Trent Reznor scored the new TMNT movie is a sentence that I can say in 2023 and it’s real.

The Workday “Dead Zone” is a Fake Problem

But let’s be very clear: those aren’t real problems. They’re problems with perspective — and indicative of an organizational structure that privileges the exceptional requests and convenience of those with power over the everyday needs of everyone else.

That might just sound like a workplace%2C but it also sounds like an unhealthy one: one where workers are less happy%2C where quit rates are higher%2C where burnout is a bigger problem%2C where it’s harder to excel or even just survive as a person with caregiving responsibilities%2C where having people scroll Twitter until their eyes burn because their brain can’t do anything creative is just “the way things are.”

Library loans: Saving Time by Jenny Odell 📚

Really enjoyed listening to Saving Time by Jenny Odell

There were two parts that really stuck with me.

In Chapter 3 (timestamp 4:14:33) she talks about Parks and gardens as non-commercial leisure space.

A visitor could just be herself not a worker or consumer. Compared to commercial, scripted, surveillance areas.

In a public space, you are a citizen with agency. In a faux-public space, you are either a consumer or a threat to the design of the space.

This is one of the things I so deeply enjoy about going to my local gardens. You can just be… There’s no expectations upon you for anything more than roaming through the flowers, looking at the birds, smelling the scents of flowers and trees and sweetness on the wind. You can just be.

In Chapter 5 (timestamp 6:35:05) she talks about relationships and this resonated deeply with me. People change and being in love with the current person is more important than the idealized version that lives in your mind.

Relationships fall apart because one partner has stopped seeing the other as they are and instead as a frozen picture in time. Without change. Without disappointment. The idealized version.

My new shirt is here!

And it’s perfect!

I love 1Password.
I love being able to open a web page, verify the login I want to use and it just works.
2FA no problem.
Stash serial numbers? Sure.
Need some place to put information on your car?
Need to share Secret Notes™ with your family?
Done.
All in 1Password.

Not an ad. Just appreciation.

“I recently came across your background and work experience with hewlett packard enterprise dxc technology perspecta.”

Spammers really summing up my experience working for HPE, DXC, Perspecta. This company is now Peraton. Until they change again.

Power is out.

At least the severe thunderstorm cooled it off to… 87 degrees. With the humidity it’s a cool 92 feeling out there. 😎

Reading these translation posts are always on point and entertaining.
𝕏 is no exception.

Daring Fireball: Translation From Hostage Code to English of X Corp CEO Linda Yaccarino’s Company-Wide Memo

The best news is we’re well underway.

There is no hope.

How many House Sparrows is too many House Sparrows?

📺 Silo (2023)

Finished the season. It was stupendous and I’m anxiously awaiting more. There is more, riiiight?

Does my house have studs? Do they run vertically? Gaze upon my collection of holes in the wall to answer these questions. And more!

I’ve fallen in love with a newsletter called The Deep Dive. Every Wednesday you’ll get a new batch of interesting Youtube documentaries/videos/deep dives in your inbox. It’s not only introduced me to a lot of fascinating stories but also new creators.

Trying to get into the habit of replying to people. It’s the comments section of blogs back before everything was spam hateful.
People are writing into the void. Hello, from the void.
I’m reading. I’m enjoying. I’m trying to say that more.

Barbie Answers Oppenheimer - by Anne Helen Petersen

Film history and movie review. It’s all quotable so just read the whole piece.

New faucet. Color coordinated.

Chrome has been running slower and slower on this Ubuntu Linux desktop and it was driving me nuts. Any complex website would turn the entire browser into molasses.

Today, I find a post from December of 2015 about a bug in hardware acceleration. With updates every couple of years saying, “Yup, it’s still a problem.”

Here we are in 2023 and it fixed my issues!

Step 1: Open this in your Chrome Address Bar: chrome://settings/?search=hardware or go to Settings -> System
Step 2: Use hardware acceleration when available slide this to off.
Step 3: Restart Chrome.

Here’s a link to the original thread with pictures for those visual learners.

I had a co-worker ask for podcast recommendations that weren’t murdery or crime related. So I offered up two classics.

• 99% Invisible - 99% Invisible is a sound-rich, narrative podcast hosted by Roman Mars about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. Roman Mars has the most lovely, rich voice.

• Song Exploder - Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. There’s also a series on Netflix (in the US at least).

I mentioned not offering up anything too deeply nerdy. And after that another co-worker sent me a message asking about those nerdy shows. So I said be careful what you wish for and offered up my favorites.

• SelfHosted - All about self-hosting and Home Labs.

• The HomeLab Show - The Homelab Show is run by Tom Lawrence of Lawrence Systems and Jay LaCroix of Learn Linux TV They also run great Youtube channels.

• 2.5 Admins - Three Linux nerds talk open source news.

• Late Night Linux - Open Source nerds, but with more British and Scottish accents.

• ATP - Accidental Tech Podcast - Three apple nerds talk Apple.

How it started.

How it’s going.

Regarding the trailer for Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka

Remember, if our local natural gas company can put up EMERGENCY WORK signs from June 5 to July 5. And on July 10th, put up new EMERGENCY WORK signs from July 10 - Aug 10 that your EMERGENCY at work is likely just as urgent.

Most Emergencies Aren’t.

Visiting the hummingbirds and parents.

I love watching them fly around like tiny fighter jets.

Millennial Burnout

Being so burnt out from the last three years of relentless, ruthless running that you seek how to recover knowing it will be slow.

But so jaded by all of the people offering solutions/coaching/help that you seek nothing and try to take time off work and rest.

Rinse. Repeat.

🍿 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

It was Indy being Indy and I enjoyed it.

Audio people, we had wall to wall carpet but recently replaced it with flooring. My little 8’x10’ room is now echoey and I’m trying to understand the best option to deaden the sound for my podcast I record there. We own the house. Looking for advice. Foam panels? Rug for part of the room?

Made dinner tonight with my wife. We have a small kitchen so our choreography must be impeccable.

Big Mac Tacos (Smash Burger Tacos) | Cravings Journal

Replaced beef with turkey because we had it in hand. My wife made tortillas and they were delicious.

Crispy Parmesan Carrots (Cheesy Crust) - Cooking With Ayeh

Made these carrots on the side and they were delicious though if I did it again I would brush the carrots with the olive oil and pour/brush on the marinade since it didn’t stick very well. But they were absolutely delicious. Carrots!

All around a superb meal and both went straight into Plan To Eat which is a superb meal planning web site and app. (If you like it and can wait until Black Friday, they always have a good deal. We’ve renewed it for years this way.)