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Christopher Walken portrays The Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow (1999)
A screenshot from https://www.apple.com/os/macos/?version=no-hero with the following content: "Ultrawide display support. Now you can get higher resolutions on ultrawide displays, such as 5K at 120Hz. And your display arrangements stay exactly as you left them, for a seamless experience every time you plug in."
Screenshot from https://www.apple.com/os/ featuring the "OS improvements" section: "OS improvements Every little detail makes it all delightful. Discover tons of refinements that make your devices even more responsive, reliable, and delightful to use. Design refinements. Updates to Liquid Glass ensure exceptional readability with more uniform refraction and improved contrast. And a new slider lets you easily customize how Liquid Glass looks, from ultraclear to fully tinted. Faster performance. From faster iPhone and iPad app launches to quicker AirDrop transfers, improvements across your devices make the things you do feel more responsive than ever. Send indicator in Messages. Send photos and videos in low-bandwidth situations without slowing the rest of your conversation. Text messages will continue to send, and a new send indicator lets you know exactly what’s been delivered. Smoother network transitions. Your iPhone and iPad more seamlessly choose the best available Wi‑Fi or cellular connection, so whether you’re getting directions as you leave home or taking a FaceTime call as you step off a plane, you’ll stay connected."
A bsky popover dialog, encountered when attempting to open a link shared in a post, with the following text: "Leaving Bluesky This link is taking you to the following website:"
A common sight on the web in 2026, the Cloudflare turnstile interstitial includes the following content: "Performing security verification. This website uses a security service to protect against malicious bots. This page is displayed while the website verifies you are not a bot. Verify you are human Cloudflare Privacy - Help"
Christopher Walken
Alert banner on GitHub.com containing the following text: "Some pull requests may be missing due to an ongoing search incident, but no data is lost. Use the API or GitHub CLI (gh pr list) for complete pull request results."
Image with the text "Secret Club™. Welcome, SimpleBits® Secret Club™ member! We thank you for being here. See below for how to use your perks."
A highlight reel rapidly transitioning between video clips from fictional brands found in films, series, and video games to promote the "Branding Fiction" design book.
a screenshot of the Oxide Computer Company's homepage with a recommended revision for the hero copy: "we sell a big computer that you plug in and turn on"
A large 'oh no' emoji: two floating hands flank a floating circular face contorted into an expression of exasperation, sadness, or disappointment that conveys the feeling of 'oh no'
a screenshot from a ticket website reading: "YOU ARE NOW IN THE QUEUE. 25605 PEOPLE AHEAD OF YOU."
an eel, wishing it didn't need to research garbage disposals. why are garbage disposals so prone to failure. the housing is the thing. always the housing, the eel said. you see, the garbage disposal manufacturers make mostly good products, but the secret that those in the know are all aware of is the fact that the internal housing of the disposals is the biggest failure point. the eel sighed.
macOS dialog from Xcode, containing the Xcode icon (blue grid paper background with an angled hammer) and the text, "Installing system components"
a screenshot of a macOS dialog window asking a user to rate the TestFlight app. the window contains the following text: "Enjoying TestFlight? Click a star to rate it on the App Store. button: Not Now button: Submit"
image from The Office tv show. Michael Scott is staring forward, and the text "I AM DEAD INSIDE." appears at the bottom of the screen
a screenshot of the UPS tracking page showing the following text: "Estimated delivery: Today, December 09 by 9:00 P.M. We've updated the estimated delivery time of your package. Your driver is on the way to make delivery."
A three-panel meme using stills from the Spider-Man movie showing an emotional scene between Mary Jane and Peter Parker. first panel: Mary Jane looks tearful with the caption "Tell me the truth...I'm..I'm ready to hear it." second panel: Peter Parker faces her with a UPS logo edited onto his forehead, captioned "We've updated the estimated delivery time of your package. Your driver is on the way to make delivery." third panel: Mary Jane is shown crying, implying heartbreak at receiving yet another delivery delay notification.
Cartoon image of a dog looking to the right with narrow eyes and a facial expression demonstrating suspicion. The text "THAT'S SUSPICIOUS" appears above the cartoon dog.
A photo showing a a wooden table with a small black fan shroud adapter sitting in the foreground next to a Fractal North PC case in the background.
A four-panel meme using a scene from a sitcom with a blonde woman and a mustachioed man with round glasses having an earnest conversation. **Panel 1:** The man speaks confidently while the woman listens; the caption reads, “Newest IDE team at Google on their release day: ‘I’ve heard that while other IDEs have launched before, Google remains committed to those teams while exploring new IDEs like ours.’” **Panel 2:** Close-up of the woman asking skeptically, “Well did it work for those people?” **Panel 3:** Close-up of the man looking unsure and explaining, “No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but…” **Panel 4:** The man brightens slightly and adds, “…but it might work for us.”
A screenshot of an article highlighting the sentence, "For example, I cded into a boilerplate Python project directory," which places the HTML <code> tag around the letters "cd" and displays a white border around the letters to communicate that "cd" is a command.
A scene from the movie Interstellar with the astronaut, Cooper, wearing a full spacesuit while strapped into a chair within the spacecraft while turbulence is occurring. The text at the bottom of the scene is "This little maneuver's gonna cost us 51 years"
A screenshot of a "Subscription Renewal" email from Apple Inc. In the upper-left corner is a black Apple Inc. logo. In the upper-right corner is the text "Subscription Renewal." In the email body, there is a large Apple Music app icon with a white musical note and a pink gradient background. To the right of the Apple Music icon, in the email body, the following text appears from top to bottom: "iTunes Match iTunes Match iTunes Match (1 year) $24.99/year"
A screenshot showing two Safari web browser windows side-by-side. The left browser window displays the 2Doc website. The right browser window displays the same 2Doc website with overlaid text showing all 79 heading elements and 149 links that a screen reader program would read aloud.
A screenshot showing the macOS media player app IINA playing a live video stream while in mini player mode
A four-panel comic depicting a person using a web browser on a laptop: Panel 1: the person sits at a desk with the laptop in front of them, with their right hand on a wireless mouse. Panel 2: a zoomed-in view of the person's web browser with the mouse point hovering over the refresh icon. Panel 3: a zoomed-in view of the person's hand clicking on a wireless mouse. Panel 4: the person sits at a desk with the now-rotated laptop in front of them, with their right hand on a wireless mouse.
Image with a black background showing a CGI model on the left side. The CGI model depicts a person wearing a business suit with a hat, displaying a facial expression of doubt. In the center of the image, next to the CGI model, a large blue circle with the letter 'X' is displayed. The word 'Doubt' appears to the right of the blue circle with the letter 'X'.
Image from The Simpsons TV show featuring Ralph Wiggum sitting in front of and pointing at a computer. The image is overlaid with the text "I'M LEARNDING."
A screenshot from https://demotime.show/ showing a comparison table between the Demo Time extension and Traditional tools with updated visual styling.
A screenshot from https://demotime.show/ showing a comparison table between the Demo Time extension and Traditional tools.
A screenshot of the Z-Wave JS add-on on a Home Assistant server showing a single device, the Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2 antenna
a monkey sitting with its hands outstretched as if to say, "Why?"
A screenshot of the "Keytips" settings for Microsoft's Outlook web app. The setting text includes a "Keytips" label with the text "Turn this setting on to enable keytips for easier keyboard navigation using the Alt key." A toggle UI control labeled "Enable keytips" is toggled to the OFF state. Two emoji trash cans are placed atop the screenshot, with fire emoji placed within the trash cans to signify that the "keytips" default setting is similar to a trash fire or dumpster fire.
A four-panel comic edited into a meme image that conveys the habit of endlessly opening new browser tabs and neglecting them. - Panel 1: A happy cartoon bunny labeled "Me" spots a street vendor’s table full of potted flowers labeled "Interesting Websites." The bunny looks excited and delighted. - Panel 2: The bunny, still labeled "Me," holds a single flower pot labeled "New Browser Tab" with a blissful expression, clearly pleased with their discovery. - Panel 3: The bunny opens a door to their home, still happily holding the potted flower labeled "New Browser Tab," as if proudly bringing it inside. - Panel 4 (larger panel): Inside the house, the bunny places the fresh flower pot on a table alongside several wilted, dying plants. These neglected plants are labeled "Browser Windows Safeguarding Dozens of Tabs." The contrast emphasizes how the bunny keeps opening new tabs (represented by healthy plants) while forgetting about the old ones, which are left to wither.
An image using the "This is fine" meme template featuring a two-panel comic with a yellow dog wearing a yellow and black hat sitting at a table near a mug while surrounded by flames and smoke in the room. The speech bubble contains the text, "THIS IS MS TEAMS."
A mobile browser screenshot displaying a webpage with a retro aesthetic MS Clippy in the bottom-right corner. The Clippy character has a speech bubble containing the text "Welcome to Source Type! Accept cookies?" Two buttons ("Yes" and "No") are within the speech bubble and positioned below the text. The webpage contains the following text: "Bezier Curve: The Bézier curve is based on mathematical principles called the Bernstein polynomials, which were established in 1912. It was not until the 1960s, however, that these concepts gained wide-spread attention when put to use by French engineer Pierre Bezier who used them to design automobiles for Renault."
A cropped screenshot from YouTube. The screenshot is a user survey the survey contains the following text: "How fresh and timely is the content on YouTube? - Extremely fresh and timely - Very fresh and timely - Moderately fresh and timely - Slightly fresh and timely - Not at all fresh and timely"
An image featuring the "Ancient Aliens" meme. The image features a seated man holding his hands apart while talking. The word "HYPERTEXT" is overlaid atop the seated man's hands.
An image of an ASCII text character with wide eyes, open mouth, and arms angled upwards humorously "tossing" a screenshot of a macOS application, Bartender. The screenshot displays an error message containing this text: "Bartender can not move items. Bartender is unable to move menu bar items. This is most likely due to a bug in macOS, that means apps cannot use Accessibility features, after using the CMD+OPTION- to zoom out of the screen, or while in zoom. This can be fixed by turning off all options at macOS System Settings > Accessibility > Zoom. You should then restart Bartender."
a screenshot, set against a dark green background, of a macOS window. the window's title is "Microsoft AutoUpdate." the window is small and haunting. it does not bring good news. it is a harbinger of doom. wait don't stop reading you already made it this far. anyway like I was saying, the small macOS window as you read above is "Microsoft AutoUpdate." never a good sign honestly. okay so the text in the window. not great. the first text is set in bold and reads, "Initializing. Please wait." yes that is correct the Microsoft AutoUpdate software must rev its engines before inflicting the pain upon us. the rest of the small macOS window contains a button with the text "Check for Updates." this is especially "fun" because this software could have already checked for said updates I am just saying. okay, the rest of the elements in the window are a checked checkbox with the text "Automatically keep Microsoft apps up to date." this text is extremely rich because it never keeps the Microsoft apps up to date and instead continuously demands of me its full attention. finally, there is a button with the text "Advanced..." this button is worrisome. probably not worth pressing it. nope. oh right. there is another element. the final element that I forgot earlier. there is a small button with a downward-facing arrow caret bracket character. here's the cool thing about the lil arrow button: it has a blue glow because macOS decided it was particularly important to select that specific element. who am I kidding it is probably part of the Microsoft AutoUpdate code to opportunistically select the lil arrow button. so the arrow button. if you press it then a list of available software updates will be displayed for the various Microsoft apps. why would the window not automatically want to show this? probably after user testing they determined most users do not care and just want the updates to stop nagging them. ok. thanks for reading this far. i appreciate it very much. have a great day.
an image of an award displaying the following text: "YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED: one yike FROM THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF YIKES"
A screenshot from a macOS error dialog box with a retro Microsoft Windows graphical user interface aesthetic. The text in the error dialog box reads: "Visual Basic for Applications. Run-time error '4707': This add-in is enabled by your system administrator. Help Continue End Debug"
A screenshot of macOS displaying the Mission Control user interface with "Microsoft Word" labels on app "windows" of eight barely visible downward-facing arrows where software thumbnails should be, followed the a text annotation of "WHY ARE YOU THE WAY YOUR ARE, MICROSOFT WORD?!" Those who use Microsoft Word knows that Microsoft Word is a very good word processor and it never makes people frustrated and it is always a very good experience without any friction or bugs or issues and and and and and and and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
A meme image of a man from History Channel's "Ancient Aliens" TV show. The man's face has been replaced by the book cover of Josef Müller-Brockmann's "Grid Systems in Graphic Design." The text at the bottom reads, "GRIDS."
An image of a US patent by Sony. There are line drawings depicting a person sitting on a couch watching a TV, the TV audio saying, "SAY 'MCDONALDS TO END COMMERCIAL," the person standing with both arms in the air saying, "MCDONALDS," and the person again sitting on a couch watching a TV.
A macOS notification set against a blue background. The notification text reads, "Upgrade to macOS Sequoia. Discover new features to unlock your productivity and creativity on Mac." The notification buttons read, "Try Tonight" and "Restart."
A screenshot of two Bluesky posts, each posted moments after one another by different authors, about the search engine Kagi. Text content from the posts: "Lou Plummer « @amerpie.lol • 46m 'My decision to use Kagi was one of the best Internet choices I've ever made. Now it's added even more value.' blog.kagi.com/assist.. Kagi Assistant is now available to all users!| Kagi Blog At Kagi, our mission is simple: to humanise the web. @ blog.kagi.com •• Carlo Zottmann@zottmann.dev • 46m 'Fun fact about @kagi.com Translate: If you set the same input and output language, and just configure the Formality level etc., it'll effectively does a grammar/style rewrite of the input text.' translate.kagi.com #KagiTranslate Kagi Translate Kagi Translate uses powerful Al models to instantly and accurately translate any content in any"
A short video of a large cow/bull shouting in frustration
A screenshot of Activity Monitor in macOS showing the Shortcuts process utilizing 100% CPU
An image featuring a quote, attributed to Steve Jobs, set in white text against a gray background: "There’s lots of ways to be, as a person. And some people express their deep appreciation in different ways. But one of the ways that I believe people express their appreciation to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful and put it out there. —Steve, 2007"
A three-panel meme image featuring characters from The Simpsons TV show. Panel 1: the teacher and class smile and look toward the screen with the text, "SAY THE LINE, BART" / PANEL 2: the character Bart looks down with a sad expression with the text, "WELL, THAT WAS A VERY COOL* WEEK" / PANEL 3: the characters in the classroom are all cheering except Bart
Detailed color-coded ‘DCNC Chart v9.8.0’ showing how to build digital cinema filenames, with labeled boxes for film title, aspect ratio, language, studio, date, audio type, rating, and more.
A macOS dialog box containing the following text: "Apple Intelligence features like Writing Tools will not be available if you continue. Siri will also stop using the additional capabilities provided by Apple Intelligence." The dialog box has two buttons at the bottom labeled "Turn Off Apple Intelligence" and "Cancel."
An image with a light green background featuring a cartoon illustration of a man with curly brown hair wearing black-rimmed glasses and a black shirt and displaying a wide, toothy smile. There is a dark green rounded rectangle at the bottom of the image containing the text "ggamel"—a Duolingo username.
A screenshot of a comment in a GitHub Issues thread. The comment by the user "mherrmann" reads, "This seems to be because the winget Manifest for Brave does not install the auto-update mechanism. This needs to be fixed in Microsoft's winget Community repository, where the installer is configured, not in Brave."
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