I had a small amount of angst about ripping CDs to WAV and not doing any conversion to a more compact format. However, seeing Plex push straight PCM to my AppleTV or DLNA to my receiver, I’m feeling better about the decision. Plex deals with metadata with a fair amount of grace.

Working to unsubscribe from good intentions and momentary interest. Working to a more sane and sustainable inbox. I’m ridiculous.

Apple still sells the USB SuperDrive. I’m using one with a USB-A to USB-C adapter on a Re-Rip project. I’m thinking I should pick one up as a spare.

I use Apple Wallet functionality almost every week day, both via phone and watch. I did not know that the “bank card” in my Apple Wallet would expire independently of the physical card expiration.

It does. Looks like a two-year registration that must be redone, and isn’t a simple matter of updating an expiration date and CVS.

Apple Wallet then sent transactions to a credit card and put me over my limit. I did not note any notification anywhere the preferred bank card had expired. I’m wondering if I missed something, somehow. And I’m feeling disgruntled.

I only noticed at all because I went to check a balance and it was not what I expected. In the Wallet app on my iPhone, the entry for the bank card had a red expired indicator. But there was no indicator on the Wallet app icon itself. Thankfully, nothing had been declined and that was the worst of it.

I was pleasantly surprised by accidentally discovering Universal Control just working on an old iPad at work. I had assumed this was one way, where the Mac controlled the iPad.

Tonight I discovered the trackpad and keyboard of my iPad case will also control my MacBook.

Currently reading: The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚

I am astonished by the detail I don’t remember while surprised how much of my recollection of the story is written over by the movies. I noticed this as well with another series.

To all who celebrate, I wish you a Happy New Year!

Have just finished being a right jolly old elf. Just about to settle in for a long winter’s nap.

I was at a company function a few days ago. A pair at the gathering approached excitedly to tell me they had walked across Reykjavik. There, they purchased and brought back a sweater, which was now being worn by one of the two. They were excited to show me because they had been told I was from Iceland.

Somehow there has been discussion of where I’m from, where Iceland was the answer. I’m reasonably certain it’s the unique order of consonants and vowels that constitute my full name. My name has apparently been going around without me.

I’m Wisconsin born, but I’m from Minnesota. The origin story of how I got my name, which includes the European Theatre of World War II, but does not include Iceland, is far more dramatic than the tale of where I’m from. I’m happy to tell you where I’m from. And I’m happy to tell the story of my name, which began decades before my birth.

The tale of how they got the sweater is a good one to tell. It was a really nice sweater. And now, they can add color, about the guy who was, disappointingly, not from the same place.

It would be cool if MacOS had a calculator widget.

It wouldd be cool if iPad OS came withh a calculator.

Can’t have it if I don’t ask, right?