Two times this week I attempted to add a link to Pinboard and found out I had already added it. In one case I added it two years ago and in another five years! It always makes me chuckle a little bit when that happens.
Technology
Helped my brother transfer his domain name ikeating.com from GoDaddy to NameCheap this morning. We were able to complete the whole process in about an hour. As long as you do all the steps right it wasn’t too difficult. Also see his blog post covering the move.
After much debating I finally decided to get a new laptop and ordered a MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and configured nicely. This thing is going to be fast! Will be especially nice for photography. 😎
I was emailing a friend about Drafts and how critical it is to my writing. It made me think I should share that there is a 50% off 1-year subscription offer until January 15! I do almost all of my writing in Drafts. Sync and automation are key features for me. “Where text starts…” 👨💻
Payloads for RSS, aka Podcasts!
24 years ago today Dave Winer introduced Payloads for RSS — which became the structure of the entire podcasting world. If you listen to a podcast, you are using RSS with enclosures. I love the backstory that he disagreed with the premise but Adam Curry “persisted” and convinced …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Payloads for RSS, aka Podcasts!Podcast trends for 2024. 75 fewer hours of listening versus 2023. Pivot still my drive time podcast commuting to work. Subscribe to Making Sense and The Drive, but surprisingly low listen time with Attia. Mostly I listen to two, maybe three, podcasts.
I make a recurring donation to Wikipedia but I figured I would make an extra donation right now. Wikipedia is one of the true wonders of the web and I’m very happy to support it.
Another price increase for YouTube TV?
We “cut the cord”, or more appropriately, cancelled our DirecTV service back in 2009. We’ve been an over-the-air HDTV, streaming, or “video on demand” household ever since. Before taking this leap I had done a comparison of costs and highlighted DirecTV was costing us $1,080 a …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Another price increase for YouTube TV?The SPS Observation Station is ready for Cyber Monday 2024!
Having this frustrating issue with iOS 18.0.1 on my new iPhone 16 Pro where it refuses to connect to any Bluetooth devices — even my Apple Watch. A reboot of the phone solves it. Particularly annoying when this is the key for my car!
