Microposts
This is a good song. That Brandi Carlile is some kind of singer, hey? Solo or duet she blends so well.
The most interesting thing to me about OpenAI launching an AI browser is that they’re on macOS first (and only) for now:
ChatGPT Atlas is launching on the Mac to begin with, and versions for iOS, Android, and Windows will be coming in the near future.
New blog post: Descript Needs More Money for AI Generator Slop Machine
My family (mainly Sue) gets nervous whenever I use the instant pot because they think I’m going to open it up too soon and blow up our house. Not this time! Survived another soup making experience.
Selfie a day for a year, day 61, Oct 20, 2025 edition.

New kitchen floor mat / stove cleaner is always in the way when I want to get my bread out of the toaster.

Back at the rink for hockey again. Still has the same smell. We just get to come later now that my kid is in U18. 😴
#Selfie a day for a year, day 61, Oct 19, 2025 edition.

5 years after moving in, I’m finally getting around to labelling the network ports in the mess of cables the previous owners left us.

Nice touch by a multi-national corporation: Starbucks applies your free rewards drink to the more expensive option on the order.

I just published a quick #Descript timeline tip if you’re not able to find the audio waveform view in your timeline anymore.
The moment when I realized I’d opened Ecamm Live at some point, and then realizing what kind of hair my hat left me with this morning. 🕖4️⃣ a 💇♂️
#Selfie a day for a year, day 59, Oct 17, 2025 edition.

Checking with any other #Apple nerds out there: the Terminal command sudo pmset -c spindown 90
theoretically sets the spin down timer for external HDDs (spinning, not SSD) to 90 minutes instead of the stock 10 minutes. Any other issues or dangers in running it?
I like Disney+, but with this price increase it moves into the subscribe for a month or two when there’s something to binge category for me.
