Burt Bacharach has passed. If you’re of a certain age, he was behind a lot of music you grew up with, even if he wasn’t the artist on the cover.
I just saw an ad for the 50th anniversary of Schoolhouse Rock.
I can’t even.
Also? An interjection starts your sentence right.
First two episodes of That 90’s Show were funny and amazingly nostalgic.
Related: Some friends of mine used to joke about wearing bandoliers for our tech daily carry. Maybe now is the time.
My work phone, in my pocket, unbeknownst to me, while I was seated in a meeting, interpreted simultaneous button presses as the need to call emergency services. So. Now, I’m trying to suss carrying two phones in a way that doesn’t cause that problem a second time.
The built-in QR Code Scanner functionality is broken on iOS if you actually have to interact with the web page in the same way you would in a Safari session. The fact that it doesn’t actually send the link to Safari kills me. If you switch away, it vanishes.
Absolutely one of the best articles I have read about “internet” business practices: The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok — Or how, exactly, platforms die.
This is just one more reason to go indie.
The more I listen with second-gen AirPods Pro, the happier I am. Kick drum and bass sound more like they would with much larger over-the-ear headphones. They’re definitely improved over the first generation.
Apple Music infinite autoplay lead me to Money’s Money - EP on the heels of listening to Kraus’s Path. Purchased both. Listening to more Kraus ATM
I was today years old when I learned about the Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit Project in my city. I am now likely over-subscribed on email updates from several government agencies. I had seen construction begin in many places, but did not know the connection between them all.
I have been playing a lot of Animal Crossing
City of St. Paul: We’re going to spend 4 days replowing snow from the city streets
Everyone: It’s about time!
2 Days Later
City of St. Paul: There’s snow coming so we are going to stop the plowing plan
Everyone: …
Snow Arrives
City of St. Paul: Okay, we declared a Snow Emergency so we’re going to plow all of the streets, except faster
Everyone: Here we go.
I’ve learned more about the former owner of the company I work for in 10 minutes of reading newspaper articles than in the 10 years I’ve worked at his company.
Finally seeing the Mac Mini offered with the amount of internal storage to properly manage a large iTunes (Apple Music, Apple TV) library.
While the cloud is getting better and better, I still like the idea that I can play media without approaching data caps.
When someone posts a collection of music they think is good and then you spend money on music: Rare Shoegaze Gems From All Eras Unearthed
It contained exactly none of the bands I expected. And the world just got a little larger.
When you pour yourself a delicious coffee in a tumbler and then leave the tumbler behind. Monday.
I’ve entertained several times the idea of a private Wordpress instance to archive all the blog things from ever. Wordpress will import a lot, but significant gaps are Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. This is me regretting giving my words to the care of corporations.
I did get my Twitter data. Tweets aren’t particularly portable at this point. I’m not interested in self-hosted Worpress to see if maybe someone else’s script might import them correctly. Not finding any service that will simply ingest them automagically. So that is on pause.
True to form: Vikings make the playoffs on a wildcard and choke in the first round.
Thinking hard about advice I received from @isucceed@mastodon.online, to abandon services that can be controlled by an oligarch.
Wondering how soon I might get an archive of my data from Twitter? I’d guess they aren’t going to be in a hurry. My intent is to merge those posts into Micro.blog and then to ghost Twitter.
My latest thinking on the API blocking on the Billionaire Social Club is that the API’s will be turned on when the developers agree to pay for the privilege. Or pay more. Not sure what it takes to get an API key, to begin with.
Maybe a strategy to kill an albatross of an investment is to make so many offensive decisions that it is litigated out of existence. Genius!
Fascinating perspective on 1970s stagflation: The Forgotten History of the 1970s
Spent six hours today in a situation room because Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Defender are both in use at my organization. Please know that Microsoft Threat Protection can be leveraged to modify the contents of your PC and your user account can do nothing to prevent it.