Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I'm cleaning out stuff, and I came across the "Windows Handbook 2010" issue of Maximum PC magazine, from September 2010.

On page 23, in the middle of "Google Tips," is Reader.

Google closed Reader on July 1, 2013, near the height of its popularity.

Don't rely on any Google service to be there for long, no matter how popular.

Why do I insist on browsing websites with JavaScript disabled? Why is an ad blocker not enough for me?

Getting redirected to this bullshit here *JUST* because I want to protect my PC from malvertising!

If you make your website do this, there's a special place in Hell for you.

This first-in-my-life mishap that we'll all laugh about later made me realize I've been doing more actual home cooking than simply reheating frozen dinners recently, and I got to remembering why: My life changed fundamentally between January 2nd & 3rd, & it could've ended then.

Basically, I just realized that, for me, the world suddenly ended twice about 9 months apart. What shocking changes.

Achievement unlocked: Set moist food on fire in the microwave oven by accident.

Why is the debate of RFC-3339 vs. ISO-8601 the new holy war of computers? ... When did this new holy war begin?

Webmail apps are not desktop applications, and they should not try to behave like one. Every single one that tries fails horribly.

I have never in my life used a Webmail application as good as HoTMaiL was in 1997, before Microsoft bought it. Fuck all y'all for making any Web-based mail user interface more complicated than that.

This message brought to you by: HOW THE HOLY FUCK DO I SELECT MORE THAN ONE MESSAGE AT A TIME WHEN THE LIST DOES NOT HAVE A COLUMN OF CHECKBOXES!?

Start fixing your sleep schedule now, US folks. Your time zone changes on the Sunday after next, & this is the lose-an-hour change. Start going to bed a bit earlier, & start getting up a bit earlier.

#TIL Microsoft VS Code is in the #FreeBSD pkg repo and ports tree. https://www.freshports.org/editors/vscode/

I never thought I'd see the day when MS did anything for any Unix newer than Xenix. I don't know how to feel about this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ywhail2C4U

happy unix epoch + 1,609,459,200 seconds, folks! (new year midnight UTC)

These are both too real. This game is almost enough to make me go back to SOL.EXE.

Among Us, but it's Ace Attorney, but it's in a public lobby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgzgFp20JXc (YouTube, 1:07)

Among Us, but it's Ace Attorney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lLmodkv8R4 (YouTube, 1:18)

I've been pinching out a hole in my toasts.
I could also butter the bread on both sides, use a glass to cut out a hole, & toast the hole alongside; although that should make it look like it came out of a certain masked antihero movie, it just feels more wasteful to me.

eggy in the basket recipe
1 egg
1 slice bread
1 pad butter (1-2 tsp)
seasoning
Form a hole in bread. Melt butter in a frying pan on medium-low heat. Place bread in pan, crack egg into hole, season. Fry until egg bottom sets, flip, fry until egg is done, serve.

Someone suggested I had the heat too high, and my second attempt at a slightly lower setting seems to confirm it.