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.
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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.
