2023-10-01 Yes, it was me in the kilt
2023-10-01 My first visit to the Renaissance Festival in many years lead to my first kilt.
2023-09-25 I went to print a Word document from preview mode in “New Outlook.” New Outlook “generated” a PDF …
2023-09-23 Remember listening to whole albums? Sometimes one from the past demands my attention. Lately it’s …
2023-09-11 I don’t remember hurting myself, but it’s clear to me now—at some point, the coffee was too hot.
2023-09-09 I was reminded today of why I stopped using drive-through fast-food procurement. So much easier to …
2023-09-07 “…the street finds its own uses for things” —William Gibson, from Burning Chrome I have always loved …
2023-09-06 I would like to thank Coffee Cart MPLS for the delicious Lavender Latté, this morning.
2023-09-06 I hate when I can’t find the right GIF to throw into the group chat during the Teams call.
2023-09-05 Discovered She’s in Parties, today. The band took its name from the song you’re thinking of. Via …
2023-09-03 Just spent five minutes looking for my phone. Which was in “the wrong” pocket.
2023-09-02 My wife played Cruella. It was more compelling than I hoped. But the hook, for me, was the …
2023-08-29 Three kinds of feels recently: Getting an education on a tool you previously felt pretty good at. …
2023-08-27 I do wish iPad OS had a dictionary and thesaurus app like Mac OS has. I am probably going to …
2023-08-23 This week I learned how catastrophic it can be for dogs that overheat, and how quickly it can lead …
2023-08-21 I know it’s not as exciting, but we could call them posts. It’s a term that already exists in common …
2023-08-19 From experience, I’ll say that your iPhone doesn’t work in your dream, even after you restart it.
2023-08-14 On my work MacBook this morning I got a system message that SharePoint is being added as a login …
2023-08-11 If my mac has an indicator on the setting icon that there is an update, and I click on the item in …
2023-08-10 I’ve decided it’s not loyalty points that companies offer, it’s urgency. When you have “points” that …
2023-08-10 Challenges to installing the most recent Apple public OS beta release 3. Watch took a reset before …
2023-08-09 Coming face-to-face with the idea that I am the same age as old people. AC/DC in the foreground, …
2023-07-28 Groove for your Friday: “The Way You Dream” by 1 Giant Leap
2023-07-27 I’m one of those people who opted to follow all the accounts on Threads that I follow on Instagram. …
2023-07-27 Groove for your Thursday: “I Am You” from Nightmares on Wax
2023-07-26 I just learned that Sinéad has died. It took me a long time to understand all of the things she was …
2023-07-25 Screenwriter’s Blues lyrics hit a little different this year, though maybe not if you’re …
2023-07-25 When your family gives you feedback, and they’re not wrong, it’s time to do better.
2023-07-24 Internet says I am not the first person to wonder if Elon’s going to be found infringing on …
2023-07-19 For the last few weeks I have been listening to music used in the Hulu series Letterkenny. I noticed …
2023-07-19 Just discovered a musician named Anthony Vincent tonight, because TikTok. Video was of Enter Sandman …
2023-07-18 I didn’t really want Watch OS to be changed. Been rocking a Series 4 since it was new. But …
2023-07-18 I opted to follow all the same accounts on Threads as Instagram. Unintended consequence: Lots of …
2023-07-18 The quiet purgatory of the exam room. Just visiting. Quartely check-up.
2023-07-17 I use a 4K panel and a 2K panel at work and I’m amazed by the amount of screen real estate …
2023-07-17 I am working hard to increase my step count. This makes me grateful for the Tylenol in the desk …
2023-07-09 Today, just a few weeks shy of my 55th year on this planet, I learned you can aggressively deploy …
2023-07-09 Not sure how I feel about the Evernote purchase and layoff of most staff. I looked at the website of …
2023-07-06 Cynical prediction: Twitter becomes profitable only as a patent troll, then ultimately their IP will …
2023-07-05 At least they are consistent. No iPad specific Threads client at this time.
2023-07-03 To be sure, logic matters. It can make a pretty big difference in your Smart Playlist choosing the …
2023-07-01 My day started with disappointment in myself. I got a lot of sleep, but in doing so, I slept through …
2023-06-29 Siri understands “Lumos” and “Nox.”
2023-06-29 We are still dependent on others to maintain safe spaces and store our digital things. It will be a …
2023-06-29 My concern about the decentralized communities is the technical burden. Knowledge sufficient to …
2023-06-29 I’m intrigued by Lemmy and Mastodon and decentralized projects. Every bit as much as ARPANET …
2023-06-29 Modern tools are suddenly very hardcore about PIN codes, passwords and biometrics. Humans are not. …
2023-06-28 Saints at bat versus the Stripers 📷 Storybook ending to the game: Saints were down by one at the …
2023-06-27 For a few minutes, I was thinking today was Thursday. I was thinking about winding my week down and …
2023-06-21 I’m drinking coffee too late in the day. Still? Mmm. Delicious
2023-06-19 Unboxing takes time, but all the things are back home. It feels good. I am grateful to be back.
2023-06-18 Best Father’s Day gift ever: I found my wallet. Intact. Or, maybe the giant remodel we just finished …
2023-06-17 On the other hand, Bluesky isn’t picking up every post, today. I’m wondering if …
2023-06-17 One feature I’m excited for in iOS 17 is the Journal. I realize, technically, I can use the …
2023-06-17 Syndication from Micro.blog to Bluesky works better than to Twitter or Mastodon in that formatting …
2023-06-17 DNS changes work way better when typos are removed.
2023-06-17 Was thinking about distributed discussion groups, given the state of Reddit. Then I remembered …
2023-06-17 Novice that I am, made some DNS changes. Finally sunk in that I only need DNS from registrar, not …
2023-06-14 It feels like I’m not able or allowed to be my best self at all times, like I have to claw back …
2023-06-14 For you introspective writers: Do you ever come across something you’ve written that is deeply …
2023-06-10 I didn’t know I needed this, but someone put together an Apple Music playlist of music from …
2023-06-03 Apple Watch features I really thought we’d have before watchOS 10 I’m a series 4-wearer and an …
2023-06-02 Have been listening toAll Yours by Submotion Orchestra a bunch this week. Rediscovered it lurking in …
2023-05-31 Still true: Deftones scream so I don’t have to
2023-05-29 I guess it has begun in St. Paul with the Summer fireworks shenanigans. I hope it’s fireworks.
2023-05-29 Memorial Day
2023-05-25 In other news, today I learned my Nintendo Switch has the ability to be a host. Not only with a WiFi …
2023-05-25 Have spent some time on Animal Crossing, now I’m starting to look around at what others have done.
2023-05-24 There is a Lime & Jalapeño flavor of Ruffles that is offensely delicious and I am completely …
2023-05-23 A cup of strong coffee and a breakfast sandwich are consistently a source of joy for me.
2023-05-19 Got this from a long-time colleague at work this morning. I’m the best. I’m modest. And I don’t …
2023-05-17 Via Autoblog: I can instantly make you a better driver
2023-05-15 Am excited about news of WatchOS 10, but worried. I have a series 4 watch and my concern is either …
2023-05-14 Listened to two Deserta albums. Bought two Deserta albums. More, please!
2023-05-14 Listening to Deserta’s 2020 album called Black Aura My Sun. It’s somewhere between M83 …
2023-05-12 Always a treat to know a favorite album hasn’t been forgotten: The ongoing legacies of The …
2023-05-09 The small company conference I’m at has severely underestimated the amount of dairy we require with …
2023-05-09 Less intimidated by AI with the understanding that we humans can’t really define what intelligence …
2023-05-09 When I decide what I should have said about 5 minutes after I introduced myself at the company …
2023-05-01 If there is anything on this earth that takes me out of my 54-year-old body, it’s music. Listened to …
2023-05-01 Yeah. So, I’m going to need you to apply your application updates before I open the document I need …
2023-05-01 This was taped to the outside of my cube one morning. I’m proud of my beard’s accomplishments
2023-04-30 I have come to realize too late that any new app or software is an invitation to more notifications …
2023-04-29 I don’t know why I have to put off every expense report. There are never many and it’s never that …
2023-04-29 Just picked up BOO - EP by Dead Leaf Echo. They are on Bandcamp
2023-04-28 I’m intrigued by the idea that an Apple Watch might be able to be paired to devices that are …
2023-04-24 The mysterious Great Attractor that’s pulling us in Contemplating the infinite is awesome. The few …
2023-04-24 Privileged to witness Northern Lights again tonight. Connected with good friends in the field, too!
2023-04-23 I put my name in the hat for the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica settlement. There was a part of the …
2023-04-23 First gained access to Facebook in 2008. I used to post a lot of updates, every day. Not saying they …
2023-04-23 Scrolling back through my Facebook history, learned I quit Friendster and MySpace in 2009.
2023-04-23 I did the thing and imported my tweets. I’m owning my history, as mundane as it is. I would …
2023-04-19 Air travel is still amazing. This morning I was in New Jersey. Posting this from my living room in …
2023-04-14 White Glove Delivery: Weasels who will use every opportunity to not do what you’ve paid handsomely …
2023-04-09 I’m thinking about The Curse of Knowledge. Wondering how best to elevate my team members at …
2023-04-09 I think the gravest error we’ve made as Americans is to assume that legal decisions are in any …
2023-04-09 Also working on transitioning email newsletters to Inoreader. And unsubscribing from stuff I’m …
2023-04-09 I’ve realized now that, due to a series of well-meaning decisions, I’ve probably cost …
2023-04-01 “In a way, April Fools’ Day is now the most honest day of the year, as at least the people pranking …
2023-04-01 Pwned by Lego: In the middle of me collecting Harry Potter-based kits, they have just announced …
2023-03-31 Feels silly to complain about snow when towns in states south of mine are getting leveled. Watch the …
2023-03-27 Decided to finally dig into this track: Time Moves Slow by BADBADNOTGOOD. I’ve frequently …
2023-03-24 Aurora Borealis, images taken before midnight on March 23, 2023
2023-03-24 The camera doesn’t show what I could see. But I’m 54 and I have never seen the night sky so full of …
2023-03-17 Sigur Rós is coming to the State Theater in Minneapolis in August. Tickets aren’t on sale just …
2023-03-17 I think I learned my lesson. Twice in the last week Power Nap burned through all my battery to the …
2023-03-12 The In Memoriam segments get harder to watch, every year
2023-03-12 Surgery complete. Magnetic joysticks from GuliKit, buttons from ExtremeRate, plus tools and manuals …
2023-03-10 Tonight I proved I can operate on a Joy-Con controller successfully. You need three hands, bright …
2023-03-10 Got an invite to the forthcoming Apple Classical app on a device running the iOS 16.4 public beta
2023-03-03 Status: Outlook (Not Responding) — just attempted to delete a draft from the Drafts folder. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
2023-02-25 I have realized, watching foodie TikTok, that I’m deeply fortunate that Mexican food has never been …
2023-02-25 I pay almost no attention to hockey, except this one case: fuck those cake eaters.
2023-02-23 Oops! Made the coffee a little strong this morning. But also? Mmm! Delicious!
2023-02-22 I don’t know who first popularized a breakfast sandwich. I came to know them via the …
2023-02-21 I’m opting for ad-supported corporate surveillance over my paying for same. So, no to paid …
2023-02-21 When you set your alarm for 5:45 PM but blessedly wake up close to the appointed hour from anxiety
2023-02-18 I was today years old when I realized the reason Ron has dirt on his face on the train to Hogwarts …
2023-02-17 I miss my gloves. I remember I put them somewhere they would be visible, however that place was not …
2023-02-14 Staring at my screen and my password just isn’t there
2023-02-12 Who’s Afraid of The Handmaid’s Tale? By Margaret Atwood. Lovely essay about decisions, context, and …
2023-02-10 Spent some time tonight playing Hogwarts Legacy. Sorted myself into the wrong house and started …
2023-02-09 Burt Bacharach has passed. If you’re of a certain age, he was behind a lot of music you grew …
2023-01-26 I just saw an ad for the 50th anniversary of Schoolhouse Rock. I can’t even. Also? An interjection …
2023-01-24 First two episodes of That 90’s Show were funny and amazingly nostalgic.
2023-01-24 Related: Some friends of mine used to joke about wearing bandoliers for our tech daily carry. Maybe …
2023-01-24 My work phone, in my pocket, unbeknownst to me, while I was seated in a meeting, interpreted …
2023-01-24 The built-in QR Code Scanner functionality is broken on iOS if you actually have to interact with …
2023-01-23 Absolutely one of the best articles I have read about “internet” business practices: The …
2023-01-22 The more I listen with second-gen AirPods Pro, the happier I am. Kick drum and bass sound more like …
2023-01-22 Apple Music infinite autoplay lead me to Money’s Money - EP on the heels of listening to …
2023-01-21 I was today years old when I learned about the Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit Project in my city. I am …
2023-01-21 I have been playing a lot of Animal Crossing
2023-01-19 City of St. Paul: We’re going to spend 4 days replowing snow from the city streets Everyone: …
2023-01-18 I’ve learned more about the former owner of the company I work for in 10 minutes of reading …
2023-01-17 Finally seeing the Mac Mini offered with the amount of internal storage to properly manage a large …
2023-01-17 When someone posts a collection of music they think is good and then you spend money on music: Rare …
2023-01-16 When you pour yourself a delicious coffee in a tumbler and then leave the tumbler behind. Monday.
2023-01-16 I’ve entertained several times the idea of a private Wordpress instance to archive all the …
2023-01-16 I did get my Twitter data. Tweets aren’t particularly portable at this point. I’m not …
2023-01-15 True to form: Vikings make the playoffs on a wildcard and choke in the first round.
2023-01-15 Thinking hard about advice I received from @isucceed@mastodon.online, to abandon services that can …
2023-01-15 Wondering how soon I might get an archive of my data from Twitter? I’d guess they aren’t …
2023-01-15 My latest thinking on the API blocking on the Billionaire Social Club is that the API’s will …
2023-01-13 Maybe a strategy to kill an albatross of an investment is to make so many offensive decisions that …
2023-01-13 Fascinating perspective on 1970s stagflation: The Forgotten History of the 1970s
2023-01-13 Spent six hours today in a situation room because Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Defender are both in …
2023-01-12 Is anyone else really fatigued with the sensational adjectives in sound bites and headlines? I feel …
2023-01-12 Sorry about the double post in the timeline. Not sure how I did that. Posts only shows the one.
2023-01-12 Do not love wearing a mask. But Doc says “Do.” #CheckUp
2023-01-07 I’ve decided that it’s okay to suspend a social media service for violations of my …
2023-01-07 “Snuck” into my house today, just to peek at the state of the remodel. I miss my home. Still months …
2023-01-01 Today, I was reminded that I am in fact a Vikings fan. And tonight’s loss affected my mood in a way …
2022-12-31 Gateful for Saturdays with no plans and nothing urgent. Grateful for cold brew coffee and …
2022-12-28 The end of an era: Common Roots is closed. They were a really integral part of making my wedding day …
2022-12-28 I just wanted to watch a YouTube video on my AppleTV.
2022-12-26 Elon Musk was never a liberal, and his plans for Twitter were never benevolent - Thomas Zimmer - The …
2022-12-26 I’m thinking about the uncertainty that I have, and that I see others demonstrate, regarding social …
2022-12-26 Our social media is imperfect, like we are. All of our good intentions come back to us with their …
2022-12-25 Perhaps moreso on the holidays than at other times, but always: There are too many dirty dishes to …
2022-12-25 Watched It’s a Wonderful Life, again, today. I’m not sure how many times I’ve seen it from start to …
2022-12-23 Bad habit: Posting directly from the web-based editor. And correcting. And correcting. And …
2022-12-23 Just read into Keybase documentation. Mastodon software supports Keybase, per-instance. However, due …
2022-12-23 Social Media Waffling, Migration, Culture, and Hope
2022-12-23 It’s probably just me, but only today I noticed that when you hover over a profile image in …
2022-12-23 Watching from a distance as my intended destination for a Christmas get-away appears to be …
2022-12-23 One under-appreciated or less-mentioned phenomenon of bitterly cold weather is that the world sounds …
2022-12-22 Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of …
2022-12-21 Watching Lego Masters, eating Halloween candy while keeping an eye on a snowstorm that is evolving, …
2022-12-21 My immediate behavior in the face of obligation-free paid time off is to sleep until I can’t …
2022-12-19 Book-ended my day with urgent calls, almost exactly 12 hours apart. “Jane! Get me off this crazy …
2022-12-19 I could easily have changed an elevated-access password Friday, when I received a three-day warning. …
2022-12-15 When the Jeopardy clues elicit responses such as “Bootylicious” and “Shuttlecock.” I heartily …
2022-12-13 That feeling when you find someone interesting to follow online, and then within 24 hours they …
2022-12-11 I’m probably using social media wrong, but I deeply enjoy following people who challenge me …
2022-12-11 Here’s the thing: We are all influencers. We all shape the world around us with our words and …
2022-12-11 I am thinking more about our advertiser-based media landscape, and I’m grateful that the …
2022-12-11 I’ve come to the conclusion that I have a T-Shirt problem.
2022-12-07 This is a test for @vincent. May your development be fruitful!
2022-12-07 That feeling when you order your sandwich without onion, and the first thing that falls out of the …
2022-12-03 Found The Maven Game’s recent newsletter The Opposite George to be very meaningful. I am a …
2022-12-03 Picked up some Gen 2 AirPods Pro. I have to say, compared to Gen 1, the low end is more pronounced …
2022-11-27 My daughter has existed without her Minecraft machine for 8 days. Set it up for her in our temporary …
2022-11-27 COVID test says it’s not that. But my daughter has had flu-like symptoms this past week and it looks …
2022-11-26 Twitter did not let me add my ActivityPub-compatible name to my display name on my Twitter profile …
2022-11-25 I was pleased to learn that in the Discover section on Micro.blog, you may not always need the full …
2022-11-25 Yesterday I found about 8 Twitter accounts that I follow mentioned or listed a Mastodon address. Did …
2022-11-25 But what if Apple became a mobile operator? It would accept inbound calls and send them to me as …
2022-11-25 If I could set my Apple Watch as the focus for my phone number, I’d be happy to carry an iPad …
2022-11-25 Reading and writing is wonderful. I have a brain that likes to make connections. Between consuming …
2022-11-25 Went to download FileZilla for my Windows laptop. I decided to get the paid version. $16 isn’t …
2022-11-25 I would like to thank @manton for making Micro.blog ready for this moment in time. This service is …
2022-11-25 Apparently it’s a very Black Friday for trees in my neighborhood. At least three chainsaws running …
2022-11-24 As a person who grew up in the midwest, I didn’t know I loved cornbread stuffing so much.
2022-11-24 I just watched the first 5 episodes of Wednesday. Would recommend!
2022-11-22 For a few days I was really worried I was going to need to create another account. But I just …
2022-11-21 Sorta wondering if ActivityPub will be the thing that finally makes syndication take off. I’ve …
2022-11-20 Feedle: a search is an RSS feed. Looking forward to discovering new sources!
2022-11-20 I don’t know what to do about social media. I’ve ghosted Facebook. I’m about to do …
2022-11-18 Temps dropping to 17F tonight. It’s cold enough for now. In January and February when the rises up …
2022-11-16 The story of moving out of our home to make way for a remodel starts and ends thusly: We were not …
2022-11-16 House was born in 1947. Not zero risk of lead-based paint. Demo for renovation starting soon.
2022-11-14 This just in: King size matresses resist. They do not want to be moved.
2022-11-14 Minnesota, where we love to bitch about the weather and double or triple commute times. And, we …
2022-11-11 “…I don’t wanna belong to the… to any of it. I just wanna be…” —Iggy Pop sampled in Crystal …
2022-11-10 Found my first-Gen AirPods Pro in an easy chair that I sit in daily. Reported them lost in the Find …
2022-11-09 Notification Fatigue: I read the message on my watch. I clear the notice on my iPhone screen, then I …
2022-11-08 I voted my conscience. I choose to see voting as my responsibility, and I am grateful I live in a …
2022-11-01 Is This Our Last Daylight Saving Time Change? Yeah: No. I still support ending the madness. Pick one …
2022-10-31 “There really is nothing better than a well-made latté” he said, finishing his second of the day.
2022-10-29 Come From or Running From?
2022-10-29 Land Acknowledgement For me, today, I reside in land formerly of Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and Wahpekute …
2022-10-29 We Need Critical ADHD Studies Now “Because the more you think the problem is in your brain, the less …
2022-10-28 I learn more watching a single episode of The Great British Baking Show than in most other things I …
2022-10-27 That feeling when, as an IT professional, I flunked a phishing test.
2022-10-23 We are slowly making permanent changes to our home, culminating in a big bang in coming months. I …
2022-10-21 This morning an industrial track hit just right as I pulled into the parking lot at work. I turned …
2022-10-17 Random speculation for Apple Fans: I doubt Apple is going to release an iPad dock if they …
2022-10-17 I think this is a valid question: can’t we make sure the perforations included for sizing a …
2022-10-16 I’m worried about home sharing of media via Apple Home Sharing. I’m running a lot of beta software …
2022-10-14 I did not expect the snow. But it is Minnesota so here we are.
2022-10-13 Printer wanted yellow ink. Would not print without. Ordered and installed yellow cartridge. Printer …
2022-10-10 May I suggest, as your support person, that your project includes discussion of user experience up …
2022-10-10 Scheduling conference rooms seems like it should be a no-brainer. Introduce any technology, however, …
2022-10-09 The plan of Political Action Committees seems to be: put more attack ads in the middle of unrelated …
2022-10-06 “Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts,” Mead said.
2022-10-03 Advocate for your child. It may not be your kid, it might be the system they are in. It is a sad …
2022-10-02 I have an irregular habit of building artist discography playlists. Tonight’s quick project …
2022-10-02 Complaints aside about picking up where I left on on MacOS, I’m glad I have my MacBook back. …
2022-10-02 Getting to engage with a fresh install of MacOS, not restoring from backup as I have been working …
2022-10-01 Status
2022-10-01 Which reminds me: All progress bars lie.
2022-10-01 Grateful for AppleCare replacing a damaged display. Clean start with the hard drive wiped for …
2022-10-01 Recommend: Sapiens.org
2022-09-30 Did you ever have a day at work where you came face to face with change, where the documented …
2022-09-30 Tips in-app on the Apple Watch. Well played! And thank you.
2022-09-30 Executive Dysfunction: Spending time looking for my coffee only to conclude that I drank the coffee …
2022-09-26 Advertisers, this is Gen X speaking: Yello’s Oh Yeah was overused by the mid-90’s (the late 1900’s, …
2022-09-25 Sirius XM 1st Wave is killing it tonight.
2022-09-25 Coffee Bean
2022-09-24 I’ve had the software for a long time. Maybe now it’s time to see what I can do with it.
2022-09-24 When you find more music from an artist whose albums you have loved and it makes you yppah because …
2022-09-24 Doctors Stopped Believing in the ‘Chemical Imbalance’ Theory. But They Didn’t Tell Us From Mad in …
2022-09-22 Third dose of COVID vaccine still packs a wallop
2022-09-21 Generally, I try to keep the negativity away from my posts. Other times the thing I feel compelled …
2022-09-21 Just learned who is supplying wood for my home remodel. Via certified letter. Nothing like “We …
2022-09-19 As someone who has read Neuromancer (on paper) (in the 1980s), I adore this: Hackaday Cyberdeck …
2022-09-15 #Heilung #Myth
2022-09-15 Antici- #Heilung #Myth
2022-09-14 Well, then. Apparently Ford would like us to know about the new Mustang. As a mild gearhead, I’m …
2022-09-13 Apple, Sometimes the “St.” abbreviation stands for Saint, instead of Street. Siri was …
2022-09-13 Disappointed myself tonight. Needed to meet a client at work, after I had already been home, because …
2022-09-13 Dear Vendor, When you leave me a message saying I’m eligible for a discount, but you have not …
2022-09-10 First time visit to Bauer Brothers Salvage today was purposeful, to get a piece we had seen online. …
2022-09-04 ITunes (Apple Music) Music Rating Method
2022-09-04 Took a drive tonight to see if we could catch a glimpse. Ended up in Harris, MN. #auroraborealis …
2022-08-31 I have an intern at work who quizzed me about my first console. I told him it was something he …
2022-08-31 Auditing contacts for the first time since… contacts triplicating synchronizing to a portable device …
2022-08-28 Am I the only one who forgets they have a Gravatar?
2022-08-28 Brickset does the thing I’m a little surprised and disappointed LEGO itself doesn’t seem …
2022-08-28 I have built three Lego kits in the last few weeks. I’ve learned there is a larger Lego community …
2022-08-23 When Swarm tells you that you have been to a place 80 times… that’s the equivalent of once a month …
2022-08-22 This article about the Heraldic Rebus makes me wonder if I couldn’t come up with something clever. …
2022-08-20 Late as I am to all things cool, I started watching The Sandman series on Netflix. Enjoyed the first …
2022-08-19 That thing where the older I get, the more I realize what a pain in the ass I was for my parents. …
2022-08-18 Speaking as an IT Guy, it’s never not a treat to unbox a new MacBook Pro. Setting up an M1 Pro …
2022-08-17 As a person old enough to remember junk food (case in point, that phrase) before health scares, I am …
2022-08-14 Loss of smell and taste is a quality of life thing that is not to be underestimated. Hope this is …
2022-08-12 Blast it. Home test tonight says COVID.
2022-08-10 If you liken the MRI experience to Noise Core, and think about how some of the sounds would feel set …
2022-08-10 I am continually disappointed by my inability to type the simplest phrase without miskeying a great …
2022-08-08 That feeling when you and your significant other agree on the great candy from childhood.
2022-08-05 Last night of vacation. So bittersweet. Enjoying one more night on the porch knowing we need to get …
2022-08-01 Rainbow at sunset
2022-08-01 On Roanoke Sound
2022-07-31 Sunrise #OBX
2022-07-30 Air temp: 80F, water temp: 80F No chance of rain for the next several hours. No place to be for …
2022-07-28 The thing about when you’re going to a chain in the Outer Banks to pick up an order is you need to …
2022-07-27 At the beach #OBX #KillDevilHills
2022-07-26 Am I grateful for all of the people who reach out to me despite my many long silences? Yeah. I don’t …
2022-07-26 Is quiet time on the beach good for the soul? I feel strongly that yes, yes it is.
2022-07-24 Scrapple with breakfast this morning. Cooking it well is a challenge, but I think I met it.
2022-07-24 It has been a while since I have road-tripped to the east coast of the US—maybe ten or 12 years …
2022-07-22 Prepping, packing and then loading the vehicle always takes longer than the time allotted. …
2022-07-12 As an Intel MacBook Air owner, I simply did not expect to get Stage Manager with Ventura. I assumed …
2022-07-11 Took two downloads to install? First time launched an installer wizard which did not complete …
2022-07-11 Did iOS and WatchOS 9 updates earlier today. MacOS Ventura says 12.03 GB? Downloading now and will …
2022-07-10 Just ordered two Lego kits from the mother ship. Because Harry Potter universe.
2022-07-05 Listening to Crystal Method, again. I go long stretches without, and then something reminds me how …
2022-07-05 Neurodivergent Monday: It’s Tuesday Forgot coffee Forgot reading glasses Forgot watch Made it to …
2022-07-03 Am I the only one who resents LG for using In The Air Tonight in a commercial for a cordless …
2022-07-03 I continue to be amazed by the breadth and depth of the archeological coverage in The Explorator. …
2022-07-01 The watch says “Good morning!” The phone says “Good morning!” The dogs say “Good morning!” Okay! …
2022-06-30 My wife saw this picture and said “Full-on Lorax” I and my beard are in the middle
2022-06-30 Pizza and cider with an old friend
2022-06-26 Why I Hate Software (I Don't Really But Microsoft And Apple Are Still Frenemies)
2022-06-25 Passwords are a bear—I have to change every 90 days at work. Mandatory password change yesterday …
2022-06-25 I’m neither a Democrat nor a Republican, but on the face of it I support Minnesota Governor …
2022-06-22 Is it wierd or to be expected? Had a flickering screen issue on my built-in MacBook Air display. Fix …
2022-06-22 Taking out the trash today meant also picking up a squirrel whose last moments were spent next to my …
2022-06-21 Irritated. I paid for an album, for the second time, to get a 40th anniversary remaster. I …
2022-06-11 Thank you, SyFy Network, for reminding me how far back in history my childhood was.
2022-06-09 That feeling when you’re at work late because of, um, fixing a clerical error, when the quick thing …
2022-06-07 There was an old man, who swallowed a moth: “I didn’t plan to swallow a moth. It made me …
2022-06-07 Technology Frustration: Enterprise class laptops that only support a single external display, …
2022-06-07 Technology frustration: Sometimes my phone will not connect to Car Play in my car. Rebooting phone …
2022-06-07 Technology frustration: My daughter wanted to play Minecraft this morning. It wouldn’t launch. It …
2022-06-06 That Midnight M2 MacBook Air is looking pretty fine
2022-06-05 Watching videos on MTV, because Gen X. Old videos reminding me of a few minutes of my life when I …
2022-06-04 Yeah. Music is just as likely to bring tears to my eyes as anything, anymore
2022-06-04 My dad was emphatically not a Prince fan. But I had friends who had albums which I surreptitiously …
2022-06-04 Purple Rain tour concert film on PBS just started. I’m in.
2022-06-04 Saga Conversations — For reasons I don’t understand, this song has been an earworm for weeks. ¯_( …
2022-05-30 I just got a markdown-native writing app, which I’m excited about. Particularly the Apple-native …
2022-05-27 It’s “funny”. Until you read the bylines. The Onion
2022-05-27 I’m not proud of Apple if the union-busting activity is real
2022-05-25 Sometimes it’s color that catches my eye
2022-05-24 I had the privilege of attending a diversity, equity and inclusion presentation today. The good news …
2022-05-22 Loved the reference to The Big Lebowski in Family Guy, tonight
2022-05-22 Asking honestly: is there like a group of people who are super sick and tired of all the shadiness …
2022-05-21 Starting the day with puppies in my lap, coffee, Nintendo and Princess Bride.
2022-05-20 When, out of habit, you walk down the stairs of the atrium in your employer’s building, from the …
2022-05-19 We have had about three separate, significant hail storms at my house this year, in the space of a …
2022-05-18 So wierd journalists are shocked that Apple continues to support a production product (like an …
2022-05-18 It’s a triple espresso kind of morning. Fitbit says I slept okay but brain says it’s not feeling it.
2022-05-15 Feeling gimpy. Feeling old. Converse shoes don’t like me. Feet hurt. Knee hurts. Tylenol take me …
2022-05-09 Hail on St. Paul’s East Side. #MnWx #55119
2022-05-08 Turned a MacBook Pro into a slab book—I removed the non-functional display. It’s 2013 model …
2022-05-08 Wishing Apple would not advertise MacOS 12 on a machine that is not capable of running it. When a …
2022-05-03 The longer I live, the easier it is to spend time in reverie. Apple Music hit me with a deep cut …
2022-05-01 This weekend, I built a temple. Then I raised the mountain it rests upon. (Minecraft. Creative Mode) …
2022-04-24 I watched the first two episodes of Picard last night. I’m hooked.
2022-04-20 A little fog at night
2022-04-20 So great when people contact the help desk with an urgent issue we can’t solve because it’s a …
2022-04-17 The thing about over-eating and being overweight. It’s not that I’m hungry. It’s probably about a …
2022-04-17 Updated to Now
2022-04-13 Two gallons, so far. #DonorForLife
2022-04-10 When a TV show reminds you of a song you had forgotten about
2022-04-10 TIL about Sun’s Signature, a new project including Elizabeth Fraser and Damon Reece. See also: …
2022-04-06 No #bloodselfie today but I did the thing. If this donation is accepted, it will put me at the 2 …
2022-04-03 Everyone play Prince’s Sometimes It Snows in April, because it’s snowing. Melting but …
2022-04-03 Apple got me with the iPod. Nintendo got me with the Switch Lite. Just ordered an OLED Switch and a …
2022-03-26 When you go to build a playlist and it’s already there
2022-03-25 So how often does the Tufte blog theme get updated? Just curious. I noticed recently my version was …
2022-03-23 I’m not sure that offering to update an app when I launch it is the right thing for my squirrelly …
2022-03-23 My beard is grey, therefore I get offered the Senior Discount.
2022-03-20 Ya know, maybe the iPad with keyboard is the miniature laptop I have always coveted/hoped would …
2022-03-19 Can I just say that the Magic Keyboard Case makes an iPad feel like a completely new device. I love …
2022-03-19 It’s the little things. Where I live in Minnesota, the temp outside today was 50F. Walked the dogs …
2022-03-16 I love using embedded SVG images as soon as I found out that was a thing. But whenever I go to edit …
2022-03-16 The Moon has a halo tonight
2022-03-14 I use a Belkin dock with an Intel MacBook Pro. I know some of you are thinking “Let me stop you …
2022-03-14 These Daylight Savings transitions have got to stop. Why do we put ourselves through this? Adulting …
2022-03-13 I have consumed a significant number of espresso shots in a few large coffee drinks, however my …
2022-03-12 Buy music. Listening to an album that you cannot stream right now. Support your favorites directly …
2022-03-12 Cool thing I just discovered with Apple WatchOS 8.5, the Now Playing functionality includes the …
2022-03-12 Hooked up a powered sub in the living room, today. Listening to music as Nature intended.
2022-03-10 Listening to and enjoying the new Fleeting Joys album All Lost Eyes and Glitter. I feel like it was …
2022-03-10 I’ve gotten some big and small praise from colleagues at work from several quarters in the last few …
2022-03-03 Today I learned uni-ball is Mitsubishi Pencil. Visiting their website only cost me $36.
2022-03-03 “…Creativity is Nature manifest in us.” swissmiss | Give Yourself Permission to Be Creative
2022-03-03 Back to counting carbs. I looked at some of my recent choices and assumptions and proved myself to …
2022-02-26 I feel, more and more, as though maintaining holistic health is like a video game, where one must …
2022-02-23 I’m kinda excited about this: Tempest 4000 Brings Its Neon Insanity To Switch This Spring
2022-02-22 The Jeopardy National College Championship was fun to watch. Mayim Bialik is a great host
2022-02-22 There is a lot of ice in that beard, post snow-blowing, but it’s hard to see
2022-02-22 Sigur Rós are coming to the State Theater in May
2022-02-21 Installing Windows 11 from USB for the first time. Feels like Linux because it didn’t have WiFi …
2022-02-20 So disappointed. Getting my daughter set up with her own Microsoft account actually has made it …
2022-02-19 I realize I’m an edge case, but I wish you could put longer beards on Memojis.
2022-02-19 Grateful. Lots of extra sleep today. Print magazines, caffeinated beverages, left-over pizza, …
2022-02-16 Marketers: Nothing says “We want more money” than anything that includes the words …
2022-02-15 “Why is the coffee gone?” He thought to himself, as he realized he could not remember drinking all …
2022-02-14 A friend introduced me to the music of MADIS tonight. The Sea of Tranquility album sounds …
2022-02-13 Damn. Looks like Rings of Power is a series I’m going to have to watch
2022-02-13 Best half-time since Prince. #PepsiHalftime
2022-02-09 LinkedIn is testing a new ‘no politics’ setting Wishing more large services offered similar. At …
2022-02-07 That thing where I have remote starting for my car but do not remember to use it to my benefit
2022-02-03 Wanted to watch the Olympics but got talking heads. Moving on.
2022-02-02 Listening to a lot of Seasurfer lately. I discovered them a few years ago and was reacquainted with …
2022-01-31 Can I say, as an IT person, I’m really tired of running updates. So little control over what is …
2022-01-31 Used all the caffeines to power through a long work weekend. Today, I started my day early and my …
2022-01-27 Seasurfer Dive In Apple Music suggested this one to me this morning. It’s right up my alley. I know …
2022-01-24 The Junk email folder is as good a reminder as any of the newsletters I thought I wanted but am not …
2022-01-22 Just listened to an album from 1991 that I had forgotten about, Culture Beat’s Horizon. I got …
2022-01-18 We never wax steady, we wax and wane. We never wax steady, we wax and wane. Brought to you by …
2022-01-11 True Fact: The place on earth with weather conditions most inhospitable to human life is whatever …
2022-01-09 This is probably a controversial opinion, but I’m so sick and tired of every home improvement show …
2022-01-06 I have been on both sides of this, at times: 10 Ways You’re Annoying the Hell Out of Your …
2022-01-02 Mr. Rogers was right. Look for the helpers. My God! They are everywhere if you want to see them.
2022-01-02 Today, I learned the written word is my love language.
2021-12-31 Reviewing the Bullet Journal methodology. Again. In the past I have been done capture reasonably …
2021-12-30 It is too easy for personal epiphanies to pass from awareness
2021-12-29 Read Nicholas Bate’s Your 2022 Word. My word for 2022 is Grow It’s not a resolution, nor …
2021-12-25 “And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long …
2021-12-25 Merry Christmas! May you find gratitude May you find joy in each other And let there be peace on …
2021-12-22 That feeling when you got rid of keys that had been hanging about. Then, much later, you find what …
2021-12-22 ME: Thinks of something clever to post ADHD: There is a squirrel ME: There was something clever I …
2021-12-22 Go from overtired to playfully over-caffeinated with three closely-spaced servings of stong coffee. …
2021-12-21 Tough times in Puppy Town
2021-12-19 Inaugurating the movement of my Den to the main floor of my house with a viewing of the R40 concert …
2021-12-19 Excellent game #Hufflepuff! Congratulations! You represented us well, #Slytherin! …
2021-12-19 When the dogs sleep on me, it feels like love. But? Maybe I’m just a heated dog bed
2021-12-18 Had a strange thing happen in October. Had a very intense dizzy spell that just did not abate. Part …
2021-12-17 The human mind is under no obligation to conform to the DSM
2021-12-16 “The future is here. It’s just not evenly distributed,” said Bill.
2021-12-16 Have I peaked? Is that the right question? Is that the wrong question?
2021-12-15 #BloodSelfie
2021-12-14 My top three. I have had these locked in for a while. So these are my picks for tonight’s …
2021-12-12 As a #Slytherin, happy to see my House make it to the Grand Finals. Questions were really tough …
2021-12-11 Aftermath: I think we have a foot of snow to move. Fresh-fallen slow is beautiful on a clear …
2021-12-10 Just set up Logitech Flow to share a bluetooth keyboard and mouse between a MacBook and a …
2021-12-10 It’s a paid feature, but Inoreader can turn public Telegram channels into feeds you can …
2021-12-05 Tip of the hat to #Ravenclaw for the win tonight. We shall meet again! #TournamentofHouses
2021-12-05 My house is competing tonight. #TournamentofHouses #Slytherin
2021-11-28 This was a great night for #Hufflepuff #TournamentofHouses
2021-11-28 First questions were super-easy. Dueling Club questions got hard. This is good! #TournamentofHouses …
2021-11-28 Super impressed with the attention to detail in #TournamentofHouses. Lovely Easter Eggs
2021-11-28 I had thought Olympe Maxime was a giant, but confirmed through references that she indeed is a …
2021-11-28 Had to look up the gifts in 12 Days of Christmas. I had a solid 9 out of 12, but several in the …
2021-11-28 Speaking of newsletters on Sunday, Explorator News is wonderful. It is self-described as …
2021-11-28 Inoreader has a special for the next few days: 18 months of Pro for the price of 12. I just renewed, …
2021-11-28 Was just introduced to the ideas of Ken Wilbur’s Integral Theory via the SLOWW Sunday …
2021-11-28 Long ago, when I was a boy, in the summertime my grandmother used to put brewed coffee in the …
2021-11-27 So I’m finding that I can only “rate” iTunes music on MacOS at the moment. Does anyone else …
2021-11-25 If you celebrate Thanksgiving in the USA, I hope yours was a good one. My wife and I hosted, …
2021-11-24 It don’t know if it’s a ritual, but maybe it should be. That first sip of coffee in the morning is …
2021-11-21 Adele Got Spotify to Remove the Shuffle Button from Album Pages I personally have no problem with …
2021-11-21 At the end of the day, when my watch celebrates that I have stood on my feet at least 12 times, I …
2021-11-20 It’s Complicated A playlist I’m developing. Track order needs sorting. Linking or uniting the tracks …
2021-11-20 This morning I did find the keys that I was increasingly concerned were gone for good. They were in …
2021-11-19 Atlas Obscura is wonderful. How Scholars Cracked a Medieval Alchemist’s Secret Code
2021-11-19 When you misplace your keys really well for the second time in a week and buy Apple AirTags with a …
2021-11-19 When you work in the same building for nine years but consistently walk to the wrong place to take …
2021-11-18 That feeling of relief when you did the right research, bought the correct replacement part, and …
2021-11-14 I imagined at some point my daughter might enjoy gaming. That day has arrived and I’m learning about …
2021-11-14 People Aren’t Stupid
2021-11-12 Sometimes when Microsoft products are doing things you don’t want, you have to approach the …
2021-11-07 The flip side of old photos are the reminders of what we don’t carry forward. Those …
2021-11-07 We have spent much of the day going through family photos. We would like to set up part of our home …
2021-11-06 The Five Gifts of Hathor A long preamble, but the gold is at the end. Both clever and powerful.
2021-11-05 Giving my health insurance a workout these last few weeks. Most tests returning good or normal …
2021-11-03 Hail Coffee, full of cream! Caffeine is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst beverages, and blessed …
2021-11-03 Started today with a bang. And an expletive. That was me falling on the stairs
2021-10-31 It’s an old microwave but it still warms my heart. The first button is for making popcorn 🍿
2021-10-31 Danse Macabre par Saint-Saëns
2021-10-31 Status: tricked and treated
2021-10-28 Friday began a bit of an odyssey to discover that I have a massive sinus infection. The kind that …
2021-10-20 The Best RSS Feed Readers for Streamlining the Internet I’m a paid Inoreader user. Arrived …
2021-10-19 There’s a Moon over Margaret Street tonight…
2021-10-18 In Apple’s Post-Jobs, Post-Ives design era, I feel like device industrial design is looking a …
2021-10-08 ADHD Tax: When I panic about losing my phone while I’m in a meeting. Phone was less than a foot from …
2021-10-07 Anyone else noticed the increased usage of the word Cyber, recently? Just me? Cause I’m old …
2021-10-06 That feeling when you get the email from the vendor that an item has shipped. Yet the tracking …
2021-10-05 A new day brought new places to type and click to resolve more kinds of technical issues. There was …
2021-10-04 Then, somehow, Plan D crashed on the landing. Tomorrow is another day.
2021-10-04 That thing where the supply chain issues in our country from sea to shining sea means executing on …
2021-10-03 When you find a British show about designing kitchens and discover that you had already been …
2021-10-02 Welp, I’m all in on iCloud email. Deleted the G-Suite account for my vanity domain. I changed …
2021-09-27 This is from a selfie my daughter took with her iPod. The Photos widget in iOS presented me a …
2021-09-27 Jupiter, Saturn, and lens flare
2021-09-27 Celiac Pet Peeve: When you check the ingredient list of the thing you bought (because you were sure …
2021-09-25 I had an espresso machine, now I don’t. But today I wish I could quickly get a couple of …
2021-09-25 More coffee! Because sometimes you have a short night and a long weekend work exercise to monitor. …
2021-09-25 I was going to make a meteorological joke about morning mental fog lifting later this morning, after …
2021-09-24 I did not expect the Apple Watch to add as much complication to the phone transfer as it does. …
2021-09-24 T-Mobile got me going, eventually. Grateful for the work of three individuals. Trick was to use the …
2021-09-24 It has become clear during the process of transferring devices and service how much the Apple Watch …
2021-09-24 Received new iPhone, but will be interesting to see if T-Mobile can get service to it. They …
2021-09-22 Silly, silly me. I assumed that if I signed into iCloud via the Contacts app, I would only be …
2021-09-20 Donating my 14th pint #bloodselfie
2021-09-15 I am triggered with song whenever I encounter the place name Gitche Gumee. It’s about a legend that …
2021-09-14 Team meetings sometimes are frustrating. I’ve noticed, though, that sometimes the frustration …
2021-09-13 Sweet Merciful… Every single time Sommer’s MacBook tries to update, it becomes very unhappy. …
2021-09-10 Straw hat at sunset
2021-09-09 When the power strip is shaped in such a way that it was possible (in the dark, under my desk) to …
2021-09-09 Tonight I learned about inline SVG and OpenGraph while leveraging a template to redesign the landing …
2021-09-06 Travel Experiences
2021-09-05 There and back again. Dayton, OH > Saint Paul, MN. 1400 miles in two days!
2021-09-05 Construction zones in Indiana have signs that scold you: Your speed is flashing number, flashing …
2021-09-05 Status: somewhere in Indiana
2021-09-04 Homeward: Kill Devil Hills, NC > Dayton, OH
2021-09-04 “…The shifting shafts of shining weave the fabric of their dreams.” Sunrise, Kill Devil Hills, NC
2021-09-03 Listening to the surf and watching the sky. Last night in OBX
2021-09-03 There is just no way a few hours at the ocean can’t be beautiful #obx
2021-09-02 Status
2021-09-02 When you spend time reading well-researched writing on pensieves. It’s a fascinating idea to explore …
2021-09-01 Me and Louie
2021-08-30 Did a preliminary scan of the steps involved in transferring my vanity email to iCloud. I was very …
2021-08-30 Note to Self: Tame Impala Radio on Spotify as played at Noosa Beach Grill, Nag’s Head, North …
2021-08-30 Good morning from the Outer Banks!
2021-08-28 Today’s travel: Norfolk > Portsmouth (Churchland and Port Norfolk) > Kill Devil Hills We are …
2021-08-26 Yesterday’s travel: Littleton, NC > Roanoke Rapids, NC > White Oak, NC > Norfolk, VA …
2021-08-24 Scrapple with breakfast. Cheer wine with dinner. We are not in Minnesota.
2021-08-21 “East bound and down, loaded up and truckin” Many destinations in the next while.
2021-08-17 There is an R40 Cinema Strangiato thing happening on Sept 9. Anyone want to go with me? Celebrating …
2021-08-15 We had to let it go. We had put in a bid on a home of a scale and from a time that I have long …
2021-08-14 Coffee and morning naps and breakfast sandwiches and house TV shows and brainstorming ideas is about …
2021-08-02 Does anyone else experience time travel via music? I Listen to First Wave on Sirius XM and have …
2021-07-31 Found my bike helmet. It’s about twenty years old, by now, but never suffered an impact. Working on …
2021-07-31 Yesterday our family learned the hard way that security cameras don’t see everything. And my …
2021-07-25 “…We have become the data we were supposed to be stealing or subverting.” Cyberpunk, Anti-Politics, …
2021-07-22 Pleasantly surprised today. My watch let me know my phone was in the car when I walked into my work …
2021-07-22 We will see how pushy Evernote is on the new subscription prices… I have been contributing $5/month …
2021-07-19 I have a new vice: Spicy Japanese Peanuts from Picosita Candy They are covered in Tajin
2021-07-06 16 hours without power. Grateful for the workers who improved local infrastructure to bring it back. …
2021-07-01 TIL: WatchOS 8 will allow reactions in Messages
2021-07-01 Coffee: For the win
2021-07-01 iPad Air: being able to use the pencil on-screen feels better than hunting and pecking. But in …
2021-07-01 Apple Watch: speaking replies to messages is my new jam. Having the option to leave my phone in my …
2021-06-27 Answered some questions I didn’t know I had: Can I Shed a Virus After I Get A Vaccine?
2021-06-25 The Police, Synchronicity II The workaday world, some events in my life, and this song
2021-06-24 With respect to an app store, well-played, Microsoft! Your move, Apple.
2021-06-23 The Cutter - Echo and the Bunnymen A second song Shuffle Play dredged up that I haven’t heard …
2021-06-23 The Ambitions Are: Wake Up Breathe Keep Breathing Shuffle Play unearthed a favorite. Nicole …
2021-06-22 A lovely night for a pint
2021-06-20 This includes my Dad’s favorite chair in a favorite room. I took this shot, visiting my mom, a few …
2021-06-17 Struggling super hard with organization. As an ADHD’er, this is career defining/limiting. I …
2021-06-17 Is it just me? On Windows 10, an Intel Core i5 can’t seem to keep up with Teams, much less …
2021-06-14 Shout out to Tony, who I have missed these many years. I explained learning about The Game to a …
2021-06-14 I do not have a subscription to read the Washington Post, where the source article appeared, but I …
2021-06-12 A dose of real. I’ve lived in Minnesota the majority of my life and I’m sure I’ve done …
2021-06-12 I have been on a Harry Potter binge recently, having watched all of the movies again, and now …
2021-06-11 A key to growth is to stop assuming I have learned every lesson in a given area. I rediscovered a …
2021-06-10 Setting up an iPad Pro and Magic Keyboard for a client today. I don’t covet the iPad as my new …
2021-06-08 Homophones are an issue when attempting to dictate through voice recognition— Mail versus male in …
2021-06-07 Could it be true? Custom domain names are coming to iCloud mail with iCloud+ Have been waiting for …
2021-06-06 Long story, but I’m getting good at replacing door knobs. Bad news is I’m the reason I’m getting the …
2021-06-05 Pronouns I think what it means is to be seen. Seen as whole. Seen as accepted. Seen in entirety. …
2021-06-02 “More trips than Timothy Leary” said Pat Sajak, just now. Not the sort of counter-culture reference …
2021-06-02 Dear Coffee, I am grateful for you every day. Yours truly, Hjalmer
2021-05-31 Remembrance
2021-05-30 Remembering Hjalmer Lindberg and Erich Gerloff, today.
2021-05-29 35 Box Office Flops That Are Actually Worth Watching Kinda nice to get a second opinion on some …
2021-05-28 Heard Take Me Home on satellite radio earlier today. Because I owned No Jacket Required, naturally, …
2021-05-27 Bless you, Coffee Machine
2021-05-23 Apple Beta program participation disadvantage I haven’t seen mentioned before: media-sharing …
2021-05-16 Second shot packed a wallop. In the intervening 24 hours I hope I’m through the worst of it. Body …
2021-05-15 Second dose acquired. The Vaccination, Part II: Return to House Pfizer
2021-05-13 Contact interoperability via VCF or CSV file is simply terrible. It could be as simple as …
2021-05-11 The Voice seasons seem to move really fast now. I don’t feel like I get to know the contestants and …
2021-05-10 I appreciate the voice-to-text ability of my watch more and more every day. Especially as I struggle …
2021-05-05 I always wanted to be a DJ, from the days I listened to my Radio Shack FM radio all day long as a …
2021-05-04 Minnesota State Fair Announces Walk-Around Days “The fairgrounds will be open for a five-day ‘mini …
2021-05-04 When you boot up your MacBook after a few days off and your Login Keychain is gone…
2021-04-27 Have lost a cousin to COVID today. It’s still killing people. Be careful, everyone.
2021-04-27 What if you took the opportunity to turn your secure pass-phrase into a positive affirmation? Or a …
2021-04-26 Watching videos on MTV again. Glad to see them. And always struck by how music unravels times and …
2021-04-25 15-minute wait after first vaccination. This place is huge and I appreciate the clear mobilization …
2021-04-23 Finally registered for my COVID vaccinations. Happy, for me, and that makes me feel better I’m …
2021-04-22 My work day started with my awesome new Logi MX KEYS keyboard not Bluetoothing to anything, …
2021-04-20 There is a lot of discussion of justice on the national level. We have a single case of …
2021-04-20 When you don’t use the filter basket, the coffee maker doesn’t behave the same way. …
2021-04-18 TIL The Trashmen were from Minneapolis.
2021-04-17 It’s a bonfire kind of night. Two other yards on the same side of the street as me also have fires …
2021-04-17 Status
2021-04-17 Listening to the Nineties, today. The author of a sub-blog I follow produced a series of posts …
2021-04-16 This just in: COVID is still deadly.
2021-04-15 Putting some thoughts here, while they are on my mind: Political parties and news organizations love …
2021-04-13 Watching the snow fall in Saint Paul and singing a song quietly to myself
2021-04-11 Just got news several extended family members are simultaneously ill with the UK Variant of COVID, …
2021-04-04 The forgotten director who gave us The Force, inspired 2001, and changed film @ Ars Technica
2021-04-04 Hot coffee and cookies on a cool morning
2021-03-30 One of these things is not like the other
2021-03-27 I’m old because I remember MTV playing music video always, and I’m up early enough to watch AMTV
2021-03-24 Unspoken Role of Technical Support: Absorb and correct for damage created by other companies …
2021-03-23 This makes me very sad: The Case Against Year-Round Daylight Savings Time: We Tried It Before I was …
2021-03-23 There. I didn’t have to say it: Sex Addiction Is Not a Thing Also? I don’t think that …
2021-03-15 TIL Curved screens are fragile.
2021-03-15 TechnoKing You do you, Elon. I’m just gonna enjoy some popcorn.
2021-03-15 My Semi-Annual Plea: Please stop the madness with the clock shifting. Pick one and run with it. …
2021-03-14 The memorial section of the Grammys is slaying me.
2021-03-13 So there’s a music project called Lost Horizons—that I didn’t know about 30 minutes …
2021-03-13 I am very pleasantly surprised with the most current release of the iOS Bullet Journal application. …
2021-03-13 Sometimes the wave hits you Sometimes you’re under the wave Sometimes you’re in the wave …
2021-03-13 Yesterday morning on the way to work, Led Zepplin’s Tea for One cycled into my playlist and …
2021-03-12 New model of Antikythera mechanism solves front gearing system puzzle A few more specifics, still …
2021-03-12 How to Tell Which Emails Quietly Track You :: sigh ::
2021-03-10 Today I learned about xkpasswd, a password generator inspired by the xkcd comic. The internet is …
2021-03-06 Picked up the new Echodrone album Resurgence this morning. Their name describes elements I love from …
2021-03-03 Dare Mighty Things /via
2021-03-02 Dishwasher replaced today. So grateful, I’m running my third load. This probably opens me up …
2021-03-02 The rate at which I am losing elders in my family is alarming. I’ve made it into my fifties …
2021-03-02 “The major effect of testosterone is to make effort feel good.” — “The problem is …
2021-03-01 100-ish Books on Autism and Neurodiversity Books approved by the autistic community about the …
2021-02-28 Blast from the past: it was fun to hear music from The 5th Dimension on CBS Sunday Morning. I was …
2021-02-27 My friend Paulio has a discussion of what makes a good password manager. He has solid criteria and a …
2021-02-27 Hoping privacy remains a thing. MailTrackerBlocker Via
2021-02-26 Joined Twitter on this day in 2008. In those days we talked about ambient connectivity and hashtags …
2021-02-23 A colleague shared this and I don’t want to lose track of it: Ric Elias: 3 Things I Learned …
2021-02-20 Bluejays and cardinals at the feeder. They are lovely in the morning sun
2021-02-20 Between the apps I use and my browser history, I can’t figure out who had the link to the …
2021-02-17 More like this, please: Mental Health Professionals Responding to Police Calls Has Lead to No …
2021-02-15 META: To render a blockquote correctly in the Micro.blog Timeline and in the Marfa template, the …
2021-02-15 From an email subscription today: So be good to each other. Be humble and kind. Be generous. If you …
2021-02-14 Listening to a lot of Echodrone, today. Bought two albums and am excited for a new release next …
2021-02-10 As I transitioned the SIM in my phone from Sprint to T-Mobile, today, I learned I’ve been a …
2021-02-10 I have a non-neurotypical daughter in a school system that has doubled-down on the use of law …
2021-02-08 I will say this about social media: It is what I make it. I have stolen a strategy from Mr. Rogers, …
2021-02-07 The Winter Chill playlist on Apple Music has a vibe very similar to the HED Kandi Winter Chill …
2021-02-05 I recently relistened to Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione. I was in search of the source of a sample. …
2021-02-04 When the wind makes it feel colder than it is… 15 degrees Fahrenheit
2021-02-04 My biggest professional challenge is to adjust my thinking from a tactically-thinking individual to …
2021-02-03 Good morning!
2021-02-01 Poppa and Sofia. And beard.
2021-01-28 Someone at work today made a clever reference to Whole Lotta Love, comparing project status to the …
2021-01-27 Being able to speak a text message to my watch is something I didn’t realize I would like so …
2021-01-26 Listened to Ulrich Schnauss' single Asteroid 2467 and I was struck by how much it sounded like …
2021-01-17 Gandalf and the Roman Cult of Mithras Via Explorator
2021-01-06 It doesn’t make sense for the left hand to punch the right hand, nor for the right leg to kick the …
2021-01-01 Nature Illuminated at the Minnesota Zoo is beautiful. It runs through January 17th, 2021. Highly …
2021-01-01 Bags are very much a Goldilocks thing for me. Size, capacity, pockets, compartments. I went small …
2021-01-01 Midnight made it to our slice of the globe. Happy New Year, Everyone!
2020-12-27 The annual retrospectives reviewing who has left this mortal coil continue to become more poignant …
2020-12-26 Tonight’s project. I actually thought for some time that I had been shorted one critical piece. Then …
2020-12-26 Listening to Wolfmother today. They are a retro-looking blend of 70’s hard-rock, prog-rock and …
2020-12-25 “And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long …
2020-12-24 “…A right jolly old elf”
2020-12-24 Half-day at work, then cleared the drive of snow. Grateful for snow throwers. Husqvarna has been …
2020-12-24 On Main Viewer: The Polar Express (2004)
2020-12-21 Last night I told a speaker to play 80s New Wave. I remembered the future I once dreamed of included …
2020-12-15 As much as I’m grateful to Jardiance advertisements for bringing the skin of my perineum to …
2020-12-15 I will say it again: I wish I could update AppleTVs via the Home app in the same way that I can …
2020-12-14 Listening to Harry Styles’ Golden tonight, I hear Doobie Brothers Minute By Minute and Christopher …
2020-12-08 Saturday: Living room re-arranged Sunday: Tree selected and placed Monday: Cranberry and popcorn …
2020-12-07 I miss getting to know the contestants on The Voice. These short seasons seem too rushed and …
2020-12-04 What I have realized is that photos can’t capture thoughts or feelings. Not exactly. They don’t …
2020-11-30 I don’t know to which deity I owe the most thanks and praise, but I am grateful for the …
2020-11-29 Trust no political party. The evidence continues to suggest they are more interested in having us …
2020-11-26 Bittersweet, making room for the new. Took apart a small IKEA chair from much earlier in my …
2020-11-26 I think about journaling more often then I actually write. The internal censor is strong.
2020-11-19 Iconic Arecibo Alien-Hunting Observatory Will Be Demolished Storm damage and a lack of shared …
2020-11-19 “This isn’t a tech problem. This is tech revealing a human problem." #DanielMessler …
2020-11-18 Ooh! A new Lego catalog in the mail, today!
2020-11-18 Followed this one all the way through: How to have your Memoji as your profile picture — anywhere …
2020-11-13 Sometimes my writing is just terrible. I am too long out of practice.
2020-11-13 Hold the Big Sur, and Unexpected Big Sur
2020-11-12 Finally!
2020-11-12 My Big Sur experience since noon today on my non-beta (10.15.7) laptop
2020-11-09 I was today-years-old when I learned about castoreum. I can only wonder, how did we attain the …
2020-11-07 The work continues. Work doesn’t end with an inauguration or a concession. You keep your …
2020-11-02 I was just having a conversation with my daughter about how we used to think that we would have …
2020-10-31 Scary Halloween pic. Silvertone is my favorite filter.
2020-10-31 The first James Bond movie I remember seeing, on TV, in the late 1970s, was You Only Live Twice. It …
2020-10-28 Poor Choice: Not powering down or rebooting a Windows laptop before connecting it to a new docking …
2020-10-28 Poor Choice: High-speed electronic dance music during stop-and-go traffic
2020-10-27 I listen to Deftones because they are my unvocalized primal screams. All of them.
2020-10-26 I am impressed with the engine that runs our community. Yesterday I rebuilt a page on my micro.blog …
2020-10-24 I have updated my ætherial page with links to all of the artists. I hope this is a much more useful …
2020-10-23 Wait… How long has Apple’s Text Edit been able to open OpenOffice SXW files?
2020-10-23 The feeling when the sense of disappointment that you left your coffee in the car is deepened with …
2020-10-22 Impenetrable Absurdity
2020-10-15 When your daughter makes you a treat. Clever girl!
2020-10-14 Dead Leaf Echo
2020-10-13 I remember loving Pointcast and installing it on home and work computers. At the time I also loved …
2020-10-03 Initial diagnosis 72 hours ago. Remdesivir Treatment began 48 hours ago. The deceit and the …
2020-10-01 So… possible frost this weekend. Just realized we need to get out the weatherstripping. Seems like a …
2020-09-30 I was reading some “Dad Jokes” to my daughter. She said, “Poppa, can you look up some jokes?”
2020-09-28 The Halloween Tree
2020-09-28 Danse Macabre, Op. 40
2020-09-27 Sending an old device to the Great Cloud in the Sky
2020-09-22 Gravity
2020-09-19 Primary Concern theory versus Worst Damage theory at Daniel Messler.
2020-09-19 I’m a long-time fan of Randall Carlson which I owe to the Joe Rogan podcast. Anyway, outside of …
2020-09-18 Via aclu_nationwide
2020-09-15 I am excited by restaurant delivery services and use them frequently. I am deeply disappointed by …
2020-09-14 Back to School 2020
2020-09-12 Shere Hite Dies; Her Work Lives
2020-09-09 that feeling when you’re trying to configure a new service management tool, but every …
2020-09-06 Territories
2020-09-05 Mars Edit Test Post
2020-09-04 Dude! I was The Dude! #strikesandgutters #guttersandstrikes
2020-09-02 “The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today that the NSA’s bulk collection of …
2020-09-01 “The Greeks had no original sin and no eschatology because they saw nothing inherently wrong …
2020-08-29 Just finished: The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes #1) by Nancy Springer 📚 I saw that …
2020-08-29 And…the worst case? I asked. “Facebook might have won already, which would mean the end of democracy …
2020-08-29 Today I read about Jaron Lanier and Bill Gibson in a print magazine that wasn’t Wired. These …
2020-08-24 Photo Sharing Is/Is Not Simple
2020-08-24 First time in a sunflower field
2020-08-20 Made it all the way through. It seems like this iteration is less “white” or …
2020-08-20 Still going. Antici…
2020-08-20 Haven’t seen this before
2020-08-20 Proceeds like an iOS update with lots of time set aside for processing
2020-08-20 Total size is about (?) 5 Gigs smaller than the first beta
2020-08-20 Public Beta 2 update under way
2020-08-16 I was pleased and impressed by the thoroughness of the profile of Psilocybin on 60 Minutes, of all …
2020-08-16 Grateful Dead - Eyes of the World “…Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the …
2020-08-16 Music can return me to times, places, and states of mind in a way that almost no other …
2020-08-16 To speak is to risk being misunderstood.
2020-08-14 Jónsi with Elizabeth Fraser - Cannibal
2020-08-13 One for Evernote: The Fanatics
2020-08-12 When the Supplemental Update for your device is 3.2 Gigs…
2020-08-09 Preserving Audio Formats
2020-08-09 Technology Nostalgic: Tape Deck
2020-08-09 Psychedelic Furs: The Ghost in You Still Love it. From 1984, when I was a wee 16.
2020-08-08 808 on 8/08 I always think of 808State
2020-08-08 Imported just 7 posts from an old blog into my current home. Exported from Blogger, imported to …
2020-08-07 From a colleague at work. You may have an earworm…
2020-08-06 Made it! #BigSur #PublicBeta
2020-08-06 Here we go! #BigSur #PublicBeta
2020-08-06 My progress bar has stopped moving but my Mac has continued to download additional data #beta …
2020-08-06 Diving in! It’s a big download, but I have enrolled in the Big Sur Public Beta
2020-08-05 AirPods Pro
2020-08-02 Status
2020-08-01 Having dietary concerns is a minefield. I dangerously assumed a special order I made for home …
2020-07-29 Just dumped out a bunch of water at my desk. It doesn’t happen often, but every time it does …
2020-07-28 Settled. Science. Is a contradiction in terms. Science is constantly in motion pushing the frontiers …
2020-07-27 It’s here! Got myself a birthday present from @schoolstoic
2020-07-25 One of my favorite photos, from June 2010. #michelewhitephotography
2020-07-24 Is it just me with the disappointment that now even our TV screens must be rebooted?
2020-07-18 Rainbow and thunder
2020-07-18 I change my Micro.blog theme frequently. I’d like to thank @roelwillems for the quick tip on …
2020-07-18 Apple Music has generated a radio station based on my preferences. It is eerie to have me fed back …
2020-07-18 Just was emailed directly about the Cyph service. Does anyone have experience with it? It was …
2020-07-16 Today, I learned that evapotranspiration, also called Corn Sweat (in the parlance of our times), is …
2020-07-12 Sobering statistic: The rate of death from COVID-19 for people with Type 2 Diabetes is 12 times …
2020-07-10 First sticker! #microblog #thankyou
2020-07-05 Music is such a strange, personal journey. In my twenties I really didn’t think I could get …
2020-07-02 The universal plea of the person with more than one device talking to the same service: Can’t …
2020-06-28 It’s looking to me (after a cursory seach) like there is not current agreement on HTML anchors …
2020-06-27 Missing Persons - Spring Session M
2020-06-26 You Want a Confederate Monument?
2020-06-26 File Under “Things I Wish I Had Thought of, Sooner”: Deadpan Existential Jokes Would work great as …
2020-06-26 Perfect. #cantyoureadthesign
2020-06-25 I did not know, or I forgot, that the Newton was powered by an ARM processor
2020-06-25 DISC assessment at work, today. The difference between my perception of myself and the perception …
2020-06-20 Dave Chappelle: 8:46
2020-06-16 That feeling when I’m searching iTunes and my music collection for an album that I know I own. …
2020-06-08 Dear Coffee, I am just writing to let you know how much I appreciate all that you do for me. In …
2020-06-06 I just learned you can get the Apple TV aerial screensavers on your Mac.
2020-06-05 Still in Hollywood
2020-06-04 Noted: It’s a privilege to learn about racism rather than to experience it.
2020-06-03 I cannot say they made no attempt to notify me. #StaySafeMN
2020-06-03 RTO or Return to Office is what my company is calling it. We are at 10 percent staffing on-site, …
2020-06-01 For such a tiny update, 13.5.1 is taking plenty of time to install…
2020-06-01 Return to Office
2020-05-30 St. Paul Curfew for May 29-31
2020-05-30 So, yeah. I’m on the east side of St. Paul and I’m lucky not much has come close to me. But I …
2020-05-28 MPD 3rd Precinct is on fire folks
2020-05-28 If you are thoughtful, and you want to understand why, you can find the answer. The work is to …
2020-05-27 My head is pounding. I’ve had personal epiphanies so now I have more work to do. I want to binge on …
2020-05-26 Skeleton crew today is even more skeleton-y because of folks taking extra time-off for the holiday. …
2020-05-23 The delivery guys did come. The original window was between 10 and 2, later revised by email this …
2020-05-22 I didn’t get up early enough. A can of Coke is fine for the boost, but doesn’t taste …
2020-05-20 This is assuming I understand anything, but I think it would be cool if the Apple Home app could …
2020-05-19 It’s hard to remember to put on a face mask every time I walk away from my desk at work. …
2020-05-12 Today I note, to my chagrin, that while cupping my hand over my mouth and nose does not work to …
2020-05-08 Just unboxed this Macally keyboard and I’m already a fan!
2020-05-07 I didn’t realize Keybase was looking for a buyer, or was as such something one could buy. I …
2020-05-05 I’m using #HowWeFeel to help track and fight COVID-19. For each new user HWF is donating a meal …
2020-04-22 Culver’s.
2020-04-19 Explorator is a wonderful resource if you’re interested in classical history, anthropology, …
2020-04-17 Target.
2020-04-15 I know I’m a late-comer to this, but I am so impressed with keyboard integration on iOS. Makes an …
2020-04-14 APi Group. Skeleton Crew
2020-04-13 Despite the many, many times I have tried this, I can confirm that repeatedly using the wrong …
2020-04-12 Joined the Civilian Mask Corps
2020-04-10 APi Group. Good Friday!
2020-04-09 Culver’s.
2020-04-09 Target.
2020-04-05 I find myself wondering, were I not a Muggle, what would the consequences be of a spell that …
2020-04-05 Feels good to sit in front of a keyboard without having work obligations attached to it.
2020-04-05 Wow! New Thievery Corp album starts strong!
2020-04-03 Kwik Trip. When you buy TP from a gas station
2020-04-03 Imation Corp..
2020-03-31 Target.
2020-03-26 Hy-Vee. No TP. But dinner items…
2020-03-26 Best Buy.
2020-03-24 Target. Paper towels on the shelf but alas, no TP
2020-03-21 Put together an IKEA Hemnes chest of drawers. Only needed these simple tools, six hours, and six …
2020-03-20 Have worked from home for four days out of five this week. Partially because of a new program at my …
2020-03-20 The Paradox of Preparation
2020-03-18 My clinic does not want me to visit the office. I suspect they will ask me to self-quarantine. I get …
2020-03-16 Target.
2020-03-14 Volkswagen of Inver Grove.
2020-03-14 Hy-Vee. Handing out sanitizing wipes at the entrance
2020-03-14 Southview Animal Hospital. Vigilance
2020-03-14 Starbucks. Awake, please
2020-03-13 Target. To make the detectable become audible
2020-03-13 McDonald’s.
2020-03-13 Apple Rosedale Center. Shiny!
2020-03-12 Target.
2020-03-09 Heritage Middle School. Swimming lessons tonight with Sofia
2020-03-09 Target. Needing the coating, soothing, and relieving
2020-03-08 Target. 6’ doesn’t seem like much and 25’ seems much too much.
2020-03-07 As a Celiac, I know better than to eat food from a box without reading the ingredient list. …
2020-03-05 Jimmy John’s.
2020-03-03 Holiday Station Store.
2020-03-02 Target.
2020-03-02 McDonald’s.
2020-03-02 If there’s one thing I have learned to love at work, it’s all the opportunities I have …
2020-02-29 Just watched Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage. Now, of course, I’m listening to more Rush…
2020-02-29 Apple Rosedale Center. You know those unboxing videos where the thing falls onto the floor? Yeah…
2020-02-24 Holiday Store # 368.
2020-02-24 APi Group. Monday has presented a few surmounted hurdles already. What more could be in store?
2020-02-22 Target.
2020-02-22 Apple Rosedale Center.
2020-02-22 Target. Prescriptions and suchlike
2020-02-21 McDonald’s. Low low low carb
2020-02-20 APi Group. Where has the week gone? Today has been complex.
2020-02-17 Deeply grateful for the series of events that helped the human race to discover that menthol stops …
2020-02-16 Holiday Station Store. Gas, oil, air and very cold fingers
2020-02-16 Hy-Vee. Supplies for my tummy
2020-02-16 Holiday Station Store.
2020-02-15 I was unable to beard any longer
2020-02-14 I’m left to wonder, due to the apparent commonality of the circumstance, if all of my shirts …
2020-02-14 The Exchange - Food & Drink. Lunch with my team, welcoming a new member
2020-02-13 APi Group. Strange day wherein one important tool was only partially receptive to my use of it, …
2020-02-13 Pancheros Mexican Grill.
2020-02-12 Target.
2020-02-11 Apple Rosedale Center. Quick trip to get a case for a work phone
2020-02-10 Listening to Thaddeus Russell interview Donald Hoffman, I was deeply struck by the idea that our …
2020-02-08 Kwik Trip.
2020-02-08 Holiday.
2020-02-07 Almost showtime
2020-02-07 Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Once on this Island
2020-02-07 Culver’s. A night out. Shh. Tell no one
2020-02-06 Party City.
2020-02-06 Imation Corp.. Impact Group
2020-02-04 Wendy’s. Yes, I would like fries with that
2020-02-04 Entira.
2020-02-03 Sports Clips.
2020-02-03 APi Group. Sun is shining. It’s a beautiful day
2020-02-02 Target. Sundry items
2020-02-01 Poring over blood test results this afternoon. I got the raw data and terse summary in today’s …
2020-01-30 Wendy’s. In a pinch…
2020-01-30 Target. New prescription and new supplies
2020-01-30 Catrina’s Cerveza and Grill. Lunch with colleagues and a good partner
2020-01-29 Target.
2020-01-28 My latest gadget. I have work to do.
2020-01-28 Holiday Station Store.
2020-01-28 Entira. Getting a Flu Swab
2020-01-24 Taco John’s.
2020-01-23 IOS Wish List: Make all your devices respect the Silence Unknown Callers toggle. I know cell phones …
2020-01-22 APi Group.
2020-01-22 McDonald’s.
2020-01-21 Culver’s.
2020-01-21 Status: Poppa and Daughter Dinner
2020-01-20 APi Group. Another opportunity to work on a kind of tool I haven’t worked with before. IT work is …
2020-01-18 I’m tired of boot laces breaking. I’ve invested in two sets made by Ironlace. I hope …
2020-01-16 Culver’s.
2020-01-16 Target.
2020-01-16 APi Group. Long day. Have learned, so that must mean it has been worthwhile
2020-01-16 …And, insult to injury, I’ve made a similar mistake, moments later. Evidence suggests I …
2020-01-16 That moment when you realize you are going to have to wait some time for opportunity to return after …
2020-01-15 Five Guys. Sometimes your second choice for lunch is still amazeballs
2020-01-15 Target. Urgent shirt replacement
2020-01-15 AT&T. Because with an eSIM, a factory restore wipes that number. So I need a QR code
2020-01-15 APi Group. Citrix changes make for support calls
2020-01-15 Starbucks. Venti flat white with an extra shot of espresso
2020-01-14 Amstar Gas Station.
2020-01-14 APi Group. Not my most efficient or effective day but lots was done and worked on
2020-01-14 Holiday.
2020-01-13 Starbucks.
2020-01-13 Pancheros Mexican Grill. Because I love Mexican food
2020-01-13 APi Group. Monday traffic after a light snow. By now in the season folks are more measured on the …
2020-01-11 Is Memorial Listening a thing? I think a bunch of old guys like me are thinking about Tom Sawyer, …
2020-01-10 Neil Peart is the best drummer, ever
2020-01-10 #permanentwaves
2020-01-10 APi Group. Last work day but plenty to accomplish
2020-01-09 Culver’s. Because there was a SNAFU with Door Dash. But also, as always, gluten-free buns for …
2020-01-09 Holiday Station Store.
2020-01-09 Green Mill Restaurant & Bar.
2020-01-09 Wendy’s. Quick lunch
2020-01-09 Holiday Inn Blmgtn Arpt South- Mall Area. Fred Pryor seminar today
2020-01-07 Holiday Station Store.
2020-01-06 Starbucks. Coffee is always appropriate
2020-01-06 Garlough Elementary. Rare pickup with Sofia
2020-01-05 Culver’s. I am always grateful for gluten-free options, and I support businesses that make it …
2020-01-04 Kwik Trip.
2020-01-04 Holiday Station Store.
2020-01-04 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Tron Legacy character Zuse is probably not a …
2020-01-03 The Grid #IGotIn
2020-01-03 Papa Murphy’s. Pizza tonight. And maybe a cider.
2020-01-03 APi Group. Back at work. But not drinking
2020-01-03 Fridley Liquor. I blame Steve. Or adulting…
2020-01-03 Pancheros Mexican Grill. Mexican for lunch. I know everyone is shocked
2020-01-02 I have been using Foursquare (now Swarm) for location check-ins for 10 years, now. I’m not …
2020-01-02 APi Group. Opportunity today to work ahead
2020-01-01 Starting 2020 with extra sleep and lots of coffee. This bodes well. :)
2019-12-31 APi Group. Snow day
2019-12-30 APi Group. Grateful for light traffic and a low support call volume
2019-12-29 Hy-Vee.
2019-12-28 How I Made Twitter Enjoyable Again
2019-12-28 “If there’s anything I’ve learned about politics it’s this: as soon as you conclude the other guys …
2019-12-27 Remember: Mutual Assured Destruction
2019-12-27 Remember: Nuclear Detonations, 1945-1998
2019-12-27 Back to the Cold War again, eh? Russia Becomes First Nation with an Operational Hypersonic Weapon …
2019-12-27 APi Group. Today’s word is authentication. How many times do we authenticate? As many times as it …
2019-12-26 That feeling when I had left the edit window open but forgot what I had intended to write
2019-12-26 Holiday Store # 368.
2019-12-26 APi Group. Slow days are okay
2019-12-24 One last re-watch of The Polar Express before… Mama and Poppa perform elven magic
2019-12-24 Wendy’s.
2019-12-24 Target. One mo’ ‘gain
2019-12-23 Target.
2019-12-23 Fraser Woodbury Clinic. With Sofia
2019-12-22 Today marks the first day I was asked if I was eligible for a Senior Discount
2019-12-22 Culver’s. Mmm… Burger…
2019-12-22 Target. A few more things…
2019-12-20 Acapulco Mexican Restaurant. Support Services team lunch
2019-12-20 APi Group. Last day before a short holiday. I work with some excellent humans. I am grateful and …
2019-12-19 APi Group. When a meeting is cancelled, another grows to take its place
2019-12-18 Holiday Store # 368.
2019-12-18 Apple Rosedale Center. Executive Support
2019-12-17 In music is forgiveness, redemption, and joy
2019-12-17 APi Group. Meetings to prepare for. I have anxiety about that
2019-12-16 Step two completed: lights on the tree. Step three? Snacks
2019-12-16 So, when there is a technology assistant that can really help me save time in categories like …
2019-12-16 Only 10 more years to go, RE my previous post
2019-12-16 APi Group. Coffee is life. I drink to your health
2019-12-16 #Adulting Is Hard
2019-12-15 Maybe now they’ll release the Roxette Box Set
2019-12-14 First meeting with Santa achieved!
2019-12-14 Gertens. In search of 2019’s new tree ornament
2019-12-14 Applebee’s Grill + Bar. Taking a tasty Steak and Shrimp break before we head to Gerten’s
2019-12-14 A conversation with The Man Himself
2019-12-14 Waiting to see Santa. Waiting is hard.
2019-12-14 Fraser Woodbury Clinic. Waiting to see Santa
2019-12-13 APi Group. Team meeting prep.
2019-12-12 APi Group. Snow, snow, snow, but meetings, so here I am
2019-12-11 APi Group. Wednesday morning and all is well
2019-12-11 Starbucks. Hot coffee for a cold (-6 F) morning
2019-12-11 Garlough Elementary. Privilege of seeing my daughter to school
2019-12-11 Holiday Station Store.
2019-12-10 Papa Murphy’s.
2019-12-10 APi Group. Already Tuesday. Lots to do. Situation normal.
2019-12-08 Wells Fargo.
2019-12-08 St. Pascal Baylon Catholic Church and School. Christmas tree for Grams
2019-12-08 I played with a logo generator which worked by combining words, images, fonts and colors in many …
2019-12-08 I Have a Blog, So Now What?
2019-12-07 My first thought was “What is casting that shadow?” Then I realized it was most likely caused by a …
2019-12-07 That feeling when vendors decide how you use the free version of their service is no longer …
2019-12-06 Culver’s. Sofia’s request, tonight
2019-12-06 APi Group. Oh, just wrapping up rework on an old ticket. Lots of time today reporting. Team stats, …
2019-12-06 McDonald’s.
2019-12-05 Chianti Grill. Blackened Ribeye. Welcome dinner for a new colleague.
2019-12-04 #bloodselfie 3cu.be
2019-12-04 APi Group. Planning Meeting was cancelled. Note to self: Get better at planning
2019-12-03 Imation Corp..
2019-12-03 APi Group. The movie Groundhog Day is about this day, today
2019-12-02 APi Group. Time to turn off the podcast and meet my Monday
2019-11-30 Today is Strange Frozen Precipitation Day in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. #mnwx
2019-11-29 Holiday.
2019-11-29 Kwik Trip.
2019-11-28 Happy Thanksgiving, to one and all!
2019-11-27 Holiday Station Store. Because that snowblower doesn’t run or air or sweat. And because I forgot to …
2019-11-27 The strangest thing about snowstorms at night, in populated areas, is the light. Brighter than a …
2019-11-26 The apparent slow death of OwnYourGram might be the inspiration I need to move on.
2019-11-26 I am experimenting with own your swarm. It is remarkable how, looking back, a few words can help …
2019-11-26 Currently
2019-11-26 Hy-Vee Gas.
2019-11-26 Garlough Elementary. Holiday pick-up
2019-11-26 Denny’s. Going to eat emotionally.
2019-11-26 Garlough Elementary. There will be a plan.
2019-11-26 Starbucks. Because adulting requires caffeine
2019-11-25 Garlough Elementary.
2019-11-25 Fraser Woodbury Clinic. Participating in my daughter’s routine this morning
2019-11-24 “Find your good. And do it.” —JBJ
2019-11-23 Tron and the Future
2019-11-22 Culver’s.
2019-11-22 As I work to become more fully alert this morning, I am grateful for coffee.
2019-11-22 APi Group. Team meeting, today. TGIF
2019-11-21 The Exchange - Food & Drink.
2019-11-20 Tim Cook for President?
2019-11-20 APi Group. Work smarter and faster or die trying
2019-11-19 APi Group.
2019-11-19 SuperAmerica.
2019-11-18 APi Group. Monday after maintenance weekend
2019-11-17 Wendy’s. Ordered and paid online, however they do not prepare your order until you arrive. But …
2019-11-16 Starbucks. Peppermint Mochas all around
2019-11-16 I re-watched Johnny Mnemonic, last night, for nostalgic reasons… it is still a bad action film with …
2019-11-16 So much for the long tail? Wanted to buy Staring at the Sea from iTunes, today but it’s not …
2019-11-15 I had always imagined that fatherhood would be instructive. I had no way to know how profound it …
2019-11-15 Checked in at APi Group
2019-11-14 When you realize, after editing a web page, your additions belong on a different web page
2019-11-14 APi Group.
2019-11-12 A small amount of relief comes from TechCrunch: A US federal court finds suspicionless searches of …
2019-11-12 And this from Ars Technica Google: You can trust us with the medical data you didn’t know we already …
2019-11-12 Very scary to me: FBI Asks Congress To Permanently Reauthorize The Phone Record Collection The NSA …
2019-11-11 Our human climate-control sensibilities are so weird. During the cooling season, though I tend to …
2019-11-09 The Death of the Rude Press
2019-11-04 New haircut. New glasses. And the cutest photo bomber in the world.
2019-10-31 I am grateful for magic. Happy Halloween!
2019-10-30 Sommer, Ann, Sofia—Three generations
2019-10-06 Enjoying the new Lamb album, very much
2019-10-02 Dear political advertisers, I believe none of you. Please stop. Sincerely, A Voter
2019-09-28 Beautiful day for a walk. Lovely to find the wild peaking out in between the manicured spaces.
2019-09-28 Status: listening to Elizabeth Fraser while enjoying coffee and reading alternate takes on history …
2019-09-28 A favorite way for me to learn more about artists, more deeply, is via the passions of friends
2019-09-28 A cool thing on Apple Music is that you can subscribe to playlists from individuals in addition to …
2019-09-28 If you do the Apple Music thing, I share playlists there as “Hjalm”
2019-09-28 There is more beautiful music than will ever be played on the radio, more than I will ever hear
2019-09-21 Have paid notice to this word. Heard it a lot in a single podcast recently. Notice how and when you …
2019-09-16 Preparing her projectile launcher #dinnerdate #culvers #waiting
2019-09-13 My favorite Eddie Money song was Think I’m in Love from his 1982 album No Control
2019-09-11 I told a colleague, yesterday, that change will never again be as slow as it is today. And that …
2019-09-11 That feeling when trying to recall my new passphrase (that I have already used dozens of times per …
2019-09-02 “It is expected that work of all kinds will be generally suspended, and that the wage workers of the …
2019-08-28 Ear Worm of the Moment: Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer As performed for the soundtrack of The …
2019-08-21 One bar of reception is a lie
2019-08-15 My brain and I have a difficult relationship
2019-08-06 Breakfast
2019-08-04 I mention culture because I fear the contribution I can make as an individual isn’t enough. …
2019-08-04 Watching Sunday Morning on Sunday Morning. There’s a segment on the 50th Anniversary of …
2019-08-01 With cucumber and habañero
2019-07-21 I feel dumb. It took me too long to locate the song-rating functionality in the iOS 13 beta. I had …
2019-07-19 Heat lightning. Storm in video is between Northfield and Redwing, Minnesota. Visible from Conway …
2019-07-14 It would make sense that the LEGO kits were for someone else, but they are mine and I really …
2019-07-14 Hogwarts Clock Tower, Grand Finale. Including Yule Ball
2019-07-14 Hogwarts Clock Tower, including clock face and dormitory
2019-07-14 Hogwarts Clock Tower, phase four. Including Professor Moody’s office
2019-07-14 Hogwarts Clock Tower phase three. I did not expect the Tri-Wizard Cup, nor the chest containing the …
2019-07-14 Hogwarts Clock Tower phase two including bath and Dumbledore’s office
2019-07-14 Building the Hogwarts Clock Tower kit
2019-07-07 Assembly complete, including concessions (note chocolate frog) and dementor.
2019-07-07 My daughter Sofia asked me if I have ever been to Hogwarts. Though I considered several responses, I …
2019-07-07 Build now including coal tender and Hermione
2019-07-07 Hogwarts Express engine
2019-07-07 TIL: I need a work light and a magnifying glass. For LEGO
2019-07-07 Kings Cross station as imagined by LEGO. Including Harry, Ron, Scabbers (the rat), and Professor …
2019-06-29 Lake Phalen, Saint Paul, MN Water Lantern Festival
2019-06-26 One of my musical happy places is Eyes of the World by the Grateful Dead. My favorite recorded …
2019-06-12 It’s also fun that I reset my Keychain recently because of issues. So, in doing a multi-factor …
2019-06-12 In this era of complex passwords, it routinely takes me 4 or 5 attempts to correctly authenticate …
2019-06-10 The more I think about writing, the more difficult the act itself seems to become.
2019-06-07 #bellmuseum
2019-06-05 What temperature are tamales traditionally cooked to? Because the tamales we have delivered are …
2019-06-04 I’m not a man of means, but I can do this.
2019-06-03 “He’s going to try to get this working…” No, he isn’t going to try anything. He is going …
2019-05-27 Applying Combo Update for good measure after finally getting into the user profile. “About 10 …
2019-05-27 I feel a little like I’m crazy or out of step with macOS troubleshooting because I have been working …
2019-05-20 America has chosen several versions of the same thing. #TheVoice
2019-05-17 Slashdot: Your Internet Data is Rotting
2019-05-14 All Yours by Submotion Orchestra I. Cannot. Get. Enough.
2019-05-12 The True Cause of Dread and Anxiety Like a laser, when I least expected it.
2019-05-11 Sometimes, the tankard of coffee is what you need.
2019-04-29 Fun to learn a bigger story: Did Ellis Island Really Change People’s Names? /Vintage News
2019-04-27 When the Sun Hits A music blog with the tagline: Your resource for all things shoegaze and dream pop
2019-04-20 The neighbors are setting off Easter fireworks. So we have that going for us…
2019-04-20 Starting the season with new wheels!
2019-04-19 B-52s — Strobe Light
2019-04-11 It has been a long time, Florida. Thanks for being kind.
2019-04-11 That feeling when you read something that feels like it was written with you in mind: Wally Bock on …
2019-04-11 Status. #HDIConf #RobertVanWinkle
2019-04-09 Status: Neither here nor there
2019-03-29 Science Museum of Minnesota
2019-03-25 If you think of Apple as a company that makes computers and software, today’s keynote is confusing. …
2019-03-25 Special treat today: watching an Apple Keynote live
2019-03-22 Haikus came up in Conversation, so I smiled. I miss making art.
2019-03-14 A mantra, for when you need it
2019-03-12 It was a treat tonight driving home in rain, in temperatures above freezing, in day light. I’m ready …
2019-03-12 That feeling when you go to the break room, there’s nobody to wait for, the coffee carafe is …
2019-03-11 Possibly my favorite snack in the whole world.
2019-03-09 Playing in the snow
2019-03-09 Photo Challenge: Day 1 of 7 Groceries are laid in. Let the snow begin.
2019-03-04 Thinking about cleaning my desk
2019-03-02 Yesterday I listened to the majority of a Joe Rogan podcast featuring David Lee Roth. Naturally …
2019-03-01 I would like to “thank" a colleague at work for the Baby Shark refrain that has become an ear …
2019-02-28 I was just in a meeting where a technology failure helped the participants to dig into …
2019-02-24 Fragility Base
2019-02-12 That thing where you pre-order a book and forget about it until it arrives at your door…
2019-02-11 It’s the nature of being human, I suppose? Friday I felt more peace, gratitude and joy than I …
2019-02-09 Mama’s researching kombucha. Poppa’s listening to music. Sofia’s playing fetch with Gram’s dog …
2019-02-09 Obligatory #selfie #filmbornapp
2019-02-08 Grateful for A car that starts A car that’s warm inside A new route to work Bright morning …
2019-02-03 It’s fun to live in the future. I added a page to my blog and filled it full of thoughts from …
2019-01-30 Rhone said it better than I was going to: “Today will birth legends” If you are Minnesotan, you will …
2019-01-29 Those days when it’s so cold it hurts to hold the steering wheel… hoping you’re all staying safe and …
2019-01-26 Installed iTunes on my Kindle. Am tending now toward Apple-ification…
2019-01-22 Lumiere Brothers footage of Paris, late 19th century
2019-01-20 My favored team was bested in the sportsball match this evening.
2019-01-18 Tried a poke bowl for the first time tonight. I loved it. Would absolutely recommend it.
2019-01-17 I wish I was half the typist my fingers would have me believe! #thispostmaybetypofree …
2019-01-14 Again I must record that I have not learned to write music, so I cannot share what I hear. Must fix. …
2019-01-10 Three Things Left at Home
2019-01-10 Blog idea: The Continuing Saga of Items I Have Left at Home
2019-01-01 I hope that 2019 brings lots of opportunities for positive change in your life. Happy New Year!
2018-12-25 The Good Earth It’s the 50th anniversary of the Earthrise photograph, and the shift in …
2018-12-25 I don’t have an ugly Christmas sweater, but I did find this hat… @chrisgzuger
2018-12-25 Makes me feel like a kid!
2018-12-25 Merry Christmas, from Saint Paul, Minnesota!
2018-12-25 A Little Magic
2018-12-25 Elving complete for one more year. Next year I’m sure we’ll need to up our game to keep …
2018-12-24 Sunset marks the start of the first day of Christmas.
2018-12-24 Many preparations made. Many to go. Here’s to plans going as expected, and to making Merry and …
2018-12-22 Leveraging Joy is a thought provoking post by my friend Paulio. It dovetails with thoughts I have …
2018-12-22 My mom always used to sing “Over the River and Through the Woods” when we drove to her mother’s home …
2018-12-21 How Father Christmas Does It
2018-12-20 Hmm… Parallels Acquired by Corel I’ve been recommending Parallels for about 10 years by …
2018-12-20 Rebel Yell remixed by Crystal Method
2018-12-18 Progress on Personal Planning Tools
2018-12-15 I’ve been thinking a lot about supporting technology. In my career, my tendency to experiment …
2018-12-14 Playing with the #tintypeapp
2018-12-11 Mmm. Fruit juice and fruit snacks!
2018-12-11 #bloodselfie
2018-12-10 I should have watched The Voice
2018-12-09 Found a bunch of review-later web links that clearly pre-date my use of Evernote and Instapaper. …
2018-12-09 I'm Not Carrying Two Phones Anymore
2018-12-04 201812041943
2018-12-03 Sweet, Merciful Pain-Reliever
2018-11-26 That feeling when you checked the ingredients of everything you ate for gluten, but your body tells …
2018-11-25 I’m a new fan of the Headspace playlist on Apple Music
2018-11-24 First time listening to vinyl in these many long years. Bought the turntable a long time ago. …
2018-11-22 Food Coma in three… two… one…
2018-11-20 Just got the majority of my Thanksgiving provisions purchased. Be kind, everyone. Be patient and …
2018-11-17 “But sometimes what the suicidal person needs is for the therapist to join them in the darkness and …
2018-11-15 On Assumptions
2018-11-15 Choices, and Choosing
2018-11-03 I’ve been doing a lot of internal work lately, reflecting on things I’d like to change …
2018-10-10 A little trash talk from a favorite vendor
2018-09-23 Going to learn about how an iPhone and a Kindle Fire work with an external keyboard.
2018-09-22 When you find an accidental selfie in your photo roll
2018-09-19 Sending good thoughts forward and hoping for the best good. It’s a privilege to be in a position to …
2018-08-31 First exercise set is to get the equipment in place. Test pilot Sofia confirms all systems …
2018-08-26 Summer Sunday Back-to-School Project
2018-08-11 Who doesn’t want the chance to drive a fire engine?
2018-08-11 L’après-midi à l’hôtel
2018-08-07 Test Post
2018-08-01 Daim is one of my favorite things, ever.
2018-07-14 So happy I found this! It’s a magazine logo from another era… #Mondo2000 #wereapiratemindstation …
2018-06-23 Kicking off Summer in St Paul
2018-06-01 “Odin will not save you but he will give you inspiration and courage to save yourself…” I don’t …
2018-05-31 My first! I’m excited! #unimitsubishipencil #kurutoga
2018-05-23 In the business parlance of our times, I have some “deltas” or “do-betters”
2018-05-12 Brand new journal #leuchtturm1917 #startatthebeginning
2018-05-12 Current Status
2018-05-06 Learning more every day
2018-04-25 Oh look, it it’s finally at the log in screen. But, wait, no! No it is not …
2018-04-14 Currently #mnwx #blizzardwarning #ramseycounty #snow
2018-04-14 It’s not #snowmagedon, but we planned ahead with provisions and are cocooning this weekend. #mnwx
2018-04-09 Morning cuppa. Thank you, @joelgroethe #apisupply #apisupplylifts
2018-04-03 Springtime. More than eight inches of snow today, because Minnesota. #mnwx #stpaul #bearded …
2016-06-30 Detonations
2016-06-24 I Get the News I Need from the Weather Report
2016-04-24 Sense of Loss
2016-02-05 Music Is a Time Machine
2013-11-04 Pink Moon
2013-05-27 Kim and Jessie
2013-01-11 AutoRip, My Purchase History, I Can't Remember All of It, And I Don't Know Enough
2012-10-18 When All the Music I Love Is, Basically, a Database
2012-10-08 There Is No Bad Music, An Introduction