40 years ago this morning, I was 12 years old and sitting in front of my grandmother's TV. We had a snow day off school, and I was so excited that I got to watch the Shuttle take off.

That morning was, in many ways, my first experience with tragedy. I'd dealt with loss & grief. But this was bigger than that in ways that I didn't have words for. I can still remember the numbness and shock, how it felt in 12-year-old me.

Looking to grab food in the Zurich airport to eat at gate, saw a takeaway sushi place.

First roll I saw was an “Italian” roll that has freaking parsley on the outside of it.

Uh. I’ll pass. WTF Zurich?

Have not been overly impressed with the food in Geneva, with the exception of anything containing butterfat.

If I were looking for a small Linux box to play with some larger self-hosting needs (PeerTube, Immich, etc) that would be exposed to the public internet…what hardware should I be looking at, and what distro is my best bet?

Keep hoping machine running https://jasongriffey.net/2026/01/01/keep-hoping-machine-running/

The fiber network in Chattanooga should be the exemplar for every small city in the US...
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w/post/3m7ijoccuz22y

@adr I hadn’t seen that news yet. Fascinating, I’m interested to see how it works and what it can actually do.

My kid finished her "final" college app last night! Applying for a BFA in Musical Theater. A few stats:

24 different schools
48 different applications (each has both academic AND artistic)
28 different versions of edited, final prescreen videos
89 different videos recorded in total

Insane process!