RE: https://masto.es/@FediTree/115776007720117535 Thanks, @everyone (jk...this isn't Teams), for making this a fun and interesting place to hang out.

Oh, @FediTree , oh FediTree....

I get some pleasure from reporting and blocking hashtag spammers. Probably a bot at that. Good riddance.

If you're fairly new to smart home stuff, you might get something out of this primer I did for the Silicon Valley Mac User Group earlier this month. #smarthome Building Your Apple Smart Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqL5WAdhnqI

Remember the #c64? I geeked out over mine on last week's DTNS Live Friday Hangout while @acedtect shared the unboxing and first impressions of his new MOS Technologies Commodore 65 Ultimate! https://www.youtube.com/live/dl5KZgUyCjY?si=sgosZKJhWuTQbYmU

Gemini is now available on my Google TV. I already don’t like it because they don’t offer a male Australian voice, but that’s a different thing. I ask it to find season four of some show I’ve been watching. “Blah blah…blah blah blah…season four is not available for streaming.” Immediately below […]

I heard someone say "your guys's" IRL the other day.

Hey, you know that thing where Trump's buddies, the Ellisons, suddenly also wanted to buy the company that owns CNN? Yeah...Time Warner Discovery unanimously says "no." Plus, #CES news is coming in early this year! On the latest episode of the Entertainment 2.0 #podcast […]

Lazy-ass developers are just pissing me off left and right today. You can't parse SPACES??? 🖕 #bui #ux

😡 🖕 💩 👃

I think I've concluded I don't like dark mode on my main computer screen. I'm one of those weird geeks who never fell in love with dark mode. I find it harder to read and too stark a contrast with those sites and windows that don't conform.

Been making the smart home rounds a bit lately. Here's a podcast (video form) I did a bit ago where I dive into my background in smart home tech and podcasting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQF8RG4Ycr4

Microsoft should just fire the whole Azure DevOps UX team and start over. #ux #bui

Wouldn't you think that if you have to put this at the top of every invoice you send out, you might be doing something wrong in your policy, technology, or both? #cx

I am so consumed by procrastinating today that I may even go out and shovel again.

We're working with a vendor to schedule a CES booth tour in Vegas next month. For some reason, they're scheduling in Eastern Time. I mean...that's not confusing at all! 😖

I just heard that people who don't know how to use em-dashes are excited they can now tell ChatGPT not to use em-dashes anymore since those said people (who don't know how to use em-dashes) were convinced that only AI used em-dashes—so it was a tell-tale sign of AI-generated content. 🙄 Maybe […]

Awaiting a new Aqara hub to tie my Matter-over-Thread devices into Home Assistant. Betting it won't arrive until the very end of the day. #smarthome #homeassistant

Recording Entertainment 2.0 now LIVE with @joshpollard at https://twitch.tv/digitalmediazone

I’m looking for videos reviewing xTool’s new(er) inline fan, IF2 2.0. Can’t find any. Kind of reinforces that the YouTubers are only posting about the shit they get for free.

Me, after hearing Last Christmas for the 100th time: “Hey, Siri, play this song less often.” Siri:

I know this is sacrilege, but I'm already sick of "All I Want for Christmas Is You."

I'm in the stay-in-my-sweats-until-sometime-after-lunch phase of my career.

[You may think this is about politics. It’s not. It’s about the law.] Go Mamdani! https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tq-KqQXy4LE&si=qBEqTXmh21e6owtY

[Gleeful take on US Politics] B'bye loser! https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/g-s1-101204/trump-attorney-new-jersey-habba

A cold, snowy day calls for breaking out the Winter socks! Icelandic wool will keep me warm. (Yes, I have a Winter sock drawer.)

It's Friday (YAY!) and it's snowing (yay?).

[US politics and transportation] I mean, I kind of agree that Dulles should nix the people movers, aka "mobile lounges," but I don't believe it's Drumph's nor any other president's job to direct them to do so.

Why does nobody know how to pronounce Azure? It's not like it was a completely unknown word prior to Microsoft appropriating it.

My partner has polluted my Replay results with Meat Loaf. 😭 One might ask why I listen to so much instrumental music. Easy answer: I listen while I work, and I can't concentrate with lyrics. #replay25 #music

You know how those hold queues make you wonder if it's all designed to just wear you down? Turns out it is. #podcast #cx #customerservice https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/644-your-call-is-important-to-us/

A photograph taken around this time of year on the Sólheimafjara beach in southern Iceland. It was 14 years ago. I'd never seen black sand, let alone a black sand beach with white snow on it. It was a beautiful and surreal experience. #iceland #photo #photography

Good morning! We don't have a show this week with Thanksgiving and all, but I'll leave you with this, which I forgot to share last week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FH0upamxOs #podcast

I am not a fan of people wearing pajamas in public, but I think if I were flying this weekend, I'd for sure be donning the fuzzy robe.

No Spoilers. TOTALLY satisfied with the Morning Show season finale. It completely delivered. Happy to explore more in a spoiler-hidden discussion.

[US Politics] Oooh, oooh...I know! To get his name out there? https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/18/congress/clay-higgins-no-vote-epstein-00657430

Meanwhile, I’ve spent the weekend in Portland, OR. Never been here before. I’ve concluded I’m not quirky enough to live here. Stayed downtown. Great food. Things are very walkable, and public transportation is easy. But I found staying downtown less convenient than expected since so many service […]

After about two months on iOS and iPadOS 26, I’ve concluded I do not like it. It’s not the glass, it’s the rearranging of everything, the floating buttons and panels, the elimination of simple split screen multitasking for laptop-like windowing and menus. I have a laptop. I don’t need or want my […]

CNN’s “middle third” teaser promo of the upcoming senate vote would be better written from the leading “Senate Votes to End Govt Shutdown” to “Senate to Vote to End Gov’t Shutdown.” One word, indicating it’s not a forgone conclusion, would better represent the […] [Original post on twit.social]

I join @joshpollard again this week to discuss YouTube TV and Disney's dispute, Google pulling out of Movies Anywhere, the PlayStation Portal's new features, and so much more! Check it all out on the latest episode of Entertainment 2.0! #podcast […]

[US Politics] https://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-man-accused-threatening-kill-member-congress/69254412 Expect new pardons soon.

Back to the rest of the week...it's really only Wednesday???

Wow. Wow. Wow. I hope Mamdani lives up to his words!

5. PA Supreme Court control ✅

4. CA Prop 50!

3. ZOHRAN!

2. MIKIE!!!

1. ABIGAIL!!!

Have you voted yet?