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.
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/02/iphone-17-strong-demand-morgan-stanley/
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."
They were never the solution. There's a reason Jack deleted.
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. 🫡
https://www.thenexus.media/tiktok-won-now-everything-is-60-seconds/
Or, we could all post to Nostr and just be normal.
"bright" even.
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.
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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.
Good Friday morning to all. Pray it's a productive one!
Certainly: most web apps are terrible, as are their desktop versions. Inconsistent. Poor load times, if anything loads at all. Primal is the best example. If Nostr is to succeed, solid web apps are an absolute must. Thankfully, Damus Notedeck gives me reason for hope.
I'll say it until I'm blue: stable desktop/web versions are far more important right now than your cell phone app.
Still laughing at this, btw. I am, in fact, 45.
When people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, at seven years old my answer was definitive: Second Baseman for the Chicago Cubs.
That's because Ryne Sandberg was the second baseman in those days. Always moving, always making the play, always tuned into the moment so he could position himself properly. And he did it all with a layer of humility that has always been a staple of the game.
RIP Ryno, and thanks for helping along my love of the game.
Not a fan.
Agreed. Was surprised how good a movie it was, when I remember how the trailer was initially received as a meme.
PREDICTION: Pope Leo XIV will be the first pope to address directly the dangers of being terminally online.
Not uncommon. Most of us have too many degrees. I have three BAs and two MAs.
Boomer, but I will permit it.
Just goes to show you: anything's possible at a conclave. I was 100% certain the old rules would apply here, and an American would be off the table.
Pope Francis hated Americans, by the way.
Amazing.
Well, that was quick. Here's to praying.
Reopening Alcatraz is the weirdest, most surreal, silliest decision yet.
The Chicago Cubs win 9-2. Pitching is a bit banged up, but that won't matter if they continue on as the strongest offense in baseball.
When Primal web just... stops working.
No. The answer is no.
The reason there's never been a Pope from the U.S. is consistent with historical justifications for ruling out other countries in other periods: it's the only world superpower. Superpowers are, by default, ruled out as a means to check power.
Agreed. Love mine as well.
I fear true censorship resistance at Bluesky would alienate most of their users, and at this point, they know it.
I've spent significant time with 3/4s of these. They all have their issues, sadly.
I do and I don't. The UI is extra bad, but the features are great.
Good to see the Russian state get creative here: can't very well roll with the "he fell out a window" default when the windows have bars.
Being a Russian dissident is reminiscent of the reality of the martyrs: if you're in, you're in, and you know what happens if the governor finds out.
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It is, of course, indicative of the main disease rotting the country away, that the one (1) thing all people support goes ignored by the political ruling class.
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