The new TMNT game that's apparently exclusive to Android users that have Netflix subscriptions is fun, and it's a nice bit of nostalgia. My main complaint: this is a mobile game: the fact that we have to complete chapters before it saves our… higheredweb.social/@cgrymala/1096…

Very disappointed to see that Amazon is shutting down the Amazon Smile program.

Why doesn't it appear that I can set up routines on my Echo devices based on the outside temperature? That seems like it should be a feature.

Whoa. I didn't realize until we just watched s3e1 of Evil that Peter Scolari had died. Apparently he died in 2021, and I somehow missed it. That makes me sad.

Both of our outdoor cats have decided they are very curious about what happens on the other side of our door. They're constantly trying to sneak in. 1 of them does so successfully every once in a while,… higheredweb.social/@cgrymala/1097…

Oooh. Looks like we can watch Violent Night on Peacock, now. We'll be checking that out soon; I've had some friends recommend it.

Finished The Sandman this evening. We really enjoyed it quite a bit. The last episode was really strange (not related to the rest of the season at all; episode 10 is the actual finale), but it was all really good. Great acting, great writing. Can't wait for season 2.

Smoked a batch of homemade pastrami this evening. It should have taken about 3 hours to cook, but ended up taking 6-7 hours for some reason. It tastes okay, but it probably could have cured for another day or 2. It is definitely a recipe I will use again.

This is the 2nd time this has happened tonight. An ad for a pharmaceutical that treats bipolar depression comes on, and the closed captioning says "Let's talk about Haribo Goldbears". I don't think those are particularly effective at treating bipolar depression.

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Watched Violent Night tonight. It was dumb, and extremely violent, but it was also enjoyable, and even had a bit of a "feel-good Christmas" vibe to it.

Well, that's a strange coincidence. Sitting in Costco right now, and just got a spam text message claiming to be from Costco, telling me I won a new phone.

This is a fantastic example of what you shouldn't be doing. Not only do blind users have no idea what the image of text says, many other sighted users don't, either, because they chose to use white text on a light background. I guess the announcement isn't important after all.