.

Having not lived in the US since around 2000, I have just had my first a “non-fire emergency” (i.e., active shooter) information meeting.

My 9-yr old wants to start out on Minecraft (& I kinda want to). They have a fairly old iPad to use; we’ve also got a much more recent MBP and iPad Pro which are mostly mine… What is the best setup for them (and me)? Should we go with iPad and run that on macOS too? What about server choice?