posts from march 2026

2008 is a year I remember because that's when gas prices spiked and stayed that way for a while, and at the time I was driving a stupid truck that averaged around 17-18 MPG. There's also something else I remember. Going to a gas station to fill the truck, and seeing an older guy at […]

A followup to the oldest usable Garmins of sorts. I periodically receive communications concerning old and sometimes really old Garmin nuvi navigators since I know a lot about them. Whether I actually answer those communications depends on what's being asked. If the vibe of the communication is along the lines of, "I'm asking for help, […]

Computers from years ago were slow for a number of reasons. Slow seek time on the hard drive, low amount of RAM, an operating system choked with a bunch of bloatware, and so on. Today, computers are only slow for only two reasons. First, the internet itself. With anything internet-based, you wait while things load […]

I was in this mall parking area recently, part of which was semi-open to the outside. The sides were completely open, hence why I call it a parking area and not technically a garage since it's literally impossible to seal it off. Then I see a sign, "IDLE FREE ZONE. TURN OFF ENGINES". And, sure […]

I'm already at the point with my email where I block anything containing firebaseapp (Firebase is Google's mobile/web app dev platform), and now I've had to block another, which is anything in an email containing run.app, the official domain associated with Google Cloud Run. Crap like this is received in email, and it's obviously spam: […]