The internet used to be fun because people lived interesting lives offline and then posted about their experiences online. The problem is that now everyone started living online instead, so we ran out of meaningful experiences to post about. Also,…
... is the only privacy we control
The Library of Babel is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges. The story is about an infinite library that contains every possible book composed of a limited set of 25 characters. The library is an endless series of hexagonal…
Every now and then I ask myself why I would put so much time and effort into maintaining this website and keeping it online. I make no money from it, in fact, it does cost money to have my own…
I have redesigned the website again. Anyone who has been here for a while probably saw that coming. This time I am using new-to-me programming languages and newer frameworks to make the website load and react faster. Including more mobile…
I toggle settings, void warranties and go through website redesigns more than I change my underwear sometimes. I can never leave well enough alone because...it is Neve well enough for me. I'm adding new technologies and programming languages this time…
Because I rarely finish what I start when it comes to these things, here is an image of a companion website to a book that is in it's planning stages. No working title, just a rough outline. This website design…
Today I am tasking ChatGPT Agents to sort, organize my Documents folder in the MacBook as a test, then report findings before executing any changes. This is called Agentic AI. Agentic AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can…
I know what you are thinking, and you're right. I've oscillated on using Adobe for years. Back and forth On/Off. Shut up. For years, I kept trying to get away from Adobe. The subscription annoyed me. Creative Cloud annoyed me.…
My Kindle Paperwhite e-reader didn’t die. The hardware still worked. What failed was Amazon’s willingness to support it. When I discovered that my perfectly functional Kindle had reached the end of Amazon’s support, the solution offered to me was predictable:…
While strolling around various towns this Labor Day weekend I was thinking I needed a better setup for the iPhone. After research I came across a master grip system that attaches to the phone using MagSafe attachments. The system comes…
I have a problem, and it lives on four different hard drives. For years my system for "backing up" has basically been: buy a new external drive when the old one fills up, dump a bunch of stuff on it,…
What set me off recently was a notification from Apple stating my Apple One subscription is going up again. This makes the third time in a year I think. For me it would be an extra $24 a year, which…
I've calculated the disk storage space for all of my physical media including e-books, CDs and video discs. 28 gigabytes on one device is seriously impressive, but what else would I surround myself with?
With the announcement of Apple raising their digital subscription package , Apple One, 9to5mac.com/2023/10/2… I’ve decided to go backwards instead.
