Culture Commentary and Miscellaneous Musings
Starting off the year strong with a variety of media in my media diet! As per the requirements of the Combined Media Challenge I have read at least one book, watched at least one movie and played at least one video game this month. In addition to that I also watched some new video essays.
You can find last month’s media diet post here.
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My original plan early in the week was to write a blog post about 40 years of Mac and my history with the Mac. A bit of waxing nostalgic about computers from my past along with thoughts about the Mac as it stands now. I even had a whole bit planned where I talked about the McIntosh apple and what an apple cultivar is as a way to introduce the topic.
Continue reading “Apple and the DMA: Sheer Contempt and Malicious Compliance”I’ve got another batch of articles that I read! If you missed the previous reading list, you can find it here.
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I first read a Becky Chambers book, the first book in her Wayfarers series back in 2022 during my reading challenge. I think it was the only book that year that I finished in one sitting. It was that good.
Continue reading “Review: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers”
Every once in a while I took a look at the various services I self-host and think to myself? Is hosting $X service by myself really worth the cost? What is the cost? Would paying someone to host said service be more cost efficient?
That got me thinking about, what are the costs of self hosting? Let’s talk about it.
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