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  • Boots in 2026
    Jun 27, 2026 music

    I don’t go to many concerts any more, but I still keep mostly up-to-date with Dave Matthews Band shows via bootlegs. Props to Dreaming Tree.org for doing all the leg work. Ironically, my external …

  • Nice to See Windows Never Changes
    Jun 21, 2026 RantTechnology

    So, I haven’t been a regular Windows user in 2 decades. My son told me his laptop was ill. He was playing Minecraft and had a hard crash. After recovering from the crash he noticed his bluetooth …

  • Young Drivers, Sigh
    Aug 2, 2024 rant

    Dropping daughter off at high school this morning… On road up to school, SUV speeds past me and does a daring needle thread maneuver to change lanes between me and another car; only to stop at a red …

  • RIP Mastodon Syndication
    May 27, 2024 site-update

    Posted last week and noticed I didn’t see a notice in my mastodon feed. Hmm, at some point, IFTTT made syndication to mastodon action a pro feature. I don’t have enough action on either the blog or my …

  • Off to the Recycler
    May 27, 2024 misc-tech

    I always think I have uses for decommissioned cell phones, but they just pile up in a storage bin tucked away in a closet. Ok, lets send these guys back the great bit beyond. From left to right: LG …

  • Front Office
    May 20, 2024 rant

    Hi, I’ve got a sick kid that needs an appointment today. Ok, what’s the problem? Low grade fever off and on, some vomiting, another person in our house had sore throat last week. Ok! How long have …

  • Progress
    Feb 26, 2024 misc-techmusicrave

    The last time I needed to mass convert some music files was about 10 years ago when moving some bootlegs off of optical media onto a network drive. Ripping a CDs worth of lossless SHN files to WAV …

  • Did I Ever Tell You I Love Being on Hold?
    Feb 21, 2024 rant

    So, I just noticed that I added a doctor appointment to my calendar with a date, but no time. Ok, let me just call the office and get that time. 10:30am - Hello! You’re caller #7, please wait for the …

  • No One Cares But You
    Feb 13, 2024 inspirationrunning

    This is epic:

  • Modern Customer Support
    Feb 8, 2024 rant

    So, I’ve got a broken fridge. Made arrangements for a service call. Arrival window came and went, nobody showed up or contacted me. Here’s the follow up: me: uh, I had a service call scheduled for …

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