Steve Sawczyn

  • CURRENTLY listening to Skeptoid: Skeptoid #963: Hunting the Gloucester Sea Serpent overcast.fm/+AALKznJU… I always love learning about legends involving Maine and Massachusetts.

  • The Life Blogging Experiment

    Those of you who subscribe to my blog via Email may have noticed something very different in the last Email you received, it was more of a collection of posts vs an Email containing an individual post. This is sort of an experiment and I’m curious to see how it will play out. The idea is that throughout the week, many things happen, discoveries are made, frustrations faced, problems solved, but often, those things really don’t rise to the level that would warrant a long-form blog post on their own. What I’m trying to do is to capture those small pieces because ultimately, they are part of the fabric that makes up the tapestry of my life. Will it be interesting? Incredibly boring? I honestly have no idea, but what I’ve found is that it is some of those smaller moments that generate the most discussion. It’s a balance of course: I realize, for example, that nobody likely cares about my (visit to Walgreens)[https://steves.life/2024/11/16/151044.html] last week, but surprisingly, someone actually did reach out to me about my (visit to Culvers)[https://steves.life/2024/11/16/checked-in-at.html]. It’s definitely a balance, but I’m curious to see where this experiment may lead.

  • What a fascinating place with such a fascinating history.

  • Checked in at Culver’s

  • Checked in at Walgreens

  • Checked in at Dragon Pot

  • CURRENTLY listening to Learning Blind Tech with desiree Renae: Learning Blind Tech Episode 16 Chat GPT Basics With Windows and Iphone overcast.fm/+ABKIJocC… I just learned about this assistive tech demonstration podcast and so far I really like it. If you’re interested in assistive tech demos, this is a podcast worth checking out.

  • CURRENTLY listening to Skeptoid: Skeptoid #961: The Man from Taured overcast.fm/+AALKzmCz…

  • Podcast: CURRENTLY listening to Skeptoid: Skeptoid #962: Bats and Rabies overcast.fm/+AALKzlKZ…

  • If you’re like me, you might find achievement badges motivating. Every time I earn an achievement badge with the Apple Watch though, I wonder if there’s a list of such badges somewhere. Turns out, there is!

  • I’m not sure if something has changed in the Micro.blog UI today, but VoiceOver is no longer detecting profile images on each post. Unfortunately for me, I use those images to quickly jump from one post to another since I haven’t found another way to do that. Here’s hoping it’s a temporary glitch or something. CC: @Help

  • Curious, how is the new and improved Siri working for others? For me, it sometimes responds, usually doesn’t, and only occasionally will it actually do what I ask. I didn’t think this were possible, but for me, it’s working worse than before on my shiny new phone. On the bright side, the new chord-like sound that indicates Siri is pretending to listen is kind of cool.

  • Checked in at Best Buy

  • If you haven’t yet had their ghost pepper wings and amazing mac and cheese, you totally should.

  • Again I show up to vote and again the accessible machine isn’t working, and again nobody seems to know how to fix it. so tired of this happening. So tired of hearing how two election judges would be glad to “assist” me as if my privacy shouldn’t matter. . @nationsblind@nfb.social

  • I'm now wondering if I should subscribe to The Onion, according to them: Subscribing to The Onion will make you the envy of your neighbors, friends, family, community patrol officers, HOA board members, professional dog walkers, U.S. Postal Service

    I’m now wondering if I should subscribe to [The Onion] (https://www.theonion.com): according to them:

    Subscribing to The Onion will make you the envy of your neighbors, friends, family, community patrol officers, HOA board members, professional dog walkers, U.S. Postal Service employees, and/or your fellow inmates.

    Seriously, I absolutely love The Onion, their satire has made me laugh year after year. And yet while I think it’s kind of neat they’re trying to support a print edition through subscription revenue, I just wish they’d offer an accessible digital subscription. Sure it’s possible to read The Onion via their web page, or even in their own app, but there are so many ads and other 3RD party content that accessibility is hit or miss at best.

    So, is anyone else out there a fan of The Onion?

  • Here for the NFB of MN state convention.

  • Checking out some really cool tech which, if it’s as accessible as I think it is, I’ll be very excited to blog about. :)

  • iOS18.1 is finally here! If you’ve been waiting for Apple Intelligence, be sure to update quickly, so you can join the wait list and go back to waiting again.

  • Really miss Micro Monday, hoping that someday this podcast comes back. overcast.fm/+AAMRfrRb…

  • Checked in at Lucky’s 13 Pub

  • Checked in at City of Richfield

  • Wow, was just scrolling through some of my old entries on Micro.blog from four years ago, talk about a crazy trip back in time.

  • It looks like posts are not federating again today, is it just me? Cc @help

  • Still not really here, but since it’s so close, I figure it’s as good a place as any to use for testing. :-)

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