Also, it's the only place I know of that sells pistachios that aren't from the Wonderful company, of which there are particular ethical reasons to avoid, so that's nice.

Now, off I go.

From Sheetz: air for the tires, gas for the tank, caffeine for the body.

Energy drinks don't suit me so well, but a change in fronting doesn't alter the biochemistry of addiction.

Setting out for real, now.

🎵 music.youtube.com/watch?v=rniH... by @pikabata.bsky.social

Wonderful creature, wonderful song

I've also got no spare battery charged. But it should be fine as I'm leaving with a full battery, should it not? It's only about two hours away, give or take.

Not that the Pixel 9 series has favorable accounts of its battery life...

I've just got the former. I've always been a little torn on the latter... I don't entirely begrudge people for running sponsorships, and some of them do work a lot of entertainment into their plugs, too. Hmm.

A little bit of it was certainly magical thinking, as if the Bad Browser's data was contaminated in some way, for sure.

Okay, maybe that's a little harsh, but it's there. Love you, Connie. A fresh start doesn't mean making things as annoying as possible for yourself.

Good bird!

I definitely do not have several months of tinker time in me, unfortunately.

Installing the OS used to work!

That said, I'm not certain I would need help on anything other than asking for a distro recommendation, had it come to that. At least, with regards to initial setup.

Oh, I had considered it!

Amazing things happening over at this company. It's almost as if hounding every engineer they have to use AI for every task they can manage is having Effects.

Some combination of the following has worked:

- Disconnect all drives but the one Windows is being installed to
- Don't use the official media creation tool, use Rufus and an ISO
- Midway through setup, find the time option labeled "Use previous version of installer" and do so

I suppose I'll just try again.

No... additional details.