Last Notes
LET'S GO RAYS! ⚾💙
I'm not usually much of a sports fan, but I do enjoy baseball, and the Tampa Bay Rays are both my home team and my baseball team!
Congratulations to the American League Champions! Now let's bring home our first World Series title!
#RaysUp #WorldSeries #TampaBayRays
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The Day Caddy Stood Still
A couple of weeks ago, I went to update my VPS. Usually, I do this once a week, sometimes more frequently depending on any security news I see. I should probably have the AI agents I use...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/10/24/the-day-caddy-stood-still/
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Following Me Into My Inbox
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post titled An AI Bot Followed Me. Now I Have Questions. It was about Pip, an AI agent on Mastodon that followed me, boosted some of my posts, and...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/10/25/following-me-into-my-inbox/
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🌈 Pharmacy Week 💊 October 19-25: Honoring Those Who Make a Difference Every Day! 💊 #PharmacyWeek #NationalPharmacyWeek #RXLife
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🙏 Thank You Pharmacy Technicians for Your Commitment to Excellence! ❤️
#PharmacyTechnicianDay #RXLife #PharmacyTech
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🌟 Today we celebrate 🎉 years of the Navy's 🇺🇸 heritage of excellence, bravery, and honor. #USNavy #USNavyBirthday #SemperFortis
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🍿 Watched The Sheep Detectives (2026)
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: No Spoilers My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5 stars) Good watch. Would recommend it. One of the few movies from Amazon Studios I've actually enjoyed. It combined...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/10/11/watched-the-sheep-detectives/
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10 Years Old: Everything Decides to Expensively Break
This October has been an expensive one. First, our hot water heater went out. It was probably about 10 years old. Then, two days after our water heater...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/10/24/years-old-everything-decides-to/
Some heavy rain bands from Hurricane Isaias just rolled through as it passing to the west. It’s been a soggy week. Thank God it’s not coming here. Praying for the best for the Panhandle and everyone in its path. #HurricaneIsaias #Weather
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An AI Bot Followed Me. Now I Have Questions
One day I noticed a boost of one of my Mastodon posts from an automated bot named Pip. This piqued my interest. Then I got a follow notification from the same bot...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/10/10/an-ai-bot-followed-me/
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Got my new glasses today 🤓. Distance & close-up vision are great, intermediate is awful. I have to look over them or switch to readers, now I carry 2 pairs. My computer is fine without glasses straight on, not from the side. 💻 Not sure what to do, especially since Costco won’t redo them for free.
Public Information Should Be Public
Government updates belong in an open feed By Mark Kennedy Founder · via Open RSS Blog Read original post → I saw this blog post from OpenRSS in my RSS reader, and it...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/10/01/public-information-should-be-public/
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I'm ready to leave this week behind 😮💨. The scene in this photo after today's rain looks a little spooky 👻, but it's also so unique and stunning. It sums up my week perfectly, and I can't wait to rest this weekend 😌.
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Domains Cost More, Blogs Disappear
I have been noticing a couple of disturbing trends this year outside of the AI/LLM bubble. Has anyone else noticed them? First, domain registrars seem to be raising...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/30/domains-cost-more-blogs-disappear/
Weather Stations Everywhere!
Back in August, I got a Tempest Weather Station. I had been wanting a weather station for some time. Why? Well, that is hard to put into words. I guess the answer is that I really...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/10/04/weather-stations-everywhere/
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🍿 Watched Blitz (2024) on Prime Video
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: FULL SPOILERS My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½ (3.5/5 stars) Final Verdict Not bad, but a heavy watch. After seeing all the kid went through in this movie, you almost...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/10/04/watched-blitz-on-prime-video/
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Share Buttons: Yay or Nay?
I saw this blog post on https://bubbles.town, and the title caught my attention, so I clicked through to read it. It was also timely because just a few days earlier I had added share buttons to...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/29/share-buttons-yay-or-nay/
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Okay, let me tell you about my day. I took today and tomorrow off because I am almost maxed out on my vacation time. That is a separate story and not really important to this one. I went to Costco to get a new pair of...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/24/okay-let-me-tell-you/
🌍 Strong hearts make stronger 💖 communities. ❤️ #WorldHeartDay #HeartAwareness
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WordPress Drama: Is It Worth It?
I have been holding off on writing about Matt Mullenweg and everything happening around WordPress because I wanted to make sure I wasn't just reacting to the latest round of...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/27/wordpress-drama-is-it-worth/
Beavers built dams that outlasted 130 engineered flood barriers, study finds
I thought this was interesting when I saw this pop in my social media feed. Beavers make better dams and they last longer than...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/25/beavers-built-dams-that-outlasted/
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Another Home for My Writing: Introducing https://Inkwell.social
I found another independent blogging service in the same general vein as https://Micro.blog, https://Scribbles.page, https://Pika.page and https://Pagecord.com. It is called...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/20/another-home-for-my-writing/
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Hold the presses! After using computers (mostly Windows) for decades, I finally bought my first Mac! I've owned iPads and iPods, but never a Mac. I'm going to use it as part of my local AI plan. Excited to learn macOS and see what I can do with it. 🙂 #Selfhosting
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Had a long, productive weekend. I finished a bunch of blog posts I've been working on for a while, so look out for those over the next week 📝. September is my Blaugust 🍂. Finally back to about 90 percent recovered from my cold🤧. Also found a new service this weekend https://inkwell.social. #Blogging
Their fight is our memory. POW/MIA: You are remembered today and always. #POWMIADay
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🌍 The U.S. Air Force Birthday — celebrating global vigilance, reach, 🎉 and power. ✨ #AirForceBirthday #Celebration
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I started my own Pylova instance, which is a fork of Piefed. I'm trying it out, and it seems good so far 👍. #OpenSource #SelfHosting #PieFed #PyLova
📺 Watched Silo (2023) on Apple TV+
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: FULL SPOILERS My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ (4.5/5 stars) Episodes: 10 | Aired: 07-02-2026 The whole season was fantastic. I was worried about the series after Season 2...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/17/watched-silo-on-apple-tv/
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Well, off to bed for me 🛏️. I’ve been sick all weekend and still feel a bit under the weather, but I’m about 70 percent back 💪. Work tomorrow, bills don’t pay themselves 💼.
I hate having a cold. Can't sleep and want too. Ugh!!!
Well, it’s official 🤧. I’ve got my first cold of the year 🥶. Feeling awful, but at least I don’t have a fever and I’m not coughing my lungs out. Can someone please pass the tissues? 🧻
The ironic thing is that I just got my flu shot on the 2nd. At least it’s not the flu!
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance: we remember, we honor, we never forget. ✨ #PatriotDay #Remembrance
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Been raining here most of the day. Got to work early tomorrow. I am tired. Needed this long weekend. Going to bed! Good night everyone!
iPhone Duo, not sure this will succeed. Ask Microsoft how their Duo phone went. That price too ouch!
Star Trek at 60
Star Trek aired three years before I was born, yet it has had a significant influence on my life. The only thing more profound and more influential has been my faith and salvation in Jesus Christ, my Lord and...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/08/star-trek-at/
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Wishing my dad Steven an amazing 🎉 birthday! 🥳 #birthday
On Labor Day, we honor the workers whose skill and effort keep our communities moving. 🛠️
#Holiday #LaborDay
🍿 Watched The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) on Disney+
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: FULL SPOILERS My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ (4.5/5 stars) Overall, I liked it a lot. I think Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau do the Star Wars...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/06/watched-the-mandalorian-and-grogu/
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🍿 Watched Slingshot (2024) on Prime Video
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: FULL SPOILERS My Rating: ½ (0.5/5 stars) Don't waste your time. It looked interesting and had some big-name actors and actresses, but it wasn't...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/08/30/watched-slingshot-on-prime-video/
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Whatever changes OpenAI made to Codex, I’m running out of credits faster than ever. It feels like Claude and OpenAI have switched roles. OpenAI is catching more bugs 🐞, and Claude (not Fable, since I’m not paying extra for that) seems less smart 🤔. Consistency, people, consistency, please!
TiVo Charging for Skips?
TiVo Plans to End Free Automatic Commercial Skipping in November, Tests Paid Premium Replacement Service By Luke Bouma · via Cord Cutters News Read original post → TiVo, there is a name I...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/09/04/tivo-charging-for-skips/
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Well, the new drive from Amazon arrived today, and it’s defective. It would not even initialize. Replacement for the replacement is coming. #SelfHosting
This has been some week for hardware and appliance problems in my household. Thursday, I had a silent hard drive crash. It could have happened before then, but I didn't notice it until Thursday. The drive was there...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/08/29/this-has-been-some-week/
Well it was the drive lost everything. The drive is 10 years & 3 months old. Powers up but not found by windows. New one coming. Bad time for this with shortages. #SelfHosting
Lost access to a hard drive that’s still physically there but not showing on Windows 💻. It holds some irreplaceable data, though I have an outdated backup. Hard drive prices are sky-high 📈, so I’m trying another PC to recover the data before considering replacement. Fingers crossed! #SelfHosting
Hope your Senior Citizens Day is filled with love and laughter! 😊🎉 #SeniorCitizensDay #Celebration
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Took Them Long Enough, Huh?
Here is another example of what I was talking about in a recent blog post TV Isn't What It Used to Be. According to IGN, the first season came out 3.5 years ago. That is a long time to...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/08/16/took-them-long-enough-huh/
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🍿 Watched Altered (2025) on Prime Video
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: FULL SPOILERS My Rating: ⭐ (1/5 stars) Not worth watching there were several times I wondered why I was watching this. Plot was kind of a mix of...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/08/16/watched-altered-on-prime-video/
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No Man's Sky 10th Anniversary
Happy Anniversary to Hello Games, No Man's Sky. It is 10 years, and hopefully another 10. A sequel would be great. Thanks, Sean Murray, for a great game that started rough but has...
https://mitchelltribe.com/2026/08/12/no-mans-sky-th-anniversary/
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I’ve been seeing all these new blogging platforms being built on top of ATProto, and it got me thinking: why haven’t we seen more full-fledged blogging platforms built on Nostr? And what about other things like email or chat? #Tech #ATProto #Nostr
