This instance is not a big deal, but I just followed some loose ends and found myself checking Google’s cache and the Internet Archive for the iLike page about my college band, Stalking Jeremiah.

This is where I had put our bio and some basement tape tracks (literally, that’s what they were) from practice sessions in 1992-1993. I’d guess that I created the page in 2007 or 2008.

I got my son a 5-by-5 Rubik’s Cube (normal size is 3x3) for Christmas. As he just set it down on the table, completed again, he declared it is too easy and he needs more challenge. 🤦🏼‍♂️ 😂

Current status: playing with the Moog Etherwave Theremin that my wife gave me for Christmas. 🎵🎼🎶

On breaks today, I’m learning how to play something on guitar that my son wrote.

Back in 2001 I started using a wiki for my team. Over time, I was repeatedly told to shut it down, and it was repeatedly challenged by Confluence, but it had legs, grew more popular, and last I heard was still in use and even on the company’s high-availability servers. :) Just now, I looked it up and saw that at some point it became an official Apache project. 👍

Getting really tired of Atlassian’s two-step log on process: first enter email and submit, then get to enter password. I use a password manager, so I have to call it up twice to complete the process (or enter my email address manually). And, since both of my current clients are using Jira/Confluence, I’m having to log in and out a lot.

I have used apps for this, and I used to have these commands installed as system services, but now I think simply having them as shell aliases on macOS is the most useful way to hide/show the flotsam & jetsam that has accrued on my Desktop at any point in time.

alias hidetop='defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop false; killall Finder'

alias showtop='defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop true; killall Finder'

My tech skills came in handy for helping my daughter with homework tonight.

She came to me saying she couldn’t save work she had done for Physical Sciences class. I open up Developer Tools in the browser and see that she’s hitting 401s that the UI is not telling her about. She logs in and all is save-able.

It’s poor that it didn’t prompt properly for this. It is also poor that it let her session die while she was still active on a page. (It is built in Unity, from what I gather.)

Then, she cannot get the next step to load. I look again, and now see 500 errors. Server-side issue. We try a few things (a different browser; tethered to her phone, off the home network) just to eliminate possibilities, but in the end a screenshot of the JS console showing the 500 error is sent to the teacher via email.

My daughter really seemed to appreciate the help. 😃

Last night we went to a friends’ Stanley Kubrick-themed holiday party wearing leather masks (inspired by Eyes Wide Shut) that my wife made over the last week or so. 🥳 Mine actually attaches to my glasses, so I don’t need an elastic band around my head, which is nice. I can eat and drink with it on, which is also very convenient.

Unsurprisingly, though, Face ID doesn’t work with it on. 😂

Current status: watching a GG Allin documentary while I fold laundry.

Two offer emails, to two different addresses, ten minutes apart. Same offer (a Guitar World + Guitar Player magazine subscription combo). One offer is $2 less than the other.

Why?

TIL: there are metal versions of Studio Ghibli songs.

The world is a fantastic place sometimes. 🤘

I could go for a new album from Toad the Wet Sprocket. 🎧

If I’m on the ‘features’ page for your desktop email app, and a search for “security” has zero hits, I’m stopping right there.

I’m not sure I’m doing this right.

(Note: ‘this’ is just about everything today.)

I enjoy this IG account my friend has which depicts old-timey robots.

I could use a batch delete option in Overcast. Is there one I’m overlooking?

This is probably not news to anyone, but the Timetable move caused all prior episodes to re-download. This has happened to me for other podcasts in the past. Not a frequent issue, but still a chore.

I’m not a huge fan of Grand Funk Railroad, but I totally love Inside Looking Out and Sin’s a Good Man’s Brother.

When the day comes that I get a (semi-)hollow body electric guitar, one of the first things I’ll want to play on it are the solos in this song: Gene Vincent • Race with The Devil.

I like my GIF like I like my gin: tasty and satisfyingly pronounced.

I’m not big on cross-posting, but I also don’t expect Pnut.io to show up as a built-in option for m•b any time soon either.

Voting accomplished.

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

I think I just accidentally started NaNoWriMo-ing.

I’ve never had one myself, but I must say that I’m happy that the heavy metal, patch-laden denim vest tradition carries on today. I still see at least a handful at every metal show.

I think my stick-shift car (GTI) is posing some issues for the current valet staff.