Duncan Davidson
Friday, July 24, 2020

Six for Friday

šŸ“² Are my days of dual carrying mobile devices about to start again? Looks like the Microsoft Surface Duo device is getting ready to launch. Iā€™m really curious to see what itā€™ll feel like in hand.

šŸ“¢ The Cascadia Code font now has multiple weights, as announced by Kayla in the Windows Terminal blog. I use it as my code font on Mac OS X via Homebrew.

šŸ“ø The AP is going to equip all of its visual journalists with Sony gear. Thatā€™s pretty massive, but and makes sense to be able to have all of their photojournalists using the same basic kit based around the E-mount, from stills to video.

šŸ˜± During the flights we took on Wednesday, I saw one person wearing a chefā€™s transparent saliva shield. Technically, I guess it is a covering of the nose and mouth, but I think the person was seriously missing the point.

šŸ˜· Delta has already banned 100 people for refusing to wear a mask. Delta CEO Ed Bastian: "If you board the plane and insist on not wearing a mask, we insist that you do not fly Delta into the future.ā€œ Thatā€™s an airline policy I can support 100%.

šŸ‘Øā€āš•ļø I canā€™t imagine how Antony Fauci manages to keep going to work day after day. This quote from Fauciā€™s interview with New York Times Opinion writer Jennifer Senior is downright depressing: "But Jennifer, would you want me to say something thatā€™s directly contrary to what the president is doing? Thatā€™s not helpful. Then all of a sudden you donā€™t hear from me for a while.ā€ I couldnā€™t do it, myself.