Hello. It’s Friday. Stay safe. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Happy Global Cat Day

Some days, I contemplate the idea of moving into a mountaintop cave and becoming one of those vaunted hermits. #life

Companies have stopped selling laptops and PCs and OSes, and are now focusing on selling AI housed in a laptop/PC case. #computing #failure

Interesting that we are all going back to cable. But now we are calling it “bundled streaming services”. #media #cable #streaming

Peppers made. Back to work.

“When planning a heist, always take the house cat into account.” #writing

“Life is considered a consumable product. It wears out with time and is often edible.” #writing

Latest addition to the collection. I forgot I ordered this months ago and what with all the delays due to tariffs which I didn’t account for, it’s here… Great box. #fountainpen

I think I want to make some pickled hot peppers today. #food

Good morning. Remember to take care of yourself, and others. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Happy National Hagfish Day

New Apple stuff announced today. No presos. If they can’t bother to present, I can’t be bothered to buy. (humor, such as it is). #apple

Good morning. Don’t expect peace to show up. You have to bring it. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Well this is a new one. The latest iOS beta killed the physical volume buttons on my iPad. #ios #apple

Would you trust an AI flight controller? Or an AI pilot. Today?

“God has no survival instinct. That is its weakness. It’d be the first to wander out into traffic.” #writing

Just because one has a procedure for getting something done, doesn’t mean it’s being done correctly. — ancient proverb I just made up

“The only kind of change most humans avoid or dislike is the kind that undoes something they are trying to do. Time and change don’t care what you’re trying to do. In the end, they both win.” #writing

Hubris, as a word, should come back in common use. It would confuse many people, nowadays. #writing

“You don’t need a carrot and a stick. You can just beat them with the carrot stick.” #writing

“God saves. Then he places you in his dusty, cluttered attic where he forgets you, as he searches for his new toy to break.” #writing

Sourdough fed. This weekend, I bake.

“Apart from your life goal, everything in life is just a side-quest that amounts to farming 10 rats every few minutes.” #life #writing

A gift that requires reciprocity is not a gift, but an obligation. #life