Category: Rants

  • Frustrated! Self-hosted NodeBB Borked Again!

    I’m so fed-up. All my other self-hosted via Yunohost apps work just fine and update just fine. But when I go to update the NodeBB self-hosted instance it BORKS. Now I know I can get a hosted version for $20/mo USD that is unbranded and no custom domain over at NodeBB. But that doesn’t work…

  • Climate Change

    Climate change fucking real! It’s over 115 degrees F in the SW US. It’s storming like crazy here in the NE US. To say climate change isn’t happening and we’re not in a climate catastrophe is absurd and reckless and potentially deadly. YouTube’s algorithm must know something about my thoughts because it’s giving me suggestion…

  • Almost Triple Digits Here In Philly Metro

    Holy Shit Balls! It’s almost 100 Degrees F!

  • Google Voice Spam Call Armageddon!

    Rant time! Got a new phone # from Google Voice as I’m getting away from High Level and don’t need the 888 # anymore. Ever since my new number came online, I’ve been getting spam calls from this one company trying get me to call an 888 #. The problem is that they are calling…

  • Networking Event Tonight But…

    I’m supposed to go to a networking event down by the stadiums in Philly today. Right now it’s absolutely sunny out. But there’s a threat of strong storms. So not sure what the fuck my plan is. I want to get out and network and grow the biz, but these storms are scary AF! Climate…

  • You Know You Can Block People And Platforms…

    I get the concerns that people are having with Bluesky letting the right-wing onto the service. But if you don’t like it block those people and use filters. Just my 2 cents.

  • Gaza/Israel/Netanyahu

    What the Israeli government is doing in Gaza is down-right genocidal. I don’t equate being Jewish to supporting the Israeli government and what they are doing in Gaza. And people shouldn’t equate Jews necessarily with what’s going on over there. Many/Most of us are against what the Netanyahu government is doing and believe he and…

  • Surf.Social and Channel.org

    Surf.social is a great service so is Channel.org. I can see how they can interoperate too. What I think Channel.org has over Surf.social is a website/Web App that people can build channels on via their computers and aren’t stuck using a mobile device. Now I know Mike over at Flipboard/Surf has a website/Web app on…

  • My trigger finger is acting up. YUCK YUCK YUCK

    Man, my trigger finger (not a gun reference) is really acting up right now. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_finger](Wikipedia’s entry on trigger finger if you’re curious.) Ugh. Hard to write. Glad it doesn’t effect my typing. Though the carpal tunnel in the same hand does sometimes. I’m a mess! I know it’s from repetitive use and a pitched nerve…

  • Terror Attack in Boulder Colorado (Antisemitism + Terror)

    So freaking scared and sad about the terror attack in Boulder. Dan Kennedy has a great write up of how local news outlets are covering the attack. [dankennedy.net/2025/06/0…](https://dankennedy.net/2025/06/02/how-local-news-outlets-are-covering-the-antisemitic-terror-attack-in-colorado/) I went to social after hearing about this attack and had to search for it. It wasn’t making trending news on Bluesky or Mastodon. But I guess…