Playing with an image generator this evening. Borrowed from myth and and from Rembrandt.
Hjalm
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I am curious. I help people frustrated with how difficult it is to use technology. I value autonomy, self-determination, empowerment, and uplifting people were they are, as they are. Neurodivergent. Norse. Gen X
Linux is still as unforgiving as it ever was. Still, I persist. Maybe one day I’ll buy hardware designed for it. Old Windows laptops are serviceable but sometimes the hardware contains bits that only work well in Windows.
I kinda miss the days you could buy extended capacity batteries for your devices with battery covers and user-servicable batteries. I miss the days you could add more RAM. I miss the days you could change out the permanent storage with better performing or higher capacity replacements.
Keyboard shortcuts and gestures in Notes on Mac Because I’m really trying to utilize Notes
Apple Support
Keyboard shortcuts and gestures in Notes on Mac
In Notes on your Mac, use keyboard shortcuts and gestures to quickly accomplish many common tasks.
If you’ve been on the fence, 23andMe is offering their DNA service at $59, down from $119. I’m from a blended family, and this helped to answer some questions I might not have been able to answer, otherwise.
23andMe DNA Ancestry Test Kit - Find DNA Relatives - 23andMe
The 23andMe Ancestry DNA testing service offers ancestry breakdowns across 4,500+ geographic regions plus insight into your heritage, relatives and...
I’m using an older Apple MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar. My biggest complaint, after losing physical function keys, and even after using this device since it was new in 2019, I rest my hands on top of the keyboard and inevitably activate the ESC. This still surprises me, every single time.
I’d like to thank @manton for making it possible to syndicate to all the places, enabling me to implement a POSSE strategy with Micro.Blog at the core.
Micro.blog - @manton
IndieWeb
POSSE
POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, the practice of posting content on your own site first, then publishi...
The skies have been amazing these last few months. I have witnessed more auroral displays in the last year than in my entire 5 decades previous.
Awesome to see Chic on stage tonight during the American Music Awards. They sounded great and made it look easy
I feel like the Forever ✱ Notes methodology is to your preferred notes app what the Bullet Journal methodology is to the paper notebook you already own.
I am hoping to leverage both in my life, recognizing that I need to make more specific space in my life for a journaling practice.
Forever ✱ Notes - A free framework for Apple Notes
Discover Forever ✱ Notes, a unique digital note-taking framework designed for Apple Notes users.
Bullet Journal
I’m very slowly working through the Forever ✱ Notes set up. I love that it’s not an app, and I also love that it keeps inspiring me to solve other problems I’ve been thinking about, specifically with respect to something like a CRM tool, but not requiring a subscription to a SAAS provider.
Forever ✱ Notes - A free framework for Apple Notes
Discover Forever ✱ Notes, a unique digital note-taking framework designed for Apple Notes users.
This is completely random and just a me thing. I am annoyed when news sources announce discoveries of ruins that are plainly visible above ground. The people who live there might be able to explain the history of the site, or, even if the lore is gone, simply know it exists and can show you.
I signed into BattleNet last night. I learned the remastered version of Starcraft was just $15 US, and runs natively on MacOS. So I’m working through the game in the prescribed progression first as Protoss. I’m very rusty but it plays more or less just like I remember.
The transportation construction in my part of the world is epic, this year. I have the change of seasons to look forward to, but some projects continue into December even as the ground starts to freeze and snow starts to fly. I’m weary of the delays and changes to my routes. Just complaining here.
Hypothetically, if I was to go to The Renaissance Festival, buy a Tricorn hat and eat a roasted leg or Turkey, I might look like this:
Scientists Find Evidence Earth Used to Have a Ring Like Saturn
I think the Earth’s history, and human history, are more complex than we have so far imagined. I don’t think we have it figured out.
Futurism
Scientists Find Evidence Earth Used to Have a Ring Like Saturn
A series of ancient impact craters could be evidence of where meteors fell to Earth from a ring system hundreds of millions of years ago.
I’m running Ubuntu on an older HP EliteBook X360 1040 G5 and everything for the most part was working well, except audio. Always something, right?
No suggestions seemed to work until I modified grub, per the instructions here, which reverts to Intel. The B&O system is only supported in Windows.
Ask Ubuntu
Sound card not detected - Ubuntu 20.04 - sof-audio-pci
After installing Ubuntu 20.04, I noticed that sound is not working on my system.

aplay -l was giving me Sound card not detected error.
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That feeling when you know the answers to Jeopardy questions that the contestants won’t answer, because you’re older than they are.
Can I say I like Teams “calls” less than phone calls? Hard to believe but I think I found something I appreciate less.
I am a professional and take the interruptions in stride, of course. It’s no caller’s fault I have issues, but I have issues.
I am an actor playing a role - by Chris Guillebeau on Substack
I feel like this could be a tool to help some folks who, like myself, are dealing with anxiety from one cause or another
“I am an actor playing a role”
A strategy for public speaking, hard conversations, and many other parts of life.