Author: aoconnor

Something I think about a lot is how the ~vibes~ of the internet have changed. Sure, I’ve gotten older which certainly changes my perspective over time but we are blessed with the tools to see how these things change. They’re recorded. I visit the Wayback Machine on the Internet Archive, a couple of times a … Continue reading “The Changed Vibes Through Visuals”

Google is removing the basic HTML view from Gmail, starting in January of 2024. Here is their page about it. In case you’re not familiar with what that looks like, here is an example. This is the view you’re probably familiar with. This is the HTML view. Now, I’m not terribly interested in showing the … Continue reading “Google is Removing Basic HTML View from Gmail”

Microsoft had a Surface event today with a handful of announcements. Among those announcements was the Surface Laptop Go 3. I was particularly interested in this one. I have the Go 2, and I really like it. In fact, I’m typing on it right now. The biggest item of note to me was the increase … Continue reading “The Surface Laptop Go 3”

I’ve written before that I’m a big fan of autumn. It’s my favorite season. Now that we are firmly into autumn territory…and close enough to the technical definition of autumn, I thought I’d blog about it a little. People tend to think of spring, or perhaps New Year’s, as a time of renewal. For me, … Continue reading “Autumn”

What color hardware do you enjoy? I’ve always liked the look of white hardware. I’m sure it’s in part due to my love of the Xbox 360. My current iPhone is white. I like that my Xbox Series S and PS5 are white. I will say that I will opt for white first, generally. However … Continue reading “White Hardware”

I had an incredibly frustrating experience this morning and felt the need to share. I wanted to know where I could watch the Notre Dame vs. Navy game. I figured it was either on NBC or on Peacock but wasn’t sure. So I Googled, “where to watch Notre Dame vs. Navy game” and received a … Continue reading “Stop Optimizing For Ad Metrics”

I think I’m going to mess around and use light mode this week. I’m 50/50 on where I use it vs. where I use dark mode. Light mode Dark Mode I think the biggest adjustment will be in VS Code. Oh well it’ll be fun. Remember when tech was fun?

I’ve had this thought kicking around in my head now…probably since early in the Covid-19 pandemic. As so much of the world has transferred into a remote or hybrid work structure, how we communicate has changed dramatically as well. I come to this thought quite frequently, “what should be an email…and what should be a … Continue reading “What Should Be an Email vs. Instant Message”

It’s been a long couple of weeks so I’m taking tomorrow off. I’m fortunate to work somewhere, where I can do that. I’ve actually been very fortunate in that regard, throughout my career. I enjoy the game of “when was the last time I set my out of office”. I always end up surprising myself … Continue reading “Out of Office”

Welcome back to another edition of “Things I Thought Were Cool”. Let’s get into it. Wyatt’s Wish The Bungie Foundation is a wonderful organization committed to helping others. A couple of weeks ago they released this video for Wyatt’s Wish. Wyatt wanted to meet some of the amazing folks who make Destiny 2 and the … Continue reading “Things I Thought Were Cool This Week – 7/16/2023 Edition”