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Cake day: June 26th, 2023

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  • One benefit of colocating the food bank with the grocery store is that shoppers could make direct contributions to the food bank. Instead of those questionable ‘donate $1 to such and such’ prompts at payment, one could purchase an extra can of food and discreetly drop it off after checkout. Seeing the beneficiaries in person is confidence the grocery store isn’t just making a money grab.

    Since most of us have to buy groceries, it would also provide shoppers a convenient opportunity to practice compassion. Sometimes a bad day can be turned around by doing something good.













  • I’ve avoided Microsoft for years, but recently I’ve been reducing my Google use. I’m still on Gmail, and Street View is special, but I’ve been slowly replacing Google utilization:

    • Search: Duck Duck Go
    • Maps: Open Street Map, OsmAnd
    • Drive: Extra Hard Drives
    • Chrome: Firefox
    • Home: Home Assistant (WIP)

    Upcoming projects include replacing my phone’s Google-built Android image and transitioning to ProtonMail.

    It’s not one big project, it’s lots of projects. It’s worthwhile, though. Along the way, I’ve reconnected with my love of good tech and I’ve gained new hobbies like privacy and contributing to OSM.