This post is mostly an attempt to convince myself to ditch Facebook for a second time, but it may also serve as a reference for when I am inevitably asked, "What do you mean you're not on Facebook?" Because everyone is on Facebook, or so Zuckerberg would have you believe.

In fact, many are not on the platform. Kids get it, Facebook is an awful place to spend time. Reportedly, Starbucks may be leaving, after receiving a slew of negative, hateful comments on its posts related to social justice.

(Originally published on September 29, 2018.)

In the not too distant past, Google got something right. Recently, they have been in the news for some fairly ridiculous antics, like obfuscating domains in the URL, or automatically signing users into the browser, before half-assedly backpeddling. But, in more positive news—or olds, since it came with Oreo—you can now disable notifications per app. I love this feature, because I have a habit of abandoning near real-time notifications.

(Originally published on October 15, 2018.)

My name is Aaron. That’s how I’ll introduce myself informally. If the ocassion is especially formal, I might skip it. Or I’ll introduce myself as Aaron Angel. Note what I will never say: “Hi, my name is Angel, Aaron.” I’m not James Bond.

What even is a last name, anyway? Who decided we need to sort lists of people’s name by the least used, thus least significant, portion thereof? An idiot, that’s who. Sorting by last name is stupid for two reasons, not the least of which is if you call me by my last name, I’m apt to correct you.

Obviously, my plan to update weekly has gone south. Daylight saving is not working. Seriously, there is never enough time in the day. But hey, here's another update!

Here we are at the end of week six. Things happened. I really didn't have the motivation to write a whole lot. Also, I noticed that pagination of my blog somehow broke. It was working when I tested it locally, I swear! I'll have to look at it later. On the plus side, I am off tomorrow—yay, federal holidays!—so I'll have plenty of time to figure it out.

P.S., I figured it out. Apparently, when I tell magit to stage files, it decides not to stage files. So I committed changes myself at the command line. Take that, magit!