Something About Siri

On my way home from work today, I asked Siri on my iPhone to remind me to do something later tonight. It worked, like usual. But then I wondered, “Can Siri take a note?” Seems simple enough. But…

Finishing Star Ocean Second Story R

Thursday night, I finished another JRPG — woo-hoo! Star Ocean: Second Story R kept me entertained for about 38 hours playtime, and nearly every minute was well enjoyed. I liked it so much that, around half-way through the game, I bought Star Ocean: First Departure R for my backlog. Finishing the game almost didn’t happen though.

Gaming On My Mac

You may have heard of the popular game Stardew Valley. I sure have; it was on my wishlist for years — until this week. Now it’s on my backlog since plunking down $14.99 for it on Steam. Wait, am I switching from gaming on my Nintendo Switch? Maybe, kinda, sorta?

On My Way To Stardew Valley

Lately, I’ve had the urge to play Stardew Valley (finally). After being on my wishlist for years, I bought it a few days ago and am half-eager to get into it and half-afraid it will suck all my spare time away (as if zombie scrolling a social algo-feed doesn’t already do that to some degree — side-eyeing Threads).

I’ll Try Your Caramel Macchiato

During lunch today, I wanted a delicious coffee. I’d planned to hit the Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru but at the lest second turned toward a new-to-me local place: Moose Mountain Coffee.

Expectations For Apple’s WWDC24

Leading up to WWDC24, the tech web is abuzz with new feature expectations. A big one is Apple playing up AI in its ecosystem (yet the company has touted a “Neural engine” for years). But I’m only interested in the potentially biggest change to iPhone since iOS 7, something Android has had for well over a decade.

Eight Gigs Is Enough Gigs

A recent Vergecast and related chatter on Threads has once again raised the question about MacBooks in 2024 starting with 8GB RAM for memory. And me on my M1 MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM is going to chime in.

Trying On Threads Again

This week, maybe all of April, I’m scaling back a bit from Mastodon as I give Threads another try. It has slowly been opening to federation lately, which seems good.