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2026-07-27 03:39:26 UTC

Is a new browser tab, any any blank document for that matter, a liminal space?

2026-07-08 00:11:45 UTC

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The resources and skill required to both understand what it is, why it is, and executing on all of the parts separately. Being useful or fun to read or having art to share is a wholly separate issue. I feel like I could potentially work with a maintained virtual server image that I host and could point dynamic DNS to, but trying to figure out all of the products, hardening a server, not making more than a few dozen mistakes? Damus is a steep climb. This post wont even read like English to some folks, and I'm not even going deep.

2025-10-16 23:32:29 UTC

https://1-1.hjalmer.com/uploads/2025/51pbvtdl5fl.-uf10001000-ql80-.jpg

2025-10-15 21:44:49 UTC

Have learned a bit more about T2 Intel Macs and Apple Configurator. Love it when the envelope gets bigger. Confounded that DFU uses different tools depending on the device you’re working on.

2025-08-30 15:54:26 UTC

I hope you’re having a good day. I wish you the best of luck in keeping the signal to noise ratio trending in a good direction.
No advice. No sales. Just a person here wanting to be a part of building something better for everyone.

2025-08-01 16:22:19 UTC

Crucial Track for August 1, 2025 https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2025/08/01/crucial-track-for-august/

2025-08-01 01:22:28 UTC

My kid’s listening to Laurie Anderson. Excellent!

2025-07-04 19:55:28 UTC

Sometimes it rains on the island. Even in July. https://1-1.hjalmer.com/uploads/2025/8f805d9782.jpg

2025-06-28 19:37:21 UTC

I’m at the point in my Animal Crossing New Horizon’s play where I take everything to Cyrus to see what’s possible. I haven’t thought of everything, yet.

2025-06-26 02:55:13 UTC

Crucial Track for June 26, 2025 https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2025/06/25/crucial-track-for-june/

2025-06-24 16:14:21 UTC

TIL that Apple Wallet/Apple Pay can inject information into your order that you did not expect. I created a problem and it has consequences. SO just be certain that your billing and shipping address in the Apple Wallet app are what you expect with respect to the order you are placing and for whom.

2025-06-23 14:00:02 UTC

That moment you decide to bookmark a page after searching for the chat for the link. Then you realize there is already a shortcut clearly visible at the top of the browser window.

2025-06-23 13:55:55 UTC

The feeling you get, as you rush to head out the door in the morning, when you pour hot water out of the coffee pot—instead of the coffee that you thought you brewed.

2025-06-07 21:00:15 UTC

ACNH Fit Check https://1-1.hjalmer.com/uploads/2025/c756a43c95.jpg

2025-06-05 14:00:14 UTC

I went to the store before it opened in order to get the thing. There were enough for everybody who was there. Now I can’t use the thing until I get home from work, but I’m excited.

2025-03-24 23:25:38 UTC

Well, my Hogwarts Legacy level 16 character has already surpassed my previous level 20 character in terms of ability. And, I was able to defeat the Acromantula that I could not previously get past. A couple of tips I ran across have been invaluable.

2025-03-24 00:35:22 UTC

Afternoon project and soundtrack: https://1-1.hjalmer.com/uploads/2025/b7538b9335.jpg https://1-1.hjalmer.com/uploads/2025/840fd45f55.jpg https://1-1.hjalmer.com/uploads/2025/344e504567.jpg

2025-03-23 03:32:23 UTC

And then I spent the rest of the day in deep recovery and have spent a fair amount of time in Hogwarts Legacy starting back from the beginning, in Story Mode. Right now “the story” is more compelling and the tasks and challenges feel like they are leading somewhere. It has been fun!

2025-03-23 03:25:42 UTC

Today was a day. The people came out a second time. The basement is drained and drying. It’s all over but the crying end cleaning. That was a grand I was hoping I was saving but I paid people who did a bunch of crappy work on our behalf. I’m grateful that issue is resolved for now.

2025-03-18 02:47:25 UTC

Once again, I have learned to never ever trust a tutorial for doing anything in Linux. The chances that you will be able to do what you intend to do right out of the gate are low, and inevitably you’ll need to refer to second, third and fourth sources. And maybe it works, maybe you start over.

2025-03-15 15:10:56 UTC

Coffee.
Coffee and Tylenol.
Coffee, Tylenol and Nintendo.
I need more coffee.

2025-03-07 17:27:01 UTC

First time I’ve seen an Instax photo. About the size of a credit card. From a company event this morning.
Apologies to Tim who has no idea he is on my timeline. https://1-1.hjalmer.com/uploads/2025/ea2fa43cb8.jpg

2025-03-05 00:50:23 UTC

I experimented today. At the soda machine I picked Lime Coke Zero. Then I saw that also I could do Cherry Coke Zero. And I thought maybe they might be two great tastes that taste great together, like cherry lime-aid from Sonic. Short answer: No. Much too sweet and bland rather than tangy.

2025-03-03 03:05:05 UTC

Apple Notes has good keyboard shortcuts. However, searching for notes to link isn’t consistent. I can’t use a space character in my search, and search results do not show everything that matches search terms. So that’s a challenge I’m having setting up the cross-linking needed for Forever✱Notes. https://www.myforevernotes.com

2025-02-10 22:58:45 UTC

Katie Kadan: All Better
This track is a great case in point. Came up in rotation and fairly demands attention. Soulful/Bluesy vocal. https://music.apple.com/us/album/all-better-the-voice-performance/1491663537?i=1491663539

2025-02-10 22:56:00 UTC

It might just be me, but I miss being able to purchase tracks from The Voice on iTunes. It used to be a big part of the show but it must have cost too much money or the licensing liability somehow too great. Nevertheless, it was something I enjoyed.

2025-02-09 05:35:00 UTC

Table
Test
Test
Testing
Testing
Test

2025-02-09 04:55:26 UTC

Follow me through time? https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2025/02/08/follow-me-through-time/

2025-02-08 22:11:47 UTC

I learned of my genetic ties to a part of the UK where only as recently as this year did we learn was the strongest evidence in Europe of matrilineal society.
I think I may finally understand what the erasure actually is, how deep it goes, and what we have been pretending it was about.

2025-02-04 19:33:56 UTC

That feeling when I have to reset the password I just reset because somehow it didn’t stick or what I thought I typed and confirmed isn’t what I thought I typed and confirmed.

2025-02-03 16:22:11 UTC

Sommer brought home coffee infused with lavender. I was not prepared for how much I would enjoy it.

2025-01-31 16:43:14 UTC

When your first few hours of PTO include communication with co-workers to coordinate support, and a vendor who means well but didn’t quite email the correct folks.
But I am sitting in my home office sipping coffee wife my wife. So I have that going for me, which is nice. Which is nice.

2025-01-28 15:11:45 UTC

Sometimes, when an alternative is needed, it appears:
Bookshop.org is now selling ebooks https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tablets/bookshoporg-is-now-selling-ebooks-113033975.html?src=rss

2025-01-22 00:18:54 UTC

Well, after being outside this morning at -18F, walking with the dogs in windy 5F evening was almost pleasant!

2025-01-21 21:34:06 UTC

How can you tell an Apple device is nearing end of support? When you have to offload apps and data to install an OS update or upgrade.

2025-01-19 17:11:04 UTC

The more things change, the more I am sure that POSSE is the way. When we can figure out to how make communities just as resilient, we will really have something. https://indieweb.org/POSSE

2025-01-19 05:16:32 UTC

Gobsmacked. The house I grew up in was torn down and a new house was built. The sale price was more than 10 times what my parents sold for in the late 1990s.

2025-01-17 16:08:19 UTC

An Open Call for Pragmatic Meliorism
"Meliorism (Latin melior, better): the idea that progress is a real concept and humans can interfere with natural processes to improve the world."
What would it look like to embrace pragmatic meliorism instead of cynicism?
Acknowledging problems while focusing on solutions
Learning from history without being imprisoned by it
Maintaining high standards while accepting incremental progress
Combining skeptical analysis with constructive action
This is harder than cynicism by orders of magnitude. It takes nuance, effort, and (critically) emotional risk. But it’s al... 1-1.hjalmer.com https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2025/01/17/an-open-call-for-pragmatic.html

2025-01-15 18:56:06 UTC

The disadvantage of a clever lockscreen wallpaper like this is that you must fight the urge to actually use the scroll wheel.
I have owned at least three iPods. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4676/2025/image.png

2025-01-14 17:36:47 UTC

Testing NIP 05 authentication. Looks simple, but that can be deceiving.

2025-01-14 01:47:57 UTC

Campbell’s Tomato Soup has wheat flour in it. In and of itself, it’s understandable. It’s a natural thickener. But I’m Celiac. And I made an assumption. And now I can’t eat something I brought home.

2025-01-13 01:26:28 UTC

Bone-conduction headsets/buds may not be an audiophile dream, but they are a wonderful way to quietly keep music going while leaving room for the ability to participate in things happening around me. One other big win is ear health. Other kinds of listening devices create problems for me.

2025-01-13 00:04:25 UTC

Did a little experimenting with PlexAmp this afternoon. I was happy that it was an intuitive way to stream from my Plex server. It’s really nice to have options that leverage what I already own.

2025-01-11 19:57:20 UTC

In a completely different vein: Come for the wall of sound. Stay for the vocal harmonies.
A Shoreline DreamNew York (2018 Remaster) https://music.apple.com/us/album/new-york-2018-re-master/1385979169?i=1385980151

2025-01-11 19:52:55 UTC

Another fave from The Trip Hop Test, Part 1
Dubeliscious Groove by The Crystal Method https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-dubeliscious-groove-fly-spanish-version/1491502534?i=1491503109

2025-01-11 19:39:55 UTC

The Aloof, Society
A track I originally found on a compilation called The Trip Hop Test, Part 1, circa 1994 https://music.apple.com/us/album/society/1599703523?i=1599704842

2025-01-10 00:40:05 UTC

To my chagrin, I had not previously adopted and embraced Apple Notes. The Forever ✱ Notes methodology has me digging in to understand tagging, linking and smart folders. Notes is quietly becoming a favorite tool.

2025-01-06 19:45:28 UTC

That feeling when my own inattention to a detail and assumptions Microsoft’s software makes caused me to change a password in error. IF I had been paying attention, no password change would have been needed. Nevertheless, two accounts have just had the password age clock reset.

2025-01-04 02:52:29 UTC

You know, once upon a time I might have been called a silver-tongued devil for my cunning liguistics, and my ability to insert and infer innuendo. However, RuPaul and crew are masters to whom I am a mere understudy.

2025-01-02 19:17:49 UTC

Doh. My Series 4 Apple Watch is now Vintage. Only another year or so before it’s obsolete.

2025-01-01 17:53:18 UTC

I send you these wishes for your new year, that you will feel safe, secure and seen. And that you will be able to help others feel safe, secure and seen.

2024-12-31 22:55:54 UTC

I love the low-key “Let me tell you the correct pronunciation of the word you just used” that Jeopardy hosts do.

2024-12-31 17:28:55 UTC

As an Animal Crossing veteran [I don’t want to admit how many hours], it’s fun to use the Dream function to tour other Islands at random. I happened on one today that validated some of my own design decisions. But also I was judge-y. My house had more rooms. My museum is more complete. Etc.

2024-12-30 01:18:15 UTC

Looking West on Margaret Street on Saint Paul, Minnesota’s East Side https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4676/2024/8a12070712.jpg

2024-12-28 00:20:07 UTC

My Posts are Full of Errors Because https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2024/12/27/my-posts-are-full-of.html

2024-12-26 18:59:38 UTC

Identity and a Kind of Answer to a Question https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2024/12/26/identity-and-a-kind-of.html

2024-12-25 04:42:05 UTC

Santa Claus Is Back In Town sung by Elvis Presley https://music.apple.com/us/album/santa-claus-is-back-in-town/676288305?i=676288361

2024-12-25 03:05:42 UTC

Guy Is Re-Exposed to 90s Electronic Music and Ruminates (The Continuing Re-Rip Project Saga) https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2024/12/24/guy-is-reexposed-to-s.html

2024-12-23 03:30:11 UTC

I’m confused. If I meet the requirements to generate a passkey, why do I also need to enter a one-time password or confirm in an app on another device?

2024-12-22 03:55:00 UTC

Seeing others work on their online presence inspires me. Have been looking over my stuff and fixing some details.

2024-12-21 18:38:13 UTC

Signed some Christmas cards today. I swear a good third of them look like I have not mastered fine motor control or have not learned all of the letterforms—as I approach the sixth decade of signing my name.

2024-12-20 22:51:59 UTC

Went to Apple to have them repair my iPhone. Have been living without the back camera for some time. But increasingly it was more and more troublesome. Thankfully, I was covered by AppleCare and it’s all over but the restore.

2024-12-20 03:31:00 UTC

Watched the first two episodes of Agatha All Along tonight. Looks like a fun series. I’m hooked.

2024-12-19 00:16:02 UTC

Sometimes changing your blog theme is the right amount of fun challenge.

2024-12-10 16:01:27 UTC

All Of Us from Spoke’s album ”Done”. Also appears on the album _All We Need Of Hell” https://youtu.be/a8jTZI8YDI8?si=O1bZ1-fZgzjuiHjc

2024-12-04 02:36:32 UTC

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’s stop motion animation was released 60 years ago. It feels like on of the few things left in popular culture that’s still older than me. Not by much, mind you. But still.

2024-12-03 16:40:33 UTC

Ordered a pair of Shokz Openfit earbuds for work, based on the recommendation of a colleague. I’m impressed. I have an OpenRun bone conduction headset and these buds have better bass while not requiring anything in my ear. Great for surreptitious tunes while maintaining readiness for Teams calls.
https://shokz.com/pages/openfit

2024-12-01 23:36:20 UTC

I was confused about how Plex orders files associated with TV series. A little searching lead me to find Plex sorts based on TMDB, which is similar to IMDB. Plex respects parts of your file names. If you name episodes based on TMDB, results are much better. SxxExx maps to TMDB season and episode.

2024-12-01 20:47:25 UTC

In the CD Re-Rip Projects, I’ve finished the strict alpha portion with music artist by album. Now I have some classical CDs, soundtracks, and lots of compilations. Looking at how the music is shelved, I think I understand what I did, but I may have to re-engineer or re-organise.

2024-11-22 17:09:21 UTC

Stark examples of the benefits of vaccines: Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
https://graphics.wsj.com/infectious-diseases-and-vaccines/

2024-11-21 07:02:04 UTC

Meanwhile, Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street is now playing in the assortment of high-rated tracks I have running. Is anyone doing anything like that anymore?

2024-11-21 07:00:14 UTC

I love the shoegaze and the _nu_gaze. When the guitar chords and loops get super dense in a wall-of-sound kind of way is when I love it most. The baseline and the drums carry me through. Someday if I have time and budget, I’d like to experiment with filters and reverb and a noise generator.

2024-11-21 06:45:58 UTC

CD Re-Rip Discoveries:
Folks have helped themselves to a few. Have found empty jewel cases and gaps.
So much necessary clean-up. Lots of duplicate tracks stemming from a drive recovery several years ago
I adore Sigur Rós so much that I had already ingested the CDs with a lossless conversion

2024-11-16 23:55:12 UTC

Made it to “r” in the alphabet before finally deciding to go scortched-earth on the iTunes Re-Rip Project: Capture any ratings meta-data. Delete album. Rip fresh as lossless. Add rating data back. Correct album artwork. Far less frustration this way. Yes, and by iTunes, I do mean Apple Music.

2024-11-16 06:05:09 UTC

I bet there are going to be a lot of meetings at Netflix after this.

2024-11-15 16:08:19 UTC

Killed my Evernote account after 15 years. I’m not recommending it for others, mind you. For myself I have to say it was critical for my work style for a long time. I haven’t needed to use it the same way, or as much. I’m trying now to work inside of the base Apple tools, which continue to improve.

2024-11-15 15:43:58 UTC

When your dog chooses specifically to curl up on you.

2024-11-15 15:26:46 UTC

Street sweeper cleaning up leaves this morning on my street in St. Paul. Things one gets to notice on a quiet day off.

2024-11-14 16:13:33 UTC

A shoutout to White Crane Remodelling, whose work on my home earned them a silver in the whole house remodelling category by NARI MN.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DCWrb9fRlV6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

2024-11-14 03:51:18 UTC

I don’t know who was responsible for picking the music for the series Letterkenny, but I keep Shazam ready. It’s full of really amazing music I have never heard before. It’s kicking my ass and reminding me I am alive. Jared Keeso, if that was you? Thank you.

2024-11-08 01:14:04 UTC

I am who I am. I know what I know. I’ve experienced what I have experienced. I keep everything close. Perhaps moreso, now.

2024-11-07 00:22:27 UTC

Well, we’re back to medication commercials with endless lists horrific of side-effects. At least the disheartening political ads seem to have receded.

2024-11-06 00:32:21 UTC

I swore an oath that I am who I say I am and signed on the line. Then I voted my conscience. It is a privilege to vote and it is my responsibility as a citizen. I welcome all of you who may be new to the process and I hope you were able to vote your conscience, too.

2024-11-05 02:06:39 UTC

Status: State Theatre in Minneapolis
https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4676/2024/5d8c32ffe8.jpg

2024-11-03 17:49:18 UTC

Re-rip frequent occurrence: Tracks get duplicated (found a lot of incorrect track titles this way), or second or third albums with partial track listings are added. What? Every reference to that album has to be deleted. Now a second or third rip is needed so a single album is imported

2024-11-01 02:21:31 UTC

Had a random conversation with a teammate at work where I wondered who was first, Snagglepuss or Pink Panther. Thank you, Internet!
https://smokingcoolcat.blogspot.com/2010/01/snagglepuss-versus-pink-panther.html

2024-11-01 01:14:17 UTC

Here’s The Native Daughters of the Golden West from Crush, released in 1985 by Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark.
I still remember dubbing this to cassette from an album I borrowed from a friend. Sometimes my favorite track from an album isn’t one of the promoted singles.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-native-daughters-of-the-golden-west/724457414?i=724458150

2024-10-31 23:15:25 UTC

The beacons are lit. Happy Halloween!!!
https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/4676/2024/ff64f09168.jpg

2024-10-29 00:56:30 UTC

You can never go back. The house I grew up in was sold as a “lot.” Massive new house being built in its place, asking $2.4 million. One more part of my past that lives only in photographs and my memories.

2024-10-28 03:33:43 UTC

Came across what I believe is the only CD3 in my collection. I had forgotten about such things. Needless to say, that will not be going into my Apple SuperDive.

2024-09-05 20:37:23 UTC

Uncovering Merlin’s Scottish Legacy
Merlin was my first wizard.
https://www.medievalists.net/2024/09/uncovering-merlins-scottish-legacy-new-archaeological-findings-at-drumelzier/

2024-06-06 15:29:14 UTC

Discovered Sungazer (and Sungazer Plus) via TikTok last night. Played a video which represents about the last minute and a half of this video for Thicc, from the apology onward. Let it loop and loop.
Didn’t know I was into electro jazz fusion, but there it is.
https://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com https://youtu.be/NCa3RjxzsPE?si=cssB3tBANrHnVFy6

2024-03-10 16:57:27 UTC

I’ve often wondered if it was a generational thing or a me thing. I prefer text on the internet. I enjoy podcasts and TikTok and YouTube and any number of now-streaming mediums. But when I want an answer to a question, I want to read it, and I want to find supporting texts. [elder GenX]

2023-12-23 07:01:47 UTC

I was at a company function a few days ago. A pair at the gathering approached excitedly to tell me they had walked across Reykjavik and brought back a sweater from Iceland. They had been told I was from Iceland. Somehow there has been discussion of where I’m from where that has been an answer. I’m reasona... 1-1.hjalmer.com https://1-1.hjalmer.com/2023/12/23/i-was-at.html