If you were wanting some Elgato gear on Prime sales, but missed out due to no stock, Elgato’s website has the pricing with stock on some items for another day or two. I’m going to try out the Stream Deck + XLR dock to see if I like it.

Screenshot of the Elgato Stream Deck + XLR dock hardware promo from Elgato.com

Now that DMs on most platforms have AI quick responses, it’s pretty easy to just get two bots talking to each other. And on the off chance it’s a human scammer, even better!

Two people are having a chat conversation about how to address each other, with one side responding in blue text. My side of the conversation keeps responding with the same generic “how can I help you” style bot responses to the other side’s (likely a bot or scam) attempts to get me to say my name.

On one hand, TikTok is potentially a data collection privacy nightmare. On the other hand, we’d never get this kind of video as a valid form of marketing in 2025 without TikTok.

Imposter syndrome + struggling with self esteem is hearing someone talk about a thing you think you’d be great at, but then having a voice fill your head so fully with “Nope! As if! You?!”, that you delete the email you were drafting.

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This video is possibly the dumbest nerd pun I’ve ever created. But hey, just a little something to take the edge off am I right?

Sometimes, as new users start to use an app previously dominated by early adopters, apps just have to explain the thing in the menu instead of using the technical term.

In this case “Ducking” becomes “Lower audio of other layers” in the newest version of Descript.

A digital audio editing interface displays options for audio and visual effects, including compressor, limiter, and studio sound dynamics with “lower sound of other tracks” highlighted.

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A reminder from a non-handyman to clean out your dryer lint catch and swap out your furnace filter. Not because anything bad happened. Just a reminder

When your dog lays on part of your body, you’re required to sit there until they move. It’s the law.

A golden doodle named Neville Dogbottom lays on a rug with his head on my foot.

32 years ago. Sitting in Midtown Plaza’s food court, unwrapping the CD while eating New York Fries.

U2’s Zooropa album cover. Released July 5, 1993.

A client recently revived a show that’s been on hiatus for 2.5 years and it’s nice how comforting it is to hear their familiar voices in my ear again. It will be interesting to see how many folks maintained their podcast subscription over that time period when the new episode goes out.

Oh now I’m convinced this couldn’t possibly be a spam bot since they’re warning me about spam. 😆

A message thanking someone for their support of Noah Kahan's career and warning about fake accounts is displayed.

The crazier and more stressful life gets, the funnier simple gags like this are to me.

Parenting win: Being told by my 12yo that I don’t understand how tanning works because I asked her to put her food on the table instead of on the grass where the dog will get to it. 😆

In a waiting room for 4hrs this morning to check on my kid’s leg that likely has a fracture from a bike fall. We’re 99% certain he needs an X-ray. How long do you think it will be until phones can do it like on Star Trek?