Stephen King the writer on Rob Reiner the director: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Stephen King: What Rob Reiner Saw in Me
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Stephen King the writer on Rob Reiner the director: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
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Spotify #Wrapped2025 stats are in, and A Line Around Your Thoughts got some nice podcast honors.
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Spotify #Wrapped2025 stats are in, and A Line Around Your Thoughts got some nice podcast honors.
I already own and actively use more than half of these, else I'd be jumping on this bundle deal: unclutterapp.com/bundle
Editors’ Choice — Black Friday Mac Apps Collection 2025
12 Mac essentials that earned their spot by being genuinely brilliant.
unclutterapp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I already own and actively use more than half of these, else I'd be jumping on this bundle deal: unclutterapp.com/bundle
Don't know about you, but I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion that people aren't always as good at things as they claim or as their professional titles might suggest.
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Don't know about you, but I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion that people aren't always as good at things as they claim or as their professional titles might suggest.
Just sit for a moment and take in this UI abomination.
Your eyes aren't fooling you. That visual vomit is the toolbar and its text-based buttons being transparently backdropped by... scrolling text.
So let me join the pile-on: Good riddance, Alan Dye.
#Apple #UI #macOS #LiquidGlass
Your eyes aren't fooling you. That visual vomit is the toolbar and its text-based buttons being transparently backdropped by... scrolling text.
So let me join the pile-on: Good riddance, Alan Dye.
#Apple #UI #macOS #LiquidGlass
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Just sit for a moment and take in this UI abomination.
Your eyes aren't fooling you. That visual vomit is the toolbar and its text-based buttons being transparently backdropped by... scrolling text.
So let me join the pile-on: Good riddance, Alan Dye.
#Apple #UI #macOS #LiquidGlass
Your eyes aren't fooling you. That visual vomit is the toolbar and its text-based buttons being transparently backdropped by... scrolling text.
So let me join the pile-on: Good riddance, Alan Dye.
#Apple #UI #macOS #LiquidGlass
The city street sweepers came through to collect all the curbside leaves.
Two neighbors across the street moved their cars to our side to clear access. They never moved them back.
I then experienced the transcendental bliss of watching the sweeper completely bypass our house to avoid their cars.
Two neighbors across the street moved their cars to our side to clear access. They never moved them back.
I then experienced the transcendental bliss of watching the sweeper completely bypass our house to avoid their cars.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The city street sweepers came through to collect all the curbside leaves.
Two neighbors across the street moved their cars to our side to clear access. They never moved them back.
I then experienced the transcendental bliss of watching the sweeper completely bypass our house to avoid their cars.
Two neighbors across the street moved their cars to our side to clear access. They never moved them back.
I then experienced the transcendental bliss of watching the sweeper completely bypass our house to avoid their cars.
To me, Wikipedia is perhaps the best and, sadly, last great example of everything the WWW promised.
It's flawed, yes, like anything that humans touch. But its flaws are nothing compared to its value as an accessible, readable, traceable repo of wide-ranging info.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
It's flawed, yes, like anything that humans touch. But its flaws are nothing compared to its value as an accessible, readable, traceable repo of wide-ranging info.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
To me, Wikipedia is perhaps the best and, sadly, last great example of everything the WWW promised.
It's flawed, yes, like anything that humans touch. But its flaws are nothing compared to its value as an accessible, readable, traceable repo of wide-ranging info.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
It's flawed, yes, like anything that humans touch. But its flaws are nothing compared to its value as an accessible, readable, traceable repo of wide-ranging info.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
I have yet to come across a theater review in the Spokesman-Review from the last, say, five years (and that's probably being conservative) that gives any production anything less than 3,000 stars and 600 thumbs up.
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I have yet to come across a theater review in the Spokesman-Review from the last, say, five years (and that's probably being conservative) that gives any production anything less than 3,000 stars and 600 thumbs up.
Recent @inlander.com article on the new "Davenport Legacy" exhibition at the MAC: www.inlander.com/culture/the-...
#Spokane #architecture #history
#Spokane #architecture #history
The Davenport Hotel is an integral part of Spokane’s identity. A new MAC exhibition looks back on their shared history
From where we’re sitting now, it’s hard to imagine Spokane without the Davenport Hotel. The historic building is such a visual landmark and a fixture of downtown life that its
www.inlander.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Recent @inlander.com article on the new "Davenport Legacy" exhibition at the MAC: www.inlander.com/culture/the-...
#Spokane #architecture #history
#Spokane #architecture #history
We've hit peak self-parody.
The ridiculous: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJkl...
The reality: forums.macrumors.com/threads/kohl...
The ridiculous: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJkl...
The reality: forums.macrumors.com/threads/kohl...
Smart Pipe | Infomercials | Adult Swim
YouTube video by Adult Swim
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
We've hit peak self-parody.
The ridiculous: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJkl...
The reality: forums.macrumors.com/threads/kohl...
The ridiculous: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJkl...
The reality: forums.macrumors.com/threads/kohl...
I've lost count of the visual glitches & questionable design choices in macOS Tahoe. The image below shows stray text in the border of the Finder window.
From time to time, desktop icons will simply vanish until I click the Finder icon.
From time to time, desktop icons will simply vanish until I click the Finder icon.
September 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I've lost count of the visual glitches & questionable design choices in macOS Tahoe. The image below shows stray text in the border of the Finder window.
From time to time, desktop icons will simply vanish until I click the Finder icon.
From time to time, desktop icons will simply vanish until I click the Finder icon.
... and if you dig the INK! Print Rally article in this week's @inlander.com, check out the @alayt.bsky.social podcast interview with Jeni and Jaiden that I did a week prior.
Joining ALAYT this week are Jeni Riplinger and Jaiden Haley of the arts incubator Emerge Coeur d'Alene.
Emerge's much-anticipated INK! Print Rally is coming up on Sept. 13. We talk about that and all the other events and resources Emerge offers.
#CoeurdAlene #Spokane #Idaho #arts #printmaking
Emerge's much-anticipated INK! Print Rally is coming up on Sept. 13. We talk about that and all the other events and resources Emerge offers.
#CoeurdAlene #Spokane #Idaho #arts #printmaking
Jeni Riplinger & Jaiden Haley of Emerge Coeur d’Alene
On this week's episode, our guests are Jeni Riplinger and Jaiden Haley of the arts incubator Emerge Coeur d'Alene.
alaytpodcast.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
... and if you dig the INK! Print Rally article in this week's @inlander.com, check out the @alayt.bsky.social podcast interview with Jeni and Jaiden that I did a week prior.
I've got two bylines (well, same byline, different articles) in the @inlander.com this week.
One is for Emerge CdA's INK! Print Rally. The other is something completely different: Rate debates in a local irrigation district.
www.inlander.com/culture/emer...
www.inlander.com/news/debates...
One is for Emerge CdA's INK! Print Rally. The other is something completely different: Rate debates in a local irrigation district.
www.inlander.com/culture/emer...
www.inlander.com/news/debates...
Emerge's annual INK! Print Rally continues the region's rejuvenation of printmaking
While art forms, much like anything else, enjoy waxing and waning levels of popularity, the past decade has been a good one for the area's...
www.inlander.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I've got two bylines (well, same byline, different articles) in the @inlander.com this week.
One is for Emerge CdA's INK! Print Rally. The other is something completely different: Rate debates in a local irrigation district.
www.inlander.com/culture/emer...
www.inlander.com/news/debates...
One is for Emerge CdA's INK! Print Rally. The other is something completely different: Rate debates in a local irrigation district.
www.inlander.com/culture/emer...
www.inlander.com/news/debates...
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🚨 Heads up @plex users!
Plex has disclosed a security incident that may affect account credentials. As a precaution, all users are advised to:
1⃣Change your Plex password immediately
2⃣Log out of all devices
Read the official notice here:
forums.plex.tv/t/important-...
Plex has disclosed a security incident that may affect account credentials. As a precaution, all users are advised to:
1⃣Change your Plex password immediately
2⃣Log out of all devices
Read the official notice here:
forums.plex.tv/t/important-...
Important Notice of Security Incident
We have recently experienced a security incident that may potentially involve your Plex account information. We believe the actual impact of this incident is limited; however, action is required from ...
forums.plex.tv
September 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🚨 Heads up @plex users!
Plex has disclosed a security incident that may affect account credentials. As a precaution, all users are advised to:
1⃣Change your Plex password immediately
2⃣Log out of all devices
Read the official notice here:
forums.plex.tv/t/important-...
Plex has disclosed a security incident that may affect account credentials. As a precaution, all users are advised to:
1⃣Change your Plex password immediately
2⃣Log out of all devices
Read the official notice here:
forums.plex.tv/t/important-...
MacSurfer has relaunched under new stewardship. IMHO, there's still a place for barebones headline aggregators. They keep us out of info bubbles.
At the same time, I've no clue why "Taylor Swift Engaged to Travis Kelce" is currently its own category on MacSurfer.
schwarztech.net/articles/int...
At the same time, I've no clue why "Taylor Swift Engaged to Travis Kelce" is currently its own category on MacSurfer.
schwarztech.net/articles/int...
» Interview with MacSurfer’s New Owner, Ken Turner
Over the past week, I've been working to track down the new owner of MacSurfer's Headline News, a beloved site...
schwarztech.net
August 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
MacSurfer has relaunched under new stewardship. IMHO, there's still a place for barebones headline aggregators. They keep us out of info bubbles.
At the same time, I've no clue why "Taylor Swift Engaged to Travis Kelce" is currently its own category on MacSurfer.
schwarztech.net/articles/int...
At the same time, I've no clue why "Taylor Swift Engaged to Travis Kelce" is currently its own category on MacSurfer.
schwarztech.net/articles/int...
Anyone else bought @unraid.net 20th anniversary merch?
Two tees arrived today and measure a full size smaller according to their own chart, making them unwearable for me. Caveat emptor.
#unraid #ecommerce
Two tees arrived today and measure a full size smaller according to their own chart, making them unwearable for me. Caveat emptor.
#unraid #ecommerce
August 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Anyone else bought @unraid.net 20th anniversary merch?
Two tees arrived today and measure a full size smaller according to their own chart, making them unwearable for me. Caveat emptor.
#unraid #ecommerce
Two tees arrived today and measure a full size smaller according to their own chart, making them unwearable for me. Caveat emptor.
#unraid #ecommerce
Heads up: @rogueamoeba.com currently has the 15% coupon code CHRISROCKS on all their great software.
I use RH app every day. Audio Hijack for my phone interviews & podcast VOs + Airfoil for audio streaming + ...
My only regret is not buying the entire RH bundle when I got the other apps.
I use RH app every day. Audio Hijack for my phone interviews & podcast VOs + Airfoil for audio streaming + ...
My only regret is not buying the entire RH bundle when I got the other apps.
August 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Heads up: @rogueamoeba.com currently has the 15% coupon code CHRISROCKS on all their great software.
I use RH app every day. Audio Hijack for my phone interviews & podcast VOs + Airfoil for audio streaming + ...
My only regret is not buying the entire RH bundle when I got the other apps.
I use RH app every day. Audio Hijack for my phone interviews & podcast VOs + Airfoil for audio streaming + ...
My only regret is not buying the entire RH bundle when I got the other apps.
So what exactly marks the point where we've undeniably crossed the line into kleptocratic fascism? Are there still people on the fence trying to convince themselves things aren't that bad?
August 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So what exactly marks the point where we've undeniably crossed the line into kleptocratic fascism? Are there still people on the fence trying to convince themselves things aren't that bad?
A 3rd @inlander.com / @alayt.bsky.social double bill this week, this time for My Turn Theater.
These really aren't intentional, I swear. The recording and publication dates just put things in sync.
Print: www.inlander.com/culture/afte...
Pod: Reposted below.
#Spokane #theater #podcast
These really aren't intentional, I swear. The recording and publication dates just put things in sync.
Print: www.inlander.com/culture/afte...
Pod: Reposted below.
#Spokane #theater #podcast
August 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A 3rd @inlander.com / @alayt.bsky.social double bill this week, this time for My Turn Theater.
These really aren't intentional, I swear. The recording and publication dates just put things in sync.
Print: www.inlander.com/culture/afte...
Pod: Reposted below.
#Spokane #theater #podcast
These really aren't intentional, I swear. The recording and publication dates just put things in sync.
Print: www.inlander.com/culture/afte...
Pod: Reposted below.
#Spokane #theater #podcast
A tool to look up your tree equity score: www.treeequityscore.org/map
Note that thick tree cover tends to be a feature of the most desirable areas. It's simple: We like and value the myriad benefits of trees, whether we're conscious of that or not. So plant more and stop cutting 'em down.
Note that thick tree cover tends to be a feature of the most desirable areas. It's simple: We like and value the myriad benefits of trees, whether we're conscious of that or not. So plant more and stop cutting 'em down.
Tree Equity Score National Explorer
www.treeequityscore.org
July 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A tool to look up your tree equity score: www.treeequityscore.org/map
Note that thick tree cover tends to be a feature of the most desirable areas. It's simple: We like and value the myriad benefits of trees, whether we're conscious of that or not. So plant more and stop cutting 'em down.
Note that thick tree cover tends to be a feature of the most desirable areas. It's simple: We like and value the myriad benefits of trees, whether we're conscious of that or not. So plant more and stop cutting 'em down.
... and speaking of double headers, the 33 Artists Market preview isn't my only @inlander.com article this week. I also profiled the folks from the new troupe Inland Classical Theatre.
www.inlander.com/culture/inla...
#Spokane #theater #events #performingarts
www.inlander.com/culture/inla...
#Spokane #theater #events #performingarts
Inland Classical Theatre debuts with one of Shakespeare's more fraught plays — and a contemporary response
Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew isn't exactly a play that has won universal acclaim for its progressive attitudes. Its central courtship — admittedly, a...
www.inlander.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
... and speaking of double headers, the 33 Artists Market preview isn't my only @inlander.com article this week. I also profiled the folks from the new troupe Inland Classical Theatre.
www.inlander.com/culture/inla...
#Spokane #theater #events #performingarts
www.inlander.com/culture/inla...
#Spokane #theater #events #performingarts
Another double header this week. Gwyn was on @alayt.bsky.social with me, and I also profiled her for a 33 Artists Market preview in @inlander.com. Both the episode and article are out today.
www.inlander.com/culture/33-a...
#Spokane #visualart #podcast #events #art #market
www.inlander.com/culture/33-a...
#Spokane #visualart #podcast #events #art #market
July 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Another double header this week. Gwyn was on @alayt.bsky.social with me, and I also profiled her for a 33 Artists Market preview in @inlander.com. Both the episode and article are out today.
www.inlander.com/culture/33-a...
#Spokane #visualart #podcast #events #art #market
www.inlander.com/culture/33-a...
#Spokane #visualart #podcast #events #art #market
Can't believe I missed this when it appeared several weeks ago. Kudos to the ad team who packed multiple layers of messaging into one compelling minute.
#Spokane #publictransit #Jaws
#Spokane #publictransit #Jaws
I guess today is the 50th anniversary of Jaws. Some of you might enjoy this tribute of sorts:
vimeo.com/1092615635/0...
#doubledeckers
#transit
vimeo.com/1092615635/0...
#doubledeckers
#transit
STA Double Decker 'Jaws' Commercial
This is "STA Double Decker 'Jaws' Commercial" by Spokane Transit on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Can't believe I missed this when it appeared several weeks ago. Kudos to the ad team who packed multiple layers of messaging into one compelling minute.
#Spokane #publictransit #Jaws
#Spokane #publictransit #Jaws
Ended up covering the upcoming #Spokane BachFest concerts in two different capacities:
- A print story for @inlander.com w/ the guest artists
- An audio interview for @alayt.bsky.social w/ BachFest artistic director Zuill Bailey
www.inlander.com/culture/for-...
alaytpodcast.com/2025/07/17/z...
- A print story for @inlander.com w/ the guest artists
- An audio interview for @alayt.bsky.social w/ BachFest artistic director Zuill Bailey
www.inlander.com/culture/for-...
alaytpodcast.com/2025/07/17/z...
Zuill Bailey of Northwest BachFest
On this week’s episode we catch up with Zuill Bailey, who’s not only an internationally touring cellist but also artistic director of the Northwest BachFest.
alaytpodcast.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Ended up covering the upcoming #Spokane BachFest concerts in two different capacities:
- A print story for @inlander.com w/ the guest artists
- An audio interview for @alayt.bsky.social w/ BachFest artistic director Zuill Bailey
www.inlander.com/culture/for-...
alaytpodcast.com/2025/07/17/z...
- A print story for @inlander.com w/ the guest artists
- An audio interview for @alayt.bsky.social w/ BachFest artistic director Zuill Bailey
www.inlander.com/culture/for-...
alaytpodcast.com/2025/07/17/z...