Matt Edwards

Really fun to watch. ...

From AnilDash: The flagship mobile apps from Google, Spotify, Apple, NYT, Venmo, Walmart and many other huge companies all broke for about 30 minutes. A simple explanation of the cause is pretty brief: they all use code from Facebook, so when that broke, they all started crashing. Issues #1373 and #1374 on GitHub have a combined 226 comments since last night. Amazing the level of confusion in some of them. kazzkiq: Are we ready to ask the real questions here?Why the heck does Facebook do unwanted requests during my apps startup? What kind of info are they sending back to their servers? ...

Huh. Checking back in on my races in ZwiftPower (profile link), I’m noticing that a couple of my last races have been revised. 4/6 3R Watopia Flat Route Race: I’m now finishing in 5th place, instead of 4th as I previously thought. 4/1 Stage 4 Race - Tour of Watopia 2020: Still finishing in 4th place. 3/31 Stage 3 Race - Tour of Watopia 2020: Now finishing in 3rd place, high enough to make the podium! Previously marked as 4th place. 3/30 Stage 2 Race - Tour of Watopia 2020: Second! Silver! Well that’s crazy. Of course, only four riders in my C-category; but still. ...

Today, Look pedal cleat covers. Tomorrow, a new Elemnt Roam and a KICKR Headwind fan. Later this week, Garmin Vector 3 power meter pedals. It’s going to be a good year for biking. ...

I can do this now, because the year is still young. Need to check back in October 2020. ...

Kinda neat. Sets a good bar for 2020. ...

From DC Rainmaker: For the money, there’s no smart trainer on the market which delivers as much functionality as the Fisher-Price Smart Cycle. App compatibility across virtually every larger-format screen you can think of, half a dozen themed apps with dozens of modules (courses) between them, and more alphabet games than there are letters. Now I know my ABC’s for sure. $89 and this thing looks amazing. ...

Thankfully, this was resolved today with Apple restoring Gui’s access. Back in August, Apple locked me out of my developer account, preventing me from updating my apps on the App Store. They didn’t provide any explanation or reason, and since then I’ve reached out to them many times, without success. 2024-11-10: Editor’s footnote.1 Tweet link. The first thing that struck me when I read this was that it was just another in the long line of transgressions Apple has against the developer community. The second thing which struck me was the out-pouring of “you deserve this” sentiment on Twitter, citing the developer NDA and developer agreement all developers must sign to have a developer account with Apple. Provided that a developer cannot offer an iOS app without an Apple developer account, and that it is onerous to be a macOS developer without an Apple developer account - it seemed strange to not see sentiment the other way ‘round dominating the conversation. ...

OK, it’s not 100 outdoor bike rides - but I’ve only got the one Zwift virtual ride on there so I’m going to count it. One hundred activities. One hundred days being active, doing stuff, out of 365 days in the year. A hair over 27% of the time. Actually, looking at the percentage, and it feels somewhat low! I think I’ve got two or three 2018 rides on there, plus a hike or two, so I’ll have to celebrate again when I hit 100 Strava outdoor bike rides. ...

As a group ride, I wanted to note down some thoughts about Bike MS yesterday. The good: Charity! Lots of people to ride with (this will appear in other sections); I spent some time falling in with riders of different paces and had a fun time chasing them Road closures and control made the ride a breeze; rarely had to stop at intersections and very little traffic on the roads we were on Rest stops were STOCKED with lots of goodies Bike storage at the stops was well done - those metal bars you hang your seat across Food at the end of the ride was a really nice bonus - pierogis and baked beans is an awesome combo The bad: ...