We were finger painting with Charlie the other day and my wife Amanda started playing around with the brushes and ended up with this. I love it! Such nice texture. She had no plan and it took about 5 minutes. It would take me a month to create something like this with a generative art script in Processing.

Wordle 838 5/6

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I still do Wordle every day. I might start posting them again.

Wordle 837 4/6

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After updating to macOS Sonoma last night, I found myself unable to get online this morning. It took me a while to figure out, but the problem ended up being Little Snitch, a reverse firewall. I was running a version that wouldn’t run correctly on Sonoma, but since it was blocking access to the internet for everything I couldn’t update it. I had to go to System Settings > Network > Filters and turn off Little Snitch to stop filtering my internet connection through it, then I was able to get online and run the update.

Yes, this work will be Pro Bono*

_{* All content written strongly in support of the lead vocalist of U2}

Testing with blocks

Testing the output

Didn’t imagine I’d spend Friday night getting water out of my basement. Went and bought a non-submersible pump, but more water seeps out of the ground 25 mins after I pump all the water out. My first call Monday morning is to a guy who can put in a sump for me.

It has been a couple months since Threads launched. Any real news from them regarding joining the fediverse?

Covid definitely messed up my sense of taste. Very little tastes right to me this week.

At this phase of life, if something isn’t dishwasher safe I don’t want it.

If you are making cinnamon syrup, don’t use regular grocery store cinnamon sticks (usually Ceylon or Sri Lankan). Seek out Cassia bark. It makes a big difference in the final flavor.

Tomatillos are coming in nicely.

Testing RSS Cloud on FeedLand!

Margaritas using orgeat in place of simple syrup are pretty good.

Yard sale buy of the month: Two brand new Nordic Ware mini scone pans for $5. They retail for $39 each, and we love scones!