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It used to be that, while Apple’s software wasn’t always the best, it was worth it if you didn’t need anything fancy and just wanted something that played nice with the OS and “just worked”.

This is a blog post that had been percolating in my brain for probably about a week or so, and one that I had thought that perhaps I shouldn't write.

I recently got my first library card, and the first thing I did with it was create an account on Libby.

I don't regret attending a coding boot camp in 2021, it seemed like the best decision at the time.

I was a Nintendo-only gamer up until 2010 when I bought my first non-Nintendo console, the PlayStation 3.

It's been a few months since I launched my first iPhone app – a local-first music player called Groove – and it's been an interesting journey.

If you go to my profile on Mastodon, you'll see one of my hashtags: #ActuallyOCD, but I don't think that's something I've ever really elaborated on.

For several months now, I've been running an old M1 Mac Mini (weird to think of that as old) as a music server.

As part of OpenAI’s latest effort to push their agentic coding tool, Codex, I was able to snag a free month of access to the latest models.

For the last 2 years, I’ve kept a gaming journal in an actual, physical notebook to record my thoughts and feelings on the games I’ve finished.

Almost 2 years ago, I made the switch from Nova to Zed for writing code.

After freeing my music library, I knew the one thing I would miss from Apple Music was the discovery aspect.

I've been a loyal Apple Music subscriber pretty much since it launched 10 years ago, and I've really got used to having almost any song I could imagine wanting right in my pocket.

We're already a couple days into 2026, but due to family obligations, as well as getting far too absorbed into Ghost of Yōtei – mostly the latter, if I'm honest – I'm only getting around to doing this post now. 2025 was a stressful year.

2025 has been a tough year Due to losing my job back in June, I haven’t spent nearly as much money on gaming as I have in past years.

An updated version of this post from 2024, inspired by this post from Chris Coyier (which was in turn inpsired by this post).

While I enjoy developing Mac apps, I find Xcode to be exceptionally clunky, especially when compared to the tools I use for web development.

The other day, I read a report from Eurogamer about fans of the online shooter game Fortnite getting up-in-arms about alleged AI images in the game.

While I enjoy developing Mac apps, I find Xcode to be exceptionally clunky, especially when compared to the tools I use for web development.

The big news in the tech and gaming worlds this past week is Valve announcing their new Steam Machine.

Recently, I found myself wishing for a device with all the modern conveniences of a smartphone, but without all the baggage that comes along with those conveniences.

For the last 8 or 9 months, I've been experimenting on and off with Linux.

I’m a bit of a tech nerd, so it’s no surprise that I love my gadgets.

It seems like the common convention for naming component files in React and other JavaScript frameworks is to use PascalCase rather than kebab-case.

I've recently been experimenting with what I'm calling "Intentional Analog Time", where I take some time every day to do something without a screen, or any type of digital interruptions.

Creating forms in a React app is something that used to often frustrate me.

It's been a while since I originally built this website, which started life as a little project to learn the, at the time, brand new web framework Astro.

Sometimes it feels like I got into tech at the exact wrong time.

I’ve been using the Zen Browser for a little over a month now.

My latest board gaming obsession is quite an unlikely one for me.

Recently, the backlight on my TV crapped out.

One of the things I've been working on recently in therapy is having a healthier outlook on personal progress.

It’s crazy that the Nintendo Switch has been around for 8 years now.

Ever since I started using Mastodon, I've become a lot more interested in reducing the presence of algorithmic content in my digital life.

For my very first Blog Question Challenge, I've been tagged by Kyle to answer questions about music.

I'm a MacBook Air user who often uses a larger external display, and I have a, perhaps, idiosyncratic desire to have the dock always visible on the larger display at my desk, but prefer it hidden when using the smaller, built-in one.

An updated version of this post from 2023, inspired by this post from Chris Coyier (which was in turn inpsired by this post).

Back in December 2022, I wrote about my top 3 games of that year in what I hoped would be a yearly tradition.

Recently, I’ve been pondering generative AI and its effects.

My big purchase from the iPhone event a couple weeks ago was the AirPods 4 With Active Noise Cancellation[^1].

This week, the Triple Click podcast posted to their main feed a bonus episode from a couple years ago about the hosts' top 5 formative games.

It's been a while, longer than usual, since I've posted something here.

Recently, my HomePod Mini broke.

For the past several days I've been using the Zed editor at work, and on my personal web projects.

I have a confession to make; I am terrible at video games!

The command line is something I've tinkered with for years.

One of the first steps I took on my post-boot camp webdev journey was to learn TypeScript.

2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Macintosh.

Backing up your data is probably the most important thing you can do with it.

Inspired by this post from Chris Coyier (which was in turn inpsired by this post).