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ldstephens
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 3, 2025 I’m so sick of hyper-specialized, narrowly focused web presence. Give me weird. Give me personal. Talk about more than just “your focus.” I want to hear about music and art and what you’re reading and your hobbies and travels. Show me the real you. Make the web weird again! Chris Ferdinandi lstephens...
August 2, 2025 I'd been on the fence about getting a new M4 MacBook for months but kept putting it off. When I finally pulled the trigger, I went with the MacBook Pro over the Air. I got a great deal, but more than that, I wanted the larger screen and the XDR display. Larger Screen The Pro’s 14-inch screen doesn’t...
July 30, 2025 This afternoon I ordered a base model M4 MacBook Pro. I couldn’t pass up the deal. It’s available on Amazon for $1299 that’s $300 off.
July 21, 2025 I was fiddling with my blogs today and made a few updates. On this site, I rebuilt the site using modified version of the 11ty base blog and added a background color. Now both my blogs have the same layout. Still not sure if I'll link to weblog.ldstephens from ldstephens. There's already a link going...
July 19, 2025 There's a tech podcast that I listen to (not naming names) with three hosts. One of them is a smug, know-it-all asshole who makes the show almost unbearable at times. So why do I keep listening? Well, because the other two are great, and I often learn something. I've deleted the podcast from my feed...
July 11, 2025 Well, this is just fucking GREAT. Measles is making a comeback. The U.S. is having its biggest outbreak in 33 years, with more than a thousand cases and counting, mostly because too many people decided vaccines are optional. “The measles milestone comes the same week that some of the nation's leading...
July 7, 2025 I don’t know who reads this. I don’t know how they find it. I don’t know if they’ll ever come back. I don’t know a damned thing. And that’s by design. I value my privacy and by extension, I value others’. That’s exactly why I don’t have newsletters. The last thing I want is someone’s email. […] This...
July 2, 2025 Fifteen years ago yesterday, I was 65 and lying on an operating table at UCLA Medical Center, about to have open heart surgery. Just a few months earlier, in April 2010, I'd been diagnosed with severe mitral valve regurgitation and an enlarged atrium. At the time, I was racing at an elite level as a...
June 30, 2025 Since I've started adding some running sections to my morning walks with Trix (our dog), I decided to start recording them in Strava yesterday. I've had a Strava account for years, from back in my bike racing days, so it was easy to pick it back up. I'm not planning to do anything serious with the...
June 28, 2025 John Gruber Having an ignorant conspiracy nut lead the Department of Health and Human Services is angering and worrisome, to say the least. But it’s also incredibly frustrating, because Donald Trump himself isn’t an anti-vaxxer. In fact, one of the few great achievements of the first Trump...
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