Welp, I'm using Pandora again
steven
9 May 2025
A number of years ago I gave up on personalized music streaming services. I had used Pandora for the longest time, but tried to remove reliance from any service that required an account and a proprietary app, in the name of privacy. I opted to use streaming radio stations with open source apps that were privacy friendly. On Android I most recently used Transistor and on Linux I most recently used Shortwave. Both great, simple applications.
Blog Questions Challenge
steven
9 May 2025
1. What's a food that instantly makes you feel cozy?
2. Describe the best cloud you saw recently.
3. What song is stuck in your head right now?
4. If you could add one silly feature to your phone, what would it be?
Blog Questions Challenge: Outdoor activities
steven
6 May 2025
What's your favorite thing to do outside when the weather is perfect?
If you could only do one outdoor activity for the rest of your life, what would it be?
What's the silliest thing that's ever happened to you while enjoying the great outdoors?
Would you rather explore a dense forest or relax on a sunny beach?
Blog Questions Challenge: Nature appreciation
steven
5 May 2025
So sorry, I've fallen behind on the Blog Questions Challenge, but I'm going to work to get caught up.
Last night's National Call to Action for Faith Communities
steven
3 April 2025
We have to build a new faith narrative. We've got to tell a new story about faith in this country. And it can't always be about what we're against because the problem is that they're telling people what they're for--it's all wrong--but they're telling people what they're for. We have to tell people what God is for. What faith is for. How faith is welcoming, inclusive, how it's building, it's empowering, it's liberating, it's setting people free. How's it's loving on people and not hating on people, which is really what this story is being told.
- Bishop Dwayne Royster
Blog Questions Challenge: Technology
steven
24 March 2025
If you could have any gadget from a sci-fi movie, which would you choose?
Absolutely a Star Trek transporter. There are too many places I want to visit and too much family I want to see and would love to have the tech to just beam over for a chat, then beam home.
AI chats may display inaccurate or offensive information.
steven
19 March 2025

A small screenshot from Duck.ai. I appreciate the honesty.
Blog Questions Challenge: Travel Adventures
steven
15 March 2025
What's the silliest souvenir you've ever brought back from a trip?
On our honeymoon, my wife and I were at a department store in Germany and came across a Monchhichi. We both became nostalgic from having them as children and purchased it on the spot. We included it in many of our honeymoon photos.
Blog Questions Challenge: TV Shows
steven
20 February 2025
Doing the Blog Questions Challenge posted by the bot that jcrabapple has set up, because it's what all the cool kids are doing now.
You should probably take a minute and send this email ...
steven
4 February 2025
The below post outlines the one simple step to take to make your voice heard and demand action from the Treasury Department regarding the severe privacy violations that are taking place ...