: I am truly fortunate to have amazing co-workers. The environment we work in has been challenging in …
: Frost, with occasional child at the window
: I clearly haven’t reached gen z with my YouTube drum videos.
: Decided to start watching one Bruce Willis movie every night through the new year. Starting off …
: The Weekly Notepad: Dec. 1 - 7 Counting the days for Christmas/New Years break. I am taking a little over two weeks off of work. No …
: My hopes were pretty low on trying this NA bourbon but I was pleasantly surprised. Worked well as a …
: Finally played a little today. I started listening to David Gilmour’s new album about a week …
: The habanero is the perfect pepper.
: The Weekly Notepad: Nov. 25 - 29 It’s a short week this week due to Thanksgiving. The 12 plus hour days I’ve been putting in …
: The pie photography tonight is on point.
: The Daylight DC1 arrived! Excited to put it through its paces during the holiday. Digging the screen …
: It’s not even December yet but my mind is taking me to New Year’s, when I make my one …
: My friends made a nice song, I think you’ll like it.
: I appreciate that Bluesky is growing. I occasionally skim it and find the vibe in general to be …
: I’ve been fairly introspective over the election and not seeking out too much online around …
: I’ve resorted to just have the election live updates from Apple News on my phone home screen …
: Moving to a small town in Nebraska after so many years in Seattle makes voting (in person!) feel …
: So…The Home Depot has a life sized animated Buddy the Elf for sale…
: Things I’ve Been Doing This Week Not paying attention to the polls. Working too much. Play with family (must do more). Preparing …
: At the end of the day… Eradicate this phrase….please
: No, the machinists did not make Boeing a piece of shit Boeing has been shooting itself in the foot since the early days when they decided to move their HQ …
: A single site was responsible for 60% of our IV fluid supply. It’s bananas that we allowed …
: I look at my 4 year old boy and I find it incredibly heart wrenching that I cannot figure out a way …
: I had no idea that UsaFacts.org was a thing nor that Steve Ballmer was behind it until I listened to …
: Thoughts on the iPhone 13 mini after two days: bloody amazing. Time to sell off the 13 Pro Max …
: Summer Top 5 NA Beer List As we ease into September, I can feel autumn making it’s way to our trees. The light already …
: I am first in line to celebrate the demise of twitter and I have a hunch it won’t be long. …
: Man, this hits hard. Arstechnica and AnandTech were the primary drivers for me in my tech education …
: I haven’t recorded in a bit. Was futzing around with tuning, it can be meditative at times to tune a …
: Glad to see Apple are finally selling the refurbished iPhone 13 mini. Just placed my order to …
: During these next few weeks my focus is going to be staving off burnout. Balancing crazy work hours …
: Dave Abbruzzese, Pearl Jam drummer for the Vs. and Vitalogy albums dropped a comment in one of my …
: I’ve been going down a Pearl Jam rabbit hole, especially the Vs. and Vitalogy albums with Dave …
: Purple corn, with occasional flowers.
: How Far the Song has Fallen from the iTunes Tree I have nothing against streaming music (I do so on occasion), but I prefer buying my music and …
: Today I posted a Stone Temple Pilots drum snippet and a lame attempt at playing samba.
: My go-to beer is the Run Wild IPA from Athletic Brewing but it’s hit or miss finding it in the …
: Summer, signaling its beginnings.
: I’ve been enjoying posting little short snippets of my drum playing on YouTube but I think I’m going …
: Friday last week, we installed the pedals on my son’s balance bike and he didn’t skip a …
: I posted another drum cover short on YouTube. Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins) is a great …
: Trying this out, my first YouTube short playing drums.
: Incredibly disappointed I missed Godzilla Minus One in the theaters but super happy it was released …
: I’ve discovered an excellent new blog, arun.is by Arun Venkatesan. Today I read a mini first …
: I am this close to some day capturing a lightning bolt.
: It’s so silly, but I love that Call and Oates is still active, many years ago I saved the number in …
: Lots of jumping and rolling in the grass today.
: Wild asparagus, with occasional grapes.
: Playing drums to a loop for giggles, it’s been a while since I did anything electronica-ish. …
: I appreciate marveling very much
: The iPad I want isn’t here yet. But my complaint is not what the general tech pundits argue …
: Steve Jobs: It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough — it’s technology married with …
: The clouds yesterday put on quite a show 📷
: If the internet went away tomorrow, I think we would all be just fine.
: Committed myself to using Arc browser on my Mac for 3 months. I’m one week in and slowly some …
: Kite, with occasional symphony
: Watched “Dune part 2” yesterday. In honor of one of my favorite websites of years past Review in …
: Not sure where I first saw this, I finally read through it tonight. Text editing on iOS and Android …
: This is still a great book and such a fun operating system back in the day. I spent many hours on …
: Listening to this Teresa Esguerra interview (drummer from Built to Spill) with Joe Wong from The …
: Fixed my 1Password issues with Safari on mac OS by downgrading to 1Password 7 🤷
: I’ve been keeping up with my drum playing regimen and challenging myself to learn a single …
: Verizon: Your bill is due. Me: I can't log in to pay it. Verizon: You can click the "One time …
: I have a large phone, but c’mon Apple!
: Waiting for the Sandhill Cranes to arrive
: Tomorrow, Mario starts preschool. This milestone smacked me in the face tonight.
: Summer can’t come soon enough. This was taken in August of last year. They are not shy and will …
: When I was a kid, Ruben Blades was a staple on the radio and throughout our house. Love his music …
: Improvisational duet between drums and gen AI: Jo Jo Mayer Me/Machine
: Switched over all of my lines from Verizon to Visible. It was a very simple painless process through …
: I generally don’t download lots of apps on my phone or regularly try things but dammit, my mind gets …
: Make no mistake, Karen Carpenter was a master at playing drums
: You know what? The sunflowers and the grasses are the creek’s popsicles… My son, having breakfast …
: When I first began my PM journey, I felt this immense pressure of needing to know everything. Over …
: I setup Starlink in September of last year and I am genuinely impressed at how it has stood up to …
: Bending Time I’ve been messing around with my drums and mic setup and I think I’ve dialed in the …
: “What are all of those pipes?”
: This is what brought me over to micro.blog from Mastodon, somehow on Mastodon I was always missing …
: Japan’s Only Cymbal Manufacturer Such a lovely video. I often think about what I spend my day …
: Regarding 1Password and Safari, it definitely is working better using Edge. I suppose I could …
: In praise of buttons www.nubero.ch/blog/009/
: Lately, 1password and Safari have not been getting along. I can A/B with Edge (or Chrome or Firefox) …
: I just discovered that there is a text version of NPR and I wish more websites did this: …
: Is That a Drum Studio in Your Pocket? It is bitterly cold today in central Nebraska. Wind chills of -38 degrees Fahrenheit to be precise. …
: The amount of hurdles Apple puts you through to buy a song in iTunes, download said song, and have …
: The Evolution of the Trap Set lecture by Winton Marsalis Such great story telling in this video
: Highs of -4 degrees in a few days. Painful.
: I’ve been using my watch + AirPods as my “dumb phone” for the past few months with …
: 2024, with occasional introductions Hello, and thank you for stopping by. I’m John, married to …
: After two and a half years, Covid strikes the household again. How to keep a 3.5 year old …