Dear #Microsoft, I do not need a reminder that I have tasks due when the task you are reminding me about is the one I’m actively updating.

Respectfully.

For grins, because I enjoy novelty, and because I’m a glutton for punishment, I on-boarded myself to CachyOS on an old laptop. Device support is fantastic. I kept myself inside my Gnome desktop environment comfort-zone, and have been spending a lot of time with Google to do things that take less work on other distros. For example, secure boot is probably now more secure than on any previous Linux install, but I needed Google to find out generally what to do–then translating it to the real world and my specific device. We got there.

I will say, based on the support of x64_V4, this laptop has probably never been faster. It’s an elder Intel i5 with 8Gb of RAM and it runs so much better than it did with Windows 10 or 11.

I will not be any kind of developer, but for media consumption and a little writing, it’s just great.

I will suggest the from a set-up point of view, this was not something I’d recommend as a first or beginner Linux experience. Your mileage may vary.

I was interested in kernel optimizations and a rolling release and that is definitely what I have.

“Jesus saves!” is the punch line to at least one sports joke, but also a reminder about something you can do to ensure you keep your work before you switch away from one application or tab or hit a Back button. I remembered that in relation to something I did to myself earlier today. #wwjd #profane

Have dropped my phone twice in the first two hours of my day. I sincerely hope this is not a trend.

In Notes on Micro.blog, is each note an entity unto itself, or can can there be links from one note to another? @help Asking because I don’t find anything that speaks to this before I launch into yet another project.

Re-doing the Re-do. Experimenting with Obsidian, today. Trying so hard to reduce dependency on platforms, but struggling with the correct paths forward. Apple Notes in a web-browser is slow. Keeping notes all over the place is broken. I’m struggling as are many who are looking for the one right way.

Feeling a little Willy Wonka, today. I blame Label. #ACNH

When I change to a standing desk, I’m more apt to start walking when I’m ruminating. No destination in particular, but I have to pick one when I notice. Sitting in a cube farm at work, the behavior is not invisible.

I occasionally wish that “Handedness” was a preference setting I could modify in iOS accomodations #apple

I’m a lefty (how sinister!) and some apps are designed for folks holding a device differently than I do.

Geek problems: I’ve tried a new keyboard that I love and now I want keyboards like it everywhere.

I have plenty of keyboards. Good ones.

It’s just that I have a new preference.