Chicken Curry with Onion from Ming’s Garden works every time
Hanging out with my Mom and my kid at the fire. I don’t think I remember the last time I “roasted” hotdogs that way
4 hours and 47 minutes into an annual IT exercise. In my role, I’m basically a fly on the wall, unless or until urgent communication or coordination is needed.
Generally, I’m a coffee-first kind of person. This morning, it took a while before I was ready to make the effort. I did come to my senses, though. And the coffee is actually delicious, thank you.
Dusting off the old chili recipe, today. Slow-cooking, now.
I had been a long-time MusicMatch user, before I had bought my first iPod. Before I had purchased my first Mac. Only was reminded of this today when I was deduplicating tracks. The software agent that ripped the track is part of the metadata visible when you Get Info in Music.
Target Corporation, I don’t care how much money you paid for the rights. You. Do. Not. Use. Prince. Songs.
I feel like I’m getting trolled by Apple’s meta data as I re-rip my CDs. I wish occasional incorrect track titles was the worst of it.
Surprise and delight. I had read a while ago that one could import audiograms into settings for AirPods Pro. It’s true. You can use your camera. And then you can edit what it imports.
And the results brought tears to my eyes.
The amazing thing about humanity, and the living artifact of the internets, is that you don’t have to wonder if someone has been there before. They have, and there is a well-worn path.
But first, Coffee!
I do pay for identity services, in the sense that I own a vanity domain. I can also link presence and identity to it, with no fees, by adding unique text records. Tools like Google, Keybase, Mastodon, BlueSky and Nostr can use these to establish a link. That’s one way forward.
I can be Meta Verified on both Instagram and Facebook for the low, low price of $24.99 per month. I was interested this did not include Threads. $300 a year to show I’m me. I did not accept this offer.
This article explains so much about the Apple Watch that wasn’t making sense to me, before: Making the Apple Watch compatible with Android wouldn’t be easy – and here’s why
Will be waiting a long time until the watch is what I want it to be.
Sometimes, the GIF I want does not exist because I remebered a pop-culture moment incorrectly
This is my frustration with the app and streaming ecosystem. I, personally, am not signing out.
App updates, New phones (even after an encrypted restore), OS updates, company mergers – all sign you out.
But you know what always, always works? Debits from my bank account. That’s always authorized.
I just wanted to start watching a concert video for my wife. I was privileged to change my password twice so that everything started talking.
We are streaming now, but it’s going to be a bit before I can relax after wanting to get destructive for a few moments.
I’m not shocked at Uber’s actions in Minnesota, given their apparent disrespect for drivers. I am sad, though, that Lyft is retaliating against Minneapolis. I had chosen them over Uber as that transportation provider in a pinch. Now I need to rethink that. I am a St. Paul resident, for the record.
Orion and Jupiter over St. Paul
I made the mistake of bringing the Oreo container to the dinner table. They are easy to eat, even the gluten-free ones
I’ve often wondered if it was a generational thing or a me thing. I prefer text on the internet. I enjoy podcasts and TikTok and YouTube and any number of now-streaming mediums. But when I want an answer to a question, I want to read it, and I want to find supporting texts. [elder GenX]
God forbid the dogs should sleep more than 15 minutes past sunrise.
I am awake, I have brewed coffee.
Alertness and determination arrive later in the day.
The clouds said, “No stars for you, tonight. Enjoy your city’s light reflected back to you.”
Dear Thunderbolt,
Thank you for giving me my iTunes Library back.
Warm regards,
Hjalmer
The meta conversation in my head critiquing a presentation as it unfolds. One is not prisoner of running applications full-screen. You can actually resize your window to make your screen shots legible or to capture only the relevant portion of the screen or window.