Wait, does America really still employ a ton of news reporters? [Andrew Van Dam / The Washington Post]
I did not intend to write four posts about Overcast today
Overall, the latest version of the Overcast podcast player has been buggy for me. This seems like a beta 1 product, not production software.
That said, I credit Marco with quick action staying on top of bugs and customer service. He already has distributed a bug-fix beta.
As I recall, he’s a coffee connoisseur and I hope he has plenty of the good stuff.
I use Overcast for its audio quality rather than its user interface. The audio quality remains first-rate, and I remain a satisfied customer.
No, Facebook. I wasn’t doing that, you idiots. Not even close.
This is the second warning I’ve received in two days, when any fool could see that I wasn’t doing that at all.
Remind me again why I’m still on Facebook? Oh, yeah, it’s because most of my friends and family who are online are there.
One more thing about Overcast
Reading this post it seems if you lose your playlists or podcast lists, force-quitting the app should fix the problem.
I’m pretty sure I tried that last night, but I think the developer changed the back-end afterward.
So far, I’m satisfied with the new version, but I’m also finding it a bit buggy. For example, changing filter settings on playlists doesn’t work until I force-quit the app.
The new version of the Overcast podcast app seems to be working OK for me now after a bad start.
It initially failed to show me any of my custom playlists or my list of podcasts.
Here’s what I did: I reverted to the beta, then deleted it, restarted my iPhone, and downloaded the new version. It seems good now.
Marco Arment, who developed the app, advises force-quitting it and says that should fix it, but I’m pretty sure I tried that alone, and it didn’t work.
The new version of the Overcast podcast player is completely unusable for me. I have filed a bug report and reverted to the previous beta.
RIP James Sikking, who played the gung-ho militaristic Lt. Howard Hunter on “Hill Street Blues." He also played Doogie Howser’s father.
I loved that show so much. I want to be Frank Furillo when I grow up.
Today’s fashion hate-reads
Sock height is now a “fierce controversy.. No-show socks make you look old. Crew socks are now fashionable. Unless you’re already old, in which case crew socks make you look old too.
This article has it all, including gratuitous Boomer-bashing and a grown-ass man who is devastated that teenagers are making fun of his socks at Disney World.
I take great pride in not caring about socks. As long as they’re approximately the same color, that’s good enough for me.
Also: Carolyn Hax advises a woman who is aghast that her sister-in-law wore white jeans to a wedding reception, when the invitations SPECIFICALLY SAID “festive cocktail attire.” The only person in this letter who is NOT horrible is the woman in white jeans.
If someone asked me to wear “festive cocktail attire” to an event, I would have no idea what that is. I guess that’s a big reason why we never get those kinds of invitations.
Good profile of J.D. Vance, Trump’s VP pick, in the form of a 55-point list at Politico.
TL;DR: Vance is a crackpot conspiracy theorist and LGBT-phobe motivated strongly by a desire to pwn the Libs. Also, he either had a 180-degree change of heart about Trump, or he’s a sociopathic opportunist; in 2016, he said Trump is an “idiot” and might well be America’s Hitler.
I would not bet on Vance surviving long. Trump tried to have his last VP whacked.