Solar Eclipse 2024
Hope we all enjoyed that one. While only a partial eclipse where I live, it was nice to have an excuse to skip out of work!
Link of the Day [3.15.24]
Do you know I buy a lot of books? Not sure if I read a lot of books, but I do buy a lot of books. Perhaps I need to get on and read them, but there’s a lot of books. What’s good? What’s bad? Dunno. There’s too many to read.
What’s a list of the great American novels for? Only to add them to your other books.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/03/best-books-american-fiction/677479/
Link of the Day [1.24.24]
I write this on a MacBook Pro, one of the latest forms of the Apple Mac. It’s been 40 years since its introduction back in 1984. Once again that iconic of years reminds us of the iconic introduction commercial. So let’s all celebrate the Apple Macintosh.
“Last time, I signed something without reading it, I had to do Bill’s dry cleaning for a year.”
Yo! It’s freaking that time of year again… “News Radio Quote Month!” Like, frick, I’ve been doing this for ages and may be running out of quotes. Will I be reusing a few? I’ve done that before, but I’ll try my best not to. Let’s see how much blogging I do this month!
Apple Vision!
Not sure about this tech. Will this be the next iPhone or an Apple Watch? Or will it be a Newton? One thing you should think about though is it is first generation hardware. Buyer beware.
Link of the Day [3.08.23]
Legalize it!
We did! So pretty soon we can spark one up.
Although now that I read about it, we still can’t purchase in the state. But let’s go to D.C. and get some weed and get high.
https://mmcc.maryland.gov/Pages/Legalization-of-Non-Medical-Cannabis.aspx
“Could this argument continue as it started – without me?”
The Queen is dead.
Long live the King!
Queen Elizabeth II has died, and it looks like Prince Charles will inherit the throne. Maybe? Gonna have to check back a few minutes from now. Maybe.
Link of the Day [2.19.22]
If you like Wordle, and if you are a whiz at geography, then give today’s link a try. I have yet to get any one correct. I am not a whiz in geography. Who knew?
Computing New
After almost eight years with a late 2013 MacBook Pro, I caved and bought one of the new 16″ MacBook Pro. Its spec with the M1 Max, 64 GB of unified memory, and 2 TB flash storage. It’s price tag is $4600 after tax. Yeah. It’s pricey. It’s also a monster.
Just this morning, I finally finished transferring my data from the old laptop. I went and used Migration Assistant and moved most my data over. And all my Intel compiled apps! What a mistake and I am trying to clean up all the old baggage from over 14 years of computing.
What? 14 years?
Yes. My previous laptop, too had used Migration Assistant to move data over so all the data is from at least 2008. Yeah, there’s a lot of history there. Not sure if it was worth it. No. It really may be. There’s 2 TB to find out.
Any how, I’m still getting used to the keyboard. Don’t like the short travel on these. I wish I had my mushy old laptop keys. Also, this trackpad is too slick. I have to get used to it. Maybe over the next 8 years I will.
Finally, I wish they included the extension cord for the power block. No idea if I can use an older one considering the brick is much larger.