435: OS 8, Not So Great

John Gruber joins Jason on Upgrade for the first time. Topics include eWorld, Apple's iPhone production problems in China, FIFA and Qatar and the World Cup, the reasons behind Apple's sports ambitions, BBEdit, regular expressions, Perl and Python, MarsEdit, nanotexture displays, webcams, and the state of the art in ADB-to-USB adapters. Happy Cyber Monday to all those who celebrate!

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The Ninth Annual Upgradies

Apple to Lose 6 Million iPhone Pros From Tumult at China's Foxconn Plant (AAPL) - Bloomberg

Mass resignations of iPhone workers; report of 30% production hit

Foxconn unrest risks iPhone shipments, weighs on Apple shares | Reuters

England, Other Teams Drop Plans to Wear Antidiscrimination Armbands at Qatar World Cup - WSJ

Qatar 2022: The World Cup That Changed Everything - The New York Times

On Eve of World Cup, FIFA President Gianni Infantino Defends Qatar - The New York Times

Kafala system - Wikipedia

Qatar World Cup: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube

An Unexpected Detention by World Cup Security

USMNT World Cup Daily, Day 2 - Fútbol with Grant Wahl

No, Apple Isn't Planning to Buy Manchester United - MacRumors

Cord Cutting Diary: Fubo TV – Six Colors

BBEdit: A text utility, not just a text editor – Six Colors

Dr. Drang's blog, And now it’s all this

Jeffrey Friedl's Blog » Source of the famous “Now you have two problems” quote

Bare Bones Software | BBEdit User Manual

Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions

tinkerBOY ADB Keyboard/Mouse to USB Converter with QMK Firmware and Via support - tinkerBOY

Josh Centers: So Long and Thanks for All the Fish - TidBITS

ThinkPad USB-C Wireless Compact Mouse | Lenovo US