Week in Review – 20240616
Date: 2024-06-16
Categories: Week in Review
This was thankfully a non-travel week for me in what has been a busy June so far, and I was able to start & continue several things this week
Things I 3D Printed: Seed Planter
Date: 2024-06-15
Categories: Things I 3D Printed
I 3D Printed a seed starter planter. This one will be starting marigolds and zinnia
The Oligopoly Controlling Food
Date: 2024-06-14
Categories: Soiciopolitics
Meet the uber-wealthy families who control much of the food system in the US and Australia Frerick realised that what was happening in the pork industry — this huge consolidation of power and wealth — was happening throughout the US food system. When he started investigating, he found that a handful of US families controlled … Read More
C-53 “D-Day Doll”
Date: 2024-06-14
Categories: Aviation
Tail No. N45366, Production Year: 1943, Currently with Inland Empire CAF (KRAL)
Raspberry Pi Goes Public
Date: 2024-06-13
Categories: Tech
It’s unfortunate, and I loved the Pi, but this is how enshittification begins. Time to start looking for alternatives, as they will no longer be incentivized to focus on users, but rather shareholder value techcrunch.com/2024/06/11/r… [image or embed] — Pauliegon (@paulie.cool) Jun 12, 2024 at 10:14 PM
F6 Hellcat
Date: 2024-06-12
Categories: Photos
San Diego Coronado Bridge Sunrise
Date: 2024-06-10
Categories: Photos
Retreat to Move Forward
Date: 2024-06-09
Categories: I Got Something to Say
This really looks like it starts out of nowhere unless you read this first. The end result of the tech industry’s stagnation is that software has ceased being a useful tool and has instead become an increasingly mediocre service to funnel revenue to enrich investors and executives, while offering diminishing returns to the users. I’ve … Read More
Tumbling Down
Date: 2024-06-09
Categories: I Got Something to Say
What a crazy time. Twitter went into the shitter, Crypto bros tried to convince everyone they could get rich off a scam they created, and now the shiny new toy is a digital bullshit artist everyone is calling “AI.” In addition to all that nonsense, we’ve also seen the drive to make everything a subscription … Read More
It’s Ghostbusters, But Not As You Know It
Date: 2024-06-07
Categories: Video Edit
An interesting cover of Ghostbusters from 1980s Italian TV. Sophisticates will recognize the singer