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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 24 2025 - Deleting Facebook Feels Like Having a Tumor Removed
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 24 2025 - Deleting Facebook Feels Like Having a Tumor Removed Download audio On this show, I play a song from Kevn Kinney; I don't like fiction audiobooks but I am planning on listening to the Patti Smith memoirs; good riddance to Facebook; Facebook...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 15 2022 - Because ... Crypto!
In this episode, I play a new song by John Doe; I celebrate the 18th anniversary of the podcast belatedly as is our custom; R.I.P. a monarch who doesn't affect my life; House of the Dragon shocks me; I have become a half-assed woodworker; I built one regular compost sifter and also a comedically...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 19 2021 - There is No Middle
In this episode, I play a song by Shake Well; telemarketers are no longer a problem for me; the political social contract is violated asymmetrically; it is difficult for news media to gain trust and easy to lose it; I don't even like the rhythm of cable news pundits; I like Cocaine and Rhinestones...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 24 2020 - Nobody Has Ever But Me
In this episode, I play an older but recently rereleased song by Sarah Shook and the Devil; I tell the story of how configuration screwed up my previous readings of the patrons; sometimes it is a miracle that content is created; on the Carson podcast I heard two guests that rattled my cage; newest...
read articleThe Greatest Xmas Song Ever Written
Before we get too far from the holiday season, let me put in a pointer for my single favorite modern Xmas song. The title of this post is not my editorial postion, it's actually the title: "The Greatest Xmas Song Ever Written" by American Heartbreak. This is the sadly defunct band of my...
read articleMy Podcast Listening List now Scrobbled via Rockbox
I'm experimenting with a new thing now. A side effect of running Rockbox is that I can have it save a list of what I've played on my Sansa Clip+. Since the player has a clock it even has them in the right order and somewhat sensible timing (give or take a time zone...
read articleMy Rockbox Experience
Through a circuitous route, I ended up installing both an updated Sansa firmware on my Clip+ last week, and then a few hours later the Rockbox firmware. I had a vague hope against hope that either would correct the one thing I don't much like about the player - the fact that the fast-forward and...
read articleOpen Source Fun
I've started playing around with Rockbox for my Sansa Cip+, about which I'll post separately. However, I wanted to point out something I found interesting, funny and kind of pathetic. I downloaded the source and could build the firmware itself but the testable UI Simulator does not build on the Snow...
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