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A physical entertainment possession renaissance

Posted on 18/08/2025 by Reay

It seems that some high schoolers these days are starting to develop an affinity for owning physical entertainment items instead of relying exclusively on strea...

an interesting thing/news/tech

Time to Linux

Posted on 29/06/2025 by Reay

A definition of planned obsolescence, per a summary from Wikipedia:“In economics and industrial design, planned obsolescence (also called built-in obsoles...

tech/work/writing

Dear job search sites…

Posted on 17/06/2025 by Reay

Why do you make it so hard for people to find the one thing they’re looking for? I’m on ZipRecruiter as I write this — perhaps the best known ...

tabletop/tech/whatnot/work in progress/writing

Delete everything? Never.

Posted on 13/06/2025 by Reay

I read on Mastodon a couple of days back that someone I follow has deleted her longtime files of collected notes and reminders, and has experienced a huge weigh...

art/news/social/tech/TV

Video piracy is on the rise again

Posted on 10/06/2025 by Reay

I recently checked out this article that was linked from Mastodon (my sole social media presence) and it’s a pretty quick read, if you’re interested...

tech

4200? Time for a reality check

Posted on 25/02/2025 by Reay

I’ve changed email service providers. It’s for reasons I won’t bother getting into here, and I didn’t do it lightly, but it was somethin...

books/news/tech

A one-two punch of disappointment

Posted on 19/01/2025 by Reay

This wasn’t a good week for fans of Neil Gaiman or Protonmail. First and way more importantly, Neil Gaiman, for decades my favourite writer, was outed as ...

books/dogs/tech

In praise of audiobooks

Posted on 30/11/2024 by Reay

While I’ve written previously about bumps in the road to enjoying audiobooks and my take on that score hasn’t changed, I have to say, when they work...

news/social/tech

Ain’t no party like a beige.party party

Posted on 30/08/2024 by Reay

When I first joined Mastodon in 2019, it was via a server — an instance, as it’s called — named mastodon.social. In part, joining that particu...

language/news/tech

The trickiness of effective email addresses

Posted on 14/08/2024 by Reay

I have a weird name. For those outside my family and group of friends who haven’t known me forever, the first one is pronounced “Ray” and the ...

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