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  • Just did a no-idea-what-this-is, game-start-to-game-finish playthrough of Saturday Edition on my Playdate.

    Damn, it’s a hell of a game. Couldn’t put it down.

    → 4:41 PM, May 26
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  • Finished reading: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad 📚

    → 11:50 AM, May 26
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  • Four straight flushes in one hand. Never happened to me before. puzzmo.com/play/pile…

    → 9:14 AM, May 23
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  • How did GRTC guess my nickname? Only my mom ever calls me {Name (First):1.3}

    An automated email response template from GRTC acknowledges the receipt of an inquiry and promises a reply within one business day. It starts “Hi there {Name (First):1.3}”
    → 5:57 PM, May 21
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  • Today is my kid’s last day of high school! 😳

    → 6:49 AM, May 21
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  • All I want for iPadOS 19

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    → 10:58 AM, Apr 29
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  • Finished reading: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte 📚

    One of the best books I’ve read in a while, though it won’t make you feel good. Thanks to my friend Susan for telling me to read it!

    → 4:07 PM, Apr 28
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  • Finished reading: Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚

    → 7:34 AM, Apr 28
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  • Do you like sex jokes, puppets, and weird/juvenile humor? Come see a sketch show I’ve written for and will be performing in!

    The Island of Misfit Sketches Presents: Sock & Awe

    Friday, May 9th 2025
    7:30 - 8:30 PM
    Coalition Theater
    8 W. Broad St

    → 8:33 AM, Apr 24
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  • Prompt to Apple’s Image Playground: “A bottle of Allegra costing $900”

    A green glass bottle with a labeled front and a cork cap is placed on a reflective surface.
    → 3:51 PM, Apr 18
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  • I feel like I need to employ a youth to teach me Discord. I open it and get overwhelmed.

    → 7:05 PM, Apr 10
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  • Just playing with my old iMac, remembering fun software. Panic’s Audion was the first software I paid my own money for. DigiPig was my favorite Face.

    An old iMac computer displays a Pig on a purple desktop screen with several scattered icons.A purple iMac G3 screen displays a desktop with a cartoon pig icon and some folders.

    → 11:25 AM, Apr 6
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  • I left town on the train for a few days and upon my return to Richmond my black car had become yellow.

    → 6:42 PM, Apr 4
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  • Stranger Things on Broadway was a pretty goddamn amazing show. Cannot believe what they pulled off technically.

    → 10:51 PM, Apr 3
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  • Currently reading: The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey 📚

    → 3:54 PM, Apr 2
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  • Finished reading: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin 📚

    I blew through this biography of my favorite band. I recommend it. Thinking I might reread portions more slowly while listening to the discography.

    → 3:53 PM, Apr 2
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  • It’s time for all Richmonders (14 and up) to vote for projects in the Richmond People’s Budget.

    I have the honor of serving on the RVAPB Steering Commission and couldn’t be prouder of all the work staff, delegates, and volunteers have done to bring our first round of PB this far.

    → 7:59 PM, Apr 1
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  • I asked ChatGPT and Apple’s Image Playground for an image of “a bottle of Tylenol in 2050”. Guess which is which?

    A red bottle labeled "Tylenol" containing 100 caplets of acetaminophen for pain relief is displayed.A demonic red bottle of Tylenooool

    → 8:14 PM, Mar 30
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  • LINK: So, will Framework make a printer?! - YouTube

    So, will Framework make a printer?! - YouTube:

    Framework's founder answers questions about everything from tariffs to the burning question on everyone's mind...will we make a printer?

    I love macOS, but I really, really love how scrappy Framework is. Can you imagine Apple ever doing this now? Framework’s “keynotes” feel like the early 2000s Apple keynotes we’d point the Virginia Tech satellite dish at and watch in Squires Student Center.

    → 8:35 AM, Mar 27
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  • Currently reading: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin 📚

    → 8:05 AM, Mar 23
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  • Finished reading: The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older 📚

    A lovely second chapter in the cozy Sherlock Holmes, but also lesbians and in space series.

    → 8:04 AM, Mar 23
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  • Yay! New books arrived!

    A picture of two books: You Deserve a Tech Union by Ethan Marcotte and The Name of this Band is R.E.M. by Peter Ames Carlin
    → 3:55 PM, Mar 22
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  • When reading the word “admiral” I can only hear it in the whispered voice of Ricardo Montalbán.

    → 4:20 PM, Mar 9
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  • I absolutely love Moulin Rouge the film. I did not care for Moulin Rouge the stage musical.

    → 4:12 PM, Mar 9
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  • I have a new essay up at Richmond Family Magazine’s DadZone: “Adulting”:

    But in 2025, every single online account I’ve managed for my son needs a different set of steps to transition them to an “adult” account, with different ramifications. My access to his doctor’s patient portal account turns off on his birthday; he’ll need to authorize us again if he wants us to have access. His Apple account? Parts of it will transition automatically (like the ability to remotely manage his screen time), but not others (like restricting App Store purchases), depending on our “Family” settings.

    → 9:06 AM, Mar 5
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