I use TiddlyWiki a lot. I use it as a journal, a book and image catalog, an archive of news articles, a to-do list, a notepad, a draft notebook for blog posts like this one and backup repository for finished posts… […]
Archive for ‘Pieces’
Android System Intelligence, definitions 1 and 2
I updated my phone recently, and soon afterward I noticed an available update from something called “Android System Intelligence, which I hadn’t ever heard of before. I certainly hadn’t installed it, and I hadn’t seen any updates for it before despite having used Android phones since Gingerbread was a thing. […]
About the “herd immunity” talking point
If you follow virus news at all, you’ll undoubtedly have heard of herd immunity. The official consensus is that herd […]
Karen vs. Swatzilla: the uselessness of the “Karen” meme
This cropped up in my feed yesterday: Oh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the […]
Confidential to M.A.: I don’t doubt that your home state’s lottery commission mandates a customer-facing ad screen n its lottery […]
Some of us are can remember 2009, Joe
I get that Joe Biden would like potential voters to be talking about something, anything other than Tara Reade. And […]
A layman’s view of Coronaville
There’s a virus going around. I can safely assume you’ve heard of it already, because you’re reading this post and […]
The state of the Circus, April 2020
One silver lining of the Plague, its domination of the news media, and the related cancellation of most public gatherings […]
Gary the phone scammer, and other idiots
Sometimes it isn’t customers or coworkers making my job harder or damaging my calm. Sometimes it’s phone scammers. The one […]
OK, shill: a clothing ad’s obnoxious voterism
A video ad for Levi’s jeans cropped up in my Tiwtter timeline yesterday. Its virality was due to the first […]
Ray of Infamy 