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My 2020 Apple Watch SE has had battery/charging problems lately. I’m considering Fitbits. Checking Wirecutter, the three top recommendations happen to be the exact three fitness trackers on my radar....
Yesterday, I started a 1-week free trial of a new-to-me cell phone service: Mint Mobile. It’s on my Moto Razr 2024. Unlocked phones for the win! I’m super tired of...
K. R. Callaway reports in the NY Times about some interesting new research: Speak a language your whole life and its grammatical rules become ingrained. That’s why you might correctly guess that the present participle of the verb...
I’ve gone through phases of enjoying web games. Here is a list of web games I have enjoyed at one time or another. Word Games Connections — Find the commonalities between words. Full Rainbow — Make a word using the seven given letters....
"Go" by The Chemical Brothers Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song released 2+ years ago that you recently discovered. I played this song for my daughter and she said that it was "played...
Toy Story 5 manages to keep Pixar's animated franchise from slipping into irrelevance, no small feat considering the first Toy Story movie appeared 31 years ago. This edition renews the franchise by expanding the role of cowgirl heroine...
I was working on figuring out the uptime for one of our services at work. The service was down for 96 minutes. Our uptime only counts for the duration that people are actually doing work in the office, which works out to a convenient 40...
Bear blog has basic analytics built in and I look at them frequently.
So, I think I was vaguely aware that Fritz Lang filmed THE NIBELUNG, but as I was kicking around Amazon, I tripped over this, a…
Sometimes I think that people can be easily divided into simple categories, like those who like the morning and those who prefer the night. Fashion offers many such stark divisions, such as the rift between those who favor flowing styles...
The nesting season started early this year, with spring about a month ahead of schedule in the Pacific Northwest. Many crow pairs already have fledglings out and about, learning all about the pleasures and pitfalls of life outside of the...
I saw this going viral, from New York Magazine: Gifted and Talented, or G&T, programs have long been a perennial subject of debate, particularly in New York City, where it has bedeviled mayors for years. Some parents have already washed...