I like having interesting, beautiful wallpapers (desktop backgrounds) on my computer. For example, I enjoy Simon Stalenhag's retro-future illustrations: But when I log in remotely, over a sometimes slow connection, it would be better to have my wallpaper just be a solid color. Solid colors…
At the end of my previous post about using a writerdeck, I asked “will I stick with it?” Turns out the answer is “yes but first I have to start over”. I liked the concept but there were some issues, mainly with keyboard support. I…
I saw a post on the “Veronica Explains” blog about setting up a “writerdeck” and I wanted to give it try. If you’re interested in a focus approach to writing, you might want to try it too. What’s a writerdeck? It’s a computer that only…
Hi, it's me again, with another political post. I didn't expect to be writing another one so soon, but then I didn't expect the president to heal the sick and cure the lame. Praise be to Jesus Trump!
I felt like writing today, and unfortunately I decided to write about politics. Why? I guess I'm stupid. I saw a recent toot (love you, Mastodon!) of a screenshot of a Bluesky post (ick) of a screenshot of a tweet (eww) showing community notes on a screenshot of Donald's Truth Social post (barf) about Walmart Thanksgiving meal prices. Did you follow all that? Me neither. Since Walmart was claiming…
This is a recipe that few on this planet appreciate. I believe that only I and my Aunt Mary are the extant Woltmans that enjoy this wonderful entree. It is a spicy spaghetti made with Campbell's tomato soup and cayenne pepper.
I was recently given a hand-me-down Remarkable 2 tablet, which is good because I would never have spent on money it - not because it's not good, but because it's $600 for essentially an e-ink sketch pad. I wanted to mark up some e-books I own, but they're from Amazon, so I had to figure out how convert them to a format the Remarkable would support. UPDATE: Amazon has removed the option to download…