"Simba-sama made it to 2026, but just barely. It matters. His real name was just Simba, but he was wise, so it made sense to add 'sama,' an honorific signifying high rank and wisdom, to that name." https://ofb.biz/sa1384

#catsofmastodon #cats #death #newyear2026

"Hook, the absolutely star-studded film directed by Stephen Spielberg, has received mixed reviews from critics since its release in 1991. I still can’t figure out why." https://ofb.biz/sa1383

#movies #moviereview #peterpan #disney

Dennis E. Powell writes, “Just over a year ago I got my #unicomp #modelm Mini, a newly manufactured version of what is in my estimation the best computer keyboard ever, the #ibm Model M #ssk. …] I wrote a bit about it at the time. It is the only keyboard I have used since then. It has been a […]

“Ahead of Christmas, I heard a lot of ads for a company that digitizes old photos and videos to keep them secure],” <a href="https://ofb.biz/sa1381" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">@trbutler writes. But security is an elusive thing with data and with life. <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/TwelveDaysOfChristmas" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://ofb.biz/sa1381 <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/NewYear2026" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#TwelveDaysOfChristmas <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/Christianity" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#NewYear2026 <a href="https://mastodon.faithtree.social/tags/Jesus" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">#Christianity [#Jesus

Dennis E. Powell writes, “Has there ever been a less Christmas-y Advent? I sure can't remember one. Even during times of great sadness and crisis, we've always allowed -- I daresay welcomed -- the season to comfort and encourage us.” https://ofb.biz/sa1380

#christmas #advent #news #2025 […]

Christmas Day has passed, but the Twelve Days of Christmas are just beginning and our @trbutler has just the thing for you to help savor the time ahead. https://ofb.biz/sa1379

#twelvedaysofchristmas #christmas #epiphany #christianity #devotional #biblestudy

Dennis E. Powell reflects re: #POTUS, etc.: “The last week has been like one of those bizarre times in which you notice that nothing makes any sense, so you must be having a dream. With that realization, you awaken. Except that for the last week, it has been no dream.” https://ofb.biz/sa1378 […]

“One of my all time favorite brands is Metadot’s #daskeyboard. They typically don’t include all the bells and whistles, but they are built _so well_. But what if a Das Keyboard had all the current extras?” #mechanicalkeyboard #qmk #via https://reviews.ofb.biz/sa1377

Dennis E. Powell reflects that 35 years ago, RIME and BBSes felt like modern marvels. Today, technology delivers news of a Japanese "mega quake" threat at the speed of light. That can be both helpful and cause for more worrying. https://ofb.biz/sa1376

The latest #testytim review: “#Satechi is a long-running name in stylish computer accessories, but one that comes to mind for, say, a Thunderbolt hub, not a #MechanicalKeyboard. The SM3 is a strong argument the time has come for them to be a part of the keyboard discussion.” […]

“It began the way colds always do: a kind of dry, scratchy feeling in the nose, arriving over a couple of hours.” Dennis E. Powell compares it to Kübler-Ross's 5 stages of grief. “In both, the first stage is denial.” https://ofb.biz/sa1373

#cold #flu #virus #health

“I became the lab rat. Three weeks ago, I put away my trusty #macbook to discover if the technically powerful 11” #m4 #ipad Pro could handle everything this solo pastor’s jack-of-all-trades work demands -- writing, video editing, programming, system administration, the whole enchilada. A year […]

. @kettingerjason turns to Biblical musings on this Thanksgiving week. “In Matthew 16:13-18, we have Jesus reminding us that the time is urgent. In this way, St. Matthew and St. Luke are capturing the urgency of Christ as prophet. Sometimes, the challenge of Jesus is not in what he says, but in […]

Dennis E. Powell takes us on an unexpected adventure for #Thanksgiving. “Today] is Thanksgiving, as you probably know. This year it's even harder to feel seasonal warmth, because I'm in a near-blind rage.” [https://ofb.biz/sa1372

#anime #politics #holidays

Dennis E. Powell writes, “George Washington, we are told by #kenburns's latest documentary series, was a (mostly) great man and a terrible general. He was inspiring, yes, but an awful tactician. Oh, and *unforgivably* he was a slaveholder.” https://ofb.biz/sa1370

#americanrevolution #history #pbs

#blackfriday no longer happens on a Friday or even in the week of the namesake Friday. It’s in full effect now and some of our perennial favorite fruity themed deals are back and worth grabbing before the deals sell out.
https://reviews.ofb.biz/sa1369

#apple #mac #airpods #deals

“We had other rabbits, too, little gray cottontails that gamboled in the fields. We did not look after those, nor for the most part did we eat them. They had to come up with their own food, they had to work out their own romantic arrangements, and they were not protected from predators by a […]

.@kettingerjason muses on Star Trek: TNG. "The episode that concluded its 3rd season, and its heart, the capture of Picard by the Borg, is resolved in Season 4's opening. But the next episode deserves to be remembered as the third part of the story." https://ofb.biz/sa1367

#startrek #tv #drama […]

Dennis E. Powell contemplates grocery stores annoying reorganizations. "It was the day that I stopped forever my weekly visit to Kroger. The COVID-19 epidemic was underway, and we were advised to stay away from each other. It was cold, and the forecast was that an ice storm would hit about […]

. @kettingerjason gives out a playlist of music he shared with his nephew. What do you think of it? https://ofb.biz/sa1365

Dennis E. Powell takes us through three "balls of confusion" in a story about wasps, baseball... and Google. https://ofb.biz/sa1364

#baseball #worldsereis #wasps #insects #cybersecurity #google #encryption

"We all love to hate #wikipedia: it is imperfect, but unavoidably useful; biased, but somewhat correctable. Could #grokipedia take what is good about it and round off the rough edges? _Maybe._" https://ofb.biz/sa1363

#grok #ai #opensource #creativecommons #elonmusk

. @kettingerjason writes, "And what’s really galling about this casual misandry is that it’s highly selective. Not too many people are embracing celibacy and sexual abstinence on account of men. This 'reproductive right' is apparently only the right to kill the products of their conception." […]

"Murray's editor last week posted something about Murray's latest book. 'Taking Religion Seriously by #charlesmurray may be the most important book I’ve ever edited.' ... I immediately ordered it. To be entirely accurate, I immediately ordered it again..." https://ofb.biz/sa1362

#christianity […]

"Cold water, applied suddenly, can be inspirational," writes Dennis E. Powell. For him, the inspiration leads to a journey about more efficient roofing... https://ofb.biz/sa1360

#energyefficiency #greenenergy #roofing #hotwater