# plugged (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover plugged. Page: Feed: --- ## [On the Radar: Kids Trust Parents Most About Faith, Little League Betting and ‘Milkshake Duck’](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/on-the-radar-kids-trust-parents-most-about-faith-little-league-betting-and-milkshake-duck/) _2026-08-22 · Bret Eckelberry · Plugged In_ Gen Alpha and Gen Z trust parents and faith leaders over digital content in spiritual matters. Sportsbooks place betting odds on the Little League World Series. And what is “Milkshake Duck?” The post On the Radar: Kids Trust Parents Most About Faith, Little League Betting and ‘Milkshake Duck’ appeared first on Plugged In . ## [Conversations With Teens: Back to School With AI](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/conversations-with-teens-back-to-school-with-ai/) _2026-08-21 · Emily Tsiao · Plugged In_ How is AI affecting schools? Here is a guide to having a conversation with your teen about what they should expect ... The post Conversations With Teens: Back to School With AI appeared first on Plugged In . ## [Hollywood’s Play for a Big Screen Revival](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/hollywoods-play-for-a-big-screen-revival/) _2026-08-19 · Bob Hoose · Plugged In_ Hollywood pulls out its old attention-getting playbook. And unexpected good things result. The post Hollywood’s Play for a Big Screen Revival appeared first on Plugged In . ## [Movie Monday: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Snares Another Win](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/movie-monday-spider-man-brand-new-day-snares-another-win/) _2026-08-17 · Emily Tsiao · Plugged In_ 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' climbs ever closer to usurping 'Avengers: Endgame' for the second-highest grossing film of all time. The post Movie Monday: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Snares Another Win appeared first on Plugged In . ## [On the Radar: ‘Folk Valley,’ ‘Soft Life’ and a UK Social Media Ban Update](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/on-the-radar-folk-valley-soft-life-and-a-uk-social-media-ban-update/) _2026-08-15 · Emily Tsiao · Plugged In_ "Folk Valley" trend exposes kids to disturbing imagery. Gen Z embraces the "soft life" as a way to slow down. U.K. teens say they won't opt in to proposed social media ban. The post On the Radar: ‘Folk Valley,’ ‘Soft Life’ and a UK Social Media Ban Update appeared first on Plugged In . ## [2026-08-14 Friday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-14.html) _2026-08-14 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Up early, sync call with Eloy, marketing call. Lunch, catch up with Pedro, sync with Lily. Chased lots of loose ends, last patch reviews, sync with Dave. Sales cold-call. Packed, and worked until late at night. ## [2026-08-13 Thursday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-13.html) _2026-08-13 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Marketing stand-up, tech planning call. Sync with Miklos & Thorsten, then Quikee. Lunch, partner call, sync with Laser, Sales call, out to see a Physio - back pain & Tennis elbow. Plugged away at more overdue tasks from the backlog - quite some desk clearing action. ## [Thinking of You, Perez Hilton](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/thinking-of-you-perez-hilton/) _2026-08-13 · Emily Tsiao · Plugged In_ Jesus told us to pray for our enemies and do good to those who hate us. And sometimes, that means extending grace to someone who wouldn't necessarily do the same. The post Thinking of You, Perez Hilton appeared first on Plugged In . ## [2026-08-12 Wednesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-12.html) _2026-08-12 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Up early, helped electrician get a Powerwall 3 installed - nice; amused to see us starting to run the house from electricity shipped from the USA(?) while it drained initially; hopefully charging cheaply at night, and draining all day gives savings, robustness, off-grid / UPS capability and more. Marketing stand-up, partner / landlock call. Sync with Stelios, Thorsten & Mitch. Lunch. Sync with… ## [Take Care With What You Share: The Exposure of Social Media & AI Chats](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/take-care-with-what-you-share-the-exposure-of-social-media-ai-chats/) _2026-08-12 · Emily Tsiao · Plugged In_ What you share on social media can affect a college application status. But recent AI chat exposures could also impact college dreams. The post Take Care With What You Share: The Exposure of Social Media & AI Chats appeared first on Plugged In . ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wy2Us6EgBg4m) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [2026-08-11 Tuesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-11.html) _2026-08-11 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Anne left early for home. Marketing stand-up, planning call, sync with Laserm mail, lunch. Catch up with Andras, partner call with Guy's help. Melisr kindly picked up some new CI hardware, plugged away at landlock improvements. ## [2026-08-10 Monday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-10.html) _2026-08-10 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Marketing stand-up, sync with Miklos, Thorsten, marketing content, Naomi, Eloy. Anne back with Clive for lunch. ## [Movie Monday: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Continues to Dominate](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/movie-monday-spider-man-brand-new-day-continues-to-dominate/) _2026-08-10 · Emily Tsiao · Plugged In_ Uncle Ben and Aunt May once told Peter Parker that with great power comes great responsibility. Turns out, great power at the box office comes with a great deal of money, too. In a weekend filled with cinematic afterthoughts, Spider-Man: Brand New Day spun its way to another amazing weekend. The superhero film smashed its \[…\] The post Movie Monday: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Continues to Dominate… ## [2026-08-09 Sunday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-09.html) _2026-08-09 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ All Saints in the morning, lead worship with Laura - fun. Home for Pizza; walked onto the racecourse with H. watched lots of Foundation and relaxed while J. sewed bunting. Barney back after a week at home. ## [2026-08-08 Saturday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-08.html) _2026-08-08 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Up earlyish, watched Silo with H, into London by train. Worked on a new landlock containment implementation that should be good for COOL / K8s. Had a fine lunch in St James Park made by M. wandered central London with her, admired the Thames a & chatted together in the sun. Watched The Mousetrap matinee performance together - very good: the notionally year trip with Dad. Out to a nice steak house… ## [On the Radar: Gen Z Friendships, Frozen Yogurt ‘Wellness’ and Cool Chess](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/on-the-radar-gen-z-friendships-frozen-yogurt-wellness-and-cool-chess/) _2026-08-08 · Bret Eckelberry · Plugged In_ Do the friends you make online count as “real” friends? Frozen yogurt is being marketed as a wellness food. And chess is cool again. (Or, maybe, for the first time?) The post On the Radar: Gen Z Friendships, Frozen Yogurt ‘Wellness’ and Cool Chess appeared first on Plugged In . ## [2026-08-07 Friday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-07.html) _2026-08-07 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Marketing stand-up, sync with Szymon, Pranam, Rash and a number of others. Catch up with Mitch & Thorsten. Sync with Chris, Gokay, Tomaz; lunch, then Stephan, Dennis & Thorsten. Sync with Naomi, partner call, catch up with Dave. Lots of interesting calls through the day. Gave a talk at church, some good questions, out with J. for a pub dinner afterwards: nice. ## [2026-08-06 Thursday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-06.html) _2026-08-06 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Marketing stand-up, tech planning call, sync with Lily, Laser, call with Stephan, Mohit & Samuel. Up late writing a talk for All Saints. ## [Tech Giants Say, ‘Turn it Off!’](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/tech-giants-say-turn-it-off/) _2026-08-06 · Emily Tsiao · Plugged In_ When everything’s on your phone, how do you turn it off? The social media giants have an ironic suggestion. The post Tech Giants Say, ‘Turn it Off!’ appeared first on Plugged In . ## [2026-08-05 Wednesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-05.html) _2026-08-05 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Mail chew, briefed Richard on a advocacy topic. Dug at some COOL hacking and feature pieces. COOL TC meeting, sync with Philippe, catch up with Dave. Published the next strip: an interview with Wilf who has a slippery grip on reality: J. picked up H. who was on a call, later dinner, picked up Zach from Red-lodge, band practice & returned him. ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FLkq64VEDmlK) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Friendly Neighborhood Heroism: How Each Live-Action Spider-Man Has Embodied the Character](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/friendly-neighborhood-heroism-how-each-live-action-spider-man-has-embodied-the-character/) _2026-08-05 · Emily Tsiao · Plugged In_ With ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ swinging into theaters, we'd like to examine Peter Parker’s quieter, character-defining moments of big-screen heroism. The post Friendly Neighborhood Heroism: How Each Live-Action Spider-Man Has Embodied the Character appeared first on Plugged In . ## [2026-08-04 Tuesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-04.html) _2026-08-04 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Planning call, sync with Laser, then Andras & Anna. Sync with Pranam, Lunch, call with a potential partner. Plugged away at some PM / planning pieces. J. took Anne to meet up with Suzannah. David over for dinner, good to catch up on a walk. ## [Movie Monday: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Webs Huge Debut](https://www.pluggedin.com/blog/movie-monday-spider-man-brand-new-day-webs-huge-debut/) _2026-08-04 · Paul Asay · Plugged In_ Superhero fatigue? Um, maybe not. Sure, we’ve seen some cracks in the genre as of late. But this weekend, our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man took just about every neighborhood by storm. Spider-Man: Brand New Day soared to an estimated $355 million weekend in North America. That’s a lot of money for a superhero who, just a \[…\] The post Movie Monday: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Webs Huge Debut… ## [2026-08-03 Monday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-03.html) _2026-08-03 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Mail chew, resource planning, sync with Miklos & Thorsten. Lunch. Hack-week catch-up. Patch review, and merging here and there. Anne split her journey to stay with us, nice to see her. Marketing content review call, sync with Eloy. ## [2026-08-02 Sunday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-02.html) _2026-08-02 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ J. off to Nicky's birthday party. Lead music with Laura, home - managed to make a white-sauce, cook some bacon and feed two daugthers and self without disaster. Slept a little, prepared music for the evening service, lead that - great talk by Kingsley. Home, watched Severance with J&H. ## [2026-08-01 Saturday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-08-01.html) _2026-08-01 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Lazed somewhat, spent some time working through various tasks. Re-connected foam-gun to a PTFE pipe, and worked at sealing dot & dab gaps behind kitchen units. Cunningly managed to get foam everywhere and damage just varnished floor - thank goodness for a patient wife. Out to Greer & Barabara's in the evening for a fine BBQ made by Sergey & Theresa, with a number of church family members - talked… ## [2026-07-31 Friday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-31.html) _2026-07-31 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ More Kitchen floor varnishing setup, catch up with Simon. Avoided doing lots of tasks, and in doing so did lots of others: Structured Procrastination . Poked at and fixed an annoyance around mis-caching cool.html in some cases, and poked at other pending patches. Sync with Lily. Planning bits. ## [2026-07-30 Thursday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-30.html) _2026-07-30 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Up late, short tech. planning call. sync with Laser, catch up with Andreas. Plugged away at some hacking, and planning, encouraging sales call. Dug into removing more legacy avmedia code. ## [2026-07-29 Wednesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-29.html) _2026-07-29 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Mail chew, code reading, planning. Published the next strip on Another Election - setting up the next board: ## [2026-07-28 Tuesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-28.html) _2026-07-28 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Planning call, admin, lunch. Marketing call, more admin - digging into CI performance analysis. Bought new Mac hardware & poked at some product mgmt bits. Started sorting out the garage with H. and Barney to make space, de-duplicate and more, discovered a pair of beautiful rebating hand planes. ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7Ax73Tfsfvk0) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [2026-07-27 Monday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-27.html) _2026-07-27 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Caught up with Laser in-person. Hack-week started - always interesting to see what will come out of that. Sync with Thorsten, Naomi, Pedro & Eloy. H.&Anne cooked in the evening. Played Catan ## [2026-07-26 Sunday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-26.html) _2026-07-26 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ All Saints with J&A, played Violin - talked to new people , home to make pizza with J&A. Lunch. Applied relaxation in the afternoon; watched Grayhound - based on The Good Shepherd ## [2026-07-25 Saturday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-25.html) _2026-07-25 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Prepped for family, made bread, Anne, Sue & Clive over for a wider birthday celebration, David for lunch too. David & E. off to help with a kids camp. Talked, went to walk with Truffle in the heat. Home, tea, chatted, painted floor again before bed. ## [2026-07-24 Friday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-24.html) _2026-07-24 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Extremely pleasantly surprised with openSUSE 16.0 - now my kernel schedules sensibly so a video conference can co-exist with a massive compile set in the background without glitching and becoming unusable - horay - like having new hardware. Sync with Aron, TTT, mail, admin, catch-up. Bit of hacking, ad-hoc calls, out for a run with J. sync with Dave. Chinese food with E. in the evening. Painted… ## [2026-07-23 Thursday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-23.html) _2026-07-23 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Tech. planning call, sync with Caolan, lunch with J. Pleased to be mentioned in the Irish Parliament - go Ireland! Really pleased to see Collabora Online 26.04 released for customer use: the foundation of another year of development and improvement. Thanks to our partners for supporting our press release , and for our customers and partners for funding much of the awesome team that create a slew… ## [2026-07-22 Wednesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-22.html) _2026-07-22 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Up early, sync with Stephan, Pranam, Laser, all-hands call, snatched lunch, Collabora quarterly mgmt meeting. Published the next strip: An interview with Maurice: digging into organizations Pleased to see FLOSS Weekly Episode 879: Collabora published - great to chat with Jonathan. More quarterly management meeting until late. Poked at a potential child setup thread delay in COOL at the same time.… ## [2026-07-21 Tuesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-21.html) _2026-07-21 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Up earlyish, celebrated J's birthday with presents, to work while she went to Peter Beale's Rose shop with Sue next door. Planning call, monthly mgmt meeting, brief meeting with potential partner. Fun FLOSS Weekly podcast with Jonathan. Out for dinner with J,H,E+Barney to the Three Blackbirds, back for strawberry topped birthday cake; played games together. ## [2026-07-20 Monday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-20.html) _2026-07-20 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Took a day off to spend some time with J. relaxed in the morning variously, out food shopping with J. Lunch with L&T in the garden, out to RAF Mildenhall to admire a number of the 67'ths MC130-Js, CV22-B (Osprey)s, KC-135Rs etc. up-close. Spectacular. Home, another coat of paint on a chunk of the garage floor. ## [2026-07-19 Sunday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-19.html) _2026-07-19 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ All Saints, violin, prayers, out to a lovely Church Music BBQ, caught up in the sun. Saw Robin & Christine, home in the evening, painted another section of garage floor - poly-u on sealed concrete. ## [2026-07-18 Saturday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-18.html) _2026-07-18 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Lost a chunk of a day by travelling east. Arrived midday, trains home. Caught up with lovely wife & some babes. Out for a walk with J, watched Silo with H, relaxed & slept. ## [2026-07-17 Friday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-17.html) _2026-07-17 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Up earlyish, plugged away at press release bits. Breakfast with the attendees, bid 'bye to many - shared bus to SFO, plugged away at press pieces until late. Enjoyed starlink on the plane again; great for productivity. Slept. ## [2026-07-16 Thursday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-16.html) _2026-07-16 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Up earlyish, plugged away at admin, E-mail, slides. Breakfast with a growing set of interesting people. Fascinating conference, learned a huge amount about DHTs, and de-centralized systems - met some really interesting people. Good set of talks, conversations, fine dining in the evening, toasting of marshmallows - great fun. ## [2026-07-15 Wednesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-15.html) _2026-07-15 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Up much too early got a bit of work done, worked on train(s) to Heathrow. Virgin Atlantic - promises StarLink - interesting. Published the next strip from over Greenland: public husting and private whisperings; the political arts applied. "You might not care about politics, but politics cares about you." Amazed to have a fast & efficient immigration experience encouraging. To Guerneville,… ## [2026-07-14 Tuesday](https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2026-07-14.html) _2026-07-14 · Stuff Michael Meeks is doing_ Marketing call, planning call, catch-up with the A-team: Anna & Andras. Internal round-table / training. Blissful experience of actually getting meeting notifications with new thunderbird plugin - wow. Lunch, partner payment setup call. Ben & Myriam visited - lovely to see the whole family. Shareholder meeting, sync with Dave.