+1. Tried setting up my kids on a new Kindle for e-books and audiobooks. The hoops you have to jump through to lend an e-book from library app -> Amazon account -> family sharing made me give up shortly after starting.
Is the box empty yet? That's usually how long they last in my household.
We've got a puzzle for you to solve.
There have been lots of questions about what movie will be shown at Stir Trek this year, and we decided to make it a contest for the first person to guess correctly.
Here's your only clue.
Tickets for Stir Trek 2026 are now available at Early Bird and Super Early Bird pricing (first 50 sales only). Get them now before they go up in price. events.humanitix.com/stir-trek-20...
Registration link for Stir Trek 2026 tickets goes live at noon ET today! First 50 super early bird tickets will go fast 🏃➡️🏃♀️➡️
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Reminder: Stir Trek tickets go on sale in 24 hours and we have limited super early bird pricing for the first 50 tickets sold. Set your clocks for noon tomorrow!
We just sent out our speaker acceptance notices, and the lineup is looking fantastic. Later today, we’ll be sending the rest of the notifications to everyone who submitted.
Excited for May 1!
Don't forget, tickets go on sale on Tuesday, February 24 at noon eastern!
It's happening! Tickets for Stir Trek 2026 go on sale next Tuesday the 24th at noon! We're offering Super Early Bird ticket rates for the first 50 purchases before shifting to early bird pricing for the May 1st event. Stay tuned for details on movies!
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Wow, this is really cool to see as a "I haven't written prod code in 12+ yrs" dev. As always, not production-ready, but teaching me lots as a "new to feature PM" role ramping up.
Screenshot of in development vibe-coded app for a personal RSS reader.
On new laptop and I can't find an RSS reader that I like, so I'm vibe coding one to my exact specs. It is ridiculous how fast / well this is working as I go along and tweak things.
How is your Friday night going?
@thurrott.bsky.social for his tips / process on doing this migrating off Google Photos to NAS.
Finished Columbus Blue Jackets 5k faster than planned, on top of it being 6F (-2F with windchill ❄️⛄) at the start of race. Final time of 33:26 (10:46 min/mile). Looking forward to more races this year!
Congratulations and enjoy your time with family and friends! You've contributed so much to the computing landscape across your career and inspired many, as well as providing an entire tech community space with PowerShell.
Glad we got a chance to connect for a mentoring session past month.
Friendly reminder that the #StirTrek CFP is open until Jan 25th! Get your submissions in ASAP!
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Stir Trek 2026 - Call for Speakers is NOW OPEN
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Looking back at my 2025 running / exercise stats, I had ~195 days with exercise (walking, running, cycling).
Grand totals:
⏱️ 412 hours of exercise
🏃 780 miles
👟 2 pairs of shoes
Already started up exercise for 2026 and have 3 events planned (5k and at least 2x quarter marathons) 😃
Will be a bit quieter for me on here next 90 days. I'm starting Exodus 90 with guys from my church. It's a program to help simplify life, including cutting out extra social media, TV, etc. while adding exercise, consistent sleep, and more.
If you'd like to join me or learn more: exodus90.com
+1 to all this. So much we can't control but you can control your perspective. Re-finding my motivations over this end of year break and looking forward to starting some new things in the new year.
Yes, set up new laptop for my parents, Switch 2 for kids / family, and working on re-purposing previous laptop for my wife to upgrade to. Thankfully spread out over 2 weeks.
Ok, not official but I was able to transfer my Steam save games (PC) to Xbox PC version. I set translation mappings for files but this let me pick up where I left off when playing on Steam... will see if any game crashes or glitches...
github.com/Fr33dan/GPSa...
cc @radiobeartime.com
Thanks, I'm seeing that in multiple forums so far.
That said, I found the local Steam .sav files and can see the encoded files in "wgs" folder for the Xbox PC saved game files. No way to translate them into that format though that I can see. Tough since I've played the Steam version for 30+ hrs.
Does anyone have guidance if this is even possible? Take a save game from #Steam and (through #XboxPlayAnywhere or otherwise) be able to transfer that save game to a purchased #Xbox game?
Specifically looking at #DaveTheDiver but others as well. Thanks in advance.
Duolingo 1000 day streak badge
Wow, hit 1000 day streak on Duolingo. Doesn't feel like it has been that long. Come learn with me: invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWK...
Kids school is cancelled AND two family members sick... please send your positive vibes to make it through today.
"WHEEL...OF...FISH!!!" and "Timmy gets to drink from the fire hose". Great movie 😀 #IYKYK
Glad I backed the Kickstarter. Looking forward to Big Hops coming out next month 😀
Spending some time each week in December on de-cluttering, not just around our house but also my digital life (email newsletters, browser favorites, photo backups, etc.) Feels good even if small, slow progress.
What are you doing to get yourself ready for a fresh start in 2026?
🤔 Imagine asking your tenant, "Do I have any global admins that don't have phishing resistant authentication?" and getting an instant, accurate answer without writing a single line of code. 🤯
The way we interact with Microsoft Graph is changing forever.
Looking forward to playing more Two Point Museum over end of year time off!
I was surprised how many of my peers are taking this entire week off. Nice surprise, but I generally work ~2 days week of Thanksgiving and then big chunk near end of calendar year.
I also welcome the reduction in meetings. Haven't written this much on internal papers in awhile.
