July 19, 2025 There's a tech podcast that I listen to (not naming names) with three hosts. One of them is a smug, know-it-all asshole who makes the show almost unbearable at times. So why do I keep listening? Well, because the other two are great, and I often learn something. I've deleted the podcast from my feed...

July 11, 2025 Well, this is just fucking GREAT. Measles is making a comeback. The U.S. is having its biggest outbreak in 33 years, with more than a thousand cases and counting, mostly because too many people decided vaccines are optional. “The measles milestone comes the same week that some of the nation's leading...

July 7, 2025 I don’t know who reads this. I don’t know how they find it. I don’t know if they’ll ever come back. I don’t know a damned thing. And that’s by design. I value my privacy and by extension, I value others’. That’s exactly why I don’t have newsletters. The last thing I want is someone’s email. […] This...

July 2, 2025 Fifteen years ago yesterday, I was 65 and lying on an operating table at UCLA Medical Center, about to have open heart surgery. Just a few months earlier, in April 2010, I'd been diagnosed with severe mitral valve regurgitation and an enlarged atrium. At the time, I was racing at an elite level as a...

June 30, 2025 Since I've started adding some running sections to my morning walks with Trix (our dog), I decided to start recording them in Strava yesterday. I've had a Strava account for years, from back in my bike racing days, so it was easy to pick it back up. I'm not planning to do anything serious with the...

June 28, 2025 John Gruber Having an ignorant conspiracy nut lead the Department of Health and Human Services is angering and worrisome, to say the least. But it’s also incredibly frustrating, because Donald Trump himself isn’t an anti-vaxxer. In fact, one of the few great achievements of the first Trump...

June 4, 2025 I’ve used BBEdit on and off over the years. Remember TextWrangler? It’s never been my primary Markdown writing app, though I’ve always wanted it to be. I was accustomed to apps like iA Writer, Typora, MarkEdit, and Ulysses—all of which come with built-in keyboard shortcuts for common Markdown syntax: ⌘B...

May 31, 2025 Hey friends, when I'm looking for an answer or doing research, I rarely use Google anymore. I've been using ChatGPT instead. Depending on what I'm after, it can take forever to dig through Google results to find what I need. ChatGPT just gets to the point. ChatGPT also learns about me. It knows I use...

May 17, 2025 I've always done Time Machine backups every Friday, which is fine for most things. But when it comes to the 11ty project for this blog, I wanted something more frequent. I make changes throughout the week, and if I break something, I want to be able to restore from a recent backup. So, I decided to...

April 28, 2025 Patrick Rhone But your body, once it’s done, it’s done. So, it’s even more important to use and maintain it as well as you can, for as long as you can. Because it’s irreplaceable. So, put the best fuel (food) in it you can. Make sure that fuel is clean and high-quality (organic, sustainable, balanced,...

April 26, 2025 Some advice if you’re starting a blog for the first time (or it’s been awhile): Share your thoughts on whatever. You’re a blogger, not an opinion columnist in the washington post. Change your mind! Write about why you changed your mind! Write however you want. Run-on sentences. Weird grammar. Write in...

April 26, 2025 My old chair was plastic, and the left support piece that connects the back to the seat broke. I lived with it for a couple of months because I was too lazy to look for a new one. On Friday, I finally decided to get off my ass and get a replacement. I knew what I wanted and asked ChatGPT for...