Microblog

• 2026-01-02. Since I updated my iPhone SE2 to iOS 26 I no longer get a full day of battery. Planned obsolescence doing its job.
• 2025-12-30. I don't feel guilty for using ad blockers or skipping adds. Most services became monopolies while not showing ads. Now that competition doesn't exist I think they should keep the product the same way it lead them to be in that position. That is, without ads.
• 2025-12-29. "Singin' in the Rain" is a song I don't relate to at all. "Stayin' warm at home while it rains outside" would work.
• 2025-12-25. Christmas gifts I got: Kodak's Charmera, iRig USB, Toyo's tool box, Teratoid Heights by Mat Brinkman, Tetsupendium Tawarapedia by Tetsunori Tawaraya and socks.
• 2025-12-25. One of the best records I've discovered in the last few years is King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's "Butterfly 3000". Guitar riffs are amazing. I learnt how to play my favorite, the one in Shanghai. A couple days ago I stumbled upon a video review of the album in YouTube by the popular music reviewer Anthony Fantano. He said the album was just ok and the worst track was Shanghai. Do music reviews make sense nowadays?
• 2025-12-24. I know you will probably want to bookmark and/or share a lot of pages in this site. But I will be changing links whimsically from time to time, so maybe they will break at some point.
• 2025-12-23. I've already bought my Bad Santa present. People will bring all kinds of junk as presents. My objective: make my present the one that I take home.
• 2025-12-22. Many platforms have been publishing their "highlights of 2025" as if the year is already over. What happens to stuff that occurs during December?