I’m not quitting Twitter because I have friends on Twitter. I’ll only leave if it becomes untenable.
The first cup of coffee in the morning just might be the best part of my day.
I’m watching the flow of refugees from Twitter go past my window on Mastodon. Just a reminder, there is also Micro(dot)blog which is a great social network to be on.
Looks like there is an exodus underway. People leaving Twitter and signing up at Mastodon.
Early voted today. Primaries. No line, I was the only one there.
I remember this. Old Skool D&D: How to run an old-school open world D&D campaign like Gary Gygax Both videos are worth watching.
I just bought the complete DVD set of the 1960’s Roger Moore series “The Saint”. I waited for years. The previous US set by A&E had all the color episodes but only some of the b&w episodes so was incomplete. I’m told this new set has all the episodes.
In case you missed this: Low Friction Introduction to Digital Privacy This is a great guide. Easy to understand 4 beginners. Won’t leave you out in the weeds. Take it at your own pace. Read it. Bookmark it. Share it.
Good article. Ukraine mobilized its reserve, 3rd Tank Brigade. Taxi drivers, retired teachers, driving captured 2nd hand and 2nd rate tanks into battle.
Enough with making every darn thing a subscription already.
The Voice Australia @TheVoiceAU has gotten pretty lame since the 7Plus TV network took over. Youtube audition clips no longer show interaction between contestants and coaches that turned, just, barely, the performance. Very low rent and not compelling. The show used to be great.
After a couple of weeks of use my new Windows 10 started displaying adverts. It was an app put there by the manufacturer. Sneeky. I had to track it down and uninstall.
No ads at all on my new Linux Ubuntu laptop. Just runs. Linux wins.
Weird. Surreal. From the Nevernever and Post Modern Jukebox.
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles (Queen / Freddie Mercury Style Cover) ft. Cunio
Must watch.
Comcast I shouldn’t have to login to check for internet outages in my area an address or zip code should do it.
Okay all you typewriter collectors, here it is: The Lego Typewriter. (Line forms on the right.)
Polish sausage and sauerkraut in the slow cooker.
Rumor: Russia is calling up 60,000 reservists.
Reading Twitter comments about a video of a fire fight in Ukraine: so many people don’t know what tracer ammunition is or what it looks like. They think it looks fake. I think it must be a generation gap.
My long time USPS and UPS delivery drivers have retired. :-(
News Site: “You have ad blocker. Please turn off.”
Me: “I don’t mind you showing ads. I do mind your ad network tracking eveything I do and reporting it to Google. Hence the ad blocker.”
News Site: “Turn off blocker.”
Me: “No.”
Estonia has the right idea. You have to mobilize the entire population.
People keep saying the USA should send M-1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. The M-1 tank weighs almost 20 tons more than the Russian T-72 tank. At almost 70 tons for the M-1 Abrams, Ukraine would have to replace most of it’s bridges first.
Today is National Burrito Day per Twitter, so it must be true. Burritos are an all time favorite food group so this is a sacred holiday for me. Mexican food for supper tonight!
The Internet of Things is mostly horsepucky. My dishwasher, refrigerator, vaccum cleaner and crock-pot DO NOT need to connect to the Internet for any reason. Ever.
The toaster does though because it contains the launch codes.
The media expends a lot of time and ink about Putin’s daughters and whether he’s married or not. Gotta say, I don’t care. Is this what we and the news media have become, a bunch of flighty gibbering tabloid gossips?