Check this cool setup (with glowing duck)

September 28, 2022

In our latest Setups post, we theorize that all the ultra-nice equipment that the owner has assembled -- a cool mechanical keyboard, a beautifully curving display -- is overshadowed by the glowing duck lamp.

The radiant duck is indeed a nice addition to the calming workspace, but my eye was drawn to the model rocket and the fantastical wallpaper.

Take a look at it: It's pretty cool.

Luckily, we tracked it down. It's part of an arresting Fantasy Wallpaper Pack with nine images at 5,120 by 2,160.

If you need more inspiration for setting up your workspace, check out our other Setups posts, collected here.

You'll find a bunch of great ideas for setting up your setup from fellow Mac users. It's all the inspiration you need for perfecting your own fantasy battlestation.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

You can amass an array of the world’s most formidable tech gear and photograph it, but if you get a cute animal in the frame — living or inanimate — that’s where all eyes will go. Today’s clean MacBook Pro setup boasts a 34-inch curved, ultra-wide display, a custom mechanical keyboard and other cool stuff. But it also has a duck that glows.

Logitech just launched its first mechanical keyboard optimized for Mac. The MX Mechanical Mini features low-profile switches and backlighting. It’s joined by the MX Master 3S mouse and the Lift mouse in Logitech’s new “Designed for Mac” collection.

Now U.S. businesses can accept contactless payments directly on their iPhones – no additional hardware required.

A magnetic wireless charging station can juice up more than just your iPhone, and what could be more convenient? Momax's 2-in-1 model charges an iPhone and an AirPods case, and the 3-in-1 version adds a spot for an Apple Watch. Right now, Cult of Mac readers can get a 10% discount with a special coupon code.

Apple’s Automatic Verification system for websites is getting a big boost from Cloudflare. The web security company just unveiled Turnstile, a free alternative to those irritating CAPTCHA image tests, and it comes with Apple’s system built-in.

If you’re among the many people who stick with leather Apple Watch bands because they’re handsome, durable and timeless, can we interest you in a double leather band? They’re called double tour bands, and Speidel makes a beauty in brown leather, available for just $49.90 in the Cult of Mac Store.

On September 28, 1997, Apple debuted its iconic "Think Different" TV commercial. The powerful spot is a milestone for Apple advertising.

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One more thing ...

"The Apple II was actually the first computer to come fully assembled, where you didn’t have to do anything. And the reason there was, it was our observation that for every hardware hobbyist ... there were a thousand potential software hobbyists." -- Steve Jobs, 1990.

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