Author: Chuck
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Weekend in Big Sur
Our long weekend in Big Sur for our anniversary, plus an accidental iPhone 12 review
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M1 MacBook Pro: Cool Runnings
That photo isn’t one of me Totally Sidetalkin’, but it’s almost as amazing. I’m holding a running MacBook Pro up to my face. Without fear of scorching my delicate skin or torching all my white hair to blackened cinders. Today I got a 13″ MacBook Pro with the new M1 chip, and I’ve spent the…
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The October Country
Ray Bradbury’s The October Country is something I should’ve read a long, long time ago.
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Tuesday Tune Twofer: Songs for my Mother
Remembering the early 1970s, and two songs my mother liked to sing when I was a kid.
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Semi-New Song Sundays: Nada Surf
Nada Surf is new to me but is still making me nostalgic for my college years.
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Traffic on the M1
Apple’s now selling its first Macs with Apple Silicon, and being an early adopter is slightly harder than it used to be
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Good Bones
Thoughts on pledging to be better, and giving up on the idea that people are basically good, which was kind of a lousy idea anyway.
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The Mandalorian: Out of Alignment
Middle-aged nerd REACTS to episode 2 of season 2, “The Passenger!”
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Semi-new Song Sunday: Run the Jewels
New-to-me: Run the Jewels make revolution look like a fun street party
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You remember. It’s that thing with the feathers.
Finally seeing Biden/Harris’s victory confirmed is such an odd feeling. I’d almost forgotten what hope felt like.
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How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Duolingo
I’ve been slowly catching on to the fact that this is an entirely different kind of language learning. Altogether.