“So the backup camera is just $390 and the hitch electrical replacement is gonna be $477.”

Anyone else’s blood drain from their body when on a phone call with a mechanic rattling off prices?


Nothing to see here. Just testing out posting from Drafts to Microblog.


Letterboxd, my fav movie review / list site, sold a 60% stake in their company to Tiny, a Canadian investment and holding company. I’m cautiously optimistic that this is a good thing overall. Definitely happy for the founders to get some $$ for all their work.


New #U2 song and video: Atomic City. Released as they start their residency in Vegas at The Sphere this weekend.


Does macOS Sonoma give you the ability to turn off the stupid Mail link preview thing that makes a mess of emails? If so, I’ll upgrade yesterday—audio plugins be damned.

Screenshot of macOS mail trying to show a link preview for a dropbox file URL that shows an error message

Woof. That wasn’t a great season opener for Survivor. 😳 No spoilers, but I can’t imagine Jeff was happy that’s how it went down for episode one.


Why your podcast needs a website #203: When I’m linking to your podcast from another podcast’s show notes, I’m not putting Spotify, Apple, YouTube, Pocket Casts, Podtail, Podchaser, Libsyn, RSS, BlueBorfy, PodTats, CastsThatArePods, etc. links.

I’m putting one so listeners can decide.


I don’t know who needs to hear this, but a reminder that Survivor season 45 starts tonight.


New Shure SM7 mic variant just dropped: SM7DB No need for a vocal preamp, still XLR only. They’ve also (recently?) added a MVX2U which is a USB-C to XLR digital audio interface that’s very portable.


I shouldn’t upgrade to macOS Sonoma today because I’m in the middle of editing a podcast. But then I thought: the guest on the podcast works at Apple. I’m using Apple software to edit on Apple hardware. Is this not the perfect synergy to tempt fate??

(Spoiler: I didn’t upgrade to macOS Sonoma.)