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The Weekly Sniff 004
A roundup of links (linkdump) from the optimistically last week but more likely last month.
The Weekly Sniff 003
A roundup of links (linkdump) from the optimistically last week but more likely last month.
The Weekly Sniff Template 002
This is the weekly sniff. A roundup of links (linkdump) from the optimistically last week but more likely last month.
Life Update 8/5/26
A whole lot happened, but not much has stuck.
Trying to find a place to live
Life Update 8/5/26A whole lot happened, but not much has stuck.Pup On TechAY
The Weekly Sniff 001
This is the weekly sniff 001. A roundup of links (linkdump) from the optimistically last week but more likely last month.
I guess its time to move on.
I loved you, TS, when you were a suburb and not cosplaying as a city (read: overcrowded shithole)
If There Is a Hired Photographer, Don't Ruin Every Photo With Your Phone!
I edit photos for my primary job at the moment. Nothing grinds my gears more than people hiring photographers only to ruin every single photo by having them or a family member holding up their phone. No, your photographer or editors are not going to remove every single one in Photoshop. If there is a hired photographer, put your phone away unless you see they are actually missing something! PS: Don't get in the way with "real cameras" either! PPS: Turn off your goddamn ringer. This is day 31 o
Walking Update (with Doggo)and other Musings
I managed to walk almost a full mile today without stopping . This is the first time since I hurt my back that I managed to do this.
Windows has failed everyone.
I am writing this post after last night's kerfuffle, just another day of trying to help Windows home users. I happen to be writing this while installing ProSeries on a new computer for one of my clients, which somehow has an installation process that is even worse than Adobe. Thanks Intuit, good job. The timeline as I sent to my friend last night: ChatGPT not loading. Turned into the internet basically doesn't load. Turned out 21H1, so that's prob the issue. Downloads ISO through UUP dump. Can
Something to Brighten your day
Reddit being wholesome and hilarious
Techreccs - update episode 5000000: the New Emojis
Techreccs now has emojis. I was inspired to figure out how to do this by Kev. I thought it would be hard with Ghost, but it turns out you can Windows Key+Period it (Standard Emoji Picker). Feel free to suggest better ones for the different groups if you have any. This is day 27 of #100DaysToOffload
Brigands & Breadknives
The sequel to Legends And Lattes.
The Witcher: Crossroads of Ravens
8.5/10 Fantastic book that doesn't overstay its welcome. Every Witcher book has been a banger!
Another day another Adobe bug (YAAB)
Like almost any other day, I sat down with my coffee and opened Lightroom. I started importing a new project and went to edit. Well, I switched into the develop module. I was going to edit and the photo wasn't showing, and neither were the sliders. So after some basic troubleshooting, I finally gave up and opened up Photoshop to work on something else. And lo and behold, the "this device isn't activated since you are logged into too many computers" screen shows up. I log back out, and everything
Life Update 6/21/26
Can finally walk again!
It's Just Broken: Oh WordPress
So you want to build a Snowman errr website. You are like pretty techy, so even though you have heard a million ads for Squarespace or Wix from your favorite YouTuber or podcaster, you decide to go with WordPress. You tell yourself 30 percent of the web runs off WordPress so that is the correct choice. So you start Googling and you see WordPress.com and WordPress.org. Well, as a techy, obviously you should go with .org. Why would you waste money when you can spin up a VPS for way cheaper? It w
Homelab page is up
Check it out here. Major Work in progress but at least there is something there. I know the diagram isnt perfect but its pretty hard doing lying on my side .Who knows maybe it will help me land a full time IT job lol. This is day 23 of #100DaysToOffload
Life Update 5/09/26
Written entirely on my phone, please excuse typos. This story is not for the faint of heart. This is not even getting involved in my stupid insurance issues which was my fault, though I did try many times to get fixed.... This is the more public version of this so I apologize to those involved if I missed details . I had a team of friends with me that worked their butts off, but since this is already a novel and it is hard to know who did what exactly, this may come across as glossed over. It
Stuck in Bed and life is currently hell!
Life Update 4/26/26: Sciatica is killing me . Please don’t read this if you’re in a bad headspace.Life Update 4/26/26: Sciatica is killing me . Please don’t read this if you’re in a bad headspacePup On TechAY