The modern world is full of FOMO1 machines. Much has been written about the the psychological impact of social media on people…especially young people…especially young girls. The highlight reel of...
My extended family has been telling me that I should get rid of our black plastic cooking utensils. Something something black plastic has high levels of recycled electronic waste, which...
WILLOW (Smith) may have a charmed background, but given the knockout that is empathogen, she has clearly used her opportunity wisely. I’m certainly late to the game, but after finally listening...
Robb Knight recently wrote about transient slash pages, which is one of those serendipity things that you run into in blogging when someone across the world writes about something you...
Alan Jacobs says you don’t have to be there. Patrick Rhone pulled this quote: “[W]hen Twitter became intolerable people decamped first for Mastodon and then Threads and then Bluesky, or went...
My to-dos and reminders have gotten out of hand. My to-do app inbox is all kinds of untidy. Stuff sits there week after week not getting done. Probably because I...
I’ve collected some paper things over the past few weeks. Some were gifts. Some were acts of support (with a healthy side of “Yay, I get to read this!”). Some...
A fairly boring finish to the year here at the blog, but I thought I’d go through this list to see if there are any updates from 2023. (Reminder: the...
Loving these mini santa Christmas cards from Japan. PaperMint has a listing as well. The bits I’ve seen online imply these mini santa collections have been building up for a...
We have wrapped a lovely Christmas season, at home this year for the first time (excepting COVID and far-past surgical nursing schedules). The weekend prior we spent back in the...
Pink Floyd was the start of my deep appreciation for popular music. I don’t know when it kicked off. Did I hear something on the radio? Did a friend clue...
…not order the Orchid? …come out swinging like Bridget Carey reviewing the state of Apple Intelligence? [Youtube Embed]: https://www.youtube.com/embed/D0V554NyXWM?si=HBib49AnV6J0za-M This is not just about Apple Intelligence, of course. Eliminating reading...
I’ve been using Feedly as the backend for my RSS reading since Google Reader met its demise. I think initially Feedly was pretty similar in look and feel to Google...
The times in which we live have me reconsidering how I interact with the raging river of information all around me. I’m primarily thinking about social media, browser tabs, and...
Today I flew home after a wonderful few days with friends out east. Over dinner one night, Matthew and I were talking about the passing of Quincy Jones. We talked...
I struggle with sleep; mostly with making myself go to sleep. It’s been my life for years now. I’ve tried many and various solutions, but none have worked well. About...
I don’t know when I started noticing Hans Zimmer as a film score composer. For the first half of my life movie scores were either John Williams or not John...
I just finished scouring through the book Faces of the North by Ragnar Axelsson. What a beautiful, fascinating document of the landscapes and people of Iceland, Faroe Islands, and Greenland (circa...
Oh, routine, how I love-hate you. Some of the times that I feel most in the groove sit around routines. When school starts up again soon, my kids will have...
Today is the last day of WeblogPoMo2024. I’m ready for it to be the last day. I have blogged every day for two separate months this year: January and May....
I haven’t written one of these posts since 2010, but it’s once again time to acknowledge a blogiversary. Why is that? Twenty years is why! Yes, I may have taken...
Today in Iceland we hiked Falljökull, The Falling Glacier, and it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Sadly that “once-in-a-lifetime” statement is all the more true give the great speed at which these glaciers...
A nice night for soccer. After the game I have a date with a friend to finish the Equalizer trilogy. It’s cheesy fun, and we enjoy whispering “equalized” at key moments...
Today I was working with a customer on a very confusing state of affairs. Their DNS records, for whatever reason, were causing big problems with their domain. Mainly their DNS...
Writing this short thing as a sort of reverse jinx. The odds are long; nigh impossible. It’s been fun watching the Timberwolves grow into an NBA contender. This series against...
Over the years I have generally enjoyed looking back at my old blog posts. It’s good to reminisce and be reminded of the things that I was curious about years...
Blogrolls, socials, linkblogs, blog blogs, etc. From time to time, use these outlets to share the things you like! I recently wrote on the Good Enough blog, asking for people...