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chris, 3 hours ago to random

It’s been 5 months since we finally both got to Chicago. Oh how I love being in a city again. One thing I had missed was good public transit. There was virtually no public transit to speak of where we were in Florida and we had to drive everywhere. Here our car only goes to our family visits deep in the summer and we’ve been taking the CTA, Metra and Pace everywhere else. It’s been great. Cheap, no stress of traffic and gets us where we need. I so missed that.

Ronnie, 9 hours ago to random

What was the cheapest price you remember paying for gas? I’ll go first. I remember 78¢/gallon.

chris, 1 day ago to random

A positive story for your Friday: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/10/youngest-captain-with-chicagos-first-lady-cruises-is-anchored-by-her-love-of-the-job/?share=eihergwhrojobawi0syh

chris, 2 days ago to random

I really feel like I'm living in the Twilight Zone this morning.

chris, 2 days ago to random

This article is a great reminder for many of us. I know perfectionism is one of my worst enemies and I don't think I'm alone in that: https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-8/the-perfect-site-doesnt-exist/

chris, 2 days ago to random

We're making up for the great weather yesterday with a rainy morning today. Thankfully this should mean the construction work will be a lot quieter today.

johnstonphilip, 3 days ago to random

Thought experiment: what do you think would happen to our systems, political and otherwise, if unlimited free energy was real and accessible to everyone independently. Would governments collapse? Would it create world peace? Would it be a net positive or a net negative?

major, 3 days ago to random

Wow, if you hop on a Mullvad vpn endpoint that exits in Switzerland, the YouTube ads are WAAAAAY more entertaining. 👀

bryanruby, 3 days ago to random

I really dislike social media during presidential election years. We're not even half way through 2024 and it's already gotten so weird and exhausting.

chris, 3 days ago to random

So many have been saying this for so long and it all falls on deaf ears but the premise is still correct: FOSS is in danger because no one wants to pay for anything. https://thenewstack.io/open-source-is-at-a-crossroads/

chris, 3 days ago to random

My Apple Watch says the noise in my office, from the construction at my window, is 135 dB right now. Thank god for noise cancelling headphones but, even with those, I think we're going to find somewhere to escape to this afternoon.

chris, 3 days ago to random

The drilling outside my office window is getting REALLY annoying and I really don't want to have to work from Starbucks again all afternoon :/

chris, 3 days ago to random

Oh nice! Quicken added support for the Euro in their latest update. Iv'e been using Quicken since the 90s. Every time I switch something always brings me back a few months later. While I don't need the new feature today, it very well might come in handy in the future.

chris, 3 days ago to random

I haven't dug deep into its functionality yet, but I'm really excited, so far, about the new Sonos app. Here's why. https://chriswiegman.com/2024/05/the-new-sonos-app-is-a-welcome-upgrade/

chris, 3 days ago to random

It looks like another beautiful day outside. I can't wait to get out and just go for a long walk.

chris, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

The movie "Top Gun" has always been a favorite of mine. It was one of the first movies I saw in the theatre as a child and it was largely responsible for a path that eventually saw me working as an airline captain On merit it is a horrible movie in so many ways but I didn't know that as a kid. Now I just consider it one of those “guilty pleasure" movies.

What is a horribly movie that you can just watch over and over?

chris, 4 days ago to linux

For the #Linux folks: What am I missing?

I'm trying to save a web app in Epiphany in Ubuntu 24.04. (Epihpany and Gnome 46). I've tried both the Flatpak and Snap versions of the browser and nothing happens. It simply never creates the app. No errors, no nothing. Looked for bugs on it but didn't see anything reported. Anyone else seen this?

chris, 4 days ago to wordpress

I think what saddens me most about the growing number of #WordPress takes like this is the gaslighting by the "community" which insists everything is awesome. What is worse is the "if you don't like it, fix it" garbage from the same people. WordPress, as a project, has never been good about taking contributions that don't align with the goals of a very few. Today's WP is no different. You cannot fix this by contributing to a project that doesn't want your contribution. https://dbushell.com/2024/05/07/modern-wordpress-themes-yikes/