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Another new Pocket Universe 2 beta release is available for testing via TestFlight. Fixed motion tracking bug, added a Solar Activity view, improved sun rise/set table, fixed button tap bug, reduced app size. testflight.apple.com/join/HRdBMHkY
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Pocket Universe 2 beta on TestFlight. New features include: Aurora forecast, satellites view, support for iPad in landscape with menus, Southern Hemisphere highlights, and reduced memory. If you can take a few mins to try it & report issues, that would be awesome! testflight.apple.com/join/HRdBMHkY
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
New Pocket Universe 2 beta for testing via TestFlight! testflight.apple.com/join/HRdBMHkY
New: Dramatically reduced memory footprint (hopefully works on older iPhones a bit better). Support for Southern Hemisphere users, new user interface around membership, and new constellation boundary outlines.
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New landscape option.
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New updates to Pocket Universe 2 included support for multiple landscapes, improved constellations, and just less bugs. I hope.

Try it!

testflight.apple.com/join/HRdBMHkY
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Pocket Universe 2
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New features in the TestFlight of Pocket Universe on iPhone and iPad. Polluted sky mode (to help you find things if when it doesn’t look perfect), Long-push for shortcuts, comprehensive Moon data, and more! Try it!
testflight.apple.com/join/HRdBMHkY
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New features in the TestFlight of Pocket Universe on iPhone and iPad. Polluted sky mode (to help you find things if when it doesn’t look perfect), Search by name, a pop-up of highlights.. Try it!
testflight.apple.com/join/HRdBMHkY
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Nice view of the Moon tonight.
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Pocket Universe TestFlight build gets night vision mode on iOS. And better UI for iPhone screens.

It’s free to test it!

iPhone and iPad
testflight.apple.com/join/HRdBMHkY

VisionPro
testflight.apple.com/join/XcNuZSJ4
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Use the TestFlight beta of Pocket Iniverse to find comet Lemmon.

testflight.apple.com/join/HRdBMHkY
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Now with comets..
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Apple #VisionPro version of Pocket Universe is coming along nicely. Here’s a link to the public TeatFlight build if you happen to be lucky enough to own a VisionPro!

testflight.apple.com/join/ERYhNMyT
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I do like the Vision Pro.
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Please try my iOS Astronomy app!

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October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Doing math the way nature intended. And by “nature” I mean “Hewlett-Packard”.
September 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Apple Music: what’s this icon on the right do? What’s it even mean?
September 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The very real urge to write an emulator for that instruction set you're learning about. Today: PDP-1.

This picture shows a functioning PDP-1 at the CHM in Mountain View, California together with a functioning Steve Russell (creator of Spacewar, and Lord of Lisp).
September 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
July 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There is a Kickstarter for a Severance-style remake of the Data General keyboard. Looks awesome. Am I tempted? I was until I saw the $600 price tag. #Macrodatarefinement
July 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Trying to cobble together a paper tape reading machine.
July 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
June 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
You may be old, but was this your first computer?
May 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Follow the giant arrow!
May 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
May 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM