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  1. Farewell to Don Nelson, a Mavericks (and NBA) Iconoclast ⛹️‍♂️ 🏀

    "Apologies to Mark Cuban and Dirk Nowitzki, but it’s true. Nelson provided credibility to the franchise before Cuban entered the picture, and Nowitzki would not have been in Dallas were it not for the conviction of Nelson and the scouting expertise of Nelson’s son, Donnie."

    dmagazine.com/sports/2026/08/d

    #DMagazine #DavidMoore #Dallas #NBA #Sports #Basketball #DonNelson #Mavericks #Maui #WoodyHarrelson #WillieNelson #KingsX #RIP

  2. Kahului PHOG → Hana PHHN

    Since I was already in Hawaii and had flown over Mauna Kea in the Cessna 172 (see previous post), it made sense to also fly over Haleakalā on the neighbouring island of Maui. With the well-powered Super Cub, it didn't take long to reach 13,000 ft for enjoying the fantastic view.

    #XPlane #XPlane12 #XP12 #FlightSim #Haleakala #Maui #Hawaii #USA #Kahului #PHOG #Hana #PHHN #Piper #SuperCub #PA18

  3. Weekly output: Snapdragon Windows software compatibility, Qualcomm’s connected-car ambitions, Snap Spectacles ’24, Mark Vena podcast, Bluesky business plans, Qualcomm 8-core Snapdragon X Plus benchmarking, election security

    Before I get to my usual list of what got published under my name this week, I need to vent about what did not get published by the Washington Post this week: the endorsement of Kamala Harris that, by multiple accounts, was quashed by imported-from-London publisher Will Lewis at the direction of owner Jeff Bezos. The insultingly vapid explanation by Lewis can only be read as Bezos attempting to grovel for a lesser spot for his businesses on Donald Trump’s enemies list.

    This is a craven betrayal of the legacy of Katharine Graham, who defied the threats of Richard Nixon and his lackeys while the Post published the Pentagon Papers and documented Nixon’s Watergate crimes.

    Jeff Bezos, you are no Kay Graham.

    10/22/2024: Qualcomm Moves to Ease Windows on Snapdragon Compatibility Concerns, PCMag

    My first post from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit covered a series of moves to address one lingering concern of that company’s rollout of fast and battery-friendly laptop processors: compatibility with existing Windows apps and peripherals. Reminder: Qualcomm covered my airfare and lodging on this trip.

    10/24/2024: Qualcomm Revs Up Connected-Car Ambitions at Snapdragon Summit, PCMag

    Then I filed a much longer post unpacking Qualcomm’s pitch to automakers to use its connected-car platforms. It was weird to see the only in-person endorsements from automakers in Qualcomm’s day-two keynote come from Chinese manufacturers.

    10/25/2024: Snap Spectacles ’24 First Look: AR Glasses That Aren’t Vaporware, PCMag

    I tried out these augmented-reality glasses Monday afternoon but didn’t have time to write about them until Thursday morning–the first-world problem of being at a conference with a packed schedule six time zones to the left of my editors.

    10/25/2024: Ep 70 SmartTechCheck Moment — Ruminations on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit 2024 in Hawaii, Mark Vena

    I joined my industry-analyst pal Mark Vena and other analysts Mike Feibus, Francis Sideco and Dave Altavilla to record a podcast from a lawn at the Wailea Beach Resort, Qualcomm’s venue for the summit.

    10/25/2024: Bluesky Readies Subscription Option, Says It Won’t Be Like X Premium, PCMag

    I hustled to write this short post from Maui’s airport before a flight to Los Angeles that I didn’t even realize would have no WiFi for most of the flight over the Pacific.

    10/27/2024: Qualcomm’s 8-Core Snapdragon X Plus, Tested: A Competitive, Cheaper Chip, PCMag

    The research for this post began with a benchmarking session Qualcomm hosted at IFA about seven weeks ago, after which my editor and I were respectively slammed with travel and other schedule conflicts–while, conveniently enough, laptops with these new processors had not yet shipped.

    10/27/2024: Election security, Alaraby

    I appeared via Zoom on this Arabic-language news channel to share some details from my experience as an Arlington County poll worker.

    Updated 10/28/2024 to add a link to my TV hit.

    #benchmarks #Bluesky #connectedCars #electionSecurity #Hawaii #MarkVena #Maui #pollWorker #Qualcomm #SnapSpectacles #SnapChat #SnapdragonSummit #SnapdragonX #X #Xitter

  4. A new Maui Project report is out!
    Want to find out what's new? You can check out the blog for detailed information.

    #mauikit #maui #convergent #mauishell
    @Nitrux_NX @kde

    mauikit.org/blog/maui-report-2

  5. There is so much going on in this screen of my current #dotNETMAUI #MacCatalyst app already:
    - Loading #SfSymbols via my custom library
    - Coloring all icons with the #macOS/#iOS system colors via my custom library
    - Extending image control to load a placeholder from SfSymbol
    - Custom FramedContentControlWithText
    - Entry handler modification to remove the border on Mac

    Note: I did not yet wire up a #ViewModel instance.

    #dotNET #CASBAN6 #MAUI #MAUIDev #MVVM #XAML #programming #developer #devlife

  6. Well, the biggest part of this week's #dotNETMAUI task is done. I implemented a custom #ImageSource that uses #SFSymbols on #macOS and #iOS. Icons finally show up, now I need to figure out the coloring which is defaulting to the #accent tint no matter what I set (at least on the Mac).

    Will #blog about it when I ironed out all the quirks.

    #iOSDev #MacCatalyst #dotNET #dotNET6 #CASBAN6 #MacDev #csharp #xaml #MAUIDev #MAUI #sideproject

  7. Finally found some time to write some code to work around the missing #MacCatalyst support in #MSAL I mentioned earlier this week here: mastodon.social/@msicc/1096607 .
    In the end, I was able to log in to my #Azure #AD using the #MAUI WebAuthebticationBroker. It was just a matter of getting the authentication url right (luckily I found some help in the #docs). Will write details in an upcoming #CASBAN6 blog post.

  8. Just finished porting and refactoring my #XamarinForms #MVVM libraries to #dotNETMAUI.

    Next step is setting up a #GitHubAction that generates the #NuGet packages for me for both branches. Once that is done I have a legacy version for XF, and a current #LTS version for #MAUI.

    Finally, I will be able to continue with the admin client for my #CASBAN6 side project.

    #DevLife #NextSteps #dotNET