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well damn

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Always boldly going my man. Not just in the Star Trek stuff.

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Rest in Peace.

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Man, I’ve been using Day One since day one. I fear that will have to change soon.

\n

sigh

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Man, how I’d love to be in Flagstaff, or Santa Fe, or Granby, or Colfax, or yeah…

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It’s an autumn Texas morning.

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To my non-Texas friends, that means the chair in the front yard was finally cool enough not to melt glass, but the leaf blowers and allergens were still in full force.

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Meh. It’s a pretty nice morning for coffee, spotting trains, and finally, relaxing for the week.

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Man, if I don’t get to the mountains soon, I will have to declare myself exempt from all standard behavioral expectations.

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“Latent dissatisfaction”

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Favorite phrase of the week

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“This year, a hard fate was laid upon us”

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I’m not much of a material thing lover, but every now and then I see something that makes me say - “Wow…”

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This piano by Bosendorfer is one of those things today.

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When this feeling hits me, it is almost always something showcasing remarkable (as in, worthy of remark) craftsmanship.

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I am amused today by the fact that while my back is killing me, it is killing me in a different way than it has been over the last two months, so in some weird way, that is better.

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The Masters this year is an absolute emotional roller coaster.

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Let’s go Justin.

\n

Or Cam, or Rory…

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HOW have I not heard of Thorium before? The E-Reader, not the element.

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I have been working on “De-clouding” my e-book collection lately, and I needed a new reader.

\n

Look, Thorium runs on EVERYTHING. Linux, Mac, Windows, and it works for the visually challenged. I mean…

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remember folks,

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April 26th is Independent Bookstore day.

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Kona via OM3.

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I find myself enamored with the Pentax K-3 III Monochrome.

\n

I feel I simply must have one.

\n

I mean, LOOK at it.

\n

*not my photos

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@cygnoir best thing I’ve read this morning. 😊

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My dreams in my older age (53) are simpler. I just want to live where my ears aren’t assaulted by the sound of two-stroke leaf blowers and line trimmers every weekend morning.

\n

It’s absolutely ridiculous.

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And now, in the department of un-announced fun…

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BAH.

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My water company turned off service to our area this morning without warning.

\n

I am fine with them needing to work on the lines, but couldn’t you at least send an email?

\n

It’s 2026, man, I work from home.

\n

Also, the phone tech had no idea they turned our water off.

\n

SIGH.

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This image brought to you by my trusty G15.

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I feel exhausted again today.

\n

I slept til almost 1 yesterday.

\n

I am assuming this is just a combination of things, the time change, the weather changing, and healing from the various ailments I’ve been dragging around with me…

\n","summary":"","url":"https://mellowdave.com/2026/03/16/i-feel-exhausted-again-today.html","date_published":"2026-03-16T15:31:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Dave","url":"https://www.mellowdave.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F76233.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mellowdave"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 15:31","date_timestamp":1773675088,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://urbanists.social/@mellowdave/116239571946390127","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e3yb42mdy2ppr7355sezfkcl/post/3mh6rphrcna2w"]}},{"id":"85920110","content_html":"

“Who cares if they can do something you don’t need?”

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Real camera talk. I love it.

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I was thumbing through the music catalog this morning, and I couldn’t find just the right morning music, til I stumbled on

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“Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd.”

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I listened to this a week or two ago and enjoyed it, and so far it has been perfect this morning.

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The IBM Maximo sales guy just said

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“You know, everyone is at a different place in their journey”

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Interesting way to quantify facilities maintenance man…but legit.

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@mitch I read this book, and then saw the movie as a kid, it always stuck with me.

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@mellowdave I have in the last two weeks, setup an initial (fully internally processed, not cloud based) voice assistant to control the things I’d like to work that way. Since I assigned my own name to the device, I dont have to worry about a YouTube video triggering it, and it doesn’t do asinine things, like “accidentally” turn off the ice maker when I want it to turn on the bathroom fan.

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@mellowdave I started the process with a simple RP5 running Home Assistant. Right now, I have a full Nabu Casa hardware suite, a failover RP5 with a backed up HA instance, and a third RP5 running Pi-Hole. When I turn off the ISP router, all my automations still work, I can still control my lights, locks, and cameras, and I’m quite pleased. If you’ve considered it, I highly recommend it. I’m less than 600.00 all in at this point, and I consider my home genuinely smart. It reports the actual status of things I actually care about, not what’s on sale at *mazon today.

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In august of last year, I began a process of de-clouding my “smart” home products. I’m no Luddite, I enjoy being able to turn on the bathroom fan from the bed as much as the next guy, so I wanted things to continue to work in the way we had become accustomed, just with less reliance on the cloud.

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My old Withings Sleep mat finally gave up the ghost. It had been getting flaky for a while, and about a month ago, it stopped connecting altogether.

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I’ve replaced it with the Garmin Index. I usually steer clear of the Big Garmin Machine, but this one actually seems legit.

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We shall see…

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I swear, Apple Music for windows sucks SOOO BAD there aren’t words for it.

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And to be clear, I’m a BIG Pro Apple guy.

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@mbkriegh, best of luck with the pain issues. I have shoulder problems, and I sympathize.

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@BestofTimes I couldn’t agree more. Windows, while mostly functional, lacks an appealing design aesthetic. I have not used Android extensively, just in passing, but it seems very much the same. There is nothing that says function must exist without form.

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@mbkriegh That has to be the best mental/physical/emotional health regimen I’ve ever heard of. A good music choice after the yoga might just make it perfect.

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@manton The statement of someone who lives in Austin. 😉

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I’ve never seen an air pump that takes ApplePay.

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@joec cool shot. I dig it.

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@mellowdave.bsky.social Maybe we’re all in a little over our heads, at least once…

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#donquixote
\n#rocinante
\n#thoughts
\n#books

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@mellowdave.bsky.social This one had a big impact on young Dave’s development.

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@dangrabbit.bsky.social Fantastic capture. Lovely seen, you have the eye for seeing the image in a way that will draw us (the viewers) in.

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@blueberry3pie.bsky.social Wow. This falls squarely in the “Very Super Cool” category.

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Well executed as well.

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@mellowdave.bsky.social This was taken with a Canon G series.

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@mellowdave.bsky.social Excellent!

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All three are side-by-side on my bookshelf. They are significant reads.

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@zoltanvee.bsky.social 👍🏼👍🏼

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@Archimage ALLLLLL that being said, I do agree with you about AI.

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@Archimage well obviously it’s my opinion, as you established yours. I would argue the wight of history is on my side.

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I will forgone the curt closing you used on your reply.

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😉

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@Archimage I dont agree that humans are INNATELY lazy.

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Humanity has accomplished amazing things, and continues to do so. Human ambition and determination has shaped the modern world in a way that couldn’t have been dreamed of even 50 years ago.

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I would say the modern human has been CONDITIONED to laziness.

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@bitdepth Eno has the top spot on my playlists most times. I might dig into this too…

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@hewandersaround.bsky.social I keep revisiting this shot; it is a unique and unconventional photograph. Thank you for sharing it.

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👍👍👍

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@anadigifm2.bsky.social I love a good city shot, and this one is good.

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@stephenferrisart.bsky.social Wow I love the line work style. This is very super cool.

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@ptrck man it came a bit ago, it’s epic.

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@bryanrobb This happens to me often enough as well.

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