Now (or Recently)
The "now page" concept comes from an idea by Derek Sivers to have people communicate what they're focused on now at this point in their lives.
Find all past media reviews on my Reviews page.
Current Personal Status
Many vaccines were had, and I was sick for 2 days. PROOF THAT THEY’RE A SCAM!!!!!@#@!!
My 2024 M4 MacBook Pro has a broken Thunderbolt 5 port, just because I plug my hub into it all the time. I’m not rough. I don’t abuse it. I just plug and unplug multiple times per day. Now that broken port is causing issues where the Mac can’t go to sleep:
panic(cpu 11 caller 0xfffffe003fad6598): Sleep transition timed out after 35 seconds while calling power state change callbacks. Suspected bundle: com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily. Thread 0x8b59f1. Debugger message: panic
Stuff I’ve recently enjoyed
Podcasts
Podcast episodes without links are members-only but I think are interesting enough to post in case you want to investigate them.
The MeidasTouch Podcast – Senator Baldwin Calls Out Trump’s Disastrous Shutdown
Risky Bulletin – Sponsored: Fighting fire with fire
Pod Save America – President of Peace Invades Chicago (feat. JB Pritzker)
kill switch – will blind gamers ever play Zelda like I do? (part 2)
The MeidasTouch Podcast – Rep. Stevens Responds to Trump’s Disastrous Government Shutdown
kill switch – playing video games while blind (part 1)
The Vergecast – Maybe it’s real, maybe it’s Sora
The MeidasTouch Podcast – Charlie Angus Reacts to Trump Canada Threats
The Weekly Planet – Tron: Legacy - Caravan Of Garbage
Uncanny Valley | WIRED – WIRED Roundup: Are We In An AI Bubble?
Books
Movies
The Equalizer 3 • 2023 • Antoine Fuqua • Sometimes you just want to watch crisp, effective killing of bad guys, and Denzel always delivers in spades. I particularly enjoyed watching Marco get stabbed with his own knife he was still holding. • Loved It!
Highest 2 Lowest • 2025 • Spike Lee • Denzel Washington is always great. This movie was ultimately more uplifting than I expected, and that’s ok. The world needs more of that. • Liked It
TV Shows
YouTube
- ChatGPT’s App Store Moment Has Arrived — Matt Maher
- He cried all the way to the shelter 😭😭❤️ @graham.britt — We Love Animals
- 🚨 Apple’s M5 MacBook Pro Is About to Launch - But There’s a Twist! — SaranByte
- Jane Goodall reflects on hug from rescued chimpanzee — Kristie Lu Stout
- This Rice Cooker Hack Makes PERFECT Japanese Fried Rice a.k.a. CHAHAN — JAPANESE COOKING CHANNEL
- AI + me: It’s difficult — Maximilian Schwarzmüller
- The Kindness of Koreans Never Fails to Amaze Me 🇰🇷🥹 #닭곰탕 — Jipseekid
- Dog’s emotional response to freedom from shelter — GeoBeats Animals
- When Pilots Push Too Far.. | ALM Flight 980 — Mentour Pilot