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So, I see a lot of software out there that replaces the functionality of any range of built-in, or existing services.

Having not been able to use some of the Handoff and sharing features of macOS in the past ~10 years, it comes as a bit of a surprise that you can use your iPad as a second monitor by just placing it off to the side of the laptop and moving your mouse over…

This is disgusting, dehumanizing and absolutely unacceptable 1.

So, lately, I’ve been doing a lot of personal work on a new macOS device.

I added a bit of polish to the site that was sorely lacking when I migrated it over.

From Politico.

So, for my wishlist, I kept trying to find a way link to CamelCamelCamel (henceforth "🐫🐫🐫") if the store was Amazon.

Lately, I’ve been watching with dread as my modest1 Hetzner server has been going up in price, month-over-month.

I’ve been watching the Apple TV program, Severance .

I just played a silly web-based, LLM-run, text-adventure about trying not to get fired from X .

I know I’m a bit late in posting this news, but I’ve been playing quite a bit of C&C via Steam (it’s on sale).

Yes, the Party of Free Speech and morals, indeed.

Apparently, there is a company named Mitsubishi with the exact three-diamond logo as the car company.

While I have little love for either JavaScript or Oracle, I find it odd that Oracle somehow wound up with the JavaScript trademark .

I can now purchase $1.50 hot dogs and drinks to my heart’s content!

The more I delve into SQLite , Fossil-SCM , the more I find interesting and impressive.

Jesus-fucking-Christ.

Yay, my favorite editor has reached milestone version 30.1, with a slew of new features and performance enhancements.

I love a lot of Anthony’s music , but this one nails the style of Queen so well that I can’t help but listen to it on repeat.

When I say those words.

Blogging for traffic, not design .

I’ve been working on updating some of the data-driven pages on my site, instead of backlogged content.

Valentine’s Day was a really special day for us, we got to see Alton Brown in his final(?)

So, I updated the site.

Apparently, security is not the top priority at the “temporary” organization that has bullied it’s way in to all of the information the Feds have on you.

I had my attention turned to a group that produce a magazine known as Adbusters .

GM I can believe.

Sometimes, you don’t need full on (Emacs) Bankruptcy, sometimes you just need to… restructure some things in your config.

Sometimes, I post things that might not be liked by everyone .

Back to Mac It’s always fascinating to read about someone’s journey in doing something just outside the norms.

Sometimes you just want to preserve something.

An owl wakes up in its cage on a sunny spring day in a park in Essen, western Germany, on March 26, 2014Martin Meissner/AP Happy Superb Owl Sunday, everyone!

I’ve been talking a bit with ChatGPT about my site .

A picture of some advertising included with my tax documentation Have we reached peak ads yet?

iFixit: What Happens To Your Gifts After You Return Them?

So, my preferred dentist was bought out by a much larger conglomerate and things are changing in ways I didn’t like.

Robb Knight posted about some of his favorite music, so I decided that even though I’m not ‘tagged’ anywhere, I’d do it myself because sometimes it’s nice to get a better picture of the blogger.

It’s tempting to stop using Emacs.

Okay, my mind is a little blown.

Reading even tech news is getting too depressing to do.

Emacs has a concept of filesets .

When you can’t govern, shift shit around to make it look like you’re accomplishing things.

A picture of my email from ThriftBooks that has no plain-text alternative It’s not the first time I’ve seen it, and not the last, but damn I wish companies would try.

Sometimes I find it hard to know when to automate some process.

I’m a huge fan of the Lockpicking Lawyer.

The book burning from the right has begun .

I could have sworn it was closed down or sold.

A picture of the youtube block image when it thinks you’re a bot No, YouTube.

I tried.