Listening to Crystal Method, again. I go long stretches without, and then something reminds me how much I love them.

Neurodivergent Monday:

  1. It’s Tuesday
  2. Forgot coffee
  3. Forgot reading glasses
  4. Forgot watch

Made it to my first two appointments on time. Have coffee at work. Carry a spare pair of glasses in my work bag. Watch is sure nice but I will live without it. Not bad, overall.

Am I the only one who resents LG for using In The Air Tonight in a commercial for a cordless vaccuum? Gen Xer here tired of seeing his youth further commercialized and used against him.

I continue to be amazed by the breadth and depth of the archeological coverage in The Explorator. Published weekly—I consume it via RSS. Many of their sources also offer RSS.

The watch says “Good morning!”

The phone says “Good morning!”

The dogs say “Good morning!”

Okay!

Okay.

I’m up.

My wife saw this picture and said “Full-on Lorax”

I and my beard are in the middle

Why I Hate Software (I Don't Really But Microsoft And Apple Are Still Frenemies)

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Setting up iCloud on one Windows laptop actually went smoothly. Every tool did exactly what it was supposed to do. This, even though I have combined my vanity email domain with iCloud.

To be fair, I actually send email from my personal account only slightly more often than I phone people from my personal number, which is close to (but not quite) never.

On a desktop, this did not happen. Even with Office365 installed, the iCloud tool only synced calendars and contacts. The Apple installer told me if I need iCloud email, to set up an address online.

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Passwords are a bear—I have to change every 90 days at work. Mandatory password change yesterday afternoon left me stumped this morning. In the process of recovery, I came back to what my password is. It helps me to use a phrase that sets intent. Because of intent, I got it back.

I’m neither a Democrat nor a Republican, but on the face of it I support Minnesota Governor Walz’ decision to support a person’s right to choose. I support self-determination, and I support anything that supports people where they are, as they are.