Plain Org works well with Synctrain, as does Journelly. Once I figure out the attachment linking issue (probably a path problem) I’ll have something solid - and a post, naturally.
Somehow, Better Call Saul S5E4, Namaste 📺 almost relaxed me. I think it’s more in the sense of “at least I don’t have these problems…
You know what, I like that I’m bald. I can always joke with other folks at work (“Are you sure you want to make this a regular meeting? You’ll end up like me!” - at which point I point my head and get a laugh or two).
If there was any period in my life when someone judged me for being bald (say, a potential date) then screw it, I didn’t need them anyway. It’s a low-level “no shitty people” filter in that regard, kind of like being short (which is another thing).
It’s easy to take care of and it’s cheap. It’s cooler in the summer, but easy enough to warm up in the winter (I love beanies and hoodies). My nieces love petting my head after I shave it, a way of saying hello to Uncle JTR. I think it makes the beard and mustache stand out more, and when I wear my leather jacket, it makes me a bit more of a badass on the outside (on the inside I’m always nice of course)
I think I started balding in my 20s, after the army. My mom was worried and took me to a “hair doctor,” who showed me diagrams of how I would look in a year, 3 years, 5 years… I looked, and I remember I just didn’t care, something I guess he wasn’t really used to. Just a part of me that I always accepted.
Managed to get there in time. It was actually kind of quiet and nice, and the evening walk in itself was worth it.
I enjoyed Amelie Lens and Charlotte de Witte so much yesterday at work, I logged back into my Bandcamp account. It’s been a while, and I forgot what it means to own music.
I have a music folder in my Synology, which mostly contains electronic FLAC files I bought from Bandcamp. Because these are artists who passed the “OK, you’re actually worth my money” threshold, it obviously means I have a good selection there to choose from. In contrast, YouTube Music (yes, it’s my streaming service since I got grandfathered in along with my YouTube account for a cheap price) considers what’s popular, and what’s popular is not always what’s good.
While I did find Lens and de Witte on YouTube Music yesterday in my office, it’s not the best place for discovery, especially when you just go through their mixes and lists trying to find something. Exploring music takes time. It’s something I enjoyed doing with Bandcamp, until they were bought by Epic, anyway. I’m not sure what I’ll do when Bandcamp goes away in its current form—as I always say, it’s not a matter of if, but of when.
There are two kinds of music I usually spend more time, money, and effort on. Classical Music (I took some time to learn about it, it’s best approached as a history class) and Electronic Music. Both genres are too big for their own definitions (Classical music may also be current, so by definition it can’t still be “classic”, Electronic music basically means anything done with a computer, which today means everything…), and I love getting lost and discovering new music. At some point, I even considered getting into Electronic music myself, but the path there is too long and intimidating (and expensive). Still, if there’s one area in my life I feel I’m missing out on right now, it’s this.
Micro.blog wiki: Freshing up
A new wiki for Micro.blog has been created to distinguish it from the existing personal wiki. It now includes a log feature to document changes and updates.
When I need to sleep at night but my brain won’t let me. There’s a soundtrack for that:
Ughh. I’ve been playing with Synctrain since the morning, with non-consistent results. Even with the Shortcut in place, the files don’t sync constantly. It’s not reliable. I really don’t want to use iCloud for syncing…
Really want to try pixelmator but don’t want subscription or something that would be included in Apple photos soon