A.B.<p>Good news, happy news. Think happy thoughts. 😀 </p><p>Headspace's daily content today highlighted Nourish LA, an organization that collects and distributes FREE FOOD. How nobel! I found their Youtube channel and this 6 minute heartwarming video that shows how they do the operations. Stunning and amazing.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzjY1OMk0gI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=RzjY1OMk0g</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p>
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Technical program / project manager getting things done. So much to do and read, so little time. #Linux, #FOSS, #philosophy, #rubikscube, #cooking, #movies, #music, #tech, #stars and #space, etc. All really summarized as: life in technology! Overall, an unsuccessful and aspiring #simplist.
I applaud all the Wayland early users and bug finders. Go go go!
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A.B.<p>I donated platelets again yesterday. I remain in a four week rotation. Lifetime donation number 223.</p><p>My blood is normal AFAIK. Stories like this Australian donor who recently passed show the absolute nobility of being able to save a life. Or a couple million lives. With just a blood donation. It's not hard.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4xqe60gyo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4xqe6</span><span class="invisible">0gyo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/donateblood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>donateblood</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/platelets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>platelets</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/donateplatelets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>donateplatelets</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blooddonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blooddonation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/plateletdonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plateletdonation</span></a></p>
A.B.<p>Going to be one of those weeks.</p><p>Updated my Intel based work <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MacOS</span></a> to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sequoia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sequoia</span></a> 15.3.2 and more than half of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/amethyst" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amethyst</span></a> tiling window manager keys no longer work.</p><p>Will need to look into this later. No recent GitHub issues, yet.</p>
A.B.<p>If someone humble brags that they love <a href="https://mas.to/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensource</span></a> , ask them how many open source apps they have on their phone and how much time they spend in them.</p><p>Then assess their original love statement. 😁</p>
A.B.<p>One of the first apps I installed on my first Android phone, an HTC something running Android 2.2, was <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@k9mail" class="u-url mention">@<span>k9mail</span></a></span> . The app has been on every phone of mine since and pulling all/most of my email accounts together.</p><p>The current maintainer is leaving, and wrote a great post. <a href="https://cketti.de/2025/02/26/goodbye-k9mail/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cketti.de/2025/02/26/goodbye-k</span><span class="invisible">9mail/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/k9mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>k9mail</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/K9_Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>K9_Mail</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/K9_Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>K9_Mail</span></a></p>
A.B.<p>Ooo, nailed it playing Reversi for Android. Black dominated.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/reversi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reversi</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>android</span></a></p>
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A.B.<p>All of the grocery stores I usually visit seemed to have flipped over to using <a href="https://mas.to/tags/biodegradble" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biodegradble</span></a>-bags this year. I applaud, but trying to get some wet lettuce or damp broccoli into the bags is an exercise in restraining frustration.</p><p>For the bulk bins, nearly impossible due to the bag fragility. If you look at the bags wrong, they tear. So fragile.</p>
A.B.<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/blooddonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blooddonation</span></a> number 221 today at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/stanfordbloodcenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stanfordbloodcenter</span></a> . It was platelets again, 2 units into the bags, at the labs right now and en route to someone on a surgery table who really needs them.</p><p>I may think about upping my donations to cross 300 donations in a couple years.</p>
A.B.<p>Nice developer touch: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenSudoku" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSudoku</span></a> for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Android</span></a> a really good game (free and no ads/tracking obviously) had an update that adds a "Xmas Challenge" board in December. Only a few days left to see it and solve it.</p><p>It's not a very hard board, thus "challenge" is a loose definition.</p>
A.B.<p>Why can't there be some notification if a developer or app has left the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/playstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>playstore</span></a> or if the app is no longer compatible with your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>android</span></a> version?</p><p>More so than just a dialog if I start the app. Ideally I shouldn't have to start all my apps to check this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>android</span></a> compatiblity.</p>
A.B.<p>Yet another <a href="https://mas.to/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>android</span></a> app surprise today, as I discovered <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bouncer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bouncer</span></a> Temporary Permissions hasn't worked in several months due to API changes in Android 14 now only granted to reader apps. ☹️ </p><p>I had used the app for years - if an app required a permission, say Camera access, you could set that in the app permissions, then use Bouncer to forceably remove it when the app closes.</p><p>Android since has gotten a "while in use" permission class, but I'm not sure what that means given apps can stay resident.</p>
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A.B.<p>A <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Simon_Malls" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Simon_Malls</span></a> holiday commercial sounded very familiar on a initial listen as a YouTube commercial. Second listen confirms. Check it on YouTube as "Meet Me At The Mall" and has a woman roller skating with a package. I'm not going to link it. It's only 30 seconds of pain.</p><p>It's a lift of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SimpleMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SimpleMind</span></a>'s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Don" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Don</span></a>'t_You_ (Forget_About_Me) from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/The_Breakfast_Club" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>The_Breakfast_Club</span></a> 1985 movie. Yeah, and throws different phases of the song together in a big mash up. Painful, as I said, for such a classic tune.</p>
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A.B.<p>Just discovered that the nearly monthly regional/state-wide bicycling magazine ceased publications. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CycleCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CycleCalifornia</span></a> is going newsletter and not printing.</p><p>They had dropped newsprint editions at local bike stores, which is where I found it years ago. It was a nice cover of the local scene and open group rides and charity rides.</p><p>Hoping the newsletter keeps the quality high.</p><p><a href="https://www.cyclecalifornia.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cyclecalifornia.com/index.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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A.B.<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LAX</span></a> is a strange airport. Hikes between terminals, usually underground. Each terminal has 4-5 food places you've never heard of. Either local businesses or mafia fronts, especially with the prices.</p>
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