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  • A semi-snarky Twitter exchange leads to an unexpected discovery…

    New Post: A Tale of Facebook Tracking

    → 2:52 PM, Dec 17
  • As we wait for today’s launch of Apple Fitness+ here’s a new post about habit-building after finishing twelve weeks of daily workouts:

    jamesdempsey.net/2020/12/1…

    → 1:57 PM, Dec 14
  • Here’s how I’m using Siri on HomePod and Apple Watch to stay in the flow of a workout.

    Might just come in handy if you’ve got a HomePod mini on the way—even if you aren’t doing a daily Dance Party!

    New Post: Siri Is My Workout Partner

    → 5:18 PM, Nov 16
  • For a small dose of music store irony, you can buy a new instrument from Elderly Instruments.

    #mbnov

    → 2:31 AM, Nov 11
  • Trying to come up with a clever post for today’s word, but I don’t want to force it.

    #mbnov

    → 8:31 PM, Nov 9
  • It’s the dance sensation that’s sweepin’ the…

    Well, sweepin’ my house at least.

    New Post: Dance Party!

    → 8:20 PM, Nov 9
  • “The devil went down to Georgia. He was looking for a soul to steal. He was in a bind ’cause he was way behind and he was willing to make a deal.”

    What happens if the devil doesn’t make his soul quota? Are these self-imposed metrics? Is there some quarterly bonus involved?

    #mbnov

    → 4:09 PM, Nov 8
  • I don’t think I’ve had an opportunity to inflate a balloon since filling the bio-degradable ones that we released at my father’s memorial in Canada a few years ago.

    #mbnov

    → 3:53 AM, Nov 8
  • After puzzling over why the hot suddenly took forever to reach the faucet, I think the answer is a broken hot water recirculating pump.

    In other news, today I learned there is such a thing as a hot water recirculating pump.

    #mbnov

    → 4:09 PM, Nov 6
  • Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
    - William Wordsworth

    #mbnov

    → 10:42 AM, Nov 5
  • Especially in the very near term I need to focus on things that are actually within my control.
    #mbnov

    → 12:38 PM, Nov 4
  • Both Ant-Man and The Wasp were introduced in the comic book series Tales to Astonish.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_to_Astonish
    #mbnov

    → 8:54 PM, Nov 3
  • A long answer to a short question.

    New Post: Abstraction Distraction

    → 4:10 PM, Nov 2
  • I am not a hardware or Linux tinkerer at all, but this new Raspberry Pi embedded in a compact keyboard may be too cool to resist.

    www.raspberrypi.org/products/…

    → 1:22 PM, Nov 2
  • It will be difficult to concentrate for the next few days.
    #mbnov

    → 11:52 AM, Nov 2
  • The overcast skies in the Bay Area make the start of many a day seem dreary until the sun burns away the fog of the marine layer revealing the sun and a canopy of blue.
    #mbnov

    → 1:31 PM, Nov 1
  • I’ve just finished a long-due renovation.

    New Post: Renovations
    jamesdempsey.net/2020/10/3…

    → 7:44 PM, Oct 31
  • I’ve been staying at home in CA and wrote a little song about things that’s a definite departure from a Breakpoints tune. Hope you like it.

    www.youtube.com/watch

    → 11:42 AM, May 27
  • When you need to move your laundry from the washer to the dryer, but you don’t want to wake the cat sleeping on you.

    → 5:44 PM, Apr 18
  • My sister called this morning to wish me a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and greeted me with:

    “May the luck of no virus be with you!”

    🍀🍀🍀

    → 3:52 PM, Mar 17
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