Some happenings:

• Getting heart surgery next week! Psyched to do it, frankly. Will feel better afterwards. If you’d like to help with medical expenses and lost income, buying a book as a gift (for yourself or another) would be an amazing thing. I’ll be shipping books through Nov. 12 before there’s a gap. Update, Dec. 17: It went great and I’m well into returning to normal!
• I updated a host of ebooks for Take Control Books, where I’m also executive editor. We introduced a discount program, Take Control Premium, where, for $14.99, you get 50% off any book you buy over the next 365 days—including updates from previous editions. I believe I currently have 14 active books, and a few of those have additional updates coming in the next week!
• My client Ben Zotto’s amazing book on the history of Sphere Computers, a Utah-based personal computer maker from 1975–1977 that you have probably never heard of, is nearing the end of its crowdfunding campaign, and could use some support! The book bridges a gap in the history of personal computing, as Sphere was a key player and influencer that, due to it disappearing so completely, has long been left out of the narrative. They shipped at least 1,000 computers and, well, Bill Gates remembers them!
• Another client, Dan Perkins, reached an extraordinary total for the Kickstarter campaign for his five-year collection of Tom Tomorrow cartoons, Our Long National Nightmare. He’s opted to print just a modest number of additional copies beyond the needs to fulfill backers, so if you’d like a copy, you can do a “late pledge” at the Kickstarter campaign and still get in on it for another few weeks or until copies are gone.
• Remember that you can read my weekly Mac/iPhone/iPad/Apple troubleshooting column “Help Me, Glenn!” at Six Colors, an independent, member-supported site. Subscribers get access to exclusive articles, a members-only podcast, and a quite active, lively, and very civil Discord community.
• I have a book in planning that I’ll be announcing probably in February 2026. If you’d like infrequent updates about my books and other projects—one email roughly every 6 weeks, on average—sign up for my mailing list.

When I’m out of surgery, my spouse will likely post a note on Bluesky and Mastodon. Will see you all back here or on the webs later in the month.