Beer cracked, house cleaned. Going to play some Fallout and maybe some Zelda.
I really feel like Apple should just embrace iMessage for what it’s great at and not try to copy Messenger or Snapchat and just keep things simple.
iMessage Rumors - www.macrumors.com/2025/06/0… Fine but as long as I can disable all of this, they can do whatever they want. I just want text messaging. I have emojis disabled, I am not in any group chats and I have reduce motion enabled.
So freaking happy to not get a text message every time I enter my email on a Shopify Checkout page anymore. I put in an email BOOM a text comes through. no thanks. shop.app/opt-out is where you go to delete your shop account. it’s not convenient, I have auto-fill for Safari.
At this rate, we’l be going to the 12 terabyte plan in a year or two.
It looks like the Nintendo Switch on Swappa goes for $200 or so. Going to sell it this weekend since all of the games just moved over to the Switch 2. Lots of accessories, too. Switch 4 Joy Cons 2 NES joy cons 1 Pro controller 4-up charging dock 4 racing wheels dock, charger, etc
No Switch 2 playing tonight but I have the device and it’s all setup and downloading 22 games. The screen is too large in my opinion for handheld play but my wife and I have played 100% of our Switch in the dock so I’m excited for 4K gaming!
Nice.
Here I am..at BestBuy, waiting on a Switch 2. I’m 15th in line.
I’m so happy that the iPad Mini 7 supports Apple Pencil. I have a screen protector on the device now along with a kid friendly case and Matilda just draws and marks up images. Clearly she’s right-handed but that’s okay.
www.theverge.com/news/6793… This decision brought tens of millions of dollars to HuffPo, Forbes, Guardian but it also eroded the credibility of these organizations. It means reading a WaPo article must be done with extreme skepticism now.
www.usda.gov/about-usd… it looks like USDA really pulled this off. Bio-security efforts, only 3 flocks in April had cullings down from 50 in march and we’re importing a lot of eggs!
IT looks like egg prices did drop - tradingeconomics.com/commodity… was it USDA action or just the industry adjusting (importing) eggs to offset flock losses? I haven’t seen anyone complain about them in a while.
Ignorant question and I’m not picking sides here. Is this google trends results for “egg prices” mean that the media and culture have just “moved on” and eggs are still expensive or did the Trump administration’s USDA investment “cure bird flu”? and …
So now I’m looking at Manual 4-seater cars on the used market for a fun summer car. I think I’ll have to grit my teeth and go 1st gen Mini Cooper S Convertible.
This should be a blog post but I started Friday determined to shop for and locate a BMW Z3 M Roadster I’d buy this week only to learn that I can’t because the goal is to have a fun car for Matilda but legally she cannot ride in a 2-seater since she’s under 2 years old.
It was a pretty good weekend. Over way too fast.
Friday at 5:02 PM, the toilet is leaking and so I am going to the hardware store to purchase a wax gasket seal, but hopefully this is the worst part of my weekend
Friday!
I think we’re going to be able to remodel this house instead of selling. Still a lot of big numbers but we’ll keep the lake house and make it work for another decade at least. Not as much space as we wanted but can make it work.
I think I’m going to go with Quick Jack for my now height-restricted garage build. I will only have 9 feet of clearance so I needed a system that will lift a truck ,car or our 3 motorcycles. This stores away on wall mounts and can do all 3 offering 24 inches of lift and is pretty modular for …
Good weekend but still way too many things in the air to relax. One day at a time. It’s almost June which is good. Gotta blog more.
Really deserves its own blog post but hey, if anyone is reading. BMW Z4 M40i versus M440i? I’d love to hear some feedback. Same engine, both convertibles, one comes in manual. Similar prices.
Solidified the car I want today. Settled on the Z4. Going to order in 6-9 months. Enjoyed the M440i but no manual. And M2 doesn’t have a convertible option.
Summer finally started. Even though it’s cold out