Had a random conversation with a teammate at work where I wondered who was first, Snagglepuss or Pink Panther. Thank you, Internet!
Snagglepuss versus Pink Panther
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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
Only have just now watched Corpse Bride. It’s adorable.
Here’s The Native Daughters of the Golden West from Crush, released in 1985 by Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark.
I still remember dubbing this to cassette from an album I borrowed from a friend. Sometimes my favorite track from an album isn’t one of the promoted singles.
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Song · 1985 · Duration 3:58
The beacons are lit. Happy Halloween!!!
You can never go back. The house I grew up in was sold as a “lot.” Massive new house being built in its place, asking $2.4 million. One more part of my past that lives only in photographs and my memories.
One thing that has been amusing, this go-round, is extracting Enhanced CD™ content. It’s low resolution and mono and QuickTime, but once upon a time, before we could watch every music video at will, it was fun to get those extra few minutes with favorite artists. And Plex plays all of it.
Came across what I believe is the only CD3 in my collection. I had forgotten about such things. Needless to say, that will not be going into my Apple SuperDive.
I can play more within Windows and Linux than I can with Apple hardware. The white box I’m using to build a parallel system is cast-off enterprise class hardware, albeit 7 or more years old. I can maintain and upgrade it for a fraction of the cost of a Mac Pro of similar vintage.
I’m partial to Home Sharing in the Apple ecosystem. I had a first gen AppleTV and I have been sharing my TV and Music libraries since I first could. But managing a sizable collection of media is getting slower and slower. I fear Apple abandoning this in favor of streaming from their cloud.
Standing up a home media server is fun. Populating your home media server is fun. Streaming from yur home media server? Fun! Maintaining your server? Mostly fun. Maintaining and updating your content? Now you’ve found all of the usability issues as well as the effects of past decisions.
“No one told me about carbs!” -Chris Griffin
Humans' Love of Carbs May Go Back Before Farming
And, technically, before we were Sapiens Sapiens
Futurity
Humans' love for carbs may date back to before farming
Why do we love carbs? The origins may predate agriculture and even go back to before our split from Neanderthals.
A Contrarian Clarification of Free Speech by Charles Hugh Smith
Where your rights and your expectations may collide
A Contrarian Clarification of "Free Speech"
A social media company has the right to decline publishing my opinion, but the government's ability to restrict what the social media compan...
The toolkit with the bits I used to open the case and remove the battery was more than twice as expensive. Torx bits needed to open the case. iFixit for the win for a decent kit.
Grateful for the ubiquity of replacement parts for aged enterprise laptops. $30 and 15 minutes of my time and I have a replacement battery on board
When you scavenge parts for that aging workstation that you’re keeping alive, and then the hardware insists, because you’ve added more memory modules in more slots, that you install proprietary fans you didn’t know you would need. Thank the gods for eBay.
I’m interested in the kind of leadership that brings out everyone’s best. I’m interested in people working to make everyone’s life better. I’m interested in everyone feeling like they are enough.
Demands for unity or loyalty create competition and showmanship.
Has anyone used PodSnacks? It seems like an amazing idea, but I’m worried it’s just going to feel like more SPAM in my inbox.
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Stop me if this sounds wierd, but I have been modifying my driving habits. I have stopped trying to be the fastest, and I have stopped speeding in the vain attempt to make up time. I did not drive faster than 65 MPH during my commute this morning, and I was never in the left lane. And I lived.
14th iteration. If Nordic myth and Renaissance Masters had crossed paths.
Playing with an image generator this evening. Borrowed from myth and and from Rembrandt.