The gym parking lot is packed like it is January 2. I blame biometric screenings.

My addiction has been satiated for the moment. No, I am not 90 years old.

The ability to watch movies at 4x speed on YouTube is a game-changer.

Waterworld: A movie from the era when every villain smoked 100% of the time.

Samsung knocked the design of the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic out of the park. This is the first smartwatch I've had that makes me want to wear it rather wear it than a mechanical.

The strangest experience of my year: I was trying to get trade in values for my car, submitted a form on kbb.com, and within one day I had an offer on my car from a dealer higher than my trade value, and a few hours after that, I have a check. I'm still in shock.

Ozzy and Hulk Hogan passing over a couple of days makes me feel like my entire childhood is dying in front of me.

If only my house was as well organized as my gym locker.

Cleaning out old boxes, I ran across this momento from Defcons past. I am sure my badge is around here somewhere. #defcon #tech

Thank you @leowigginsvo.bsky.social and @abuzafar.bsky.social for making Gom Jabbar. After listening to dozens of episodes, I started the book read-alongs and am almost done with Heretics. Best universe/book-themed podcast out there. You two have an approach, humor, and talent I appreciate.

It feels good when a dog starts chasing you barking aggressively on a run and you manage to outrun them. Thank goodness for old aggressive dogs.

Costco online had Nintendo Switch 2s in stock for delivery this morning. #switch2 #nintendo #gaming

This morning's outdoor run could have been straight from a treadmill profile.

My mother has the best coffee table books.

These are the types of notices I want to see in my calorie counting program. Not true, but makes me want to stop by Cold Stone on my way home. #diet #health

I ran 101 laps around the small track at the gym this morning and managed to burn off 2 of the 3 cinnamon rolls I ate last night… #fitnessfail

Got the Bestbuy order in for the Shokz Opendots One headphones. Can't wait to have a new set of Shokz to try out. Every model keeps getting better. #shokz #earbuds #headphones

Streaming from the Xbox to my Ayaneo Pocket S. I can't wait. #oblivion #elderscrolls

The game that got me into Elder Scrolls. Can't wait to dive in. #elderscrolls #oblivion youtu.be/wFJ3PZuAjK4?...

Dragonlance was my favorite D&D world setting back as a teenager, but I never had the patience to read the novels. Maybe I should try... www.humblebundle.com/books/world-...

Kickstarter is considered a ‘Social’ app rather than ‘Shopping’ in iOS. Okay I guess. Better than calling it ‘Gambling’.

For the first time ever, I am upgrading my phone mid-cycle so that the Federal BS occurring over the next few years doesn’t impact the most important device in my life.

Good advertising timing! Black Mirror season 7 starts today. I would have spaced it for weeks.

Gemini Live is insane in a good way. @mkbhd.com was right.

Our AI overlords have a long way to go before we are serving them.

As a Hollow Knight fan, it is hard to believe that all the media on Switch 2 isn't focused on the Silk Song announcement. #gaming #hollowknight #silksong #switch2

All this discussion about federal officials using Signal to have out-of-band discussions amongst themselves has made me think one thing: I need to start using Signal. #technology #encryption

The days you burn 150 grams of filament, calibrating the printer for said filament... #3dprinting

Pebble has returned. ericmigi.com/blog/introdu...

The high of my trip to Vegas: Seeing @stavvybaby.bsky.social up on the side of a building. The low of my trip to Vegas: Realizing he will be performing a week after I leave. <sad trombone> #stavvy #stavvysworld

After much contemplation, I decided my next one wheeled PEV would be a Floatwheel—cheaper, more performance, and no vendor lock-in when doing repairs. The only painful part was the purchase, as they still only take crypto, but luckily, I feel comfortable with that. #onewheel #floatwheel #fomf

Goodbye for now Irving B. #severence

Turned $20 into $226 at the new local casino tonight. Decided to quit while I was ahead, which paid for Valentine's Day dinner. #win

Woo Hoo! Island (work profile management) now works on the Samsung S25 Ultra! island.oasisfeng.com

Just putting this out there: I had an Epson v39 II scanner that wasn't recognized by a MacOS 12 MacBook I plugged it into no matter how many times I reloaded the drivers. The fix: Create another user account, load the drivers in the second account. Log back into the main account. Printer works.

I have had zero cell service in this room for four years, yet this week, on my Samsung S25 Ultra, I've got service. It's not great, but it's way better than nothing.

I'm sad that my impulse purchases of cheap goods from Aliexpress that take weeks or months to arrive will soon be curtailed due to tariffs.

I just used Gemini to generate a shell script for the first time. A super simple prompt resulted in code that was far more considerate of the situation than I expected. I'm impressed... now to see if it works.

Everyone has panned the Samsung S25 Ultra, saying it is the same phone. I love that it is making a once a decade evolution into a slab before it goes back to being hyper-curved.

Put my first screen protector on at a restaurant table, the second one in my car. Both dust free. No credit to me, all the credit to folks designing better application methods.

25 hours after applying my first screen protector on a new Samsung S25 Ultra, it has a chip in it. Glad I have spares.

@bambulabglobal.bsky.social Despite all the hate, I still love you. Never have I had a 3D Printer that has printed 250+ items with only two failures. So good.

Okay, @davidpierce.xyz said Bluesky is where it is at now on The Vergecast, so I guess I gotta install it on my new phone.

For those that own homes and have tank water heaters - remember to replace your anode rod every five years or so to prevent it from rusting through.

I cannot believe I had never heard of Kung Fury. Every 80s movie trope shoved into a single film. Amazing. youtu.be/bS5P_LAqiVg?... #movies

I should not be allowed to install baseboard trim. That is all.

I had a vision of what I wanted the area behind our stovetop to look like. It turned out far better than expected.

It is nice when you run into an appliance where someone really thought out the usability. Our new air fryer is so intuitive, I’ve been able to do everything I want with zero confusion. Good stuff.