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Drea

My random musings on a variety of topics that are too long to fit in a Bluesky post.

Obsidian Reader

I was excited to see make this announcement last week: I use GoodLinks for saving most things I find on the web because it does great saving most things (and

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TADC Episode 8 - worth the wait

The Amazing Digital Circus episode 8 finally dropped today. I adore this show. There’s a crazy juxtaposition between the colorful, childlike cartoonish visual effects and the deep, dark nature of

Mar 21, 2026
watchlist
tv
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Bird pictures

A Great Crested Flycatcher. A pretty rare sighting, as these usually stay up in tree tops. Blue jay, one of my favorite birds. Northern Flicker woodpecker.

Mar 19, 2026
birds
iphoneography
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Intentional daily journaling

I have kept a digital journal for a long time, starting with Momento on my iPhone way back in the day, and then switching to DayOne about 14 years ago.

Mar 19, 2026
journaling
obsidian
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Spring

I hate the cold weather part of spring, which is where we are right now, but I love seeing all the little signs of spring starting. Like birds! And trees

iPhone photo and video editing apps

Seeing how I cannot seem to use an actual camera to take pictures, I am doing my annual exercise of taking stock in the photography apps I use on my

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Vegetable garden update - March 8, 2036

Vegetable garden prep is underway. We’ve cleaned, repaired the fence, and even started planting some lettuce.

Mar 8, 2026
vegetable garden

Cal Newport is cutting through the AI clickbait

It is easy to get on the AI hype doom bandwagon. Concerns about AI wiping out the entire working class or AI doing entire jobs with no need for humans,

Mar 6, 2026
ai

My 2026 digital camera resolution has already failed

(or why I don't make New Years' resolutions) Just two months down in 2026, and I have already failed at the one thing I resolved to do - make use

Stranger Things and the loose ends that really bug me (but I still freaking love it)

Our family is obsessed with Stranger Things. As we watch it all the way through for the third (fourth?) time, I can’t help but now notice the little inconsistencies and

Mar 2, 2026
watchlist
tv

Just say no to murder bots

The last week of February 2026 was a crazy week for AI. The current regime tried to compel Anthropic to provide unfettered access to Claude to basically do whatever the

Mar 1, 2026
news

Maybe we are not doomed by AI

Last week, I read some terrifying articles in which two people shared their perspectives of where all this AI shit is headed. Cal Newport, however, does not agree with Matt

Feb 28, 2026
ai

Fighting back against techno-capitalist-authoritarianism

Lately I feel like the world's slow burn has been set to broil. Things are not good. And often times, I feel kind of hopeless, like we are going to

Feb 17, 2026
privacy
democracy
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Is the Obsidian graph useless?

According to Obsidian, the graph view is a core plugin that lets you visualize the relationships between the notes in your vault. Online there is a love/hate relationship with the

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Taio - a great Obsidian companion app

Someone on Mastodon reminded me that I wrote about Taio years ago. So I thought it would be a good time to revisit my use of Taio because, yes, I

Feb 8, 2026
apps
obsidian

The welcome death of social media

The enshitifcation of the internet hit social media hard in recent years. I am old enough to remember the raw excitement of MySpace, Tumblr, Twitter, and Live Journal. Each platform

Feb 2, 2026
social media

Plugins for journaling in Obsidian

When I decided to move my journaling from DayOne to Obsidian, there were two things I knew I was going to miss - the calendar view and the map view.

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Obsidian monospace snippet

A fun little CSS snippet for Obsidian that makes the entire vault appear in Monospace font. Because Monospace just feels more productive. Or something. Eliminates the need to do custom

Jan 31, 2026
obsidian

On portability and notes apps

Evernote is getting a lot of flack lately and for good reason. It was recently acquired by Bending Spoons, a company that has acquired a number of other apps and

The Forkiverse is building better social media

The minute I heard The Forkiverse Experiment episode of the Search Engine podcast, I was all in. I requested an account before I even finished listening to the podcast. I

Jan 15, 2026
social media
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