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so i finally baked something

Tue 2025 Nov 11

The more I think about this, the more embarrassing it is, but it is one of those "better late than never" things.

For the first time ever in my life, I baked something.

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guitar prices are weird right now
Sat 2025 Nov 8

There's a specific price range for electric guitars right now that's just weird.

What makes the price range weird is that some guitars within it outclass guitars above them, even within the same brand.

I'm trying to make sense of this.

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i bought a squier affinity telecaster
Wed 2025 Nov 5

I thought I was done with Squier, and even implied as much. I also thought I was all-in with Yamaha.

Well, that went all out the window. Both my Yamaha Pacifica PAC112VM and TRBX174EW bass are out, and a new Squier Affinity Telecaster is in.

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i stopped using traffic reporting
Mon 2025 Nov 3

Fewer than two weeks ago, I bought a Garmin Drive 53, and purposely got the EX model that does not have traffic reporting.

Over the weekend is when I really put the 53 to the test, and drove somewhere I wasn't familiar with that I knew typically had heavy traffic to see how I'd feel about navigation without the traffic reporting feature.

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instant messenger nerds are a funny lot
Fri 2025 Oct 31

I just talked about modern social media security stupidity, and had the thought to check what's going on with the ancient instant messenger stuff.

How ancient am I talking about? Late '90s. There are instant messenger nerds out there who are bound and determined to recreate that Windows 95 instant messaging experience. As in using Windows 95 with specific software, such as ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, whatever, take your pick.

Why would anybody even bother trying to make all that ancient crap work again? You can probably guess the answer.

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