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tag(s): #politics #failures In the US, there's a lot going on right now, in particular with the LA protests and all happenings related.

tag(s): #useless-facts Story 1: Contrasts Last week, we were waiting at a traffic light and I noticed one of those electronic billboards that rotate between several ads.

tag(s): music #random-thoughts I've been mulling some of the ideas for this post for a while, separately.

tag(s): #failures #random-thoughts This week there's a big training thingy in the office.

tag(s): #yell-at-cloud #reviews #music So a while ago, I managed to switch the fam to Apple Music.

tag(s): #nyc #pic (direct link to image) From a few weeks ago.

tag(s): #blogging #meta #programming #random-thoughts When I mentioned how I broke the site a few days ago, I said "I want to keep the small, simple, manual system I use to maintain things".

tag(s): #infusions #random-thoughts A couple weeks ago, I saw in a store in a cute ceramic teapot.

tag(s): #reviews #linux #failures So, two nights ago I installed Fedora Silverblue again.

tag(s): #meta #failures At some point in the last couple days I did something funky with the site, and one post disappeared from the index, post list and RSS.

tag(s): #gaming #reviews While I wait for something to download (party like it is 2009, hadn't waited for a download to complete in a long while) I figured I would write a small detailed medium?

tag(s): #suzie #pic#pic (direct link to image) Maria and Juan return from Denver tomorrow.

tag(s): #random-thoughts Many many years ago[1] I traveled for work to Colombia and Brasil.

tag(s): #meta #failures #smallweb The order of the tags match each of the items in the title.

tag(s): #programming #emacs If you are a relatively new Emacs user, you might have heard of narrowing and think is a niche feature, and I am here to tell you: it is awesome, and you have to try it.[1] For the non-converts: it is a feature that allows you…

tag(s): #random-thoughts #meta This weekend Juan and I traveled to DC, as Colorado Rapids visited DC United.

tag(s): #infusions #failures Today I am working from home.

tag(s): #reviews #infusions "Experiences" sounds pretentious, but saying "reviews" is even worse, I have zero qualifications to review anything. 🤣 Future similar posts will be titled mmmmmmm "tea happenings", maybe?

tag(s): #link-post #programming This is a follow up to yesterday's (hate-filled) rant about SAP downloads and the Sybase ODBC driver.

tag(s): #failures #yell-at-cloud Today I needed to connect to Sybase, from Windows, using ODBC.

tag(s): #random-thoughts I am sure some philosopher or thinker already considered what I am about to comment on.

tag(s): #link-post #random-thoughts A while ago I read this great article in The Jolly Teapot, and I am trying to do better at sharing the things that I read, then think "I should share this" (or comment on it)...and then leave lingering forever either in…

tag(s): #programming #emacs I think I should have included the "useless facts" tag.

tag(s): #yell-at-cloud #meta #failures When I was setting up my Gemini capsule I noticed a lot of people in Geminispace[1] were publishing their GPG keys.

tag(s): #pic It is kinda cold today.

tag(s): #failures #programming #yell-at-cloud It is clear I was not in a good place when I wrote this.

tag(s): #failures #programming #yell-at-cloud Git is mysterious - not in good ways.

tag(s): #infusions I posted a couple days ago that I was trying to use my kettle more.

tag(s): #fútbol #failures #coloradorapids Someone at Adidas, and the Rapids org, must hate money.

tag(s): #random-thoughts #music Day is kinda grey and I opted for "my" Coldplay playlist.

tag(s): #overblown-minor-annoyances #programming #yell-at-cloud I just made a "merge and squash" commit, as per the wishes of the team that owns that repository, and that reminded how much I dislike the idea that your Git history is supposed to look "clea…

tag(s): #random-thoughts #infusions Of course, as most Argentinians, I drink a lot of mate.[1] But I also enjoy other types of infusions (hence the new tag.

Started 2025-02-21 tag(s): #random-thoughts #emacs I tweaked the original, shorter, post title.

tag(s): #emacs #programming A few weeks ago I completely overhauled the configuration of my keyboard[1].

tag(s): #yell-at-cloud #failures Earlier today I read this very interesting article about how we all are being location tracked: Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads.

tag(s): #music #blogging #meta #random-thoughts I am working with an Oasis playlist in the background, and "Live Forever" just came up.

tag(s): #emacs #smallweb Via the Planet Emacs, I found a post about HispaConf, which in turn led me to another post, in Spanish, about Twtxt, a decentralized plain-text alternative to Twitter.

tag(s): #random-thoughts I don't think I want to make politics or social issues or anything like that the focus of my blog.

tag(s): #random-thoughts #failures I was checking my emails, and meaning to then get to fix a patch that has (at least) two bugs, but then there was an alert for something at work.

tag(s): #suzie #pic (direct link to image) I got as a birthday present the board game version of Dead Cells.

tag(s): #reviews #film-tv #retro I just finished watching this series, which I started late last year, via a series of coincidences.

tag(s): #random-thoughts #emacs #programming #link-post Manu Moreale posted about the importance of friction.

tag(s): #failures #linux #meta A tale of grief, failure, and moving on.

tag(s): #reviews #film-tv I am taking an unexpected trip to Buenos Aires.

Started 2024-12-27 tag(s): #reviews Santa got me an Apple TV 4K.

tag(s): #email #blogging #meta I was reading a post in the Emacs subreddit that asked about RSS feeds.

tag(s): #reviews #retro #film-tv First things first, how did I get to this (quite old) anime.

tag(s): #meta #blogging #emacs I spent a bit of time making some site-wide updates.

tag(s): #reviews #gaming I've been meaning to write about this game for a while now, because I fucking love it.