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A weblog by ldstephens. This is my little corner of the web where I share whatever’s on my mind: stories, random thoughts, and the occasional rant.
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August 10, 2026 Brandon shared a link to "The Guy at Wawa" story yesterday. I really enjoyed it so I thought I would share it with you all. The Guy at the Wawa After reading the story, I visited the author’s blog and found a few other stories to read. I enjoyed the ones about McDonald’s, too.
August 3, 2026 I watched a video yesterday about moving from third-party productivity apps to Apple's built-in Notes and Reminders, getting ready for Siri AI. The reasoning: Siri AI is going to work best when it's pulling from Apple's own apps, not third-party ones. I'm not running any open-weight LLMs locally, so...
August 2, 2026 I spent 20 years in the equipment leasing business, so I have a lot of experience reading and interpreting lease agreements. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind before signing up. First, read the lease agreement carefully. You may even want to have an attorney review it. The most important...
July 24, 2026 Garmin announced this week that it's acquired TrainingPeaks and TrainHeroic. Garmin hasn't said much else. The press release is thin on details, so I've got some thoughts about what this could mean. I started using TrainingPeaks back in 2006, after getting recruited to race on a competitive men's...
July 21, 2026 I've been thinking about this a lot lately: security and privacy are often discussed as if they're the same thing, or at least on the same team. They're not. They represent two distinct concerns, and I've come to believe one must be addressed before the other. Any computer — desktop, laptop, tablet,...
July 17, 2026 I haven't been blogging much lately. Nothing's interesting enough to write about. Every day I open my MacBook and stare at a blank screen, wondering what I'm going to do with myself. I know some part of every day goes to being on the computer — that's just how I roll. I just don't have anything to do...
July 9, 2026 Well, that was one hell of a Fourth of July weekend. Friday evening, July 3rd, a thunderstorm blew through and knocked out our power and internet. A tree came down with it and took out the power line and internet line to the house, and blocked the driveway. The morning of the 4th was spent cutting up...
June 25, 2026 MacBook Neo ($100 increase) 256GB: $599 to $699 512GB : $699 to $799 […] 13-inch MacBook Air ($200 to $800 increase) 16GB, 512GB: $1,099 to $1,299 32GB, 4TB: $2,699 to $3,499 15-inch MacBook Air ($200 to $800 increase) 16GB, 512GB: $1,299 to $1,499 32GB, 4TB: $2,899 to $3,699 14-inch MacBook Pro ($300...
June 24, 2026 Earlier this month, I wrote a post titled "Someone convince me to use Chrome". Since then, I've been using Chrome as my primary browser. As a result, I've become more mindful of my site's browser analytics. Looking at my Vercel analytics over the last 30 days, one data point that continued to catch my...
June 21, 2026 I saved a guide called npm: A Free Guide for Beginners to GoodLinks the other day. This morning, I wanted to read it and keep it for future reference, but I realized GoodLinks isn't where I want to store this kind of material. I briefly thought about DEVONthink, but since I uninstalled it recently, it...
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