Notes

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22 April 2025 at 13:35

The can is open and there are worms everywhere. 🤦🏼‍♂️🪱🪱🪱

(buds were free on an offer, I didn't really need them as my Sony ones are fine.)

21 April 2025 at 14:50

It was all going so well with #Fedora until I connected my external monitor via USB C. It's absolutely will NOT stay connected. Works perfectly in Windows and MacOS, just plug an play. I'm about done with Linux, I think - I don't have time for this shit.

21 April 2025 at 08:43

Continuing with #Fedora and quite enjoying it. There are still some frustrations though:

  • Fingerprint reader doesn't work very well.
  • Auto screen dimming is horrendous - there's no smooth transitions and is very jarring (turned it off).
  • LibreOffice is ugly AF. Replaced with OnlyOffice.
  • I cant set a background on my login screen. It's just grey, which is a bit shit.

All small things though.

19 April 2025 at 07:51

Finallyyyyyyyy 🎉🎉

18 April 2025 at 17:39

When the #Wireshark wiki uses the plucky little CSS framework you created.

https://wiki.wireshark.org/

18 April 2025 at 09:12

The kids were in holiday club yesterday and the sun was shining, so we managed to both get out on the bike for the first time in, like, 9 years?

17 April 2025 at 17:48

Youngest: Muuuuuuum what's that orange man doing? (pic for reference)

Wife: There's no such thing as an "orange man." Do you mean the man in the orange trousers?

Oldest: DONALD TRUMP IS ORANGE!!

😂😂😂

16 April 2025 at 17:00

This is why you shouldn't put stickers on your laptop...

10 April 2025 at 15:37

I decided to cancel my pre-order of the new @frameworkcomputer Ryzen 9 AI and instead went with the existing Ryzen 7 chip.

I'll get my new laptop a hell of a lot sooner, and according to Geekbench, it's still a BIG step up over what I have now.

Just need to decide what OS I'm gonna run now, #Linux or #Windows 🤔.

10 April 2025 at 12:06

I have unsubscribed from the TL;DR newsletter today after enjoying it for many years.

Why? Because it's 90% AI bullshit and it's boring.

10 April 2025 at 06:32

When your dogs follow you into the toilet and instantly regret it. 😂

7 April 2025 at 18:39

In preparation for my new Framework laptop, I've been playing around with Fedora 41 on an old laptop. For the most part it works really well, but theming doesn't. I have no idea, but no Gnome Shell themes will work and the default one is horrible - everything is WAY too big on the default theme.

4 April 2025 at 06:11

So who's up for a global recession then?

Anyone?

No?

3 April 2025 at 06:35

Thinking about my next laptop and #Apple has been giving me the ick lately with some of what they're doing.

Anyway, politics of it all aside, I'm thinking about a #Framework 13. Very expensive, but will hopefully last a lot longer.

Anyone have one? What do you think of it?

29 March 2025 at 20:45

I heard this great saying today...

"Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing to not put it in a fruit salad."

29 March 2025 at 15:37

My wife recently got a rooster to help look after her flock, and it's a fucking beast!

For reference, the one behind is a fully grown, normal size hen.

I swear it's a goose in disguise! 🪿

29 March 2025 at 11:39

Youngest: Daaaaaaaaad, how was the earth made?

Me: [explains the Big Bang theory]

Him: So it made EVERYTHING??

Me: Yup

Him: Even that rock?

Me: Everything

Him: Even that tree?

Me: Everything

Him: Even those ponies?

Me: Everything

Him: Even my socks?

Me: EVERYTHING!

Him: Even the farts that come out my bum?

Me: 🤦🏼‍♂️

23 March 2025 at 12:12

Walked up to my youngest, put my wrist on his head and said.

"Don't move, you're under a wrist."

I am fucking hilarious. 😂😂

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