An afternoon free of work and a break in the insanely hot / humid weather … perfect for a trip to the winery!

#Wine #Syrah #Picnic

Such a serious little Juno on #Caturday.

Testing some navigational nonsense on the site.

Had this little bird feeder out for a few months now and this little guy finally found it. A few minutes later, Ringo the cat discovered the show and has been glued to the door watching ever since.

There is something so soul crushing about hearing your ideas parroted back to you as if they weren’t your own, alternate ownership implied.

First night of ‘24 that we can spend on the back porch with a fire, a lovely Syrah and A Perfect Circle. Great way to end a Tuesday.

This whole #eclipse thing is just the Solar System’s way of giving us a wink. Looking good and doing ok, that’s my take.

So intrigued by the Boox Palma that I ordered one. Showed up today, 30 min later it’s factory reset, back in the box for a return. Takeaway: the e ink display is great for reading content but exceptionally bad at navigating to it.

Dune Part Two was a perfect theater experience of sight and sound. See it big. See it loud.

July of last year, I nuked my wallet and ordered a #LeicaQ3 . Yesterday, it arrived :)

Well, the Proton Mail thing was short lived, doesn’t quite feel fully baked yet. Trying out Hey! as well but I am getting the feeling that I am trying to solve a problem that I don’t actually have.

Ordered the “All Star Turkey Sandwich” from the kids menu because I wanted a smaller portion of food. Figured the “all star” parts was more of a “hey sport” or “little slugger” reference … then this showed up. Plus side, the proportions where spot on and it was tasty. Still.

Finally giving in to the feeling of intrigue around Proton services and feeling it all out. The idea of switching email providers is daunting but I feel like it might be a good time, really think about it and set it up for success. Can’t shake the feeling that there really is something there.

Red wine, Lucky Charms (sans milk), jazz and an electric fireplace with the flames running backward (can’t make this up). Yeah, I’m working late.

Think I just spent 90 minutes composing a single email message.

Amazing how “at home” and happy I feel as soon as I’m topside in NYC. Shame it’s such a short visit this time. One day I’ll figure out how to live here long term.

Hopping from meeting to meeting to meeting today, right up to the end. Midway through the last, Dylan playing in the background, looked to the chair on my right to see Juno the kitten zonked out without a care in the world. Suddenly felt calm and peaceful. Good way to end the day.

2024 … game on.

Tom Smothers made me realize there was more to a yo-yo than just “up and down”. While only ever to pick up the basics, I still have my YoYo Man yo-yo. Worn and glued back together, several strings later. The world is less cool now.

Configuring DNS can be such a pain in butt.

When you accidentally flip open your EDC pen in your pocket, breaking the metal tip off enabling the entire tube of ink to drain into said pocket. Might actually be salvageable so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

It’s strange to wake up having such strong feelings for someone that you met in your dreams, someone that existed for a few short hours while you slept, someone that fades with every moment of wakefulness.

At that pointing where I would gladly pay more for technology that did fewer things reliably well than something more robust with mediocre to poor results. Why the hell do we accept this over hyped garbage experience?

Buy a thing online, opt out of promotional offers. Receive a confirmation / receipt of the order in my inbox … immediately followed by a promotional offer. Tis the season to ignore user preference.

A grey Sunday morning of lingering dreams and the sound of rain. Mrs Potter’s Lullaby by the Counting Crows at home in my head, “if dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts”. Put it together and it all feels right, fitting in some way.

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