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: blog.baxendale.dev@manton I want every app to have MCP. Some way more than others, I can’t even begin to count how many times I want to direct podcast and rss apps with agents
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/97452707","date_published":"2026-09-13T07:44:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-13 07:44","date_timestamp":1789285498,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97241694","content_html":"@manton the 3-part Acquired series on nVidia is well worth your time.
\nGlad Acquired is catching on so much lately, have listened for years. So many incredible stories, wish more people appreciated the difficulty of starting a successful business, let alone the behemoths of history.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/97241694","date_published":"2026-09-09T18:18:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-09 18:18","date_timestamp":1788977903,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97241468","content_html":"@manton not going to lie, it looks way better than I thought it would. But I imagine I’ll be riding my 17 Pro for another 2-3 years or so until hopefully cheaper models are out.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/97241468","date_published":"2026-09-09T18:13:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-09 18:13","date_timestamp":1788977639,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97199933","content_html":"@manton I think going from Denny’s employee, to near failure, to leader of the most valuable company driven by his own maniacal conviction is some well earned chutzpah
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/97199933","date_published":"2026-09-09T03:03:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-09 03:03","date_timestamp":1788923015,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97019291","content_html":"@manton another thing that would be nice is the ability to have shortcuts for the editor tag extensions, similar to bold or url.
\nI’m always forgetting the curly syntax to include YouTube video (and my autocorrect is always trying to camel case it, which breaks the tag as it needs to be lowercase I believe)
\nSo then usually having to repeatedly republish to see if I finally got it right, as the preview mode doesn’t support rendering it.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/97019291","date_published":"2026-09-05T17:03:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-05 17:03","date_timestamp":1788627827,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97019050","content_html":"@manton I like Marco and am an Overcast customer, but have found some of his own ATP rants over the years to be huge turn-offs.
\nIn the end we all have our moments, but Twitter-likes certainly lower the friction of www.penny-arcade.com/comic/200…
\nMaybe a useful feature for micro-posting apps would be an ability to configure AI editor personas that could, among other things, gut check us all.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/97019050","date_published":"2026-09-05T16:56:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-05 16:56","date_timestamp":1788627386,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97018368","content_html":"@manton LLMs have turned me into a much more frequent contributor, which I generally think is a positive. But I often wrestle with trying to make sure my changes are addressing general problems so it doesn’t seem out of left field or bespoke when I open the PR.
\nI’m not sure if creating an issue first would be better or not, but for now just do my best to keep things narrow and well documented (though there’s tension with LLM verbosity). The waiting game can be stressful though.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/97018368","date_published":"2026-09-05T16:37:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-05 16:37","date_timestamp":1788626277,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97012362","content_html":"@manton I often seem to type too fast for the editor to keep up with me in safari, that the cursor gets out of whack and suddenly I’m in a fight with autocorrect and typing in the middle of a sentence I don’t mean to be.
\nI can’t quite explain it, but it’s almost every time I use it.
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\nI look forward to the day Bernie is finally effective at helping anyone, by retiring already.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/96955598","date_published":"2026-09-04T13:55:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-04 13:55","date_timestamp":1788530147,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96605507","content_html":"@manton I don’t think it’s surprising given Anthropic doesn’t even let you use your login for any open harnesses, let alone a direct competitor (and very personal grudge match between Sam and Elon)
\nThey still allow API keys (distillation price guard I guess) and their own extensions, but this is also why I stick with open tools in general like Pi.
\nI imagine Grok takes over Cursor anyway, given its quality and price competitiveness as of late.
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\n\n@manton The snag is that the world as it is, is designed for humans. So while there will inevitably be purpose built form factors like a burger conveyor, if we want them to start assuming dangerous work in particular, it is probably the only form factor that makes sense.
\nDefinitely a tick-tock on the Animatrix clock though 🫣
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\nIntrigued by the M6 changes, but at these wild prices I want to see what the M7 fuss will be about.
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\nNot sure if it was actually nerfed or not, but was really hoping the mini would have been able to hit 128GB. Looks like I will continue with my 2017 iMac a while longer, hopefully someone solves 5K Linux soon…
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\nThat’s the problem with Dash (seemingly admitting defeat here) and the online shame brigade: wild, self-destructive overconfidence in their false higher morality.
\nAsk Argentinians if they prefer Bitcoin to buying bricks for fighting inflation before Milei www.econtalk.org/devon-zue…
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/96240801","date_published":"2026-08-23T03:25:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-23 03:25","date_timestamp":1787455551,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96217817","content_html":"@manton the long tail of things AI enables finally getting around to is great, both at my day job and for the first time in many years some real side projects.
\nIgnore the cynics, keep building your piece of the future!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/96217817","date_published":"2026-08-22T16:38:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-22 16:38","date_timestamp":1787416721,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96102975","content_html":"@manton Everything feels slow and also overwhelming at the same time with modern software. I just want to open an app or webpage to do a task and not have a new modal or guide telling me what’s new.
\nAnd don’t get me started on the extra steps Apple added to changing workouts on the watch…
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\nSomething I can’t do on the 64GB 2017 iMac that I’m using for my Hermes instance 🥲
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/96041715","date_published":"2026-08-19T16:07:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-19 16:07","date_timestamp":1787155659,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95983122","content_html":"@manton Isn’t the rumor that they’re extremely low resolution? I think we need to wait and see how it “sees” the world, because it may be very different than something like snap or meta glasses. The imagery might be useless or inaccessible to humans.
\nAnnoyed I just got AirPods 3 though, as the rumors had these postponed 🥲
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/95983122","date_published":"2026-08-18T16:43:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-18 16:43","date_timestamp":1787071400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95935990","content_html":"@manton In my mind I like using an alternative host, and then I find myself totally lost if I reach a project repo that does like all the nonprofit EU hosts 💩
\nBut it’s more than just GIT in the end, it’s an entire DevOps stack.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/95935990","date_published":"2026-08-17T20:56:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-17 20:56","date_timestamp":1787000174,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95679892","content_html":"@manton The rapid evolution of Omarchy, which is really leaning into being an LLM-first distro, is certainly making Linux appealing lately in a way I wasn’t ready for.
\nApp Store aside, I have some definite FOMO watching what you can do with full open source now. Seems to give a magic back to computing that I last had as a teen.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/95679892","date_published":"2026-08-13T04:13:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-13 04:13","date_timestamp":1786594394,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95679681","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin China, a nation with active concentration camps, has been subsidizing solar to the point of basically dumping them globally for ~20 years.
\nWe should be throwing tax breaks around for any domestic manufacturing like we were on Oprah.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/95679681","date_published":"2026-08-13T04:07:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-13 04:07","date_timestamp":1786594063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95653783","content_html":"@manton I find YouTube does a great job with a large list of subs. This is where algorithms aren’t all bad.
\nI have used Overcast for ages, but really wish it had a way to play with things more on the smart playlist front.
\nThese days I just want MCP everywhere for me to peek into stats and analytics myself.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/95653783","date_published":"2026-08-12T18:03:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-12 18:03","date_timestamp":1786557807,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94864212","content_html":"@manton Lots to say about Facebook, but they are pretty great regarding open source. Hopefully that continues in AI
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/94864212","date_published":"2026-07-29T17:25:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-29 17:25","date_timestamp":1785345907,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94656790","content_html":"@manton I remember long ago in the Diggnation days there being a video podcast and torrent app called Miro that always seemed like a cool idea, while also still just a bit too limited in enough killer content to make it stick.
\nHard for anyone to beat YouTube now, which is often the best algorithm and comments on the internet for things I consume there.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/94656790","date_published":"2026-07-25T20:34:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-25 20:34","date_timestamp":1785011669,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94236586","content_html":"@katmai I don’t think Manton mentioned dictators, but as for robber baron vs. busybodies: the NY bans on fracking & data centers or chasing Amazon jobs out of NYC are great examples.
\nOr the CEQA, which has broken housing in CA and made low-regulation Texas the green energy king.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/94236586","date_published":"2026-07-18T16:44:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-18 16:44","date_timestamp":1784393046,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"94056025","content_html":"@manton Any thoughts on adapting a similar feature for video games? Kind of similar to books and movies in the grand scheme of things
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bax/94056025","date_published":"2026-07-15T17:10:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-15 17:10","date_timestamp":1784135422,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91855411","content_html":"YA YA YA YA YA 🚕
\n\nMaybe the only thing that can get me more excited than N64 remakes, is a glimmer of Dreamcast (or ideally Saturn) era Sega games… things haven’t been the same since they stopped making hardware.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2026/06/09/ya-ya-ya-ya-ya.html","date_published":"2026-06-09T19:58:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-09 19:58","date_timestamp":1781035134,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91845624","content_html":"The people demand a harder water temple 🤓
\n\nSo excited to revisit Ocarina of Time and Starfox 64 (despite the people complaining about another SF64 remake)
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","summary":"","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2026/05/04/freeze-it-in-carboninte-and.html","date_published":"2026-05-05T03:03:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-05 03:03","date_timestamp":1777950239,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89597502","content_html":"Got locked out of work device management and upgraded to Tahoe thinking that would do the trick. Immediately hit all the needless pains of absurd corner radii and inability to quickly find key menu items now that everything has an icon next to it
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/181748/2026/image-360.png\")
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","summary":"","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2026/02/24/the-olympics-rule-and-im.html","date_published":"2026-02-25T01:35:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 01:35","date_timestamp":1771983308,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84824367","content_html":"Still buzzing hours and inevitably days later, Jack Hughes of my NJ Devils with the golden goal. Hockey is so good, pitter patter 😎
\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/181748/2026/hbxlsnnxaae09t--m.jpg\")
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\n\n\nCovid has become as unremarkable to most as any other common infection. Over the holiday season, the diseases everyone was talking about in my two home countries—Greece and the United States—were norovirus and the flu.
\n
The only thing left is to get to the true bottom of it, as both the CIA and FBI consider the lab leak to be the leading theory at this point. And if that is true, those responsible should not be allowed to escape accountability.
\n![\"A](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/181748/2026/44e89deb-6e3a-4d9a-b3d2-175c54871003-1200x847.webp\")
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","summary":"Listening in on the Acquired.fm episode on Epic Systems and the extraordinary story of Judy Faulkner, a pioneering figure in the technology industry. What a history lesson this turned out to be!","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2026/02/04/the-greatest-female-entrepreneur-knew.html","date_published":"2026-02-04T17:32:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-04 17:32","date_timestamp":1770226379,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83374997","content_html":"All dogs go to heaven: blog.baxendale.dev
","summary":"","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2026/02/01/all-dogs-go-to-heaven.html","date_published":"2026-02-01T23:07:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-01 23:07","date_timestamp":1769987272,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83296157","content_html":"Another brick in the wall : blog.baxendale.dev
“Claude, take the wheel,” just incredible (and, against car dealerships, extremely feel-good 🥛)
\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2026/01/30/claude-take-the-wheel-just.html","date_published":"2026-01-30T19:21:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 19:21","date_timestamp":1769800871,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82844569","content_html":"Amusing segment during ATP.fm this week about blocking macOS Tahoe upgrade notifications. You basically need to hack around it with an MDM profile. Clever, if annoying.
\nYet not nearly as annoying given the fact that my iMac is not even eligible for Tahoe and I still get nagged to upgrade 🤡
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","summary":"Despite significant attention on veganism, the percentage of American vegans has remained steady at 1% over the past 30 years, highlighting a lack of widespread dietary shift.","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2026/01/21/you-dont-win-friends-with.html","date_published":"2026-01-21T16:45:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-21 16:45","date_timestamp":1769013924,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82340037","content_html":"Yesterday was a weird one, in that what started as a standard Saturday afternoon down at the beach playing volleyball ended with a scary call to 911 for a young woman struggling to stay upright and conscious. Apparently she had been sitting there for a while, so I wonder what took the people with her so lo... blog.baxendale.dev","summary":"","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2026/01/18/yesterday-was-a-weird-one.html","date_published":"2026-01-18T19:33:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-18 19:33","date_timestamp":1768764820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"82225140","content_html":"I enjoy all of Fabien’s deep dives digging through id Software lore and tech, but particularly this one attempting to fire up the original QuakeWorld and Gamespy 3D in our year 2026.\n\n\"With the Quake PC finished, the game I was the most eager to finally discover was naturally QuakeWorld. Being thirty years late to the game (literally), would any of that still run on my precious 233MHz relic? Let’s find out.\"\n\nI can’t begin to count the hours that my friends and I dumped into playing via QSpy and MPlayer after school on my 233 MHZ AMD-K6! Or times I sat through nVidia’s “Bringing 3D To the Wooooorld” ... blog.baxendale.dev","summary":"","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2026/01/16/i-enjoy-all-of-fabiens.html","date_published":"2026-01-16T22:41:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-16 22:41","date_timestamp":1768603286,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81176635","content_html":"🎮 Finally beat God of War: Ragnarok tonight. Man does the Santa Monica studio really know how to put together an incredible narrative. And it still looks amazing today on PS5 in 4K.
\nReally hope that the next game is set in Egypt, would be another great pantheon to explore… and probably destroy in some way 😂
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","summary":"At 40, a desire for personal change prompts a commitment to reduce social media use, limit alcohol consumption, improve sleep habits, create an indie app, and focus more on thoughtful writing.","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2025/12/31/new-years.html","date_published":"2026-01-01T01:40:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-01 01:40","date_timestamp":1767231636,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78717681","content_html":"Good news is everywhere today, we just need to pay attention 🥹
\n\n\nA three-year-old boy has astounded doctors with his progress after becoming the first person in the world with his devastating disease to receive a ground-breaking gene therapy.
\nIn the most severe cases, patients with the disease usually die before the age of 20. The effects are sometimes described as a type of childhood dementia.
\nIn a world first, medical staff in Manchester have tried to halt the disease by altering Oliver’s cells using gene therapy.
\n
This is just the tip of the iceberg in biological sciences 😎
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","summary":"","url":"https://blog.baxendale.dev/2025/11/13/ios-keyboard-degradation.html","date_published":"2025-11-13T16:57:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeff Baxendale","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F2295.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bax"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-13 16:57","date_timestamp":1763053020,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76481027","content_html":"I guess GM is doing me a solid on slimming down any brand considerations by doubling down on not offering CarPlay? 🤷♂️ Seems pretty dumb from a business standpoint though.
\nAll that said, working from home and driving maybe once or twice a week… my 2007 is still perfectly capable 🚗
\n![\"have](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/181748/2025/miata-1-m.jpg\")
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