I sure am glad for dark mode after getting my pupils dilated at the optometrist. I have no idea if this sentence was spelled correctly or not. :-)


Me: I never have any time to do any of the things because of how busy life is. 😭

Also me: Every spring finds time to watch 45 hours of playoff hockey every week. 🍻


A reminder that Apple’s online store has a refurbished section where you can save money on hardware that comes with a 1 year warranty and is like new.



The fact that Apple is releasing Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad now bodes really well for the iPad as a platform. I can’t imagine they’d do the work to release those apps and not support it.


Electricity is pretty cool until it gets too hot.

Dryer randomly started smoking. Luckily we caught it in time before it got worse.

Image of the top of a clothes dryer with the top removed showing blackened circuit board area.

God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty, 2022 - ★★★

Watched on Saturday May 6, 2023.


A cool thing I discovered is that the audio repair tool I use has a bug where if the hard drive runs out of space, it just repairs part of the file without telling me anything was wrong. So guess who’s spent hours “fixing” audio files when I should have been cleaning up hard drive space?


It really is magical when I can speak into the Watch on my wrist and music will start playing on my van’s speakers via bluetooth from my iPhone. But when it falls over, it really falls over. The album is in my top 10 played for the year, and I still can’t find what I’m looking for?

Screenshot of an Apple Watch response to "Play U2 songs of surrender album" that says "I couldn't find U2 songs of surrender in your Apple Music library."

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 2023 - ★★★★

Amazing film to mark end of the trilogy, the end of the MCU road for much of the cast, and director James Gunn's move to DC.

I can't believe it's been almost 10 years since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 came out.


Finished reading: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson 📚


Ghosted, 2023 - ★★★

Watched on Saturday April 22, 2023.


See How They Run, 2022 - ★★★½

Watched on Friday April 21, 2023.


Napoleon Dynamite, 2004 - ★★★

This hasn’t aged as well as I thought it would have. The pacing and editing feels forced and awkward, and not always in a funny way like it did originally.


Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015 - ★★★★

Watched on Friday April 14, 2023.


The Super Mario Bros. Movie, 2023 - ★★★½

Watched on Monday April 10, 2023.


Finished reading: The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story by R. J. Palacio 📚


Jojo Rabbit, 2019 - ★★★★½

Watched on Saturday April 1, 2023.


Apple Podcasts (iOS / iPadOS, and macOS versions released today) is getting some new features today.