Thoughts in My Head

I watched the Spanish thriller God’s Crooked Lines yesterday afternoon. It kept me interested from beginning to end. This movie’s critical scene is the letter reading in the beginning. Throughout this movie, you are trying to determine when the main character is telling the truth and lying. Even in the end, the answer is not clear. 🎥

I saw this article in ars technica. About a surgeon who had been posting operations live on TikTok and, due to multiple complaints, has had her license suspended in Ohio. As I read the article, I wondered why any intelligent person would think this was a good idea. Then I thought of the word Chutzpah. Like many people today, she didn’t think that rules applied to her, that she was above them and unique.

Mushrooms of the Morning

I received some happy mail today. Thanks @jean, @manton and all who produced videos for the 2023 Micro.blog camp

Well I am pouring my second cup of cold brew because I spilled the first one all over my desk. The good news is my keyboard wasn’t on it. The bad news is my desk pad is now a slightly coffee color.

A Juicy Plum

Top shelf of local coffee shop

I was doing my laundry early this morning, probably too early, because when I switched clothes from the washer to the dry, 🤔the light in my brain started to come on slowly as I realized I had forgotten to add detergent to the wash.

It’s not just Amazon: The FTC proposed rule changes in March that would require companies to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up for one. So, the days of spending an hour on the phone to cancel that subscription you signed up for impulsively may soon be over. —CC

You have the drama, impending tragedy, or triumph, the sea, and the Titanic. So yeah, of course, it will be a top news story.

Today I received the Roady Curacao Model 2 from Spoke Design. It is a ballpoint pen. The cap and barrel are made of anodized aluminum, and the grip has ridges and is made of bright titanium.

This pen is made to post, and there is a magnet at the cap’s end, making that easy and secure. It uses any Parker-style refill. It is shipped with a premium Uni Jetstream SXR-600-07 Black 0.7mm refill. I have only briefly been writing with the Roady Curacao Model, but I am already in love with it. It feels balanced and well-made in my hand. I love how smoothly it writes. Some people would say paying $60.00 for a ballpoint pen is ridiculous when you can get a whole pack of Bic pens for around $7.00. This is true; the difference is that twenty years from now, I could pick up the Roady Curacao Model 2 I received today and write with it. The Bic pen would be dust by then. If I can keep from losing it, this pen will be in my rotation for a long time.

Photos taken on walk to Wegman

A good news story from Illinois ILLINOIS HAS OFFICIALLY BANNED BOOK BANS Finally, a state government standing up against those who want to ban books simply because they disagree with their world view.

New Apple Watch Ultra

I use Inoreader as my RSS feed aggregator of choice. One of the things I have been using it for is to filter my YouTube subscriptions. I would scan the subscriptions and add those I wanted to watch into my watch later playlist by hitting the watch later icon on the video. Well, that is what I did until a couple of days ago when that watch later button disappeared. Now the only way you can add videos to a playlist is to hit the hamburger button below the video and then hit the watch later button. Unfortunately, that hamburger button is not available using Inoreader and appears to be only available directly thru YouTube.

The 1970s Librarians who revolutionized the challenge of search An interesting article about a forgotten building block of today’s search. Many of the concepts used in SUPARS(Syracuse University Psychological Abstract Retrieval Service) are still being used in the search engines of today

Goodbye Apollo

I woke up to the news that Apollo the Reddit third-party app will shut down at the end of June. I am sad but not surprised by this news, the writing was on the wall ever since Reddit decided to raise its API pricing. Using the Apollo was so superior to the Reddit app even as a casual user I am going to miss it.

Everyone knew because it was Apple the headset would be expensive. Now everyone is upset because it is expensive. I am not surprised or upset over the price. Would I like it to be cheaper yes, but I wasn’t expecting it.

Does your significant other do things that are beyond understanding. For example my husband collects dryer lint, he says it’s for a fire starter. We don’t have a fire place

A relaxing video of a real craftsperson at work. How a Noh mask-maker summons a lifelike face from a single block of wood

Today I realized that sticking a piece of chocolate in your pocket and then forgetting about is not a good idea

Going through my email on the Canary App this morning I realized I don’t use half of the options they offer, so I am canceling my subscription and will try to use the Fastmail web app.

Birthday gift from husband l. He is a good man

A Small Marsh in the Spring