I tried out the latest LTS of Ubuntu and Pop_OS and they both ran into the same issue with waking from sleep that I could not figure out. Performance was also diminished. Back to Mint. It’s amazing how much snappier it feels.
I love comedian Paul F. Tompkins and his appearance on the podcast Good One, explaining his famous “Peanut Brittle” bit, is fantastic. If you like comedy give it a listen.
I think I may switch Linux distros on my Macbook Pro from Mint to Ubuntu. GNOME has come such a long way, I think I like it better than Cinnamon now.
I love when there is weird stuff on my walks with Spike.
This is what I’m listening to today, Atmosphere - Sad Clown Bad Dub II.
All my bonsai tree sprouts died. Same for my mom’s. Oh well. It was worth a shot I guess.
The history of the “clicker” remote is fascinating. I grew up in the age of infrared remotes, so I had no idea the clicking actually controlled the TV.
watchOS 9.6 is killing my battery. Even a reboot of the watch, which usually helps, has done nothing to improve the battery.
It’s amazing that despite watching mostly science, space, and history videos that YouTube’s algorithm constantly thinks I want to watch some right-wing “anti-woke” videos about Disney. It doesn’t matter how many times I tell YouTube to not recommend channels or content like that.
I was obsessed with Pee-wee Herman when I was a child. RIP Paul Reubens.
While Linux distros have increased their UX over time, third-party apps still look like they were made in VB 6.0 and that’s disappointing.
Somehow I missed that Tech N9ne came out with a new album a couple of weeks ago. I’m slipping in my old age. Now listening to the album Bliss by Tech N9ne.
Power is out, which means no AC. It has been out for an hour and a half now and it’s starting to get stuffy. Hope it comes back soon or it’s going to be a long night.
I have a 2015 Macbook Pro that I’m not longer using and it’s no longer getting updates from Apple. Last night I installed Linux Mint on it since it’s been a while since I played around in Linux. UX and UI has come a long way. Not sure what I’ll use it for yet.
Favorite salts (in order most to least):
- Pretzel salt
- Salt from the tears of my enemies
- Popcorn salt
- Iodized salt
- Non-iodized salt
- Sea salt
I just lowered my internet bill by $20 a month and got twice the speed. I should have called my cable company a long time ago.
Pleasantville is such a good movie. The fact that I love it so much despite disliking the two main actors in the movie goes to show how good the story is.
Random lights turning on by themselves used to be a sure sign of a ghost. Now it just means a bug in HomeKit.
Evergreen
STOP REOPENING APPS AND WINDOWS AFTER A REBOOT FROM A SOFTWARE UPDATE IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE SETTING CHECKED. Source: Dear Apple - Knock it Off | shep, but online
The Max app is so shitty I would cancel their service if I wasn’t getting it for free.