Skip to 11:21.

Even though this feature is not mentioned in Apple’s support pages:

• Mac User Guide → Use AirDrop to send items to nearby Apple devices
• iPhone User Guide → Use AirDrop to send items to nearby Apple devices
• iPad User Guide → Use AirDrop on iPad to send items to nearby Apple devices

…I found it mentioned here:

• iDownloadBlog → “How to use wired AirDrop on iPhone, iPad, and Mac” by Ankur Thakur (2024-10-24)
• Unboxed by Cromā → “How to share files faster on iPhone, iPad, Mac using wired AirDrop” by Pranav Sawant (2025-05-02)
• USA Today → “AirDrop large and multiple files with this throwback tip” by Cody Godwin (2026-05-05)

• macOS: FluidVoice (GitHub, open source)
• iOS: Voce AI

I haven’t tried Handy or MacParakeet.

Here’s the description from the GitHub repo:

[X to Nitter Redirect is a] Tampermonkey userscript that redirects x.com and twitter.com URLs to a Nitter instance (default: xcancel.com). Read tweets shared in Slack, email, or anywhere else without hitting X’s login wall.

Includes a Tampermonkey menu for toggling the redirect and cycling through fallback instances when your primary one is down.

I hope y’all find it useful!

I felt like I had to use something in my other apps, and ran LanguageTool for a while. (I never tried Grammarly.)

Thinking about the speed comparison on Harper’s home page, I started a conversation with Claude. I wanted to see if I can expand my use of Harper elsewhere to enjoy the speed and privacy benefits.

The end result: I created a single HTML file that you can download from GitHub and use offline.

The text area mimics the one on the Harper home page, and is not intended for active writing. (It doesn’t save anything. Refresh, and the text disappears.) The two differences that matter to me are:

• It doesn’t make any network requests; and
• The memory footprint is about ten times smaller than the Harper home page.

If you can install the Harper extension in your browser (Chromium-based or Firefox), feel free to try it!

1. I’m glad that Elijah Potter created Harper and joined Automattic! ︎

Add numbers dedicated to sending two-factor codes to a single contact. (e.g. Two-Factor.)

Why? To combine them into a single message thread.

You can hear it starting at 11:13.

Google Voice does not combine these into a single message thread. But, I’ll still do it for the consistent contact name for notifications.

1⃣ Copy Unobfuscated URLs for Zendesk — Right before January 1^st, I released v2.0.0 of this Tampermonkey script after spending about four hours across December 27^th, 29^th, and 31^st (last night).

Want to manually update the script? Open the Tampermonkey Dashboard, then click the time or date in the Last Updated column.

For reference, here’s a copy of the commit note (generated by Claude):

v2.0.0: Single ticket subject support, debug mode, performance improvements

What’s New

Single Ticket Subject Line

• Clipboard emoji now appears in the subject field when viewing an individual ticket.
• Catches the rare case where obfuscated URL is only in the subject, not the body.

Debug Mode

• Add ?debug=copy-urls to URL to enable console logging.
• Silent in production (zero console output).
• Eliminates 500K+ console statements in large ticket views.

Performance & Code Quality

• Consolidated icon styling into single function.
• Removed duplicate CSS definitions.
• Cleaner, more maintainable codebase (-25 net lines).

2⃣ This afternoon, I changed the theme of this blog from Twenty Fifteen to Twenty Twenty-Five.

Basically, I asked Claude to:

• “Encourage” me; and
• Create a project and to-dos (which I imported into Things).¹

After that, I worked through the to-dos in the span of about one hour.

It makes me laugh thinking about procrastinating on this project all these years. I wanted to switch from a classic theme to a block theme, and I’m glad I finally did it!

Also, yay for footnotes!

1. Claude created a one-off HTML file with a clickable Things URL. I shared support pages like “Things URL Scheme” and “Importing Data From Other Apps.” ︎

I’ll quote the current opening README in my GitHub repo:

Security folks obfuscate URLs to prevent accidental clicks. You know the ones: hxxps://example[.]com, example dot com. I finally got tired of manually rewriting parts of these obfuscated URLs in Zendesk tickets before investigating and replying to complainants. That’s friction.

Using Claude, I built a Tampermonkey userscript that spots these obfuscated URLs within Zendesk, then adds a clickable clipboard () emoji to the left of them. One click, and the clean URL gets copied to your clipboard. Done.

If you have ideas for this script, please let me know! It would also be cool to confirm that this works other help desk platforms. You have multiple ways to contact me (in alphabetical order, no preference):

• Comment
• Email
• GitHub

Enjoy!

I prompted Claude a lot, especially because I don’t know JavaScript, and am thankful for the help!

According to the multiple files I saved in Finder, I worked on it in four times in mid October. Each time, until I reached my usage limit in Claude (on the free plan), and stopped. Last night, I randomly got inspired. Opened Claude, reached my usage limit, upgraded to Pro, and am happy enough to share this script with others!

Was supposed to be 1.0. After I uploaded it to GitHub, I added two excludes, so it’s 1.0.1 (at the time of this post).

If you have ideas for the script, or the list of double negatives, you have multiple ways to contact me (in alphabetical order, no preference):

• Comment
• Email
• GitHub

P.S. The mention of “WordPress.com intralink content” acknowledges a quirk I experienced when testing the script, and viewing some internal Automattic P2s.

• Since my second Automattic sabbatical (May 2 – August 2), I walk an average of 20–25 minutes per day.
• I’m not as strict on diet as I was a few months after the heart attack, but I still avoid beef and pork. (If I have chicken, it’s in the form of eggs.)
• From early last month (September), results from blood tests are within range. My total and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels are low. Relieved.
• For tracking medication, I switched to Apple’s Health app.
• I got COVID-19 vaccine boosters in February and September; the latter was the bivalent vaccine. With both boosters, I experienced side effects like fever, chills, and elevated heart rate. After the first, I went to Urgent Care — and later, the Emergency Department — as a precaution because my Apple Watch warned me of an elevated heart rate while I was inactive. A doctor confirmed it was only side effects, and I should use acetaminophen.
• I had a CT angiogram, and there is “no aortic aneurism or dissection“. Thankful.

As of now, the cardiologists still don’t know why I had a heart attack, but I’m pleased we’ve prevented another one.

Took this photo on a tripod with an iPhone 12 Pro. Used Halide in manual mode (ISO 25, exposure 1.0 sec at f/2.0), chose ProRAW as the image format, then quickly processed the image in Lightroom Classic.