Normally, you’d see a Star Wars-related “May the Fourth be with you!” from me today, but then I came across this greatness, and it’s now in my permanent collection.
Category: Micro
The category for all posts which are tweet-like in nature.
In case you’re wondering if boys ever really grow up, they’re building new sport courts at our office campus, it’s happening right outside my window, and I’d much rather watch the excavator dig and remove dirt than stare at my computer screens for work.
So y’all know how a group of cows is called a “herd,” and a group of crows is called a “murder?” (Why crows get their own grouping and can’t just use “flock” like all the other birds, I don’t know.)
Well, I found out there’s a term for a really large group of people, and it’s called, “I’m not going.”
You’ve probably heard or seen a thousand different ads for a VPN, promising all sorts of security from hackers and the like. Josh has a really good breakdown here of why nearly all of that is a load of malarky, and what you should use a VPN for:
And if you don’t currently use a VPN, but would like to start, I heartily recommend ProtonVPN or Mullvad. I personally use both (depends on device and circumstance), and have been very happy with them.
Disclaimer: The link to ProtonVPN is an affiliate link, but I have been a paying user for their services for a decade.
Taking a break from my usual fare to remedy my never having read this classic.
On the one hand, AppleTV’s tvOS informing me that Stars-Flyers has gone to overtime WHILE I’M WATCHING THE GAME is kind of annoying.
On the other hand, at least tvOS isn’t as “smart” or privacy-invading to know I’m already watching it.
Courtesy of Kevin Kelly’s Recomendo newsletter (it’s free), here’s a neat iPhone ring hack for those of us who keep the ringer silenced:
Like many people I keep my phone ringer on vibrate, but I don’t usually carry my phone on me – I may leave it on a desk – so I often miss calls. I’ve greatly reduced missed calls by setting the phone to flash its flashlight and flash its screen while it vibrates. That flashing light is enough to notice from a distance. It is easy to program on the iPhone. Go Settings > Accessibility > Audio Visual > Flash for Alerts. For Android: Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Screen Text > Flash Notifications. — KK
December of this year marks the 35th anniversary of the first PowerBooks shipping to customers. If only Apple would take the opportunity to bring back that classic brand name.
A couple of weeks ago the guys in Weapons of God released a video for “Double Barreled Medicine,” off their 2025 album TRIbulation. The video features mostly footage from their set at Immortal Fest 2025 in Versailles, Ohio, along with submissions from fans.
Love this song. Great riffs, Leon’s gravely vocals, it’s just a lot of fun.
The legends Rex Carroll and Ken Tamplin have combined forces to give us “Where Do We Go From Here?”. This was quite a treat on a snowed-in weekend!