Sony, if no one can own what everyone else can also have, then certainly you have no ownership, either?

I do not believe they are making the argument they think they are making.

Trying out Atomic desktops. Bazzite and Silverblue are pretty easy, coming from Ubuntu and Gnome. I read about the Cosmic desktop environment and have decided to give that a shot. Atomic desktops have forced some relearning of habits, and Cosmic is good but I wouldn’t say I love it, today. I’m not a developer, just a curious person and hobbyist. I support Windows, MacOS and iOS professionally–so I have opinions.

I have made it an imperative to keep myself agile in the sense that I can do most things I like no matter what operating system is in front of me. There are some things inside of the Apple ecosystem that I do prefer every bit as much as I prefer Apple Hardware. But I have to say that being able to run a reasonably secure OS and modern applications on a modern kernel on hardware that isn’t supported any longer from the commercial operating systems is pretty lovely.

Oh, also trying a rolling release: OpenSuse Tumbleweed. I like the speed they incorporate Linux kernel updates. I already have kernel 7.2 running there.

Mind you, I’m not running production services on these personal laptops. Firefox, Edge (for when I have to do something work-related, I can set up and use profiles), Discord, 1Password. All of these have flatpak installs.

I do have a project in mind to migrate my Windows-based Plex server to Linux, but I want to build that in parallel with my current machine so that I’m not down while I bring the new machine up. It’s looking a lot like there are good Linux versions or substitutes for MakeMKV, Handbrake, and ExactAudio Copy. I feel I can support my current habits without major news expenses on equipment or software.

Sitting on the deck tonight. Lights are off. Crickets are singing. Burning down a cigar. Watching the moon change.

It takes a long time for me to work through a very basic planning session due to my motivation, attention span and bringing myself back from tangential research. It’s part of my process but not something I can easily state will only occupy a certain amount of my Sunday.

I was digging into the names of the week, today (as one does). I learned about the Chaldean planetary hours. There is a long chain of events including cultural appropriation and colonization, but, following the arrow of time, essentially the English weekday names are derived from practices begun in Babylon.

Today I finally have a Keychron keyboard. There was a deal on Woot that I could not pass up. K8 with Brown switches. I regret nothing.

I am disappointed in myself.

I have recently learned I have some blind spots with respect to how I act and how it makes people feel.

The magic is in how I make people feel. And sometimes I’m repellent or, if I’m lucky, only irritating.

I used to pride myself on being a geek with a personality, but that river is neither as deep nor as wide as I had hoped. I’ve reached a point where I need to modify this river’s course, or I will not be able to continue to flow.

This is an acknowledgement that I recognize I have work to do.

If I’m better, I hope my behavior shows it.

Stowaway is a really cool web-based application of publicly available, live fight information. I have been using FlightRadar24 on my phone for years. It’s a great way to answer “What is that plane?” Or “I wonder where they are going?”

Stowaway creates a graphical UI based on what you might be able to see from the ground, which is different than the top-down view of FlightRadar24. FlightRadar24 does also offer simulated views from the perspective of the aircraft.

The skies are very possibly more full of traffic than you might suspect.