Rice cookers are great, but one should still learn how to cook rice on the stove top.
Nice finish to a long ass day.
Matt Cameron breaks down his drum parts on Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun"
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Trump tightens control of independent agency overseeing nuclear safety
First shower heads and lo-flo toilets, now radiation standards offend these people (bold emphasis mine): Trump tightens control of independent agency overseeing nuclear safety NPR has also seen a draft of an executive order “ordering the reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.” The draft calls for reducing the size of the NRC’s staff, conducting a “wholesale revision” of its regulations in coordination with the White House and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team, shortening the time to review reactor designs and possibly loosening the current, strict standards for radiation exposure.
Learning a stupid drum part for my stupid mental health and my stupid hands and stupid feet are being stupid
This week I have taken the plunge to learn WMA by Pearl Jam from their wonderful Vs. album. There isn’t much on the internet (footage or tutorials) on this song which is too bad, but also a little refreshing. I think I’m close in my pattern, I still haven’t figured out how to incorporate the hi-hat part yet with everything else going on. And I can’t sustain the pattern through the entire song (while being in time)yet so going to spend more hours on it.
A reminder.
Really good interview with Mike Bordin, drummer of Faith No More fame. The comradery of Bay Area musicians reminds me of my experience in Seattle in the late 90s and early 2000s.
Outshined, with occasional sunshine when she's gone
Soundgarden and Bill Withers played in the background today for most of the day… I can’t imagine what job seeking must be like these days. This article calls out that roughly 60% of CFOs at companies have pessimistic views of the economy (they believe we will be in a recession as soon as the second half of this year). Whether this administration forces a recession on us or through shear self-fulfilling prophecy, the likelihood of accelerated layoffs because of corporate austerity or actual economic events is becoming more real.
TV is on while I wait for my car repair. I haven’t had cable or a tv in 20+ years. Of course they set it to Fox News. The kool aid is just… wow
📷 The HTC U11 had a good camera as well (still have mine from when I worked at HTC, beautiful phone).
Cleaning up my photos and found some shots taken with the Essential PH-1 phone I briefly owned. Kind of wish I hadn’t sold it. The monochrome shots were pretty good 📷
I miss Seattle.
The Light Phone III. A little box of moonlight, with occasional bugs
Becca Farsace’s review of the Light Phone III highlights its appealing design and photo quality but notes significant SMS and some software stability issues.
Man, Clem Burke. Rest in Peace.
Turned off all notifications, minimized my home screen. Going for that Light Phone vibe.
A quiet day outside with my wife and kid.
American Brexit
American Brexit (members only article) from Taegen Goddard’s excellent Political Wire. This has been my main source of political news for the past few months and my mental health is grateful for it. Highly recommend the subscription. And Britain, according to independent estimates, is now 10% poorer than it would have been had it remained in the EU. The public seems to agree. Recent polling shows more than two-thirds of Britons now believe Brexit has gone badly.
Priorities.
I finally feel liberated from my retirement account.
The likelihood of my pre retirement years succumbing to a “lost decade” in the markets has dramatically increased.
Vultures
Yes, we seem to be surrounded by them these days don't we? I'm not referring to those vultures, but instead the John Mayer song from his 2006 album "Continuum". The drummer on the album is the great Steve Jordan along with Pino Palladino (gosh if there were ever a bass player that I wish I could jam with it would be Mr. Palladino). I don't nor have I really paid attention to John Mayer, I have always paused however when I hear a song that have these rhythm juggernauts playing on the track.