I look forward to Explorator News every week.

Among other special interests, I also am interested in archeology and anthropology

Thinking a lot about data portability again.

Worried about the future.

Worried about businesses deciding I don’t need affordable electronics any longer.

Worried I may not be able to keep using the brand of my choice.

I have an old MacBook Pro that has a failing battery. Or something. It’s failing in such a way that the battery discharges while operating and connected to power. No matter which charger, no matter which port the charger is connected to. When the battery goes to 2% it shuts down—again while connected to mains power and the OS indicating the charger is connected.

I had hoped I might be able to repurpose this machine as an “iTunes” server, replacing a MacBook Air that ended a few OS versions sooner. That one is still chugging.

Even at my standing desk, my watch tells me it’s time to stand

Well, I did it again. Killed an Ubuntu install through experimentation. Re-installing.

A lesson I have to keep re-learning is when to allow notifications, or when to supply my email address. As a person whose attention can easily be re-directed, I have to help myself.

When you Google information and find another sub-Reddit to join

That’s maybe the most important thing. Is to shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you’re just gonna live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it. I think that’s very important and however you learn that, once you learn it, you’ll want to change life and make it better, cause it’s kind of messed up, in a lot of ways. Once you learn that you’ll never be the same again.

I love any article claiming x or y or z product is a MacBook killer, while being about a device that doesn’t run MacOS.

I’m not fried, but today I’m supercalifragicrispy around the edges.