The Operating System Conundrum https://timapple.com/posts/the-operating-system-conundrum
Multiple Blogs https://timapple.com/posts/multiple-blogs
Used laptop question.. Thinkpad or Latitude? I hear both are fairly Linux compatible, anyone have opinions?
#linux #laptops
I’m currently using Apple to manage my contacts, I would like to put them somewhere more cross platform as to not be dependent on Apple stuff for access. I’m wondering what other people may use to manage contacts outside of Apple, Google, or Microsoft?
The Operating System Conundrum https://timapple.dev/2025/01/14/well-this-is-the-actual.html
Sunday morning oil change.
Currently reading: Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond 📚
Reading this one because I like the show, two to make sure it’s safe for my preteen to read. https://micro.blog/books/9781984817440
Furniture is so crazy expensive.
Yay! For getting a new keyboard!
As far as MicroBlog goes, I am wondering if I should follow BlueSky and Mastodon folks mainly through MB instead of on the services themselves?
I’m contemplating a very slow roll into the agricultural life. It may start with bees.
I got a first response from my penpals post. I wasn’t even sure if someone would bite. Seems like the start to a great new conversation. https://timapple.com/posts/penpals
Got part of our kitchen remodel on our homestead. Last 2 walls will be finished this week. How is it looking so far? https://www.allforgardening.com/1148873/got-part-of-our-kitchen-remodel-on-our-homestead-last-2-walls-will-be-finished-this-week-how-is-it-looking-so-far/

Thanks for posting this, I was just collecting homesteader blogs and small farm blogs this morning, your another in the collection on the rss reader.
It got windy this morning a blew our porch curtain loose, low and behold there were a bunch of lady bugs hanging out on it. https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/3e48885df3b413cab10cda3032d520e9f7f88dc249cda84aaa51bf55b2272a7c/4f575189fce4432c36426e6c775f19f8dcdc4d0634d47cbdb40b235656d96702.webp
I just found out they are the invasive kind, from asia. Someone shared this page with me which taught how to identify them.
https://www.heartspm.com/blog/asian-lady-beetles-vs-native-ladybugs/
It got windy this morning a blew our porch curtain loose, low and behold there were a bunch of lady bugs hanging out on it. https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/3e48885df3b413cab10cda3032d520e9f7f88dc249cda84aaa51bf55b2272a7c/4f575189fce4432c36426e6c775f19f8dcdc4d0634d47cbdb40b235656d96702.webp
The great social flush!
Oh, and I don’t use Gmail..lol
lol… my inbox is mainly bills and newsletters. Maybe a letter from kids school now and again. Not much there anyway and no one I know IRL uses it so benefits of encryption are sort of lost anyway.