MacBook Neo hands-on: a new product category for Apple, and it doesn't look budget with a vibrant display and aluminum body, but the keyboard is a bit flimsy (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops
Fine tuning the Lego spectrometer more.
Using a maglite as the source eliminates the need for a separate collimating lens.
I also switched away from the very flaky variable slit made of a sliding brick that wouldn't stay in place if you looked at it wrong.
After some failed experiments with aluminum foil, I discovered that the round tree trunk Duplo brick was a tiny bit smaller than a nominal square 2x2 brick. When placed next to a square brick and locked in place with …
UAE and Bahrain's main aluminium producers say plants damaged by Iranian attacks
https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2026/03/29/uae-and-bahrains-main-aluminium-producers-damaged-by-iranian-attacks/…
Top Gulf Aluminum Producer EGA Halted Output After Iran Strike (Yvonne Yue Li/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/top-gulf-aluminum-producer-ega-halted-smelter-after-iran-strike
http://www.memeorandum.com/260401/p97#a260401p97
Brought home some #espresso beans. Pulled a shot on a Bambino Plus with default settings, then made a cappuccino on the same machine. Tomorrow I'll try with the Flair 58.
Thanks to @… for the lovely mug (it’s not blurry IRL).
Just popped into my head - a memory of an evening, lit but not bright: I was walking and suddenly came face-to-"face' with a person in full Klu Klux Klan regalia, with pointed hood. He was much taller than I am. And as he looked down on me he was slapping an aluminum baseball bat into his palm. Scary? You betcha!!
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In #Essen speist die #Aluminiumhütte von #Trimet nun industrielle #Abwärme ins
Nomination des Directeurs de l’audiovisuel par le président, c’est exactement ce que la loi fondamentale allemande de 1949 a interdit. Et pour cause. Comment M. Alloncle peut-on être aussi mauvais en histoire. Ou c’est voulu pour tuer la démocratie ?
US Set to Roll Out Tiered Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/us-to-set-25-tariff-on-finished-steel-aluminum-products-wsj
http://www.memeorandum.com/260401/p107#a260401p107