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I’ve completed “Mull It Over” - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/… … <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/12/01/ive-completed-rednosed.html" class="u-url">Dec 1, 2024</a>: 2924 AoC Day 2 I survived “Red-Nosed Reports” - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode Had a lot of fun on this stream with help from the pros at the … <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/12/01/ive-completed-historian.html" class="u-url">Dec 1, 2024</a>: 2024 AOC Day 1 I’ve completed “Historian Hysteria” - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode I always look forward to this particular coding … <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/15/election-denialism-them.html" class="u-url">Nov 15, 2024</a>: Election denialism. Them: storm the Capitol Us: leave that lawn sign up just a little too long. <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/12/the-district-south.html" class="u-url">Nov 12, 2024</a>: Sofa Parade The district South of A Street in Santa Rosa, California is called the SOFA district. Every year they have a sofa parade. Featuring actual sofas. … <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/12/the-new-m.html" class="u-url">Nov 12, 2024</a>: New Mac Day The new M4 Pro Mac mini arrived today. (Buddha for scale.) It’s so small and cute. And the internal drive is very very fast. Quiet, too. <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/09/my-with-her.html" class="u-url">Nov 9, 2024</a>: My momma with her grandson’s cookbook. She’s so proud. Me, too. <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/09/i-feel-like.html" class="u-url">Nov 9, 2024</a>: I feel like it’s a Scooby-Do moment. The orange spook mask comes off and it’s… President Musk! <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/07/from-sherrilyn-ifill.html" class="u-url">Nov 7, 2024</a>: From Sherrilyn Ifill: Our spirits will be assaulted in the coming months – by coarse and crude language, by open displays of violence, of privilege, … <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/05/now-we-sit.html" class="u-url">Nov 5, 2024</a>: Now we sit and wait. Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking. <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/04/oi-i-feel.html" class="u-url">Nov 4, 2024</a>: Oi. I feel like a moron. I tried to add a font-awesome icon to my blog title. It did not work as expected and now I’m stuck. <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/04/you-might-notice.html" class="u-url">Nov 4, 2024</a>: You might notice a bunch of older posts on my timeline - I’ve decided to move my blog from a self-hosted Hugo instance to micro.blog. I … <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/03/stoot-instancetwitsocial-id.html" class="u-url">Nov 3, 2024</a>: Let's see if this Stoot thing works... Chief TWiT :twit: @leo@twit.social I'm starting to wish Apple would add an "I've already voted … <a href="https://leo.fm/2023/01/12/is-it-weird.html" class="u-url">Jan 12, 2023</a>: Is it weird that the Advent of Code problems keep me up at night? I don’t mean I’m staying up late working on them, I mean I’m lying … <a href="https://leo.fm/2023/01/07/as-of-sunday.html" class="u-url">Jan 7, 2023</a>: Time To Ask The Tech Guys As of Sunday, December 18, 2022, the Tech Guy radio show is no more. But starting Sunday, January 8, 2023 a new and improved show will be born: Ask … <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/11/23/time-for-windows.html" class="u-url">Nov 23, 2022</a>: Time for Windows Weekly. Listen live at live.twit.tv <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/11/23/im-turning-off.html" class="u-url">Nov 23, 2022</a>: I’m turning off my automated news feed on my micro.blog (https://leo.social). If you still want links to stories we’re planning to cover … <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/11/23/so-i-guess.html" class="u-url">Nov 23, 2022</a>: So I guess this means I have three Fediverse accounts: leo.social, @leo@twit.social, and @leolaporte@pixelfed.social. Not to mention my long abandoned … <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/11/23/hello-im-reconnecting.html" class="u-url">Nov 23, 2022</a>: Hello. I’m reconnecting my micro.blog to leo.social. I’m also @leo@twit.social. <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/05/21/this-old-man.html" class="u-url">May 21, 2022</a>: This Old Man Roger Angell passed away yesterday at the age of 101. A long-time editor at The New Yorker, he was also the best damn baseball writer ever. His essay … <a href="https://leo.fm/2022/02/16/is-it-over.html" class="u-url">Feb 16, 2022</a>: Is It Over? I created this site in the midst of a pandemic. Now two years later, it’s over. Right? Today mask mandates are lifted in our county and, despite … <a href="https://leo.fm/2024/11/03/like-father-like.html" class="u-url">Feb 7, 2022</a>: Like Father, Like Son Yesterday my son showed up at the studio. I took the opportunity to interview him! Henry (or Hank as he’s known now) has become a big-time Tik Tok … <a href="https://leo.fm/2021/03/19/joining-the-pc.html" class="u-url">Mar 19, 2021</a>: Joining the PC Masterrace I pulled the trigger on a Monster Gaming Machine. I know it’s crazy, but boys just want to have fun. <a href="https://leo.fm/2021/03/18/i-am-not.html" class="u-url">Mar 18, 2021</a>: I Am Not Throwing Away This Shot Yesterday I got the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine! When I arrived at Kaiser they threw me a curve. “Would you like Moderna or Johnson & … <a href="https://leo.fm/2021/02/07/its-right-against.html" class="u-url">Feb 7, 2021</a>: It's Right Against Wrong, Not Smart Against Dumb Just because someone believes in conspiracy theories, doesn’t mean they’re dumb. From an article in The New Republic: The University of … <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/11/21/an-easy-way.html" class="u-url">Nov 21, 2020</a>: An easy way out of the pandemic is available today A new study from CU Boulder (my son’s alma mater) and Harvard’s TF Chan School of Public Health points to a way forward in the pandemic. … <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/11/08/i-resemble-that.html" class="u-url">Nov 8, 2020</a>: I resemble that cartoon. via Rakhim [rakhim.org/honestly-...](https://rakhim.org/honestly-undefined/19/) (UPDATE from 2024:) and here I am, moving my … <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/09/18/how-to-be.html" class="u-url">Sep 18, 2020</a>: How To Be "Talent" One of our hosts asked me for some talent coaching. This is how I responded. <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/08/29/life-is-short.html" class="u-url">Aug 29, 2020</a>: Life is Short I love Paul Graham’s essays. This one, from 2016, truly hits home. Life is short, so it’s worth eliminating the time wasters. For one, defending … <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/08/29/stop-the-insanity.html" class="u-url">Aug 29, 2020</a>: Stop the Insanity Normally I wait until Spring to start complaining, but I’ve gotten nothing else done this summer, so I’m going to start the campaign … <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/06/10/makin-masks.html" class="u-url">Jun 10, 2020</a>: Makin' Masks New research shows that wearing masks makes a difference. But we all have to do it! <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/06/10/rip-joze.html" class="u-url">Jun 10, 2020</a>: RIP Joze Last month, when the weather in Petaluma turned nice, I started riding my e-bike to work every day. Until last week. <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/06/01/five-years-later.html" class="u-url">Jun 1, 2020</a>: Five Years Later: The TWiT.tv Web Site Exactly five years ago, we debuted the “new” <a href="https://twit.tv">TWiT web site</a>. I wrote the following post shortly after. It’s buried somewhere on the … <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/05/28/144800.html" class="u-url">May 28, 2020</a>: It’s a story as old as time. Well at least as old as HG Wells… The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. He of all men … <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/05/28/its-a-story.html" class="u-url">May 28, 2020</a>: It’s a story as old as time. Well at least as old as HG Wells… The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. He of all men … <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/05/22/080800.html" class="u-url">May 22, 2020</a>: Petaluma During the Pandemic Pictures of Petaluma during the height of the quarantine. An historic record. <a href="https://leo.fm/2020/05/21/fame-is-a.html" class="u-url">May 21, 2020</a>: Fame is a Vapor I use fortune and cowsay1 to spit out pithy sayings when I launch my terminal2. This morning’s seemed very apropos. Fame is a vapor; popularity … <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/10/10/and-this-is.html" class="u-url">Oct 10, 2018</a>: And this is why I love living in Petaluma. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/10/03/definitely-confused.html" class="u-url">Oct 3, 2018</a>: Definitely confused. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/09/02/noon-in-valencia.html" class="u-url">Sep 2, 2018</a>: Noon In Valencia Spain Outside the beautiful cathedral. They hit the bell with a massive hammer. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/30/and-off-we.html" class="u-url">Aug 30, 2018</a>: And off we go to Barcelona. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/25/oops-httpsletsrobottvrobocasterjill.html" class="u-url">Aug 25, 2018</a>: Oops. letsrobot.tv/robocaste… <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/25/come-control-robots.html" class="u-url">Aug 25, 2018</a>: Come control robots in our studio live. letsrobot.tv/robocaste… Watch from the other end live on the New Screensavers. TWiT.tv/live <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/25/am-i-misunderstanding.html" class="u-url">Aug 25, 2018</a>: Am I misunderstanding something @manton? Leo.micro.blog has everything I post. Micro.blog/Leo does not. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/25/microblog-conundrum.html" class="u-url">Aug 25, 2018</a>: Micro.blog Conundrum I’m setting things up for my vacation but some of my posts aren’t appearing in the timeline. They DO appear at Leo.social which is my micro.blog site. … <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/25/triple-threat-toot.html" class="u-url">Aug 25, 2018</a>: Triple threat: toot, tweet, and micro.blog… all from my Apple Watch. Technology, what a concept. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/25/163846.html" class="u-url">Aug 25, 2018</a>: Let’s try this again. Drafts ➡️ micro.blog. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/25/brew-install-batalias.html" class="u-url">Aug 25, 2018</a>: brew install bat alias cat=‘bat’ mind = blown remysharp.com/2018/08/2… <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/25/spent-an-excellent.html" class="u-url">Aug 25, 2018</a>: Spent an excellent Friday with Apple legend Bill Atkinson. We talked for five hours about Lisa, Macintosh, Hypercard, psychedelics, the Iboga ritual. … <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/23/drat-i-keep.html" class="u-url">Aug 23, 2018</a>: Drat. I keep accidentally posting the micro.blog token when enabling Drafts. (@agiletortoise does Drafts eat the token before it posts to micro.blog? … <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/23/194517.html" class="u-url">Aug 23, 2018</a>: So I’m using Drafts on my Apple Watch to post this to microblog. Does that count as crossing the streams @agiletortoise? <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/23/checking-in.html" class="u-url">Aug 23, 2018</a>: Checking in. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/23/first.html" class="u-url">Aug 23, 2018</a>: First! A first attempt to use Microcast audio micro.blogging. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/23/hey-manton-when.html" class="u-url">Aug 23, 2018</a>: Hey @manton - when did you add audio micro.blogging? Great idea! I shall try it forthwith. <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/08/06/two-updates-looks.html" class="u-url">Aug 6, 2018</a>: Two updates: Looks like mastodon.network has folder, and quitter.no is going away in September. So I’m moving my GNU.social account to … <a href="https://leo.fm/2018/06/09/twitter-is-a.html" class="u-url">Jun 9, 2018</a>: Twitter is a breeding ground for madness Lately I feel like Twitter and its users are suffering from some sort of mass psychosis. It’s all id - to use a Freudian term. And it’s … <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/12/31/hey-i-can.html" class="u-url">Dec 31, 2017</a>: Hey! I can use the iOS Drafts app to micro.blog, too. That’s cool. <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/05/05/phappy-cinco-de.html" class="u-url">May 5, 2017</a>: Happy Cinco de Mayo! Not a fast day - a feast day! El Roy’s Taco Truck here I come! … <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/04/29/how-do-i.html" class="u-url">Apr 29, 2017</a>: How do i change posting time from UTC to my local time? <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/04/29/posting-from-my.html" class="u-url">Apr 29, 2017</a>: Posting from my micro.blog to Android using the web site seems to work fine. Markdown works but not photos. <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/04/29/pim-trying-to.html" class="u-url">Apr 28, 2017</a>: I’m trying to figure out a good workflow for micro-blog. I’m writing this in Mars Edit. It will should post to my micro.blog (leo.social) and since … <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/04/29/and-of-course.html" class="u-url">Apr 28, 2017</a>: And, of course, as soon as I pledge my fealty to the Pixel, google announces it’s cutting me off in a year. ;-( … <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/04/29/so-if-i.html" class="u-url">Apr 28, 2017</a>: So if I post from leo.social (backend provided by micro.blog) does it go to @leolaporte on Twitter? Only one way to find out… <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/04/28/yknow-i-was.html" class="u-url">Apr 28, 2017</a>: Y’know. I was all excited about the Samsung Galaxy S8+, but after using it for a couple of weeks I think I’m going back to the Pixel. … <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/04/28/posting-from-ios.html" class="u-url">Apr 28, 2017</a>: Posting from iOS now. Easy as a Sunday morning. <a href="https://leo.fm/2017/04/28/hey-check-it.html" class="u-url">Apr 28, 2017</a>: Hey, check it out! My new micro.blog is live. Thanks, Manton! 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