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My top podcasts of 2025. No surprises here.

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I decided to give Fedora KDE Plasma a chance. Wiped my Zorin OS install and am test driving the latest Fedora for a bit. You can customize so much more in KDE than Gnome.

A colorful, whimsical scene depicts a small red rocket with people and a dog nearby, set in a vibrant landscape with orange trees and distant mountains. Using the Sweet KDE Plasma theme on Fedora
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I was excited to see the Taildrop feature in Tailscale until I saw that you have to use the command line on Linux to use it. I’ll stick with LocalSend until Tailscale develops a GUI for Linux (it may never happen).

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I’m officially at the “Adjust the screen resolution on your laptop” age.

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30 years. Feel old yet?

A celestial-themed artwork features a figure sitting on a star, surrounded by constellations, with text below about the Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (30th Anniversary Edition) by The Smashing Pumpkins.
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I picked up a new phone today. T-Mobile, in their infinite wisdom, thinks it’s a smart idea to text the phone number you’re activating in order to approve the activation. What a cluster fuck that was.

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The YouTube app just started downloading videos without me asking. I have never used the feature. I never watch without internet access. Had to drill into setting to turn off settings that were turned on by default including auto downloading suggested content.

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The YouTube iPad app keeps getting worse. Now, navigation buttons don’t even work half the time. Click Home, nothing happens. Click Shorts, a short’s audio start playing but black screen. Have to force quit the app.

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I’m only one episode in and I can already say Michael Shannon will win an Emmy for Death By Lightning.

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Attempting to upgrade the OS on my Raspberry Pi. I’ve never done this before. Hopefully Pi Hole and Unbound come out fine on the other side.

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I finally found a good use for AI.

A serious-looking doctor stands against a dark background with the text Prognosis Negative and a heartbeat line beneath it, labeled as a medical thriller. A fake movie from SeinfeldA muscular man holding a gun stands against a fiery background with a car and the bold text DEATH BLOW below him. A fake movie from Seinfeld.A woman in a red dress stands on a train platform holding a suitcase, with the words Rochelle, Rochelle at the bottom. A fake movie from Seinfeld.

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The first two episodes of Pluribus were very good. I cannot wait to see where this show goes.

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Die My Love had great performances but little else.

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Watching: Die My Love 🍿

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This cover of Alabama Shakes’ Hold On by The Big Push is so good.

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This is the second time since I’ve installed Zorin that the OS thinks I only have 9% battery left (it’s really 99% and fully charged). The system even says fully charged, but also reads 9%. If I unplug, it warns me that battery is low. Rebooting takes it back to 99%.

A computer screen displays power settings with options for battery level, power mode, and power saving features in a user interface window.
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Playing around with the Zen browser again after not using it for a while. I think I may make it the default on my Zorin laptop for a while. I love that it uses Firefox’s engine and I can sign into my Firefox account and sync everything I need to.

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I wish my local NPR station, St. Louis Public Radio, would add RSS feeds for their news articles.

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7Up Shirley Temple may be my new favorite soda.

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Currently reading: Only God Can Judge Me by Jeff Pearlman 📚