Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · Atlanta
A personal newspaper of useful discoveries, places to go and things worth trying
Front Page · Front Page · AI & Apple · Apple
Apple’s October 27 Creator Studio announcement opens an intriguing path: let AI agents work directly with real Mac documents, spreadsheets and presentations starting in November.
Front Page · Maker Lab · Github
A new open-source Rust CAD project directly intersects your Plasticity, STEP-file and AI-assisted modeling needs—but its mesh-to-solid limits matter.
Front Page · Atlanta Today · Downtownatl
Wednesday’s citywide Downtown Day has an unusually good mix of free things to see, neighborhood discoveries and time-limited dining offers.
Photography & Creative · Apple
Apple’s upcoming Pixelmator Pro update will let you select part of an image and describe the replacement in ordinary language.
Photography & Creative · Apple
The November Final Cut Pro update may eliminate a surprising amount of template-hunting and external asset management.
Photography & Creative · Apple
Apple is bringing a beta music assistant, a redesigned sound browser and more precise separation of drum parts to Logic Pro.
Photography & Creative · Apple
An overlooked part of Apple’s creative announcement is Motion’s improved tracking and graphics workflow.
AI & Software · Github
GitHub’s October 27 public preview lets backend services use Copilot through a GitHub App instead of someone’s personal login.
AI & Software · Github
Copilot’s new generally available Assisted mode automatically approves clearly safe operations and asks about the rest.
AI & Software · Github
GitHub added a smaller model for focused agentic coding and terminal work; it is worth measuring rather than guessing at savings.
AI & Software · Fix It · Ai
Google changed the Generate Content API default on October 26; new paid-tier projects now log requests unless storage is disabled.
AI & Discovery · Deepmind
Google DeepMind’s October 27 research preview points toward interactive visual prototyping, not just another video generator.
Gadgets & Photography · Fujifilm
Announced October 27, the mini Evo 2 offers a larger touchscreen, higher-resolution capture and a short pre-photo video mode.
Space & Science · Science
Today’s NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day is a rare mutual occultation of Ganymede and Io, captured on October 20.
Space & Science · Travel Ideas · Science
NASA’s October 28 Earth Observatory feature introduces Chiricahua National Park in Arizona through a striking Landsat view.
AI & Software · Pre2
Buildkite’s October 28 update separates idle, paused and busy agents and shows why jobs are waiting.
AI & Software · Docs
Snowflake added three developer-facing controls to its managed coding agent on October 28.
Atlanta · Maker Events · Piedmontpark
Create a carved printing block and five seasonal cards in a two-hour class at 6 p.m.
Atlanta · Maker Events · Events
An architect-flavored pumpkin-carving event runs 5–7:30 p.m. at SweetWater today.
Atlanta · Family · Wclk
A 4–8 p.m. Halloween event at Phipps includes a movie screening, crafts and a school-support fundraiser.
Atlanta · Live Music · Ironandwine
The songwriter’s official tour lists an October 28 Atlanta show at The Eastern.
Atlanta · Live Music · Livenation
An 8 p.m. performance at Vinyl pairs Low Cut Connie with Brian Dunne.
Atlanta · Live Music · Concertaddicts
The Chicago indie-rock band has an October 28 Terminal West date.
Atlanta · Live Music · Redlightcafe
Gordon Vernick Quartet starts at 9 p.m.; musicians and singers are invited to join.
ESPN · Sports · Auburn Tigers Football
Record 5-4 · 10th in SEC · Sat, November 14th at 12:00 PM EST
Auburn visits Mississippi State in SEC playOregon's 'Shoe Ducks' jab at Ohio State tops college football Week 10 trolls
Sports Watch · MLB
After Tampa Bay’s 12-inning 4–3 comeback Tuesday, Milwaukee leads the series 3–1; Game 5 is at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.
Discovery · Nature · Guinnessworldrecords
A curious Bolivian rescue cat helped researchers recognize Leopardus tilcayo, a genetically distinct wild felid.
A Chinese entrepreneur rode a specially modified motorcycle more than 25 miles on the surface of water, earning a Guinness World Record. The oddity is not that the motorcycle floats like a boat; it is that a vehicle designed for pavement was adapted for a sustained water run.
Source →Jupiter has 115 discovered moons according to NASA’s October 28 APOD, but Saturn has 293. Today’s NASA video catches Ganymede passing directly in front of Io, an alignment from Earth that becomes possible roughly every six years around Jupiter’s equinox.
October 28, 1989: The Oakland Athletics completed a four-game World Series sweep of the San Francisco Giants. The series had been interrupted by the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck just before Game 3 on October 17.
Read more →The Moon is in Gemini, Virgo’s solar tenth house of career and public visibility, and joins Uranus early today. Expect a change in a client request, meeting time or project priority that creates an opening for an inventive solution. Mercury retrograde in Scorpio activates the third house of messages, agreements and local travel; a conversation or older document may return with new terms. Venus retrograde in Libra, Virgo’s second house, revisits prices and the value of an existing arrangement. The Gemini Moon’s supportive aspect to Saturn later favors turning a quick idea into a specific professional commitment.
Before 10:30 a.m.: see The Stitch renderings at 191 Peachtree, or stop by Municipal Market for complimentary Birdhouse Coffee before 11.
Today: inspect the SolidCraft open-source CAD repo and test one simple STL-to-STEP conversion against Plasticity measurements.
Today: bookmark Apple’s November Creator Studio MCP release and prepare a disposable Numbers budget sheet for an agent test.
Noon: consider Downtown Day’s Broad Street Boardwalk lunch party; 4–6:30 p.m. compare South Downtown $15 meal deals.
4–8 p.m.: Phipps Plaza Boo Bash is a family Halloween option; verify the Coco screening time.
5–7:30 p.m.: consider AIA Atlanta’s Arch-o-Lantern design social; registration required.
6–8 p.m.: Piedmont Park’s $25 linocut class is a practical way to learn reusable silhouette design.
Today: if using a new paid Gemini API project, check the October 26 default store=true request-logging behavior.
Today: review GitHub’s server-to-server Copilot SDK authentication and Assisted permissions for unattended coding workflows.
Tonight: Iron & Wine at The Eastern, Low Cut Connie at Vinyl, Friko at Terminal West or the $10 Red Light Cafe jazz jam.
8 p.m. ET: World Series Game 5 on FOX; Brewers lead Rays 3–1.
Before midnight: consider Theatrical Outfit’s DOWNTOWN10 ticket code for an eligible later performance.
Watch NASA’s Ganymede/Io occultation video and browse the satellite view of new Chiricahua National Park.
Join the Genie 4 research waitlist only if interactive world-building would be useful for product visualization.
Compare Fujifilm’s upcoming $290 Instax mini Evo 2 with a phone-plus-portable-printer solution before ordering.