August “Gus” Mueller

Apparently I’m a super @gruber fan today. Two posts on my site: Apple Developer Relations Over the Years: shapeof.com/archives/202... Gruber and Snell on Liquid Glass: shapeof.com/archives/202...

Paging @panz.bsky.social : www.instagram.com/p/DLFk6E_ROAc/

macOS Taco

Just got the new Incase Sculpt Ergonomic keyboard, "Designed by Microsoft". So far it's a 1:1 swap in replacement and I'm super happy to have options now. Changing keyboards is really really hard, I'm glad I don't have to eventually find a different model. (I also have two backups in the closet!)

I've just updated flyingmeat.com/acorn/docs-8... "ACTN002: Acorn's File Format" with a Python script to export layers as png/tiff/plist. Acorn is technically a proprietary format, but I'm not big into lock-in, so I'll always make it easy to get your data out.

Yesterday I got Myth II: Soulblighter updated on my Mac, and I just ran through a training session for the alpha of Marathon on my Xbox and I'm wondering what decade is it again?

Well this brings back big old feelings - Java running in the browser via WASM. And there's a live Swing demo on the page as well: labs.leaningtech.com/blog/cheerpj...

A quick little tip from me: How to Bake in PDF Redactions Using Retrobatch: shapeof.com/archives/202...

Some recent posts by me: The Subjective Charms of Objective-C: shapeof.com/archives/202... Building WebGL Gradients, Zero to 60: shapeof.com/archives/202... Geoffrey Litt's Stevens AI Assistant: shapeof.com/archives/202...

A little post by me: Acorn's File Format Documented: shapeof.com/archives/202... The database schema it's been using is 16 years old now, and I don't think it's going to change anytime soon.

Fixed a very, very old bug in Acorn today. I never thought it was my fault, but it was. So hurray it’s fixed! But also WTF, Gus.

This Amazing Little Machine: shapeof.com/archives/202... (I bought a M4 MacBook Air)

Here's some bread I baked yesterday. It was good. One of these days I'll get back to writing about it again and my current techniques. #breadsky

Just did the "set an alarm so I can get some crazy tech gadget the second it's released" thing, but it's a pizza oven. Because I'm me. Got a Gozney Tread headed my way. (And if you want one, here's a 10% off: <https://gozney.mention-me.com/m/ol/ye6nk-august-mueller>)

This Stratechary interview with Bobby Healy from Manna, a drone delivery company, was awesome and amazing: stratechery.com/2025/an-inte... I want it so much in the US.

New pizza oven alert. The Gozney Tread is a $499 super portable oven for … adventures? The stand is pretty amazing, and the magnetic mantel is A+ design work. The designs coming out of Gozney has gotten so good, I love it: www.gozney.com/collections/...

PSA: If you're a fan of Brandon Sanderson, his first four books of The Stormlight Archive only $2.99 each on Kindle: amzn.to/4hWXt61

Lunatic Fringe on the web: github.com/jackinloadup... Very cool, but … it doesn't play like I remember. Probably a Safari problem.

I'm forcing myself to use Acorn (and all other apps) in Dark Aqua mode on MacOS to fix some stuff, and … how the heck do people do this? The eye strain comes on so fast. It can't be a generational thing, can it? Eye strain?

Maybe Pizza Roundup 003: https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/11/pizza_roundup_003.html Some dumb links, Black Friday sales, and My Friend Derek's is relocating!

Acorn, Retrobatch, and Gus Updates: https://shapeof.com/archives/2024/11/acorn_retrobatch_and_gus_updates.html

Bake Notes 2024.10.21: Oven Experiments With Bread Part 13, where I kind of go back to the drawing board with good results: https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_notes_2024.10.21_oven_experiments_with_bread_part_13.html

Bake Notes 2024.10.14 Oven Experiments With Bread Part 10: https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_notes_2024.10.14_oven_experiments_with_bread_part_10.html I had to rush the bake unfortunately.

This bake was good and repeated the success from the other day. I might have the basics for doing multiple loaves in this oven down. Now I get to experiment in different ways. Rosemary sourdough: https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_notes_2024.10.10_oven_experiments_with_bread_part_9.html

The bake for today's bread could have been so much better, but I think my oven decided to turn off the heat instead of turning it down: https://maybepizza.com/archives/2024/10/bake_notes_2024.10.08_oven_experiments_with_bread_part_8.html

I've been making a ton of bread lately to try and figure out the best setup to bake six loaves at once in my oven. I got a really good bake today and I'm hoping I found something that works: maybepizza.com/archives/202...

Awww yea. Finally got my oven dong what I've been wanting it to do for a couple of weeks now. I'll have to write up a post this evening.

I went up a really fun climb this weekend. 1,800 ft of climbing! shapeof.com/archives/202...

A little post on some pizza stuff I've recently found interesting: maybepizza.com/archives/202... #pizza