I’ve talked a lot about how music is a time-travel machine. Today what hit me while working The Re-Rip Project and the compilations of various EDM genres is how long I spent preferring electronic music at 120 BPM or faster. For about 15 years it was my thing. It seemed like a reasonable place to end up after listening to 80’s synth-pop, and a little Acid House, New Beat and Industrial.
I’m confused. If I meet the requirements to generate a passkey, why do I also need to enter a one-time password or confirm in an app on another device?
Seeing others work on their online presence inspires me. Have been looking over my stuff and fixing some details.
Signed some Christmas cards today. I swear a good third of them look like I have not mastered fine motor control or have not learned all of the letterforms—as I approach the sixth decade of signing my name.
Went to Apple to have them repair my iPhone. Have been living without the back camera for some time. But increasingly it was more and more troublesome. Thankfully, I was covered by AppleCare and it’s all over but the restore.
Watched the first two episodes of Agatha All Along tonight. Looks like a fun series. I’m hooked.
Sometimes changing your blog theme is the right amount of fun challenge.
In the long list of headlines that make me feel old:
The first Lamborghini Countach was made 50 years ago
I was made more than 50 years ago.
Image Playground categorically refuses to deal with the fact that I have a full beard and will not accentuate it. But it will try to render me with a goatee or terrible mustache or some small amount of growth that a young person might consider “trying to grow a beard.”
When your collection of stuff reaches a certain point, you realize you’re a curator, conservator, docent, archivist, guard, exhibition designer, etc.