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: Why Can't I Quit Apple Podcasts? I think my brain has become too inflexible to switch from Apple Podcasts. When I objectively examine …

: My Thoughts on the Apple/OpenAI Lawsuit I don’t give a shit about these two companies fighting.

: My Small Little Thought on Microsoft and Gaming It occurred to me that Microsoft has always tried to forcibly change the market with their gaming …

: Fighting Artificial Friction with my Mouse Having a Mac with non Apple accessories can be like death from a 1000 paper cuts. I have a Logitech …

: Prices... Prices? Prices! I gave Apple $610 dollars CAD today to upgrade my son’s iPad from a 9th generation to the latest …

: RSS Feeds and Prime Day This is the worst time of year for my RSS feed as every website I follow spams hundreds of Amazon …

: Game Pass and the Trouble With Microsoft I was listening to Windows Weekly this morning and they had a big section devoted to Microsoft …

: Fence Pros and Cons With the completion of the fence I am working through the new logistical matters that have been …

: Fence Update Work began of the fence on June 1st as expected but it has been a slow affair. At first, only one …

: What Am I Paying For? With more ads added to the App Store and now ads in Apple Maps I have to wonder what the point is of …

: Cold Snaps We are suffering through the 4th(?) cold snap since it started to get warmer here in the Soo. The …

: It’s Cool to Hate Windows? Listening to the latest Windows Central podcast, I’m struck by how dismissive the commentators are …

: Small Fence Update After getting our first quote, we decided to get a second one at the behest of our neighbour. Well, …

: Pseudo Markets by JA Westenberg www.selfonomics.com/p/on-pseu… I am living the down channel effects of this one everyday in my job. …

: Saturday Morning Chores Sometimes I wish I had an organized method for what chores I end up doing each Saturday. It tends to …

: Signal vs iMessage (Yes I still call it iMessage) You can say a lot about Signal and its mission to provide secure and private chat to the world. They …

: Now You See Them, Now You Don't So this summer Kate and I are having a fence built around our home. We had been thinking of this …

: The Inevitable AI Post Granted, this is like the 4th or 5th post I have ever done on this blog so it is a bit early to …

: My Bikes Were Stolen Last Friday I went to the garage and found the side door open, not unusual since that latch …

: Snow Melt... Climate change is a wild one. Living by Lake Superior I already knew that the weather could get …

: What's going on with my Work Laptop? So I have read about (and experienced) the slowness that Windows 11 can have while doing basic UI …

: A 4K Display is fine, good in fact! This article from Matt Birchler brought up a point I meant to relay when I bought a 4k monitor for …

: Claude App The Claude Mac app is not a good app. It practically demands that you keep it open and will refuse …