Reading news on NetNewsWire. Posting via MarsEdit. I feel like I’ve been to the future and I’m back to get a hug from 2005.
@mrwilson I used to enjoy that it was the service that everything else was built to talk to; also, that it was a sort of social media, showing me what all of my friends were up to. Increasingly, it seems they are making it more difficult, if not impossible, to interface with their data. At the same time, more and more folks—cyclists at least—are utilizing RideWithGPS.
Doing radio support for a run this weekend and at the start (kickoff? step-off?), the feels-like temp is going to be 7º.... Yikes! Time to dig out the winter gear...
They did it—Alleluia!
https://lifehacker.com/tech/microsoft-added-shortcut-for-em-dashes
Palabra jot
What is more full of false hope than a document whose name ends in "FINAL"?
@bigzaphod my daughter was kind enough to go with me to see it at the theatre and somehow fell asleep through most of it so… maybe not as violent and exciting as I thought it was 😁
Mac user that needs a code editor? You can't beat Nova, and it's having a rare sale. Get 40% off for the next couple of weeks: https://nova.app/buy
I had a Virtual Boy when I was like 20 for a few days. I ended up returning it because it was uncomfortable/awkward to play, couldn't be enjoyed with anybody else and was expensive – that said, I remember thinking that the games were fun and the 3D effect was neat. I'll definitely have to give this a try! https://www.theverge.com/nintendo/777032/nintendo-switch-virtual-boy-games
Who wants a vomiting backpack?!
@DeniseG and I've been seeing people trying to do the math and thinking that it might not be enough. I'm not so excited about the beer — but I wouldn't say no to an irish coffee in November. :-)
@rustywx What do you think about lightning in the area for the marching band exhibition at 7?
When you were a kid, did you ever fall for the "Do you want to play the game 52-card pickup?" joke? That's how I feel every time I get a PDF that needs to be re-tagged for accessibility.
Sunday ARES net… I just need a cigar to really feel like Edward R. Murrow or something…
At what point do we talk about phones as the apps that they have become by saying "I spoke with them on Phone"?
Burger King Poutine… not bad!
It always takes me a second to process questions like "do you want that hot?" and "will that be hot or cold?" at the coffee shop because I get stuck on "people drink this cold?". It seems like a nonsensical question.
MacOS 26's Liquid Glass sure looks like the "Lickable" interface of MacOS X.
I thought this had something to do with a Die Hard game... nope. https://nintendoeverything.com/tamagotchi-plaza-coming-to-nintendo-switch/
@cpultz Looks like you might have another week of quiet :-)
@cpultz I think those happen automatically from the city's system — they even recommend using Waze (owned by Google) to keep up to date with closures. https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/City/Departments/LTU/LTU-Projects/Street-Closures-Map
@cpultz I agree — but when the Lincoln Community Foundation is offering matching funds to those who participate, organizations are silly to not take advantage of it. There was a time when it seemed that groups were thinking that November's Giving Tuesday was pretty neat and that every Tuesday could be Giving Tuesday ... I'm glad that didn't seem to get any traction.
I'm very happy to see MLB putting the camo and red/white/blue away this year for Memorial Day—opting instead for the humble poppy that they should have been using all along. U.S. fans may be confused by a symbol that forces one to reflect on the now-silent grounds where thousands died rather than heroic soldiers charging into battle, but we have other days for that. Take time this weekend to reflect on those that served our nation—and especially those that died for it.
https://uni-watch.com/2025/05/23/mlb-teams-to-wear-poppy-patches-for-memorial-day-2/
@cpultz no storm woke me up but my station reports 1.01 inches of rain. Hopefully it keeps coming for a couple days here.