Once in a while it’s healthy to remind ourselves that the “curators” of our media are people, so that we’re […]
Archive for ‘Pieces’
…and Backstitch Reader is probably spyware
So I had installed an insipid chatroom app on my phone, because it was the only reliable way to get […]
Scorn Race 2000
It happened again. It was a pleasant morning, sunny, only slightly chilly with a light breeze. I was walking, because […]
The Crew app is insipid and shameful
One of the first things I noticed after being hired at the new job was that the schedule was missing. […]
Why I keep changing Google accounts
I have a Google account, of course. It’s easy to not rely on Google, but hard to do without entirely. I’m old enough to have had a Google account for years […]
Games like this are why I don’t game much on mobile
I don’t remember what prompted me to install a mobile game last week. I’d read a listicle about decent mobile games, but this wasn’t one of them. I assume that, while I was checking one of those games out, I looked at Google Play’s recommendations and saw this thing, blandly called “Wood Block Puzzle.” […]
Stupid tiddler tricks: the DefaultTiddlers restore button
TiddlyWiki’s startup behavior is easily customizable. You open up $:/DefaultTiddlers and put in a list of what you want to have open, and those are the tiddlers you have open. To make it even easier […]
No longer a Mild-Mannered Retailer
A couple of days ago, I renamed my blog tag “Mild-Mannered Retailer”, with which I collected my stories of work-related folly, chicanery, and bullshit, to “Mild-Mannered Laborer”.
I did this because I’m not a retailer any more. […]
Why the plastic-bag ban is bad for me, personally
My local rulers recently banned the use of disposable plastic shopping bags. Their stated goal was to promote the use of reusable bags and probably something about the environment.
I was unhappy about this. I’m usually unhappy when technocracy rears its ugly, empty head, but above and beyond that, this has make my life worse in a few small but noticeable ways. […]
Stupid tiddler tricks: the emergency data dump
One of the reasons I’ve been trying to trim my TiddlyWiki’s size down is to spend as little time as possible looking at the Red Box of Death: […]
Ray of Infamy 