Using my Chromebook

So, I have time, as I'm currently gaining visceral experience in how storage devices differ from one another in terms of access speeds, I'm using my Chromebook to write this; And what better and more cliche thing to do, but to write some review? Well, I'm not sitting in a cafe however.


I mean, what's life if you can't comment on the things you've seen?
It is weird ... how, when thinking about this, you can feel incredibly at one with your ancestors while having legit no clue of how to properly compare yourself with them.

Sure, in terms of whether or not people will believe you; Not much has changed I suppose. And still most of us find themselves looking at the same "thing" day in and day out (the internet). But thinking of it, I couldn't help but notice the matter of competition. I mean, in some instances it seems that people compete over who's seen the most crass or most amazing thing. A given pull that presumes that within the vastness of things that there is to be seen or done - that's what everyone has to see.

I suppose South Park commented on that back when they did that episode on the Bar. And yea, weird. I mean, I recently stumbled upon Future Man on Netflix - and yea. I've seen it back in the day, was that on Prime? ... what a Fever Dream that show is.
James Cameron ... explorer of the sea ... / honorary blackbelt

And sure, we all have our own ideas of what matters. Of what's interesting. And in all that ... I suppose Politics is like a disease. A virus. It's the inevitable sea that all the shit creeks around the world flow into. I mean, it starts with us. What we care about. Staying our own course against whatever others think our mind should be turned towards. There may be two ends to this - as, whether you come out on top and things work out for you, or you don't. But what that is, which doors lead to what end ... the truth of it all ... eventually it comes to be a matter of politics. And the Book of Mormon does in a way tell us to not get hung up over this.
Such are the ways of the world; And such is the alternative way that isn't right away apparent to everyone.

And so, what have I seen?
Well ... I did get quite some enjoyment out of 'Blacklist'. More than I would have thought. And it doesn't really get stupid until like season 2. I mean, in Season 2 it gets stupid, retroactively rendering the whole first season as just as stupid, ... which is where I'm currently at. Or, more to the point ... I don't know.
So - there's the episode I just started watching. Raymond gets caught ... it's all over the news ... and so he's chained up in some forsaken hellhole ... and it's like of course just a part of his plan. And what's the plan? To bribe the guard so he could speak to the dean so he could warn him that another prisoner is about to break out.
And I appreciate how little sense it makes, how absolutely on the nose nonsensical it is, while fully leaning into established character.
I mean - Season 1 made sense while there was an arc to it all. Open questions and mysteries ... but to make it a "villain of the week" type thing - which, by the way, I'm glad about - means yea ... something had to give.


On the other hand there's Stranger Things. Where ... I found it amazing how it basically started as a bit of a nostalgia baity show - while by its finale being itself the nostalgic thing ... and I think it was an awesome finish to the whole thing. I mean ... it really was!

What else ... hmm. Knives Out 3. I don't know ... I mean, the whole series so far is an easy recommendation. In this one I was however a bit put off by the acting of Daniel Craig. I mean, not by it being bad - but by it being ... like ... overshadowed by the acting of the priest? It's a bit subversive in who the lead role is - sort of - which is also reflected in how he matters to the plot and how he's framed in the situation. And I suppose 'subversive' also ... captures the whole movie pretty well.

I don't know why I have to think/compare this to that ... what's those movies. Those Adam Sandler movies with ... "Rachel" from Friends? So, ordinary couple somehow gets caught up in a murder mystery. Which made me wonder about ... might we call it "woke misogyny"? So, misogyny in a way that's basically self-deprecating humor?

What else? I only saw the first episode of the new Rick and Morty season - and it's amazing how endlessly deep the wellspring of nonsense seems to go.



Uhm ... about that. I assume I must apologize. I mean ... on this thing Chrome certainly beats Vivaldi. For once. When it comes to the improved browsing experience, yea ... that tab-group feature is actually pretty good. And Vivaldi is slow and ... it's defaults certainly don't align with my habits either. Which isn't bad per se - but Chrome does; And it's simple. So ... if it works it works.

The Linux side of it is well integrated, so yea. I suppose ... I've come to change my mind about this thing.