So, Joe Rogan. As a prolific podcaster myself, I feel like I have to put in my 2 cents on this whole thing. Ive never listened to Joe Rogan but as a middle aged white man I feel like I can still weigh in. First and foremost I think that freedom of speech is of the utmost importance. Without it, tyrannical governments can silence…
The sunrise in Arizona at 4:06am. I have, for a very long time now, been anti Daylight Saving Time. It probably started when we lived in Arizona. There is no need to save daylight there because, well, there is nothing but daylight. Its the changing of the clocks that I really hate. Studies have shown that bad things happen in conjunction with the change…
Thanks to the stimulus moneys, I decided to stimulate the economy with a new computer purchase. My current desktop is about 9 years old, which is a dinosaur in computer terms. I found a nice pre-build on NewEgg with one of those fancy RTX 3070 graphics cards that you can't get anywhere. Yesterday, it was supposed to arrive by UPS. Since it's expensive, I…
Stop buying shitty white cotton socks. They are the worst! They constantly fall down. They look horrible. Your feet stink when you wear them and they dont last. Women LOVE men in dress socks. Just sayin. I have not purchased a pair of cotton socks in a very long time. Instead, I wear the multitude of nylon/spandex/synthetic dress socks I have acquired over the…
A couple of days ago, I received an announcement from LastPass that they are changing their free tier password manager to only allow mobile devices OR computers, but not both... unless you pay... $36/year. But they are being generous and giving a discount, so the first year is only $27. I've used LastPass for awhile, because it makes dealing with passwords much more convenient.…
I just spent the the last 5 minutes in my car, in my garage, fuming. I just spent the last 5 minutes sitting in my car, in my garage, stuffing my face with a large fry and small shamrock shake. I just spent the last 5 minutes in my car, in my garage, listening to Crawling Back to You by Tom Petty. On my…
Back in the 1900s, long before Al Gore invented the internet and Napster tore down the music industry, Tipper Gore was a total bitch. The vast majority of the music I consume is on a streaming service. Since the FCC has no jurisdiction over these platforms, the songs can be played the way they were recorded and intended to be listened to, with all…
Why, in the world, dont things just work!? I feel like we have come to a point in time when computers should just be doing what we want them to do. We put people on the moon over 50 years ago! How can it be that default settings are so far from what we actually need. Im not exactly sure how it works but…
The grocery store where we live has a fuel rewards program where you get a point for every dollar spent in the grocery store. For every 100 points, you get 10 cents off each gallon of gas you buy at the grocery chain's gas stations. I started using this program as it seemed fair at the time. The rules being any remaining unused points…
This is going to get long. If you feel youve already read too much, Ill tell you now how reading this would have made you feel: "Man, I agreed with some of what he wrote but other parts really pissed me off. But, it sounds like if we just compromise and help meet others needs, everything might just work out." So, straws are a…
