50 years ago today. Only one thing to do.

Getting in shape becomes a kind of addiction after a while. A healthy one, but an addiction nonetheless.

The hardest part about intermittent fasting isn't the hunger: you get past that in about a month. The hardest part is the dehydration: with my 40/8, I need to drink about a gallon of water a day. I fail at this. Daily.

Glad the iPhone Air is lagging behind expectations. Sends a clear message: people don't care about the thickness of a phone, especially against battery life.

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Just drank some Belgian beers in accord with my heritage. Convocation is the best.

Really: turn off all the lights, and play Bob Dylan's "Rough and Rowdy Ways." Play it all the way through, like albums are meant to be played. "I'll see you, baby, on Judgment Day."

Prayers for Charlie Kirk. I tend to avoid politics as much as possible, but one thing that really concerns me here, so allow me to comment: BOOMERS. GET A GRIP.

Do you part to fight brain rot: write in long-form. 🫡

TikTok Won. Now Everything Is 60 Seconds.

Or, we could all post to Nostr and just be normal. https://archive.ph/7X5Qy

Well, bring obnoxious orange is my favorite color, Apple, so at least you've done one thing right with the "new" iPhone 17 Pro Max.

I suspect I just have to face the facts: I can't watch pro football anymore. Not because my teams are trash: I have too many I follow to be disappointed. It's the pace of play. The grind. The standing around. 45 minutes longer than the average baseball game, with 11 minutes less action. I'd rather watch test cricket, which is a different kind of schlog altogether. Something needs to happen. Put Rob Manfred in charge: we'd all complain for a season, but then we'd dig the faster play.

I've said it before, and Iwill say it again: the NFL is broken. Shorten the games.

Not quite sold on this, but at least I know the encryption model will be open source and audited. View quoted note →

Sort of. I know plenty of people who had the same washer and dryer, kept alive by the 'ole repair man, for three decades; then they buy a new one, with all the bells and whistles, and the first time it breaks down, they're told it's cheaper to replace than repair. This is the most common story I hear from people in their 80's, but is true even of the appliances I grew up with as a kid. I think the most common problem with consumer appliances and automobiles is that they're more complicated now, involving more electronics. This means more can go wrong, and there will be no one near you who can fix it. Hence why I'm firmly against installing anything in my plant with a computer, when a simple mechanical item will work work just fine. I have to budget for disasters and repairs. View quoted note →

Good Friday morning to all. Pray it's a productive one!

I'll say it until I'm blue: stable desktop/web versions are far more important right now than your cell phone app.

Rate Field, Chicago. Where the air is hot and the baseball and beer are cold.

Got carded. I’m 45 and I’m buying three cans of highly regarded beers at $15 each for a tailgate. But I still got carded.

Not a fan.

PREDICTION: Pope Leo XIV will be the first pope to address directly the dangers of being terminally online.