June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959
The clergy can’t be trusted with anything sacred
Frank lloyd Wright
Resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright
One More Thing – Frank Lloyd Wright
Texas
High Flight – Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr.
“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr. – Killed 11 December 1941 (age 19)
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’veclimbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting windalong, and flung
my eager craft through footless halls of air….
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where neverlark, or even eagle flew —
And, while withsilent , lifting mind I’ve trod
The highuntrespassed sanctity of space,
– Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.”
John Lennon – October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980
Remembering Pearl Harbor
midway512 – The Oberg Color Film Footage of Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941
This short documentary tells the story of Harold & Eda Oberg, & the film footage they recorded of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. The couple captured shots during & after the attack on Hickam Army Airfield.
Workflow – Think Different
Here’s to the Crazy Ones
Mac Tip – How to Encrypt Your Mac
How to Turn On and Set Up FileVault Encryption
If you get a new Mac for Christmas and plan to make shady deals in the Ukraine and China you definitely need to do this. But everyone else should do it too.
FileVault is part of the macOS operating system and it encrypts your Mac system disk so that it can’t be accessed without the proper credentials. If I have physical possession of a Mac I can quickly break into it. If your disk is encrypted with FileVault I am stopped cold. It is that simple.
YOU SIMPLY CAN’T FORGET YOUR PASSWORDS!
FileVault 2 is available in OS X Lion or later. When FileVault is turned on, your Mac always requires that you log in with your account password.
- Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Security & Privacy.
- Click the FileVault tab.
- Click
, then enter an administrator name and password. - Click Turn On FileVault.
Resources
SpaceX Status Report
Nerd News
FoundryPlanet – IDRA Giga Press 3 Assembly for Tesla
This is Idra Giga Press #3 (Tesla DCM-6100-3 ?). DCM-6100-1 and DCM-6100-2 were installed at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California.
Workflow – Donut-shaped C Code
Taps
Wynona Karolyn Wolfram Foss passed away November 1, 2020.
SpaceX Status Report
Lex Fridman – Donut-shaped C code that generates a 3D spinning donut
Donut Resources
Workflow – iPhone 12 Review – Marques Brownlee
I’m not going to do a consumer review of the iPhone 12. With Marques Brownlee around there is just no point.
Marques Brownlee
iPhone 12 Review: Just Got Real!
iPhone 12 Pro Review: You Sure About That?
SpaceX Status Report
Workflow – LiDAR/AR Training Day
What I Am Working on Today
Today I am working with the LiDAR sensor on the new iPhone 12 Pro.
What is LiDAR? Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) measures distance using reflected light, usually from a laser measuring the time of flight of the light pulse.
The iPhone 12 Pro and 2020 iPad Pro have a new LiDAR scanner that adds depth scanning for better images. Other mobile devices use LiDAR technology to measure distances of a few feet the LiDAR sensor on the iPhone and iPad works with much higher precision at a distance of up to five meters.
Why do I care? I want to use the sensor to make highly detailed 3D models of objects and spaces for use in iOS apps and websites.
App Store – 3dScanner App 
App Store – 3dScanner App
This is my first attempt at scanning a 3D model of my house using an app called simply enough 3dScanner App. It is UGLY but has potential.
Resources
- WWDC 2020 – Explore ARKit 4
- Apple – Visualizing a Point Cloud Using Scene Depth
- Wikipedia – Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
Apple Tip
What to do If you forgot your Apple Screen Time passcode
SpaceX Status Report
Workflow – iPhone 12, Best of Amarillo, Hacking the Simulation
What I Am Working on Today
Congratulations Best of Amarillo Winners
How To Set Up a New iPhone — Apple Support
How to Back up your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to iCloud – Apple Support
Resources
SpaceX Status Report
George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets | Lex Fridman
Workflow – Snow Day
What I Am Working on Today
Not a lot going on today. Being shut-in because of snow is a refreshing change from being shut-in for the virus. I planned this week around the iPhone 12 release and it is now about two days late getting here due to the weather. UPS says it is in the neighborhood so it is going to be a long night.