She asked me where I was from
I said “Somewhere you never been to”
Little town outside of Knoxville
Hidden by some dogwood trees
She tried talkin’ with my accent
We held hands and waded into
That blue water
She left her flip-flops by my Red Wings on the beach
Yeah, but now I’m dodging potholes in my sunburnt Silverado
Like a heart-broke Desperado, headed right back to my roots
Somethin’ bout the way she kissed me tells me she’d love Eastern Tennessee
Yeah, but all I brought back with me was some sand in my boots
I said “Let’s go shoot tequila”
So we walked back to that beach bar
She said “Don’t cowboy’s drink whiskey?” huh
So we drank bottom shelf
She said “Damn, that sky looks perfect”
I said, “Girl you’ve never seen stars like the ones back home”
And she said “Maybe I should see them for myself”
Yeah but, now I’m dodging potholes in my sunburnt Silverado
Like a heart-broke Desperado, headed right back to my roots
Somethin’ bout the way she kissed me tells me she’d love Eastern Tennessee
Yeah, but all I brought back with me was some sand in my boots
I said “Meet me in the mornin'”
And she told me I was crazy
Yeah, but I still thought that maybe she’d show up
Ah, but now I’m dodging potholes in my sunburnt Silverado
Like a heart-broke Desperado, headed right back to my roots
Somethin’ bout the way she kissed me tells me she’d love Eastern Tennessee
Yeah, but all I brought back with me was some sand in my boots
Yeah, but all I brought back with me was some sand in my boots
Terry Poulin
Here are the most interesting USB-C accessories at CES 2022
Now that’s a trend I’d like to see more of: USB-C hubs that have more USB-C downstream ports than USB-A all over.
While Tech News Outlets ™ have been groaning and moaning about the need for dongles, I’ve been more interested in when more USB-C centric hubs would get some lime light. Most that I’ve seen in recent years have been a tad pricey.
Passing thought: Bestheda’s release manager used to ship new games. Then he took an arrow to the knee.
When I was younger, my friends loved Oblivion and in retrospect it’s one of my favorite Elder Scrolls games. But Skyrim was actually the first game in the series that I played, and by then it was long enough for it to have a decent sale price. Even though it had yet to be re-released in every edition known to mer kind.
Actually now that I think of it, between PCs and consoles: I’m not sure I want to fathom how many hours I’ve spent playing Skyrim over the years. Probably more than most ES games with Oblivion coming in as a second. Hmmm… damn it now I’m tempted to play Skyrim again.
Getting with the 21st century
Thanks to a bit of Christmas goodness and Microcenter having them 50% off, I finally got myself a NVMe style portable drive. A while ago, I had tried to find one that would have a slot for my lanyard and only could find expensive SanDisks that would meet that criterion. Thus, fire sale equal fire win.
Which gives me a superb replacement for my ruggedized USB-A hard drive. My old drive has served well, but it’s a spinning platter that I bought back in 2014. Making it about 8 years old. Getting USB-C and fancy speed is just a win. Since it includes a suitable C-to-C and a C-to-A adapter even my old development beast, Stark, can utilize it. I had figured the old drive would remain for his backups but probably not.
Rimuru’s 10 Gbit/s ports give me in the neighborhood of 860 MByte/s reads and writes. Rimuru and Stark’s 5 Gbit/s ports basically max out around 460 MByte/s.
Sorting through my usual backpack, I’ve decided while I’m retiring the ruggedized hard drive from my standard work and travel kit, my null modem cable is going with. As much use as I’ve gotten out of a serial cable in the past decade, I’ve also found it somewhat sad that I still carry a null modem cable…. lol.
Why iMac G4 is still the greatest Mac ever made 20 years later
While I can’t say that I ever thought much of the iMacs until I saw the modern style flats on people’s desks, I have to admit that the G4 certainly had a unique design. The original CRT design, I think would be deserving whether you wanted to give it an award for excellence or failure in style. But the lamp style G4s, at least were unique.
But I’m pretty sure most people don’t want to experience 20 year old processors and the modern Internet :P.
Turns Out the Nintendo Game Boy Is the Worst Possible Way to Watch Movies
Real not sure if this is utterly horrifying, or tempts me to grab my Game Boy Color and a soldering iron. Maybe both?
Scary Stores to Tell in the Dark (2019) is probably the best scary movie that I’ve seen in a while. Not quite Drag Me to Hell kind of scary but rather close.
Fairly quickly the film comes off as a period piece. The home made Halloween costumes, Night of the Living Dead at a drive through, and racial slurs that you shouldn’t hear out of a sheriff, all quickly begin to paint the scene. Thorough the film if you pay attention: you’ll notice the 1968 setting. I really liked the opening: while I grew up in the era of commercial Halloween costumes and shopping malls, my mother grew up in an era when kinds made their own costumes and went around the neighborhood. My mom and dad would have been in their early 20s at the time the film is set, making it more apparent to me. some of my mom’s stories of course had to do with her Halloween experiences as a kid.
The various stories are superb twists of horror. Often grisly, yet classic. But it’s painted over with a modern varnish. Sarah’s story is the kind that would often be skipped over or down played. Her chilling tales of terror on the other hand are ones you’d sell in the horror isle of a bookstore (remember when those were a thing?). Stella and her dad, and friends serve a stark contrast. In many ways, I’d say Stella is rather modern despite the film pelting us with ‘60s vibes.
In some ways, I have mixed feelings about the ending. I kind of agree with the way it plays out android The more positive tone. It’s not the kind of “Oh, shit!” Twist at the end that horror stories often train us to expect. Instead it’s rather hopeful and determined. Most of all it sets the stage for a sequel :).
On one hand, upgrading Rimiru’s OS to Windows 11 was fairly painless and seems to pass the core “Does my shit work” test. Certainly not the worst experience for upgrading a Microsoft OS ever to be had.
On the other hand, I can’t help but think a big margin of how much you love or hate the visual changes probably has to do with how tied to Windows 9x / NT you are versus having spent time off in the land of other operating systems. In a word, W11’s visual changes remind me of Android and iOS. Alternatively you might just be pissed off that people moved your buttons around, again.
Considering that I actually prefer these kind of OS over the traditional UI, I probably appreciate the fresh coat of paint to things like the Settings app more than most. But hey, I was greatly thrilled by the evolution of the W10 settings app over ye old Control Panel. So obviously I’m more in favor of modernization of the UI than hanging onto the 1990s.
On one hand preparing everything for the crockpot this morning was a great success. Combing the goods with some grilled chicken, cheese, and noodles was both filling and delicious.
However I remain concerned that the cosmos may die from the bean farts. It’s a legitimate concern.
Seems like it’s been a fairly productive and filling day off.
Spent part of the day slurping coffee and playing Project Wingman between feeding and walking the dogs. Including the mission “Cold War”, where you’ve basically got a Star Destroyer’s worth of air craft duking it out for air superiority. Made up a batch of blended food for Willow’s stockpile.
Managed to get started on the cleaning, along with prepping foods. Put beans on soak, chopped green onions, broccoli, and ham for dinner tomorrow. Scheduled a reminder to put the beans in the crockpot in the morning. Even made a few ham, cheese, lettuce, and horseradish wraps to stock up on snackables.
Plus making mac / cheese for dinner made a perfect way to use up some leftovers. A little of the onions and broccoli, leftover taco meat, etc. Yum.
Is it just me or do my thoughts often revolve around food? Hehehe.