🗓 Microcosm - 2024 Dec 16-22
🗓 DEC 22 2024 14:12
Very close to wrapping up all my 2024 tv and movie posts on the blog.
🏃 DEC 22 2024 14:09
Good short run with the girls this afternoon. Figured out a way to get the youngest (who has been lagging recently) to keep up with the rest of us. It's purely a concentration/mentality issue, she has the most natural running talent of any of us.
🎄 DEC 22 2024 14:04
It's that time of year (life?) when I'm on vacation and I have scheduled stuff to do every single day.
⚽️ DEC 22 2024 10:09
Still watching the Spurs game despite the frustrating Liverpool dominance.
⚽️📺 DEC 21 2024 18:47
I for one am pretty happy that Netflix will be broadcasting the Women's World Cup in 2027 and 2031. I'm not a fan of Fox's coverage in the U.S. and I'm happy to see it on a streaming platform I subscribe to.
🌧️ DEC 21 2024 18:20
Super rainy December day. This would be so much snow if temperatures dipped a bit, but it's not looking like we're having that kind of winter in 2024 at least.
🚗 DEC 21 2024 15:40
New used car has been acquired and safely driven home. We'll take care of the title, licensing, and insurance Monday. It's not going to be fun juggling four cars in our driveway/garage for a few days.
📱 DEC 21 2024 10:52
I've been taking advantage of the 3 free months of Apple Arcade we got with Houston's new phone to play some of the casual word puzzle games they have. I had a free year subscription to the New York Times puzzle app last year and I can of miss it.
🧙♂ DEC 21 2024 10:30
Made it to 5-3 in Premier Draft with my Golgari deck which helped pay for this morning's Premier Draft. Ended up in Orzhov with a couple decent bombs. We'll see how it goes.
🚗 DEC 20 2024 18:21
Offer was accepted and we cut a check at the bank. We'll complete the transaction tomorrow.
🚗 DEC 20 2024 15:30
Took my daughter to test drive a used car today. It went fine, the car was good, and she put in an offer, but we haven't heard anything further so nothing may come of it. That may be okay, the price was a little more than she wanted to pay.
🧙♂ DEC 20 2024 09:42
Actually having fun with the Golgari deck that I'm playing in my latest Foundations Premier Draft. 2-1 so far.
📱 DEC 19 2024 15:23
Surprised to learn that a iPhone 11 replacement screen is similar in price to a battery on Amazon: 25. So I may do both in the near future.
⚽️ DEC 19 2024 15:12
Spurs draw Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semifinals.
⚽️ DEC 19 2024 13:59
Spurs win 4 - 3 over Man United to advance to the Carabao Cup semifinals. What a ridiculous game, but I'll take the win.
☀️🥶 DEC 19 2024 11:33
Sunny but cold this morning. Did a quick walk around campus this morning and felt cold even though it's mid-thirties F. Yesterday's 40°+ F afternoon ruined me again.
🍿 DEC 19 2024 11:11
The new Superman trailer did a good job of hitting me in the feels. It's early, but looks like James Gunn just might know exactly how to find the heart of the story.
📱 DEC 19 2024 08:03
Discovered that my iPhone has some stuck black horizontal lines near the top left corner of its screen. Seems permanent and probably happened when I dropped it in the last week or so. It's not particularly noticeable in dark mode so I'll just live with it, but kind of a bummer for a phone that's still going strong otherwise five years in.
🥱 DEC 18 2024 15:09
Feeling pretty drained and ready to head home. One more day of work before my vacation break starts.
🍏 DEC 18 2024 14:35
The M4 mini is going to be way more pleasant to bike commute with than a 16" MacBook Pro next year.
🍏💻 DEC 18 2024 14:31
Haha! Just found out that the very nice 16" M4 Pro MacBook Pro I was given, but didn't really want was not in fact ordered for me and I need to return it. The M4 mini is still on the way! Too funny and glad I've barely moved into it.
🏈 DEC 18 2024 13:42
WSU coach Jake Dickert is headed to Wake Forest. Between Mateer leaving, all the players in the transfer portal, and now this, an absolutely horrible end, to a surprisingly solid season.
🎄🥁 DEC 18 2024 10:50
Excited for my son's Christmas concert tonight. Last year's was so good!
🌬️ DEC 18 2024 08:00
Had a SUPER-WINDY walk between where I parked and my office this morning (to the point of being extremely paranoid about falling trees and branches). Thankfully it wasn't raining at that point (we've had a lot in the last 24 hours) or I would have been drenched too. After last week's cold, but typical December temperatures it looks like we're headed into an unseasonably warm and wet Christmas week in the 40s °F.
💻 DEC 18 2024 07:55
Scheduled to work on a bunch of MacBooks today and even discovered an unexpected one on my desk first thing. I don't do all that much hands on computer work in the grand scheme of things any more so I generally enjoy it when I do get the chance.
🍏⚙️ DEC 17 2024 13:36
46.3 on browserbench.org so almost 8x faster than the iMac it's replacing.
🍏⚙️ DEC 17 2024 13:30
Macbook setup mostly complete. Homebrew is installed. Drafts.app is installed, but still needs a little bit of theme and font tweaking. Office apps are ready to go. Time for a speed test while I'm thinking about it.
🍏 DEC 17 2024 09:49
The new M4 Pro MacBook is pretty nice. Did some basic updates and configuration and going to try it on a Zoom call shortly.
📱 DEC 17 2024 07:51
Deleted Instagram from my phone this morning. Not doing anything with my account for the time being.
🍏⚙️ DEC 17 2024 07:27
Open Core informed me this morning that I had picked the wrong iMac hardware config when I guessed after the last upgrade went wrong. It's iMac 17,1 for future reference.
🍏 DEC 16 2024 15:00
Well, this is annoying. I specifically ordered a new M4 mini and instead I got a 16" M4 Pro with superior specs. It's hard to be mad when it's clearly superior to what I requested, but I am annoyed that it wasn't communicated to me after jumping through the hoops of a specific request.
🥱 DEC 16 2024 14:16
Feeling kind of drained again. Guess I'll see if there's anything to snack on in the break room.
🚍🛵 DEC 16 2024 13:52
My daughter's studio apartment is pretty cool, although parking is a pain. If I were in her position I'd try to stay carless and save as much money as possible.
❄️ DEC 16 2024 09:37
Flakes are starting to come down now, but no accumulation yet when I walked across campus a few minutes ago to confirm that I have a wrench I'll need later.
🍏⚙️ DEC 16 2024 07:55
Ran browser bench on three of my work Macs in Safari and the results were roughly 8 (old intel iMac), 17 (newer intel iMac), 32 (m1 mini). Curious to try a few other browsers now.
🍏⚙️ DEC 16 2024 07:52
Updating my primary (soon to be replaced) work iMac to 13.7.2 start off the day.
🌨️ DEC 16 2024 07:46
No snow on the drive into work, but looks like it's going to hit right when I'm supposed to be helping move some furniture into my daughter's new apartment.