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My wish for iOS 26 is that, in preparation for the 20th anniversary all-glass iPhone, the new UI design will pave the way for system-wide pass-through video (just as visionOS uses) so as to feel like your content is the device. No more static background wallpaper. Truly transparent-seeming.

This mode probably won't debut until iPhone 20, however, since it will depend on a higher baseline of camera and sensor hardware (as Vision Pro did).

As some of you know, I moved to Orlando in 2020. But it wasn't so much Orlando as Disney World itself, given our home's relative proximity to the parks and the degree to which we're isolated from most of the "Florida stuff" that comes to mind when I tell people I live in Florida.

One of the great joys of where we live is that I've made a variety of fascinating friends who similarly relocated to central Florida with a degree of intentionality, and one of them is Eric Doggett. Eric is a phenomenally talented photographer, artist, and all-around creative. In fact, if you listen to Breaking Change, a big reason it sounds as good as it does is thanks to Eric!

A couple years ago, Eric was admitted into the Disney Fine Art program, and now he officially has some prints for sale. Check out his announcement video:

If you're a Disney fan and you're the art-buying sort, go buy some! I especially love the new Palm Springs motif he's been iterating on most recently.

Try this Milk Sour!

An accident of language—the fact that "sour milk" sounds so unappealing—is probably why nobody in America ever considered making a "milk sour", which is just... exactly what it sounds like.

Milk and liquor, together at last.

Just heard for the thirtieth time: "who out there is asking for a thinner phone? For whom is the current phone too heavy?"

Me. That's who. It's absurd how thick and heavy each and every single piece of electronics I own is. My phone should weigh a third this much.