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Now playing: Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

A yellow vinyl record labeled Atmosphere is playing on a turntable, with its cover displayed behind it.

Went through some old pictures my grandma had. Found this throwback. I look like I should be headlining at Go Bananas in Cincinnati.

A young boy with crossed arms smiles in front of a red brick background.

M5 MacBook Air

I recently purchased an M5 MacBook Air. I was previously using a 2015 MacBook Pro that was running Linux Mint, which I called my Mintbook. The battery on the 11 year old laptop was pretty horrible but performance in Mint was pretty good for all the things I used it for, such as web browsing, Discord, and home lab stuff. That being said, I knew it was getting time to upgrade and Apple just announced the new M5 MacBook Airs so I decided to give them a serious look. 

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Now Playing: Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer

A vinyl record titled A Long Hot Summer by Masta Ace is on a turntable, with its album cover depicting a person sitting on steps holding a book.

If Disclosure Day happened in real life, I’m 100% certain that the people who enjoy running would turn out to be undercover aliens.

Me: Hey Siri, time for work (waits for scene to kick in).

Siri: now playing Bullet by Hollywood Undead.

Me: 🫪

Trying out Calendars as a Fantastical replacement. I was a user of the app a long time ago before it was subscription. Interested to see how the modern version will work for me.

I think I’m done with Fantastical. The widgets, which I rely on for meetings, never work anymore. I have a meeting in 15 minutes. You wouldn’t know that looking at my watch, which says No Items Today.