I picked up a cheap little second hand laptop today that I want to turn into my 'travel' laptop, after browsers have become unusable on the old one (which only had 2GB RAM).
Now I have two hard choices:
- What should it be called?
- Which OS to install?
#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #RunBSD #NamingThingsIsHard
Child A wanted some 'rock' #music, so I played various songs to figure out what they meant. Nothing on Spotify's "Rock Classics" playlist was considered 'rock'. The following were acceptable:
- Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
- Kick Out the Jams - MC5
- Ever Fallen In Love - Buzzcocks
So they mean #punk - shorter and simpler. Anyone got and good tips for similar tracks that, importantly, doesn't contain swearing they're going to accidentally repeat to their primary school friends?
#parenting
nostr:npub12ze486vfl7f9nk2vsan0u07lrd7tfn37f8djqeryl0uztsck8ltsyyhunm well at least it's clean, as I /think/ the person hunched in their is currently powerwashing it??
nostr:npub147aqe2ug8u3t6ye8x92r7v68tknezgu7p5jzzx6k9348xtw6tt8q7pzglh ha! I hear ya. I've been thinking about it all week. I got away with just 4. But they were like, $15 total. haha.
nostr:npub12ze486vfl7f9nk2vsan0u07lrd7tfn37f8djqeryl0uztsck8ltsyyhunm These days my limit is more based on actually having time to listen to them, not my pocket money.
#BandcampFriday is dangerous, too dangerous. Escaped with only three albums this time.
#music
Wrote some notes about the experience of having a mildly popular toot:
https://bendaubney.micro.blog/2023/08/04/notes-on-going.html
nostr:npub1scqjkr8gnvh2dwt2jksckgrm0dqj32aftyrdeylgr2kea072frfqxnqxjz That was really interesting, thanks for writing it. I agree that I don't understand how people with thousands of followers use social media, it then seems more like broadcasting and advertising and not really so social.
We were making birthday cards and Child B wanted me to draw a: "Monster. Purple monster making crumbs and eating a biscuit. With horns. Pink horns". So here it is. It might not be #AI #Art but if I'm working from a prompt am I more MidLifeCrisisJourney or Unstable Diffusion? #Puns #parenting
nostr:npub12ze486vfl7f9nk2vsan0u07lrd7tfn37f8djqeryl0uztsck8ltsyyhunm Yeah, the key seems to be once you have one, you can follow their history, or find related bands easily. In this case it was the chart success of the relatively 'radio-friendly' Offspring that made it possible, whereas those other bands I'd never heard here on the radio (if I'd picked better radio stations I probably would have).