Category: Me
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how to follow me on bluesky
I’m not actually on the Bluesky social network, but I CAN be followed there via a bridge bot that lets Mastodon talk to Bluesky and vice versa. This post is an explainer for how it works, for Bluesky users who might like to follow me there.
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Computer status update: SSD transplant successful!
After a fresh SSD implant, my MacBook is back in business! \0/
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First Pfizer COVID-19 shot achieved! \0/
Got the first shot of the 2-shot Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine today! \0/
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Adventures in Time Machine backups
Time Machine is being stupid. To the tune of making me have to transfer a bunch of data to my Linux/Windows box, and prepare to wipe the drive in my Macbook. Anybody know how to address error -36? Talk to me!
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My version of pandemic anxiety dreams maybe?
In which I take notes about a particularly disjointed and anxiety-inducing dream I had this morning, the most redeeming factor of which was a background cameo by Simon Beaudry of Le Vent du Nord.
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Solving more computer issues, RSS Client edition
More computer issues solved, as I have FINALLY found some workable solutions for my years-long RSS woes. Because some of us do in fact still use RSS.
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Solving some computer issues
Hurray, I solved some tech problems! Crossposting to Dreamwidth is awake again!
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Stir-crazy COVID-19 report from the Murkworks
I’m a little stir-crazy, so here, have a pretty lengthy report on the general status of my household and how things are going for us, and how I’m passing the time.
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TechFail, December 2012 edition
Internets, I swear to gods, I am deeply grateful to have enough income to spend on Shiny Things. I DO love my Shiny Things. But wow, sometimes transitioning from one set of Shiny Things to the next is positively crazymaking! As I’ve mentioned on the various social networks, I opted to get me a MacBook…
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More fun with studying French in SuperMemo
Here’s an unexpected side effect of doing the prepositions lesson in SuperMemo: I’ve been able to catch certain examples where the written sentence presented to me is NOT the same as the spoken sentence that the speakers in the lesson deliver. I’ve caught at least three examples like this–one of which actually affects the preposition…