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 th...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 s...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
I’m a big fan of Becca Farsace’s YouTube channel. She’s a natural at vlogging and I miss her content w...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 sourc...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 May...✅ Groceries
✅ Food for the week prepped and cooked
✅ Playtime w/ 4 yo
✅ Realization that tomorrow is Monday
☑️ Rest
The Light Phone III is the most interesting phone design I have seen in while. I’m seriously considering it (but that price though 👀). I’m also a sucker for working within constraints. Phone, Text (SMS), Podcast, Calendar, Contacts, Directions, Camera and super clicky buttons.
Per my previous post, you can pretty much validate this at every tech news site.
Joan Westenberg captures a lot of what has been on my mind over the past couple of years in this wonderful piece, The Future is More Stuff:
This, right here, is why labor-saving devices haven't saved labor, why communication technologies haven't created more connection, why abundance hasn't given us a 4 day work week. The gains get captured by the same system that produces the stuff, channeled back into making more stuff rather than improving our mutual - our shared - well-being.
Today I played with my boy. Puzzles, racing, matching games, hide and seek, reading stories. All day, my only focus.
Apparently ssa.gov website is only running during set hours. This is what shows up when I try to log in (to see my social security contribution statement). I decided to check it out after reading about this poor gentleman, whose benefits are suspended for no good reason.
Shutting down the government would have just accelerated Trump’s plans and power grab. It’s a tough pill to swallow, I get it.
The perceived leverage Dems seemed to think they had around the shutdown appears misguided and reactionary as far as I can tell. They don’t have a plan yet, plain and simple
The news ping pong cycle is the definition of insanity, whether the subject is eggs or Trump’s next bit of stupidness.
