Text editors
When did Notepad become so flipping slow and awful? I mean, I know it was when MS decided to screw around with it and integrate a lot of unasked for updates and integrations, but man. I didn t realize how bad Continue reading
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Sean Froyd, PhD: Freelance Mythologist For Hire!
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Local LLM and HomeAssistant
When dealing with voice assistants, I got sick of Amazon shilling everything under the sun on the Alexa device that I ve used, quite literally, since they launched the service. It was one of the original Echo devices, the tall tower Continue reading
Goodbye, Chrome
Any time an app starts up (without permission, and without being in the startup settings) and then tries to use windows notification to advertise how it s the browser that should be used, it gets uninstalled.
Automations and Homeassistant
So one of the greatest things I ve done with home automation (originally on Alexa, and now that I ve moved completely to Home Assistant) is a peanut butter spinner. We made the move to organic peanut butter a few years back, Continue reading
May the Fourth Be With You
I share now with you my favorite Star Wars riff, I lol d when watching it again, and I ve seen it dozens of times.
COBOL Programming
It s definitely reminding me of apple basic. Good times.
2025 Retrospective: Games and Books
Last year was a pretty good setup for games, and I definitely read more books than I have in quite some time. 2026 is shaping up pretty good for both, and I ve updated the sidebar for that info. Video Games Continue reading
New Phone Bigme Hibreak Pro Color
So I know it s been quite some time since I posted. What can I say? As you can see on the sidebar/below the post (if you re on mobile), I ve been playing quite a number of video games (finally beating Zelda Continue reading
Council of Elrond the Musical
This is fantastic.
Big Cell Phone Won This Round
I hate to say it, but I need to go back to a stock ROM for my cell phone. I had rooted it last August to put LineageOS on it, because then I was able to get access to Android Continue reading