Random Musings
Still rocking my 2017 Pixelbook, minimal lag. The 16GB model was the right call.This article nails it, sticking with Chromebooks over the MacBook Neo makes sense. ChromeOS and Android work seamlessly together. With AluminiumOS merging both, why switch to Apple now?
A leaked LEGO set of Gaudí’s Sagrada Família could dethrone every set before it. At 12,060 pieces and $599.99, set 21065 drops July 1, 2026 — right on the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s death. Curious to see how it comes together. But with zero shelf space, I’ll admire it from afar.
New research finds the U.S. has caused roughly $10 trillion in global climate damage through its emissions since 1990 — more than any other country. The bill is real. The tab keeps growing. And we’re still arguing about whether it’s a problem.
Donald Trump has accelerated this abrogation, however, withdrawing the US from a loss and damage fund set to up aid vulnerable countries, as well as removing the country from global climate treaties, urging a “drill, baby, drill” approach to oil and gas extraction, and taking extraordinary measures to hobble domestic clean energy projects.
Those sliding doors are everything. I’d love something like that in my own place — maybe it’s finally time to replace that old door I’ve been holding onto. Future project? I think yes.
If I were short, I wouldn’t mind a Hobbit-style house, but at 6'0", I’m more like Gandalf. I’d spend most of my time tilting my head just to navigate the place. 🙄
Check the video out on Facebook.
Disclaimer: I suspect it is AI-generated, but you never know if they actually did this house.
I’m enjoying my Iced Mocha latte with Almond milk—it’s so delicious! But I might be due for a new espresso machine. I’ve had this one for about 5 years now. It’s still working well, but I’d love a machine that offers more pressure to bring out a richer, more aromatic espresso flavor.
I just had sausage gravy and biscuits for breakfast, but it wasn’t homemade like my family used to make on Sundays when I was growing up. I missed that, but it was still a good breakfast!
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
—Frank Herbert, Dune
The quote borrowed from https://cassidoo.co/post/good-brain/
Paris spent a decade ripping out car lanes and replacing them with 550km of bike paths, pedestrian squares, and actual trees — one of the most ambitious urban transformations on the planet. The results are real. Amazing! The hard part now is keeping that momentum going after Hidalgo leaves office.
My blog doesn’t usually wander into geopolitics, but a couple of emails about the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran showed up in my inbox last week, and even after I set them aside, the question kept nagging at me.
How did we actually get here? So I finally got curious and went looking.