The thing where I was expecting a delivery today, but actually the order I placed is scheduled to deliver in just 6 short days.

Once again, I have learned to never ever trust a tutorial for doing anything in Linux. The chances that you will be able to do what you intend to do right out of the gate are low, and inevitably you’ll need to refer to second, third and fourth sources. And maybe it works, maybe you start over.

I re-watched Madonna: Truth or Dare this week. It came out at what I feel was most likely the zenith of her career, with her Immaculate Collection and her book Sex all in popular media at once.

It was fun to see. I had forgotten there might have been any controversy around any of her performances since she has been eclipsed on a few fronts.

I was a huge fan of hers for a long time and my collection of music reflects that.

But it was a time and a place and others have filled that same place in my heart since those days.

I rewatched Rattle and Hum a few weeks ago and think about the lyrics, still. It was interesting to see even then how America and her culture were both influential, yet not living to her ideals.

I’m looking for a copy of the Depeche Mode 101 DVD.

Not sure if I have an AppleTV issue or a playlist-too-big issue. When I pick a few of my larger dynamic lists, the AppleTV becomes unresponsive for several minutes. Not an issue on my iPhone 15 streaming the same lists, but my AppleTV model is circa 2017. Only seems to be an issue since tvOS 18.

Coffee. Coffee and Tylenol. Coffee, Tylenol and Nintendo.

I need more coffee.

I opened my web browser on my work computer, and once more I have no idea what I was going to do next.

First time I’ve seen an Instax photo. About the size of a credit card. From a company event this morning.

Apologies to Tim who has no idea he is on my timeline.

What You Should Do

“The only resistance worth a damn is the one where you stop calculating the odds and start living your truth without reservation.”

Mike Brock /via TechDirt

I experimented today. At the soda machine I picked Lime Coke Zero. Then I saw that also I could do Cherry Coke Zero. And I thought maybe they might be two great tastes that taste great together, like cherry lime-aid from Sonic. Short answer: No. Much too sweet and bland rather than tangy.

Apple Notes has good keyboard shortcuts. However, searching for notes to link isn’t consistent. I can’t use a space character in my search, and search results do not show everything that matches search terms. So that’s a challenge I’m having setting up the cross-linking needed for Forever✱Notes.