Are There Bears Under Your Stairs?
The first bear of the season didn't just pass through. It strolled under a neighbor's porch and moved in. I have questions. I will not be getting close enough to ask them.
Topic
rants
A collection of 70 posts
GaN Pro Desktop Fast Charger...Garbage
The brandless GaN charger I picked off Amazon had one trick: power only whatever I plugged in last, starving everything else. The replacement was barely better. My bigger-picture lesson: a company that sells a product with no brand name probably knows exactly how bad it is.
Fat by Default
Setting up health insurance, I was greeted by an infographic of pudgy, frumpy avatars for taking your waist measurement. Were fit avatars too offensive? Then there's the ICHRA scam: I have to buy a plan I'll never use just to unlock my employer's contributions. What a disaster.
Blinded by My Refrigerator; My Mom's Silver Service
Why does my refrigerator blind me every time I open it, sun or pre-dawn dark? A small rant about obvious missing features, my endless war against owning too much, and how S accidentally donating my mom's silver service years ago turned out to be a strange relief.
Free Hymns
Wanting good recorded hymns for the drive to church, I asked Grok, which pointed me to public domain choir recordings on Archive.org via LibriVox. I picked an album-like-thing and downloaded the first one. It is literally people speaking the words of the hymns. What in the world.
The Money is not Worth It
I've had amazing jobs and terrible ones. One manager kept reminding me I was paid too much; that wasn't even his worst blunder. The takeaway after a lot of jobs: if you find the right one, stick with it. If you're in the wrong one, work like hell to leave. The money is not worth it.
Building vs Marketing
I can turn interesting ideas into high-quality, functional apps all day long, and no one will ever know. Decades of engineering experience and zero idea how to get traction. You want the secret? Yeah, I do too. Let me know if you figure it out.
Award Winning
Someone asked if I could build an app with a real shot at an Apple Design Award. After thinking it over, I realized what wins the award might run contrary to what helps his business. When you create an award, you create a motivation. Give me a Knight Rider episode any day.
Bank Fail
Going paperless at my new bank (which I severely dislike) sounded simple. Instead it meant clicking every tab like defusing a bomb, then sending a plea into a "Contact Us" void and waiting two full days for a human to flip the switch. For "security", obviously.
A New Hate (GA ZLY-564)
I never had an opinion on the sport bike community until a gaggle of them blocked both highway lanes for ten miles so their friends could speed up and slow down through the gap. So, yeah, I have a new hate now. Best wishes to Georgia plate ZLY-564.