Me: “Hey Siri, play 90’s music”

Siri: “Ok, playing classic french rap”

What I really want is an Apple Watch Series 10 with an Action button.

I just learned that when you’re in an elevator that only goes to certain floors in a high rise and it says EZ instead of a number, it stands for Express Zone.

I finally figured out the name for my new thing, with a domain that may be available! And I registered the backup domain just in case I don’t get it.

Last night was the last night of the last XOXO festival ever. Every XOXO was the best conference I’ve ever been to. I’m so glad we made the cut for the final one.

The biggest highlight for me from all of the times that I attended was probably getting to see the final episode of my favorite podcast (Punch Up The Jam) performed live.

It brought so many people together from different walks of life, different careers, but all united in our love for the independent, quirky, weird web that many of us grew up using.

I met so many friends in real life that I had only known on the internet for literal decades. Most notably: Zannah, Christina, Cabel, Rob…

People whose blogs I’ve been reading forever: Kottke and Haughey…

I caught up with friends who I talk to on a regular basis, but who live on this side of the country and I don’t see as often as I would like: Amy, Thomas, Joel…

I was also introduced to new people who I didn’t know before, but who are now friends! Demi, Dean, Miranda, James, Emily, Kaitlin…

and so many more.

I’m sad it’s gone, but I’m glad it happened. And I’m super grateful for the XOXO Slack, where hopefully we can keep the energy going for decades to come.

Met Jason Kottke today. That was pretty cool.

God give me the audacity of an Oral-B electric toothbrush that dies after I’ve brushed half of my teeth, shows me a frowny face and tells me I need to do better next time

and THEN shows me a notification that tells me “by the way, your battery is low”

For some reason, simplehuman won’t tell you this, but if your soap dispenser starts dispensing air instead of soap, or it dispenses less soap than it used to:

• Pour the soap out of the soap cartridge.
• Fill the cartridge with hot water from your faucet
• Turn the unit on and re-prime the pump by completely covering the sensor window, then pressing the power button 3 times quickly.
• Note that this will make the pump run continuously until the sensor window is uncovered.
• Run the hot water through the pump until you see the flow change to a faster speed. You’ll know when it happens. In our case, it took 1/3 to 1/2 of the water in the cartridge.
• Pour the water out.
• Fill the cartridge with soap.
• After a few watery dispenses, your dispenser will be back to its previous glory.

I called my finance company to transfer some assets today. I was very surprised when they asked me to enter my very long website password using my phone keypad. That’s a new one!

Jedi Survivor is much better thsn Fallen Order because now you can pet Boglings.

The best way to finish something is to have something else you really want to do, once you’re done with the first thing

We’ve reached the part of the summer where I caught a mosquito perched on my hand about to bite me, and I slapped it so hard that I hurt the hand that it was about to bite

Why do government entities send you the scariest looking snail mail to tell you that they owe you money?

The longest wait in the world is the time between when you click “restore tabs from last session” and when they load (or don’t)

I made a little website to express the exasperation that I feel towards Apple for the limited watch faces that they offer on the Apple Watch after 9+ years: thirdpartywatchfaces.com

I always looked at resistance bands as a bit of a joke, considering that they look like (and basically are) giant rubber bands. But they are even more effective than dumbbells for a lot of exercises, and they can go in basically any travel bag. You can even do bench presses without a bench. Consider me converted.

Rivian headlights make them look like surprised Jeeps.

Reddit killed all of their 3rd party apps. The least they could do now is make a first party one that doesn’t lock up and not respond to taps every time I use it

I just ate leftover pancakes for the first time in 42 years. AMA

Who cares about getting a photo that shows you enjoying a roller coaster/ride? What Disney should be doing is taking photos of people who just got off of “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” for the first time and selling those.

Using Instagram since the Facebook acquisition is the social media version of slowly boiling the frog.

Stories. Ads. Suggestions. You can snooze the suggestions for 30 days but you know they’re going to be permanent at some point.

I’m so tired of fighting to see posts from people I actually follow.

Every time that I use my Breville Control Freak induction burner, I wish they made a full size range. It’s so good at holding temperature that it really changes the game. Recipes that say “keep at a bare simmer for 45-90 mins and never let it boil, because that changes the flavor” are so simple now. Literally being able to set the temperature and walk away is a revelation.

I know you can’t stop crying But tears dry out when you’re flying

Sia - Little Wing

Who owns Redbox these days? Whatever you guess, you’re wrong.

It’s currently owned by the same company that makes the Chicken Soup for the Soul Books

New traditions with old friends is just the best.