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  • Just curious, @caseyliss@mastodon.social : is the lack of interest in smaller EVs like Niro EV or the coming EV3 due to the “boring” 7ish sec 0-60 times or because they’re generally targeted at the sub-$50K end of the market? The EV3 isn’t wildly different from Golf/GTI size. @atpfm@mastodon.social

    25 April 2025
  • Are podcasts with bad dynamic ad insertion really how most people experience podcasts? I tried a new podcast for an interesting topic, and after the second mid-sentence interruption by a bizarrely irrelevant ad, I deleted the episodes and unsubscribed. What a horrible listener experience.

    12 April 2025
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    Cupcakes with green frosting, rainbow-colored arch of ribbon gummy candy, and cloud-like puffs of white frosting

    15 March 2025
  • Return-to-office recommendations: - a small electric kettle, such as Bodum’s Bistro - AeroPress (and bring a small supply of freshly ground coffee in a sealed container) - an insulated coffee mug with lid, like YETI’s Rambler - an inexpensive portable monitor that connects via USB-C

    15 March 2025
  • I’m finding that one great use-case for “AI” tools is searching for actual information about products without sifting through the horrible “AI”-generated content slop for those products.

    15 March 2025
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    View from Calton Hill, Edinburgh, with the National Monument, foreground right, with the sea in the distance

    12 October 2024
  • Oops!

    Cord of firewood with sign reading "Christmas Tree Show"

    1 October 2023
  • 😈🐿️

    Squirrel with nut decorative finial in foreground and boats in harbor beyond

    5 August 2023
  • First happy hour of spring 🥃

    14 April 2023
  • Pi Day is a particularly strange fake holiday. Email promotions so far include two different vendors offering special wine discounts. 🤔

    14 March 2023
  • My favorite bird site in January 2023.

    birds at backyard feeder, snowy fence in background

    25 January 2023
  • Taking a much-deserved break from the house-moving activities.

    11 December 2022
  • Sunset on the Charles River yesterday ⛵️

    29 October 2022
  • “Alpine Highball”: gin, yellow chartreuse, Campari, orange-rosemary soda

    5 August 2022
  • Lunch view 🌆

    27 July 2022
  • Like Sunday morning

    15 May 2022
  • Seeing all of the unmasked, coughing people in the airport is gross. 😷

    28 April 2022
  • Window shopping in Staunton, Virginia

    25 November 2021
  • Night walk in Salem

    (iPhone night mode shot)

    23 October 2021
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    17 October 2021
  • 8 September 2021
  • Visiting Longhopes Donkey Shelter in Bennett, Colorado.

    5 September 2021
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    16 May 2021
  • #ThirstyThursday : it’s nearly Friday

    8 April 2021
  • It’s quite a relief to return to dining on the deck again.

    12 March 2021

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