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Curtis McHale<p>What Lou Likes in a blog<br>Lou wrote a list of what he likes in a blog and I agree with them. I'd add that while I don't want to hear about how bad things are all the time, I also don't want fanboy blogs either. There are a number of Apple centric sites that I stopped following because they were happily polishing any turd Apple put out and dismissing any critiques.<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/06/02/what-lou-likes-in-a-blog/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/06/02/wha</span><span class="invisible">t-lou-likes-in-a-blog/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Opportunity = Let’s put all risk on workers<br>While reading the magazine version of Plastic Money I came across this quote near the end.</p><p>For its part, Plastic Bank isn’t interested in hiring full-time collectors. “I think it’s even more exciting for the world’s most resourceful to have an unlimited opportunity,” Katz says. “If they want to work more, th<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/05/30/opportunity-lets-put-all-risk-on-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/05/30/opp</span><span class="invisible">ortunity-lets-put-all-risk-on-workers/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>My least favourite part of `the web`<br>I was catching up with some tech news yesterday and while I was listening to a discussion about the latest updates coming from Google and their potential impact on the web I had a sudden realization: when tech reporters say “the web” they don’t mean the web. When these people talk about the web they’re talking about the web they’re part of: they ta<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/05/26/my-least-favourite-part-of-the-web/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/05/26/my-</span><span class="invisible">least-favourite-part-of-the-web/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshitification</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Back to analogue to reduce overwhelm<br>Yup, analogue tools can help reduce overwhelm because they don't notify you. They just sit there and do their jobs.<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/05/21/back-to-analogue-to-reduce-overwhelm/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/05/21/bac</span><span class="invisible">k-to-analogue-to-reduce-overwhelm/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/analogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analogue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaskManager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaskManager</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>White and Pink Noise from the Terminal<br>I was travelling recently and realized I didn't pack the small fan I often would bring on trips since I'm used to sleeping with a fan at home. Luckily with a quick search I found this excellent StackExchange answer to use SoX that come with some excellent formula's in the answers.</p><p>Installing SoX was a matter of adding sox t<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/05/14/white-and-pink-noise-from-the-terminal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/05/14/whi</span><span class="invisible">te-and-pink-noise-from-the-terminal/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pinknoise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pinknoise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whitenoise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitenoise</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Number 3653<br>This is my 3653 blog post and just like Seth I'd write even if no one read it. I certainly don't write for the massive blogging money.<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/04/09/number-3653/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/04/09/num</span><span class="invisible">ber-3653/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Working like the 90’s<br>Yes, we should work like the 90’s and get to disconnected when we leave the office. At my job I don’t ever check my email because I only get around 1 email a month that would involve me and it also involves my boss because he copied me. Thus, he always mentions to me that there is email to deal with. Everything else I do comes in via Github because we’re dealing int<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/04/06/working-like-the-90s/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/04/06/wor</span><span class="invisible">king-like-the-90s/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/burnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>burnout</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overwork</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>A Notebook is too slow?<br>What if a notebook doesn't keep up with your thoughts?</p><p>Wait, what if you're thinking about it all wrong and you're attempting to move far faster than you can realistically while giving your tasks and ideas the thought they require?</p><p>I still sit with a notebook in front of me daily. I track my tasks for the day in that notebook and write about my day, today I just w<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/04/03/a-notebook-is-too-slow/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/04/03/a-n</span><span class="invisible">otebook-is-too-slow/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rest</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Lou’s personal blog<br>I read Lou's blog and love the tidbits of life he shares. I do think of his wife as Wonder Woman and have no idea what her "real" name is.</p><p>I'd love to know about your personal blog too.<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/24/lous-personal-blog/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/03/24/lou</span><span class="invisible">s-personal-blog/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>No more Amazon links?<br>Drew at Lithub says we should stop linking to Amazon and I don't disagree with him. Jeff Bezos is just like any other big tech oligarchs out there.</p><p>But Drew doesn't offer any alternatives for those that want to advertise their books. You could link to Bookshop which helps support local bookstores with your purchases and has an affiliate program for those like me that<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/07/no-more-amazon-links/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/03/07/no-</span><span class="invisible">more-amazon-links/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kobo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kobo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarch</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Xyla Grounded for Female Hysteria<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj0H8oVS7qg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=aj0H8oVS7qg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Ugh, we're so backwards. Xyla's awesome I love her builds and this is stupid.<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/06/xyla-grounded-for-female-hysteria/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/03/06/xyl</span><span class="invisible">a-grounded-for-female-hysteria/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Sexy Notebooks Recommended by Matthew<br>I'm a sucker for a dot grid notebook so when Matthew recommended these sexy science notebooks I ordered 3. Do I need more notebooks, nope I have a stake on the shelf. But these are hot.<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/06/sexy-notebooks-recommended-by-matthew/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/03/06/sex</span><span class="invisible">y-notebooks-recommended-by-matthew/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoteBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoteBook</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Cory’s list of tech outside the US<br>Cory has a bigger list than I put together a few days ago.</p><p>To my US friends, I like you all and wish you the best but I have to say no to the government shit going on. Outside the attacks on my country, the US government is removing rights from it's citizens and that's not okay.<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/04/corys-list-of-tech-outside-the-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/03/04/cor</span><span class="invisible">ys-list-of-tech-outside-the-us/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Guess I’m old and irrelevant<br>CJ Chilvers commenting on Neil’s research says that since my blog started in 2008 and I have about 4000 posts on it it’s likely that Google thinks my site is irrelevant.</p><p>But I’m going to hold to his advice by posting what I want, when I want, and not pruning my backlog because this is for fun and some other people like it. If you don’t there are many other spots to<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/03/02/guess-im-old-and-irrelevant/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/03/02/gue</span><span class="invisible">ss-im-old-and-irrelevant/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Apps Outside the US<br>Lou has a good list of apps that won't be subject to the changing privacy whims of the US government because they're outside the US. I'm not sure that's true given that we see many companies saying that they "comply with all local laws" but at this point I'm much happier to support anything that's not in the US.</p><p>We could add to his list with.</p><p>Obsidian</p><p>A notetaking <br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/02/27/apps-outside-the-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/02/27/app</span><span class="invisible">s-outside-the-us/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nvimorgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nvimorgmode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obsidian</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Is Firefox safe anymore?<br>Firefox recently updated their terms of service, and when a company updates their terms it's rarely in favour of the user. Take this line in the new Firefox terms.</p><p>When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content <br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/02/27/is-firefox-safe-anymore/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/02/27/is-</span><span class="invisible">firefox-safe-anymore/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Jason on comfort<br>It's time to get uncomfortable, folks. Doing the same things we have always done because they are the path of least resistance is not going to cut it anymore. The times of ignoring the bad for the little comfort benefits are over. - Comfort</p><p>and</p><p>You rant about Apple's choices and then pick up the new shiny iPad. Your words are meaningless. Not buying is the power you hav<br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/02/26/jason-on-comfort/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/02/26/jas</span><span class="invisible">on-on-comfort/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Framework</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Liberate your Audible books with Libation</p><p>I've really never worried about my audio books on Audible, but with Amazon turning the cranks up on being a shitty company as they take away ownership of your books I decided to use Libation to download all 200 of my Audible books. Setup was easy and it's churning away right now downloading them all. I'll run the conversions overnight.</p><p><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/02/25/liberate-your-audible-books-with-libation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/02/25/lib</span><span class="invisible">erate-your-audible-books-with-libation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audible</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>Annoyed by Sonos<br>I have a set of Sonos Play speakers in my office which get 6 - 8 hours a day of usage while I’m working. I’ve enjoyed their sound for a few years, but the software has continued to get worse and worse.</p><p><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/02/22/annoyed-by-sonos/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/02/22/ann</span><span class="invisible">oyed-by-sonos/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sonos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sonos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiophile</span></a></p>
Curtis McHale<p>AI doesn’t have to be successful to be dangerous<br>Links</p><p>Miriam has a good and heartbreaking post on the current state of technology in light of the pushers of technology wanting to eradicate her existence1.</p><p>The beliefs of these CEOs aren’t incidental to the AI product they’re selling us. These are not tools designed for us to benefit from, but tools designed to exploit us. To <br><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2025/02/19/ai-doesnt-have-to-be-successful-to-be-dangerous/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">curtismchale.ca/2025/02/19/ai-</span><span class="invisible">doesnt-have-to-be-successful-to-be-dangerous/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinksOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinksOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
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